Newbury on Saturday

my miss storm cat · #1 07-20-2007, 01:25 AM

Wow, some reeeally nice fields!

Newbury - Saturday 21 July
Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places

14:20
15 Run Uplands Racing Hackwood Stakes (group 3)
Class 1, £47000.00 added, 3yo plus, £26687.00 penalty 6f 8y
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(15) 05112-5 Reverence E J Alston 6 9 11 K Darley
2(13) 7211-46 Bygone Days Saeed bin Suroor 6 9 7 K McEvoy
3(5) 1211-60 Al Qasi (IRE) P W Chapple-Hyam 4 9 3 T E Durcan
4(6) 154802 Appalachian Trail (IRE) I Semple 6 9 3 T Eaves
5(10) 264550 Ashdown Express (IRE) C F Wall 8 9 3 G Baker
6(8) 84-2510 Assertive R Hannon 4 9 3 R Hughes
7(11) 7-47530 Balthazaar's Gift (IRE) L M Cumani 4 9 3 J P Spencer
8(3) 120-487 Baltic King H Morrison 7 9 3 J Fortune
9(12) 5-38600 Fayr Jag (IRE) T D Easterby 8 9 3 D Allan
10(7) 0-31584 The Tatling (IRE) J M Bradley 10 9 3 J H Bowman
11(2) 592042 Tony James (IRE) K O Cunningham-Brown 5 9 3 T Quinn
12(14) 820-934 Welsh Emperor (IRE) T P Tate 8 9 3 M Fenton
13(4) 55-4050 Drayton (IRE) M F De Kock 3 8 12 W C Marwing
14(9) 114-206 Sonny Red (IRE) R Hannon 3 8 12 R L Moore
15(1) 212-502 Wi Dud K A Ryan 3 8 12 N Callan

14:50
19 Run Bathwick Tyres Heritage Handicap (str)
Class 2, £40000.00 added, 3yo plus, £24928.00 penalty 1m
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(13) 0681-75 Nayyir G A Butler 9 9 10 P Hills (5)
2(10) 20-1270 Count Trevisio

(IRE) Saeed bin Suroor 4 9 5 K McEvoy
3(14) 103-364 Pride of Nation (IRE) L M Cumani 5 9 4 J P Spencer
4(16) 0-80210 Humungous (IRE) C R Egerton 4 9 4 R Hughes
5(7) 234758 Impeller (IRE) J S Moore 8 9 3 T Dean (5)
6(6) 501008 Plum Pudding (IRE) R Hannon 4 9 1 J Fortune
7(19) 52-0201 Third Set (IRE) R Charlton 4 8 13 S Drowne
8(4) 60-1006 Kew Green (USA) P R Webber 9 8 13 R L Moore
9(11) 4-12730 Bustan (IRE) G C Bravery 8 8 11 Jim Crowley
10(3) 000060 Uhoomagoo K A Ryan 9 8 10 N Callan
11(9) 030750 Prince of Thebes (IRE) J Akehurst 6 8 6 P Doe
12(12) 1315 One Hour M P Tregoning 3 8 4 Martin Dwyer
13(8) 0-00157 South Cape M R Channon 4 8 4 R Mullen
14(5) 111704 Regal Parade M Johnston 3 8 4 K Darley
15(15) 5136-9 Prince of Elegance Mrs A J Perrett 3 8 3 P Hanagan
16(2) 315243 Full Victory (IRE) R A Farrant 5 8 2 C Catlin
17(18) 020742 Wovoka (IRE) M R Channon 4 8 0 Matthew Davies (7)
18(17) 211-2 Robema J J Quinn 4 7 12 Luke Morris (5)
19(1) 217325 Harare R J Price 6 7 12 D Fox (3)

16:25
10 Run David Wilson Homes Steventon Stakes (listed)
Class 1, £26000.00 added, 3yo plus, £14763.00 penalty 1m 2f 6y
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(1) 5111-73 Art Attack (GER) R Haugen 4 9 6 K Darley
2(6) 0211-12 Blue Ksar

(FR) Saeed bin Suroor 4 9 6 T E Durcan
3(8) 682371 Championship Point (IRE) M R Channon 4 9 6 J H Bowman
4(2) 115-193 Imperial Star (IRE) J H M Gosden 4 9 6 J Fortune
5(4) 112/1 Winged Cupid (IRE) Saeed bin Suroor 4 9 6 K McEvoy
6(3) 943/216- Hotel du Cap G Wragg 4 9 3 S Drowne
7(10) 7735-54 Snoqualmie Boy D R C Elsworth 4 9 3 T Quinn
8(9) 3118-20 Stotsfold W R Swinburn 4 9 3 A Kirby
9(5) 412111- Caldra (IRE) S Kirk 3 8 7 D P McDonogh
10(7) 512301 Hearthstead Maison (IRE) M Johnston 3 8 7 Greg Fairley

Love just about EVERY horse in the Hackwood (come home safe old warrior, The Tatling!), the Godolphin guys in the other two and good luck to Cake... a very good girl.

