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Old 10-13-2006, 09:05 AM
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Default Sheikh's 9.7mill horse

6th today on his debut at Newmarket.. from the racing post

$9.7m colt sixth on debut


by PA Sport Staff

GODOLPHIN were forced back to the drawing board with Jalil after the $9.7 millionpurchase could finish only sixth in the Grand Prix White St Moritz EBF Maiden Stakes at Newmarket.

Sent off a 4-6 chance in a field of 13, the Storm Cat colt ran close to the pace set by the eventual winner Sam Lord in the early stages but it became obvious when Frankie Dettori started to move his hands more than two furlongs out that all was not well.

The response was muted to the extent that Jalil was never going to win at any stage and it was a perplexed Saeed Bin Suroor who suggested hischarge may have another outing before the end of the season.

The trainer said: "It was disappointing, although Frankie says he has a beautiful action.

"Both Frankie and Kerrin McEvoy have been riding him in the mornings and he's improved with everygallop, but perhaps he still needed this and he will definitely improve.

"He seems more of a three-year-old and we have no complains about the ground. There is no plan, but we might give him another race this season."

Jalil is the fourth most expensive yearling sold at auction but his owner Sheikh Mohammed will be hoping he has not acquired another Snaafi Dancer, the horse who attracted what was then a record price at Keeneland only to never see the racecourse. John Gosden, trainer of 12-1 chance Sam Lord, blamed himself for running the colt over the wrong trip on his previous two outings.

"He has a proper middle-distance pedigree on the dam's side and I made a mistake dropping him back to six when he wanted further. Quite simply, heneeded the mile which he got today."

Dettori added of Jalil: "It was a lovely run. He is still a bit weak and a bit green.

"He is a lovely horse, who has got potential, and I like the way he stayed on up the hill."
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Old 10-13-2006, 09:39 AM
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Wasn't Jalil a member of Whodini?
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Old 10-13-2006, 10:25 AM
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Shocked to see a high priced horse bought by the Sheik not running here. Shocked....

The reception you guys give him, can you really blame him?
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Old 10-13-2006, 10:25 AM
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How Good Is That 16 Mill Horse Supposed To Be Is It Green Monkey?
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Old 10-13-2006, 10:41 AM
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The reception you guys give him, can you really blame him?
Not being sarcastic..... what do you mean?
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Old 10-13-2006, 10:45 AM
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They've had a really bad week..... I mean nice that Bygone Days won today, Truly Royal and Counterpunch yesterday and Pure Illusion Tuesday but losing poor Royal Proposal..... what a shame that was.
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back on track again at Newbury tomorrow.. Im not expected fireworks..
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Wasn't Jalil a member of Whodini?

CHUCK!!!the freaks come out at night!!!!! very sad when I still know every word to this rap..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLYC7ltxOrk
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Old 05-17-2007, 06:03 PM
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CHUCK!!!the freaks come out at night!!!!! very sad when I still know every word to this rap..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLYC7ltxOrk

nicely done 7 months later..
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nicely done 7 months later..

its not still Oct??
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Old 05-18-2007, 09:55 AM
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Race 6 in a half hour

http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/c...date=2007-5-18

http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/a...7-5-18&crs=NBY
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The reception you guys give him, can you really blame him?
He just rolled out the red carpet for Iranian President Imadinnerjacket. Quite frankly, the Sheikh can go f himself.
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Wasn't Jalil a member of Whodini?

Friends, how many of us have them?
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Old 05-18-2007, 10:21 AM
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He just rolled out the red carpet for Iranian President Imadinnerjacket. Quite frankly, the Sheikh can go f himself.
You're on a roll this morning.
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Old 05-18-2007, 10:45 AM
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this thread has everything..horse still a maiden, came 2nd as 11-8 fav..
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Word is the sheik has been hanging out with IRAN's dictator.
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for what it's worth:

NEWBURY
18 May 2007
Good To Soft

4:40 Peninsula Business Services Maiden Stakes (Class 4) (3yo) (1m2f6y) 1m2f

[off 4:41] £6,477.00, £1,927.00, £963.00, £481.00

Draw TRAINER Age Wgt JOCKEY SP OR TS RPR

1 Ajhar (USA) 4 M P Tregoning 3 9-3 Pat Dobbs 7/4 82 — —
2 ½ Jalil (USA) 8 Saeed Bin Suroor 3 9-3 L Dettori 6/4F — —
3 4 Galianna (IRE) 9 Pat Eddery 3 8-12 Richard Hughes 12/1 — —
4 ½ Ancient Culture 13 Sir Michael Stoute 3 9-3 Jamie Spencer 13/2 — —
5 nk Easterly Breeze (IRE) 3 W R Muir 3 9-3 Sam Hitchcott 33/1 — —
6 3 Praxiteles (IRE) 7 Sir Michael Stoute 3 9-3 J D Smith 12/1 — —
7 2½ Make Haste (IRE) 1 R Charlton 3 9-3 Steve Drowne 16/1 — —
8 1½ Kings Story (IRE) 2 W R Swinburn 3 9-3 Adam Kirby 66/1 — —
9 ½ Fraternal 16 R Charlton 3 9-0 Richard Kingscote(3) 66/1 — —
10 4 Espoir De Lumiere 12 C F Wall 3 8-12 Ian Mongan 100/1 — —
11 shd Beauchamp Viking 5 G A Butler 3 9-3 Stephen Carson 66/1 — —
12 4 Just An Angel (IRE) 15 A P Jarvis 3 8-12 Fergus Sweeney 100/1 — —
13 10 Grand Vizier (IRE) 11 C F Wall 3 9-3 George Baker 100/1 — —
14 13 Best Of Gold (IRE) 14 B J Meehan 3 9-3 Paul Eddery 100/1 — —
15 3½ Mazoran (FR) 6 D G Bridgwater 3 9-3 Vince Slattery 150/1 — —


15 ran TIME 2m 9.39s (slow by 5.39s) TOTAL SP 123%
NON RUNNER: Pathos (GER)
1st OWNER: Hamdan Al Maktoum BRED: Shadwell Farm LLC TRAINER: M P Tregoning
2nd OWNER: Godolphin
3rd OWNER: Pat Eddery Racing (Polygamy)

TOTE WIN £3.00 PL £1.30, £1.40, £2.70; Ex £6.20; CSF £4.75

My Notes
An interesting maiden featuring the reappearance of the $9.7m yearling Jalil backed up by several other well-bred sorts.
In the event very few got into the race from off the pace and the race developed into a match in the last furlong and a half, with the well-backed AJHAR putting his experience to good use to beat the favourite Jalil, who had tried to make all.

Analysis
Ajhar had been runner-up in all three of his juvenile starts, but the step up in trip was expected to suit this half-brother to several middle-distance performers, and with the rail to help he outstayed Jalil, who made the running and appeared to be travelling well enough, but did not respond immediately when headed.

Comments In Running
The winner sets the standard but is not that big so is likely to have to go up in class rather than carry big weights in handicaps, while the latter should be capable of winning races, but his price tag will continue to be a millstone for his reputation.

http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/p...date=2007-5-18


This came from before the race:
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After terrestrial coverage ends, the same stable's Jalil (4.40) will make a second stab at justifying his yearling sale price of $9.7m. He can't win that back today but even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/horserac...082469,00.html
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Old 05-18-2007, 11:48 AM
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Measured Tempo won like a good girl.

Don't care much about jalil..... they have much better boys.
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Probably not much of a consolation, but it sounds like he's a lot better than Coolmore's $16 million horse.
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