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09-16-2007, 03:08 PM
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Manduro injured, out of the Arc
Injured Manduro out of Arc
and may not race again by Racing Post staff TRIUMPH turned to despair for connections of the brilliant Manduro whose Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe challenge was over shortly after he recorded his latest win. They conceded their horse may not race again after he was found to be lame following a comfortable victory in the Group 2 Prix Foy at Longchamp. Trainer Andre Fabre was on Sunday night awaiting the results of x-rays but acknowledged Manduro's brilliant campaign was over. "I don't know the results of the examination yet but he was lame behind after the race and has probably suffered a small fracture," he said. "The vets are carrying out x-rays now. I knew there was a problem a few minutes after the race. It's a terrible blow." 
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09-16-2007, 03:10 PM
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Tough day for racing.
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09-16-2007, 05:42 PM
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I'm gutted.
Heard he made the others look like maiden claimers today (probably whilst being injured) To lose such a superstar from racing after an awesome performance is really hard to take. Best turf horse in the world at the moment by far, and i don't think anyone could come up with an argument to prove that wrong. He hs shown he has the speed to win at a mile, the class to beat the likes of Dylan Thomas and the stamina wo win over 12 furlongs.
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09-17-2007, 12:23 PM
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Really bad news, i'm afraid
From RP....... by Nick Robson . CONNECTIONS of Manduro have confirmed the five-year-old will not race again after sustaining an injury in the Prix Foy at Longchamp on Sunday. Unbeaten in his last five races, Andre Fabre's charge has won at the highest level overa mile and 10 furlongs and was being prepared for a crack at next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. "It's desperately sad and we are all devastated. He's had a very comfortable night," said Paul Harley, racing manager to owner Baron Georg Von Ullman. "Unfortunately, 10 minutes after the race he became lame and he was taken to see the specialists. "It does appear not to be life-threatening but it does appear to be the end of his racing career," he told At The Races. "We have no idea where the injury was sustained but unfortunately these things happen and they always seem to happen to the good ones," continued Harley. "He's always been a very sound horse. Early in his three-year-old career he had a few little niggly problems but nothing serious. "The Baron is absolutely gutted. He hasn't made it to the office this morning. He's absolutely devastated and cannot put it into words. "He is concerned about the horse's welfare and he is happy that the horse's life is not in any danger." "Hecame into his own this year and I would put that down to maturity," added Harley. "Obviously Mr Fabre has done a fantastic job with him, especially this year. "He taught the horse how to relax and he has been more grown up than ever before. "He goes off to Sheikh Mohammed's Dalham Hall Stud now and I'm sure he'll be as great a success as a stallion as he was as a racehorse." Manduro beat Mandesha into second and Princess Zahra Aga Khan's filly has reportedly come out the race fine. The Aga Khan's racing manager Georges Rimaud said: "As far as I know Mandesha has come out of the race in good shape, I would have heard if that was not the case. "Of course we would have liked her to win, but it was just a prep race and the trainer (Alain de Royer-Dupre) was quite happy with the run. "Alain was quite pleased and the Arc remains a target for her. Even though the Foy is a Group 2, essentially it was just a trial for her. "Alain told me before the race that she would not be 100% fit and this willhave helped to get her ready for the Arc. "When Christophe (Soumillon) got off her he suggested that she may need a pair of cheekpieces to help her concentrate a bit more, but that is a decision that will be left purely up to Alain. "He may have feltthat she wasn't giving everything or got the impression that she wasn't going fast enough, but the other horse was very good." Rimaud added he felt the injury to Manduro may have been caused by the fast ground in Paris. He said: "It is very unfortunate that Manduro is now injured - a big blow. But the ground was very fast and I'm not sure how the horses will come out of racing yesterday - I expect the horses who had hard races will suffer from it. It was very, very fast." Teddy Grimthorpe, who represents Prince Khalid Abdullah, the owner of Arc possibility Zambezi Sun, also sympathised with Manduro's connections. "It's a real shame and a great blow to all those concerned with the horse," he said. Classic-winning trainer Luca Cumani was also quick to pass his condolences on to connections of Manduro. "It is rather sad. It is always sad when a horse as good as that is injured, especially when he can not go and perform in a race like the Arc. I'm sorry for his connections," said Cumani. "You are always just a millimetre away from injury with any horse that you train and it's just a way of life unfortunately with athletes the world over."