NoChanceToDance · #2 07-20-2007, 05:01 AM

The Hackwood is a interesting race and much of it depends if we get the rain we are expecting today and how much of it. If the weather forecasters are correct, the whole country could expect at least an inch of rain!!!!

There has been heavy rain in London this morning. The Reverence camp will be keen to see as much rain fall as possible for him. If the word "firm" is still in the going description tomorrow, i doubt he will run.

If Newbury escapes the rain and the going is very fast, i wouldn't rule a big run from Fayr Jag at big odds.

NoChanceToDance · #3 07-20-2007, 06:20 AM

Well, say goodbye to all the firm ground lovers...... ground there now is Soft and it's still raining.

More than likely no racing at all there today, and tomorrows card looks in doubt, too.

NoChanceToDance · #4 07-20-2007, 06:47 AM

Newbury waterlogged. Racing abandoned today, doesn't look like tomorrow's card will go ahead tomorrow either.

_ed_ · #5 07-20-2007, 07:07 AM

That's a shame.

I thought the weather must have packed in when I turned on the TV for the cricket and saw a replay of a match from more than 10 years ago.

NoChanceToDance · #6 07-20-2007, 07:44 AM

I doubt there will be any play at Lords today

_ed_ · #7 07-20-2007, 07:52 AM

Definitely not, I just saw a live update and quite a lot of it is underwater! Those are some impressive puddles.

And back to the 1996 match again.

NoChanceToDance · #8 07-20-2007, 08:09 AM

It has brightened up a touch there. I'm not sure if rain is actually falling anymore, which is a good sign. On the other hand, London is in for more downpours this afternoon.

All this rain does is provide more certainty that the test will end in a draw (which was always likely anyway) igven that both sides look unlikely to be able to take 20 wickets between them.

_ed_ · #9 07-20-2007, 08:41 AM

I agree, India's bowlers looked harmless yesterday and with Hoggard and Harmison missing the England attack doesn't look very threatening either.

Looks like they're going to start playing soon though, amazing how fast they managed to clear all the surface water!

NoChanceToDance · #10 07-20-2007, 09:12 AM

Those super soppers are brilliant at getting up all the surface water.

Only just turned the cricket, what did i miss with the Pieterson incident?? He walked but then was sent back

_ed_ · #11 07-20-2007, 09:14 AM

He edged it and the catch was claimed, but then the replays clearly showed the ball touched the ground first and he was called back.

Really strange incident.

NoChanceToDance · #12 07-20-2007, 09:17 AM

Never mind, he's out now. I really don't like the guy, so i'm happy. Such an overrated player. He hits the ball hard, and that's why people like him, but in all fairness if any coach watched him batting they would think he hadn't got a clue about the game. He can't play a 'proper' cricket shot.

Anyway, this is the latest news from Newbury
Friday meeting abandoned with Saturday's subject to inspection

by PA Sports staff
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THIS afternoon's meeting has been abandoned and Saturday's high-profile fixture hinges upon a 4pm inspection.

The Berkshire venue has seen heavy rainfall this morning, turning the ground from good, good to firm in places to heavy within a matter of hours.

Clerk of the course Richard Osgood confirmed: "We have abandoned and we will inspect for Saturday at 4pm."

"Obviously the ground is heavy now but when we looked between 6am and 6.30am, we were perfectly raceable although wehad had 10 millimetres of rain," explained Osgood.
"(Former jockey) John Reid then walked the track with us at 9am and we were still raceable and no worse than good to soft.”

"We have had heavy rain though and between 8.30am and 11.15am we have had 32 millimetres in total and it's still continuing to rain."

"The rain is forecast to move north so hopefully we will be all right for Saturday but we will update everyone later today."

Saturday's card is due to feature the richly-endowed Weatherbys Super Sprint as well as the Group Three Uplands Racing Hackwood Stakes.

NoChanceToDance · #13 07-20-2007, 12:32 PM

Newbury Abandoned tomorrow, too.

Bad news for the track and for race goers in general.

Parts of the track are still waterlogged.

my miss storm cat · #14 07-20-2007, 01:59 PM

Crap!

Every time the Count is gonna run something happens.

This sucks.

NoChanceToDance · #15 07-20-2007, 02:15 PM

Ed, going back to the cricket briefly, what did you make of England's collapse? 200-1 overnight, to 298 all out..... it's laughable!

As you can probably gather, i'm not a big fan of our cricket side. Give me South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka to watch any day.

NoChanceToDance · #16 07-20-2007, 02:27 PM

Picture of Newbury this afternoon:

_ed_ · #17 07-20-2007, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Ed, going back to the cricket briefly, what did you make of England's collapse? 200-1 overnight, to 298 all out..... it's laughable!

As you can probably gather, i'm not a big fan of our cricket side. Give me South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka to watch any day.

Yeah I did see that, that was a very impressive collapse I must say. Being a NZ supporter, I have enough experience to know an impressive collapse when I see one.

But England bowled well, and after our predictions that neither side would be able to take 20 wickets I think it's starting to look like both might!

Back to Newbury, this picture on Racing Post sums it up really:

Racing on that would not be a good idea. Disappointing though.