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I'll take Bonecrusher and King Jock, please.
http://www.emiratesracing.com/era/hit-sale.html DIRC Sale starts tomorrow The inaugural Dubai International Racing Carnival Sale, part of the revamped annual Emirates Racing Authority Horse in Training Sale, takes place tomorrow. The Dubai Racing Club and Europe’s leading auction house Tattersalls have entered into a partnership that promises to add a new dimension to the Dubai International Racing Carnival. Taking place at Nad Al Sheba, there are now 44 horses going under the hammer at the DIRCS, with the Robbie Osborne-trained King Jock and Doug Watson’s duo T-Bird and Arabian Prince additional entries. King Jock, with a rating of 108, has been a great servant to Irish trainer Robbie Osborne and also a real favourite in the UAE. The seven-year-old gelding has raced 20 times here, and succeeded four times, including twice at Listed level at Abu Dhabi and also at the 2005 and 2006 Carnival. Outside of the UAE, the son of Ghazi has won four other times, including the Group 3 Desmond Stakes at The Curragh in 2006. “This is the first Carnival sale, so we are feeling our way, and the quality of horses on offer will hopefully rise each year, but this looks to be a good platform to launch the sale, which should hopefully appeal to owners all over the world,” said Dubai Racing Club CEO Frank Gabriel Jr. Brazilian Group 1 winners L’Amico Steve, Evil Knievel and Nepotista are others to look out for, as are the useful sprinter Machinist, Mariol, first past the post in a sprint handicap before being demoted earlier in the Carnival, and Happy Runner, a winner on the opening night of the Carnival. There are 86 horses entered for the Emirates Racing Authority’s Horses in Training Sale on Wednesday. The Dubai Racing Club announced last month that from this year, the annual Horses In Training Sale in Dubai will be moved forward and include a DIRC Session whereby horses that have competed at the Carnival can be put up for auction. The Sale is held at Nad Al Sheba 5pm on Tuesday March 4 and at 3pm Wednesday March 5, preceding the Super Thursday meeting at Nad Al Sheba on March 6. |
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The good news is King Jock wasn't sold yet, but the bad news is Choctaw nation went for almost nothing...
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Stupid headline almost gave me a heart attack...
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http://www.racingandsports.com.au/ra...asp?NID=122503
Cameo Appearance By Efficient Story By Chris Scholtz Tuesday, 11 March 2008: While Melbourne Cup winner Efficient makes a cameo appearance at Flemington on Saturday his younger half brother Guillotine will attempt to build on his burgeoning reputation at Rosehill. Efficient will have his first outing since his Melbourne Cup victory in November in the Blamey Stakes at Flemington before he returns to the paddocks ahead of another spring campaign. Efficient's owner Lloyd Williams said the decision to give the four-year-old only one autumn start is part of his plan to win the Cox Plate- Melbourne Cup double in the spring with the grey. "I like to dream a bit,” Williams said. “He will have just the one run and have up to eight weeks out in the paddock as I only have one thing in mind for him in the spring." Efficient will be ridden by Steven Arnold on Saturday, an ironic reunion with the horse he could have ridden in the Melbourne Cup. Arnold preferred the Melbourne Cup mount on stablemate Gallic, a subsequent late scratching from Australia's richest race. He was left to watch Michael Rodd win the Cup on Efficient but gets back on the grey on Saturday as Rodd is still recovering from an illness. In Sydney trainer David Payne will start Guillotine's AJC Derby campaign in a low class 3YO ratings race over 1500m. Guillotine was nominated for Saturday's $1 million Golden Rose but the three-year-old does not have sufficient prizemoney to make the final field, a good result for jockey Hugh Bowman. Bowman is free to ride Guillotine and retain the mount on the Bart Cummings filly Mimi Lebrock in the Golden Rose. Payne will be represented in the Golden Rose by Vecchia Roma (Damien Oliver). Guillotine, a grey like Efficient, recorded his second win from just five starts when he blitzed older horses by six lengths over 1900m at Rosehill in December. He is set to follow Saturday's race with starts in the Randwick Guineas, Rosehill Guineas and AJC Derby. |
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Since i've pretty much missed the whole day, need to start catching up at the beginning.
Wow cheers to Hattan! HIs 5th win. http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n..._Comments.html |
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First time I've ever seen Jock get some press!