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09-17-2007, 02:20 PM
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A nice piece from the Racing Post......
by Lee Mottershead . "THE best I have trained, and the best by a good margin." That was the astonishing tribute paid to Manduro on Monday by Andre Fabre, who marked the retirement of the world's joint top-rated racehorse by ranking him above all his former stable stars. On the day that Manduro's racing career was confirmed to be over, Fabre heaped the highest possible accolade on the triple Group 1 winner by describing him as superior to every one of his past champions, headed by Peintre Celebre, officially the joint-best horse in Europe since Dancing Brave. Sheikh Mohammed, who this summer acquired from Baron Georg von Ullmann the breeding rights to Manduro at areported price of €23 million, on Monday dispatched leading Newmarket-based veterinary surgeon Ian Wright to operate on the horse, who suffered a fracture to his off-hind cannonbone during an imperious defeat of Mandesha in Sunday's Prix Foy. That injury - sustained in Manduro's first race over 1m4f - robbed the 131-rated performer of his chance to tackle first the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and then the Breeders' Cup Classic. Fabre had already saddled Manduro to win five times under Stephane Pasquier this year, including in Group 1 company over 1m in the Prix Jacques le Marois, 1m1f in the Prix d'Ispahan and 1m2f in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, in which he outclassed subsequent King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Dylan Thomas. A"devastated" Fabre, usually reluctant to compare past and present inmates, said: "It is a common thing for trainers to talk about the best horse they have trained, but Manduro was the best horse I have trained, and the best by a good margin. "With him, nothing seemed impossible. He was a very touching animal. His attitude, his conformation, everything about him was exceptional. I even suggested to Baron von Ullmann that we should consider the Breeders' Cup Classic as an option - I was confident aboutthe Arc, and I was sure he was going to win in America as well. "He was a horse with fantastic ability, and also a very easy ride, although I must compliment Stephane Pasquier, who had a very good relationship with the horse. "For me his best performance was at Ascot. The style and the ease of his victory that day was superb and he easily beat Dylan Thomas, and Dylan Thomas is Dylan Thomas, so it was a great performance." Fabre, champion trainer in France for the last 20 years, added: "I am not a historian, so I cannot say how many horses have been top class over the different distances, but to come back from a top race over a mile to win in the way he did over a mile and a half was amazing." Like Fabre, von Ullmann was said to be "absolutely devastated" by his racing manager Paul Harley, who said: "When I first started to work for the Baron six years ago, he told me that it was his one dream to win the Arc, and we went so close. He is absolutely gutted. He hasn't made it to the office this morning. He's absolutely devastated and cannot put it into words." Harley added: "Manduro came into his own this year and I would put that down to maturity. He goes off to stud now, and I'm sure he'll be as great a success as a stallionas he was as a racehorse." Paying his own tribute, Pasquier, who was unbeaten in six races on Manduro, said: "Manduro is the best horse I've ever sat on and there are not a lot like him." In total, Manduro won ten of his 18 races - including seven at Group level - and amassed total prize-money of £1,037,461. He achieved a career-high Racing Post Rating of 131 when beating Dylan Thomas, Notnowcato and Red Rocks at Royal Ascot in June. ************* A very sad day to find out the best horse in the world won't ever been seen on a racetrack again 
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09-18-2007, 02:01 AM
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Manduro To Stand At Dalham Hall
