If Hemingway and Cherry Mix had traded places.....

[my miss storm cat]

...... the line would have read.....

"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Rome as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Rome is a moveable feast."

Good luck to the Royal Blue trio..... Cherry Mix, Laverock (both entered in the G1 Premio Roma) and Caradak (entered in the G2 Premio Ribot) this weekend.

Quite the world travelers, these two.....

Caradak hasn't been around as much but gotta love him. So much potential..... hopefully next year he'll be a little more consistent.


CHERRY MIX (FR)
21/06/07 ASCOT 2½m Good (T) £127,755 Group 1 8 of 14 (t) 9-02 L. Dettori 77 98
13/05/07 ROME 1¼m Gd/Frm (T) £122,449 Group 1 4 of 6 (t) 9-02 Kerrin McEvoy 98
05/11/06 ROME 1¼m Gd/Frm (T) £109,204 Group 1 1 of 10 (t) 9-02 Ted Durcan 123
15/10/06 MILAN 1½m Good (T) £158,503 Group 1 3 of 8 9-05 L. Dettori 120
22/08/06 YORK 1¼m88y Gd/Sft (T) £283,900 Group 1 6 of 7 (t) 9-05 L. Dettori 93 113
13/08/06 COLOGNE 1½m Good (T) £64,189 Group 1 1 of 9 9-06 Kerrin McEvoy 123
29/07/06 ASCOT 1½m Gd/Frm (T) £425,850 Group 1 6 of 6 (t) 9-07 Kerrin McEvoy 91 119
19/05/06 YORK 1m5f197y Soft (T) £79,492 Group 2 6 of 7 (t) 9-03 Kerrin McEvoy 33 98
02/03/06 NAD AL SHEBA 1½m Gd/Frm (T) $128,506 Group 3 7 of 10 (t) 9-04 L. Dettori 105
11/12/05 SHA TIN 1½m Gd/Frm (T) £596,125 Group 1 9 of 12 (t) 9-00 L. Dettori 113
16/10/05 MILAN 1½m Gd/Sft (T) £112,800 Group 1 1 of 8 9-04 L. Dettori 119+
02/10/05 LONGCHAMP 1½m Good (T) £699,673 Group 1 12 of 15 9-05 L. Dettori 93
04/09/05 BADEN-BADEN 1½m Good (T) £306,122 Group 1 5 of 9 9-06 L. Dettori 119
26/03/05 NAD AL SHEBA 1½m Gd/Frm (T) $1,200,000 Group 1 10 of 11 (t) 8-11 L. Dettori 106
05/03/05 NAD AL SHEBA 1¼m Fast (D) $196,020 Group 2 4 of 10 9-00 L. Dettori 106+
03/10/04 LONGCHAMP 1½m Gd/Frm (T) £621,932 Group 1 2 of 19 8-11 C. Soumillon 129
29/08/04 DEAUVILLE 1½m110y Heavy (T) £50,068 Group 2 1 of 7 8-08 T. Gillet 122
24/07/04 VICHY 1½m Soft (T) £14,901 Listed 1 of 9 9-02 T. Gillet 111
04/07/04 SAINT-CLOUD 1¼m110y Gd/Sft (T) £9,333 (S) 2 of 7 9-02 Gary Stevens 89+
13/05/04 LONGCHAMP 1½m Gd/Sft (T) £39,900 Group 2 3 of 6 9-02 Gary Stevens 107
11/04/04 LONGCHAMP 1m3f Good (T) £39,636 Group 2 2 of 9 9-02 Gary Stevens 107
18/03/04 SAINT-CLOUD 1¼m110y Gd/Sft (T) £16,600 Listed 3 of 8 8-11 C. Soumillon 96
12/10/03 LONGCHAMP 1m110y Soft (T) £9,091 (S) 2 of 10 8-13 A. Carre 96
28/09/03 FONTAINEBLEAU 1m Gd/Sft (T) £3,521 (S) 1 of 12 8-12 A. Carre 79
6 Wins And 7 Placed Finishes From 24 Runs Total Win Prize Money £354,683.00



LAVEROCK (IRE)