Sporting Life..... IRISH RAIDER OUT OF LUCK By Tom Peacock, PA Sport Robbie Osborne was not left too disheartened despite his Irish raider King Jock finishing last of seven in the Prix du Muguet at Saint-Cloud on Thursday. The seven-year-old was beaten a shade over six lengths in the Group Two event by the appropriately-named grey Gris De Gris and rider Thierry Thulliez. King Jock has enabled Osborne to travel the world, having last run in Dubai in February and is likely to return to France next. "No luck today - he was in about fourth or fifth but he got tired in the last furlong," said Naas-based Osborne. "The ground was a bit soft and didn't suit him and it was a pretty tough race anyway - I'd have been delighted to finish third or fourth. "I think there's a Group Three at Longchamp on the 30th of the month that we might take a look at, otherwise there's another Group Three at Chantilly on French Derby day. He's entered in Leopardstown too, but I think we'll probably come back to France." The other Pattern event on the card was an Oaks trial, the Prix Cleopatre, and went to Christophe Lemaire on the Alain De Royer-Dupre-trained Leo's Starlet. She was stepping in class following successes on the all-weather at Deauville. |
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Somebody is loosing a battle.
HORSE RACING: Viagra supply fails to pep up Kentucky Derby winner’s sex life
Story by REUTERS Publication Date: 5/2/2008 TOKYO The Japanese owners of former Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem are struggling to explain why the American thoroughbred has lost his libido. Even a private harem and a limitless supply of Viagra have failed to pep up the love life of a stallion his handlers freely admit has some personal issues. “We’ve tried everything,” Nobuo Tsunoda, director of the prestigious Shadai Stallion Station on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, told Reuters. “You name it we’ve tried it. We had him on Viagra - that didn’t work. I even went into (Sapporo’s) red light district with 300,000 yen in cash and brought back a lot of ‘special’ medicine to try and perk him up. “It’s very odd. He’s not impotent. He’s just very choosy about his women. He’s more human than animal. Basically he’s a bit of a weirdo.” War Emblem won the 2002 Kentucky Derby but has had problems in the breeding shed since being sold to the prominent Yoshida racing family for around $17 million later that year. The 2008 race takes place on Saturday and its winner can expect big fees when he goes to stud. War Emblem has been a disappointment, however. “He’s been in contact with hundreds of mares but has successfully mated with a only a tiny percentage,” said Tsunoda. “We have him on male hormone injections to see it that will help.” “It’s not normal,” continued Tsunoda. “A normal stud would climb onto any mare he sees but not him. He’s just doesn’t seem to like sex anymore -- which is odd.”
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Oh well, 2nd is good too.
Hope MS is okay... Thursday May 8 2008 Chester 14:15 - Result Grant Thornton Huxley Stakes (group 3) £60000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 2f 75y, Class 1, £37367 penalty, 6 ran Going: Good to Firm, Good in places Winning Time: 2m 11.21s 13:45 14:15 14:45 15:15 16:00 16:35 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP 1 4 Championship Point (IRE) 9-0 D Holland M R Channon 5 12/1 led, ridden when pressed over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, gamely regained lead towards finish touched 10/1 £5000-£400 2 1 nk Maraahel (IRE) 9-5 R Hills Sir Michael Stoute 7 5/2 chased leader, challenged over 1f out, ridden and took narrow lead inside final furlong, soon edged left, headed towards finish touched 11/4 £5500-£2000 £2750-£1000 £1500-£600 3 5 1½ Spice Route 9-0 J P Spencer M L W Bell 4 8/1 chased leaders, closed 3f out, hung left and not pace to challenge in final furlong touched 9/1 £4000-£400 4 3 1¼ Multidimensional (IRE) 9-0 T E Durcan H R A Cecil 5 5/4 f held up, pushed along and headway on inside 1f out, soon ridden, never able to challenge opened 6/4 touched 13/8 £6500-£4000 £1300-£800 (x8) £4500-£3000 £3000-£2000 (x2) £900-£600 £2200-£1600 5 6 9 Stotsfold 9-3 A Kirby W R Swinburn 5 5/1 held up, pushed along to close 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out opened 9/2 touched 4/1 £4500-£1000 (x2) £2000-£400 PU 2 Majounes Song 9-0 J Fanning M Johnston 4 40/1 tracked leaders until went wrong and pulled up after 1f, dismounted opened 28/1 |
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Good luck to Darjina and Literato.
Longchamp - Sunday 18 May 15:20 6 Run Prix D'ispahan (group 1) Class 1, £250000.00 added, 4yo plus, £142851.00 penalty 1m 1f 55y 1(1) 11144-3 Sageburg (IRE) A de Royer Dupre 4 9 2 O Peslier 2(6) 41433-3 Boris De Deauville (IRE) S Wattel 5 9 2 T Thulliez 3(5) 81432-1 Loup Breton (IRE) E Lellouche 4 9 2 C P Lemaire 4(4) 12111-0 Literato (FR) S bin Suroor 4 9 2 L Dettori 5(3) 31173-2 Darjina (FR) A de Royer Dupre 4 8 13 C Soumillon 6(2) 472-2 Turfrose (GER) A Fabre 4 8 13 S Pasquier Betting Forecast: 7/4 Sageburg (IRE), 5/2 Darjina (FR), 5/1 Literato (FR), 11/2 Loup Breton (IRE), 6/1 Boris De Deauville (IRE), 16/1 Turfrose (GER) |
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For Jaripeo...