(no author listed) Tuesday, 18 September 2007: French champion Manduro will stand at Sheikh Mohammed's Dalham Hall Stud in England following his enforced retirement due to a leg fracture. Trainer Andre Fabre confirmed Manduro's retirement after the five-year-old suffered a fracture to his off-hind cannon bone in winning the Prix Foy at Longchamp last Sunday. "He will have an operation. It is not life-threatening, but he will not run again," Fabre reported. Paul Harley, racing manager to owner Baron Georg Von Ullman, said the German owner and breeder was devastated by the injury to the horse rated the best in Europe this year. "It's desperately sad and we are all devastated," Harley said. "The Baron is absolutely gutted. He is concerned about the horse's welfare and he is happy that the horse's life is not in any danger. "Mr Fabre has done a fantastic job with him, especially this year. "He goes off to Sheikh Mohammed's Dalham Hall Stud now and I'm sure he'll be as great a success as a stallion as he was as a racehorse." Sheikh Mohammed acquired the breeding rights to Manduro earlier this year for a reported 23 million euros. Fabre paid Manduro the ultimate compliment by rating the son of champion German sire Monsun "the best I have trained, and the best by a good margin." "With him, nothing seemed impossible. His attitude, his conformation, everything about him was exceptional," Fabre said. Manduro was unbeaten in five starts this year including three Group One victories in the Prix d'Ispahan, Prince Of Wales's Stakes and Prix Jacques le Marois. Manduro's 10 wins and seven placings from 18 starts included seven wins at Group level. Manduro is out of the Irish bred mare Mandellicht, a daughter of Be My Guest and dam of one other winner from four foals to race. He retires with Timeform's highest rating among all age groups this year with a figure of 134. http://www.racingandsports.com.au/br...D=112267&id=FP By the way sorry No Chance.... I know you were a big fan.
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09-18-2007, 04:37 AM
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He was a proper horse, one in a million. We don't always see superstars like him. I'm just glad i got to see him in the flesh.
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09-18-2007, 04:44 AM
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The more I read about it, the more disappointed I get.
First it was Invasor this year now Manduro. He was just scary good and the way he put Dylan Thomas (on his favoured ground!!) et al to bed at Ascot was brilliant. Then to drop down to a mile and win a G1 and then go up to 12f to win the premier older Arc trial was the sign of a brilliantly adapable horse. I thought Falbrav was a brilliant horse for those reasons but this guys was better! I just wish we could have seen the best of him!
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09-18-2007, 05:07 AM
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For a horse be just as good over a mile as he is over 12 furlongs, and all the trips inbetween is just amazing in the present day of racing. Lets hope his progeny can turn out to be half as good, evan half as good as Manduro was they would still win a Gr1 in any country.
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09-18-2007, 05:11 AM
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On a more serious note, it will be interesting over the next few years to see if Monsun can develop into a sire of sires..
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09-19-2007, 12:36 AM
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excerpt, The Independent
Racing: Manduro pulls through operation By Sue Montgomery Published: 19 September 2007 Manduro, who will join Sheikh Mohammed's stallion roster in the spring, came through surgery to repair the fracture he suffered in winning the Prix Foy on Sunday without incident and was yesterday recovering in a French veterinary hospital, as comfortable as could be expected. "The operation took two hours," said John Ferguson, the Sheikh's racing manager, yesterday, "and he was up on his feet soon afterwards." The five-year-old's injury and its treatment are, in veterinary terms, fairly routine. A small crack at the base of the right hind cannon caused a three-and-a-half inch sliver of bone to detach slightly. The long cannon bone is the equine equivalent of the five metatarsals between the toes and the heel in the human foot; in the horse evolution has fused them into one large bone and a tiny residual called the splint bone. The fracture has now been stabilised with four screws, placed there by top Newmarket vet Ian Wright. "He has said he is pleased with the immediate outcome," added Ferguson. Manduro now has five months to recover before starting his second career, which should not, even allowing for the importance of strong hind legs for a stallion, be in any way compromised by his injury.
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