Performances Distance Going Value Details Finished Weight Jockey Tfig Trat
14/10/07 MILAN 1½m Gd/Frm (T) £75,000 Group 1 3 of 8 9-05 L. Dettori 115
30/09/07 ASCOT 1½m Good (T) £28,390 Group 3 5 of 8 9-00 L. Dettori 104 114
09/09/07 VELIEFENDI 1½m Gd/Sft (T) £198,020 (S) 3 of 7 9-06 Kerrin McEvoy 112
12/08/07 COLOGNE 1½m Gd/Sft (T) £67,568 Group 1 4 of 5 9-06 L. Dettori 114
28/07/07 ASCOT 1½m Good (T) £425,850 Group 1 4 of 7 9-07 L. Dettori 110 116
12/07/07 NEWMARKET (JULY) 1½m Gd/Frm (T) £51,102 Group 2 2 of 12 9-07 Kerrin McEvoy 107 120
31/03/07 NAD AL SHEBA 1½m Good (T) $2,999,999 Group 1 14 of 14 8-11 Kerrin McEvoy
01/03/07 NAD AL SHEBA 1½m Good (T) $119,999 Group 3 5 of 12 9-04 Kerrin McEvoy 116+
09/02/07 NAD AL SHEBA 1½m Good (T) $104,466 (H) 2 of 11 9-06 Kerrin McEvoy 123+
15/10/06 MILAN 1½m Good (T) £158,503 Group 1 1 of 8 9-05 D. Bonilla 123
22/08/06 YORK 1¼m88y Gd/Sft (T) £283,900 Group 1 5 of 7 (t) 9-05 D. Bonilla 94 114+
30/07/06 MUNICH 1¼m Good (T) £61,905 Group 1 2 of 5 9-06 M. Blancpain 116
25/06/06 SAINT-CLOUD 1½m Gd/Sft (T) £156,548 Group 1 3 of 6 9-02 D. Bonilla 123
21/05/06 LONGCHAMP 1m1f55y Gd/Sft (T) £85,034 Group 1 1 of 11 9-02 D. Bonilla 123
23/04/06 SHA TIN 1¼m Gd/Frm (T) £578,871 Group 1 12 of 13 (t) 9-00 M. Blancpain 86
13/10/05 LYON PARILLY 1¼m Gd/Sft (T) £25,862 Group 3 1 of 10 8-13 M. Blancpain 118
01/10/05 LONGCHAMP 1m1f165y Gd/Sft (T) £40,816 Group 2 6 of 10 8-10 M. Blancpain 105
24/07/05 MAISONS-LAFFITTE 1¼m Gd/Frm (T) £58,562 Group 2 2 of 9 8-12 M. Blancpain 113+
14/07/05 LONGCHAMP 1½m Gd/Frm (T) £273,397 Group 1 7 of 9 9-02 M. Blancpain 102
05/06/05 CHANTILLY 1¼m110y Good (T) £591,103 Group 1 6 of 17 9-02 M. Blancpain 118
15/05/05 LONGCHAMP 1m Gd/Sft (T) £155,483 Group 1 7 of 15 9-02 M. Blancpain 107
24/04/05 LONGCHAMP 1m Soft (T) £26,408 Group 3 1 of 7 9-02 M. Blancpain 111
28/03/05 SAINT-CLOUD 1m Heavy (T) £16,320 Listed 3 of 5 9-02 M. Blancpain 102+
06/11/04 SAINT-CLOUD 1¼m Soft (T) £79,361 Group 1 3 of 7 9-00 M. Blancpain 106
07/10/04 SAINT-CLOUD 1m Good (T) (S) 1 of 10 8-11 103+
17/09/04 CHANTILLY 1m Good (T) (S) 3 of 14 9-02 89
5 Wins And 10 Placed Finishes From 26 Runs Total Win Prize Money £295,807.00

Come home safe.

[NoChanceToDance]

Cherry Mix likes to get his frequent flyer miles, you should see the exotic places he goes on holiday

He also refuses to fly economy.

(now imagining the big grey fella sat upright in one of those huge AA business class seats, reading the Financial Times)

[my miss storm cat]

Reminds me of the days when Court Masterpiece flew the plane to Dubai.....

[my miss storm cat]

Do you think Caradak will go in the Ben Marshall instead or will they leave that to Dijeerr?

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Do you think Caradak will go in the Ben Marshall instead or will they leave that to Dijeerr?

Where?

They are surely heading out to Dubai very soon. i know Darragh has been out there about two weeks now.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Where?

They are surely heading out to Dubai very soon. i know Darragh has been out there about two weeks now.

Blue Ksar left for Dubai a couple of weeks ago too.....

Who is Darragh?

Anyway, looks like Caradak will be going to this one (Newmarket on Saturday) afterall with Teddy up. Kapil will be there too..... should be fun.

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Blue Ksar left for Dubai a couple of weeks ago too.....

Who is Darragh?