The Papal one... Epsom 6 June 2008 3:25 JUDDMONTE CORONATION CUP (GROUP 1) (CLASS 1) (4yo+) Winner £ 1m4f10y No. Form Horse Trainer RTF % Wgt Jockey 6112-7 Adlerflug 40 J Hirschberger 4 119 - — 1-3 327-13 Al Shemali 27 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 113 100 — 0-1 23116- Anna Pavlova 222 R A Fahey 5 112 113 108 — 3-3 32124- Arch Rebel 180 Noel Meade 7 115 115 — 0-6 /112-1 Ask 42 Sir Michael Stoute 5 119 122 117 — 2-4 642-74 Balkan Knight 20 D R C Elsworth 8 110 113 94 — 2-9 696-86 Big Robert 27 W R Muir 4 107 104 92 — 0-3 149-77 Boscobel 99 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 116 103 — 1-4 111-11 Coastal Path 19 A Fabre 4 119 120 — 2-2 3131-3 Doctor Dino 69 R Gibson 6 120 115 — 1-2 2423-1 Duke Of Marmalade 40 A P O´Brien 4 123 113 — 0-0 1865-5 Finsceal Beo 69 J S Bolger 4 112 111 — 0-0 1114-3 Galactic Star 33 Sir Michael Stoute 5 110 117 97 — 3-5 /124-1 Getaway 33 A Fabre 5 127 124 — 3-4 241765 Gower Song 33 D R C Elsworth 5 111 108 — 2-10 0-4507 Halicarnassus 50 M R Channon 4 109 96 — 0-3 40-127 Hattan 19 C E Brittain 6 112 116 108 — 2-12 2338-4 Honolulu 21 A P O´Brien 4 121 119 — 1-4 4531-5 Lion Sands 27 L M Cumani 4 110 114 96 — 1-5 111-06 Literato 19 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 124 113 — 0-0 42411- Lucarno 265 J H M Gosden 4 115 121 122 — 1-4 336-71 Macarthur 28 A P O´Brien 4 117 115 — 0-1 1350-2 Maraahel 29 Sir Michael Stoute 7 117 119 115 — 4-13 7136-3 Mores Wells 32 Kevin Prendergast 4 115 105 — 1-3 /15-44 Multidimensional 29 H R A Cecil 5 111 115 101 — 0-0 51137- Papal Bull 194 Sir Michael Stoute 5 116 120 112 — 3-8 21111- Peeping Fawn 289 A P O´Brien 4 124 122 — 2-3 612-66 Persian Storm 36 A Fabre 4 111 73 — 0-1 410F-7 Quest For Honor 61 A Fabre 4 94 64 — 0-0 20223- Red Rock Canyon 272 A P O´Brien 4 118 110 — 0-1 4439-1 Red Rocks 27 B J Meehan 5 116 121 105 — 1-7 8114-2 Regal Flush 20 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 112 117 117 — 1-1 73523- Sagara 243 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 123 123 — 0-4 /1211- Septimus 266 A P O´Brien 5 124 116 — 0-2 /170-2 Sixties Icon 33 J Noseda 5 118 118 59 — 2-8 238-14 Soapy Danger 37 M Johnston 5 109 113 102 — 4-7 15115- Soldier Of Fortune 243 A P O´Brien 4 127 127 — 3-5 18994- Sommertag 264 J Hirschberger 5 115 79 — 0-2 12760- Song Of Hiawatha 243 A P O´Brien 4 110 87 — 0-2 1110-2 Turbo Linn 21 G A Swinbank 5 109 113 96 — 3-4 1113-1 Yeats 40 A P O´Brien 7 122 104 — 1-3 260-08 Yellowstone 33 Jane Chapple-Hyam 4 113 117 111 — 1-7 5242-5 Youmzain 69 M R Channon 5 125 126 127 — 3-11 322-02 Zaham 48 M Johnston 4 113 116 111 — 0-2 4138-6 Zambezi Sun 40 P Bary 4 123 121 — 1-3 |
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OUCH, TO MANY MANY GOOD ONES, NO CHANCE FOR PAPAL. THERE IS TWO VERY GOOD CLASSICS. LATER WILL TALK ABOUT THEM
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It will be interesting to see which faces turn up for that race. If Peeping Fawn goes, she will be very difficult to beat (even against the colts).
Coastal Path looks very good in this races, but ideally he would need more of a stamina test, as would Yeats. Lucarno could be a big danger on the best of his form.
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dont think we'll be seeing peeping til the pretty polly (and that isnt a good sign to be honest, i hope we do see her again!!)..
Im a huge fan of Getaway now and would take alot of beating, but Lucarno could turn into a monster this year as well.
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