Anyway, looks like Caradak will be going to this one (Newmarket on Saturday) afterall with Teddy up. Kapil will be there too..... should be fun.

Darragh O'Donohoe.

He rides a bit for Godolphin, but mainly he is one of their main work riders. He goes out to Dubai ever winter, mostly to ride out for them.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Darragh O'Donohoe.

He rides a bit for Godolphin, but mainly he is one of their main work riders. He goes out to Dubai ever winter, mostly to ride out for them.

Lucky!

[my miss storm cat]

Hattan is in the Cherry Mix race!!!!!
* * *

Newmarket - Saturday 3 November
Going: Good



15:50
10 Run Bet365 Ben Marshall Stakes (listed)
Class 1, £26000.00 added, 3yo plus, £14763.00 penalty 1m

1(3) 2-31579 Kapil (SAF) M F De Kock 5 9 2 R L Moore
2(8) 113-043 Caradak (IRE) Saeed bin Suroor 6 8 13 T E Durcan
3(9) 061181 European Dream (IRE) R C Guest 4 8 13 J F Egan
4(6) 15-0201 Smart Enough M A Magnusson 4 8 13 S Drowne
5(4) 4-69905 Somnus T D Easterby 7 8 13 K Darley
6(10) 969124 Tell J L Dunlop 4 8 13 E Ahern
7(5) 11-4300 Caldra (IRE) S Kirk 3 8 11 R Hughes
8(2) 121-022 Dijeerr (USA) Saeed bin Suroor 3 8 11 R Hills
9(1) 901741 Jalmira (IRE) C F Swan 6 8 11 W J Lee
10(7) 13-5209 Striving Storm (USA) P W Chapple-Hyam 3 8 11 J Fortune


Betting Forecast: 7/2 Tell, 4/1 Caradak (IRE), 11/2 Smart Enough, 7/1 Jalmira (IRE), 10/1 European Dream (IRE), Kapil (SAF), Dijeerr (USA), Striving Storm (USA), 14/1 Caldra (IRE), 16/1 Somnus


FORMWATCH
KAPIL (SAF) 16-1 (9-1) Held up, hung left over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 17, 7l behind Greek Renaissance (9-1) at Newmarket 6f Grp 3 (1) gs in Oct.
CARADAK (IRE) 2-1fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home, 3rd of 9, 1l behind Appalachian Trail (9-0) at Redcar 7f lst stk (1) gd in Oct.
EUROPEAN DREAM (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Held up, headway 3f out, challenged final furlong, soon led, driven out, won at York 1m 1f hcap (2) sft in Jul beating Greek Envoy (8-13) by a nk, 9 ran.
SMART ENOUGH 5-1 (9-1) Broke well, tracked leader, led approaching 2f out, ran on well, won at Bath 1m stk (3) gf in Oct beating Dijeerr (8-12) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
SOMNUS 14-1 (8-11) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, no impression, 5th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Appalachian Trail (9-6) at Doncaster 7f stk (3) gd in Oct.
TELL 28-1 (9-3) Chased leader, led 6f out, ridden and headed 2f out, staying on when short of room near finish, 4th of 13, 1 1/2l behind Windsor Knot (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 (1) sft in Oct.
CALDRA (IRE) 33-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, always towards rear, 12th of 15, 10l behind Miss Lucifer (8-12) at Newmarket 7f Grp 2 (1) gs in Oct.
DIJEERR (USA) 7-2jt-fav (8-9) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Appalachian Trail (9-6) at Doncaster 7f stk (3) gd in Oct.
JALMIRA (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Mid-division, 7th for much, ridden and closed over 1f out, stayed on well to lead close home, won at Cork 1m lst stk (1) gd in Oct beating Hard Rock City (9-4) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
STRIVING STORM (USA) (8-11) Prominent, led 3f to over 4f, driven over 2f out, soon one pace, 9th of 10, 18l behind Literato (8-11) at Deauville 1m 2f Grp 2 (1) gd in Aug.

[NoChanceToDance]

I have to go for Tell here. Always been a good horse to me.

[my miss storm cat]

Poor Caradak.

* * *

Pressing won, Cherry Boy 4th, Laverock 9th and oh God does anyone have full results?

I can't find Hattan.

Cheers to Mr. Jarvis.

[NoChanceToDance]

They just can't train Caradak, which is a real shame for the horse. He was group class in Ireland and has gradually got worse and worse.

Glad to hear Pressing won, they have been aiming for a good win with him all season.

[my miss storm cat]

Hattan was last.