Yeah but I was too lazy to look.

Kandidate 3rd? Uh oh.....

So he didn't flip out or anything today? :D

Didn't watch it, i just read the report and the comments in running. He didn't need to freak out, because apart from a horse that wouldn't have been able to win even if he started yesterday nothing else took him on for the pace early (which Kandidate usually does).

That's why i'm surprised. Remember when Kandidate won in Dubai, where he just went off in front and they never caught him? That's how he should be ridden everytime.

Tactics have decided on the result today, nothing else.

Poor Kandidate.

I'm quite sure someone lost a ton on him.

Again.

Oh and yeah of course i remember that race..... he was soooo good. Mullins was 2nd, Stage Gift last and he just ******* shined.

He likes Dubai, huh?

I seriously wouldn't be happy if i had lost money on him today. Trouble is, he has done the Dubai tactic over here, too..... so why don't they keep doing it?

Especially against a horse like Echo who apparently just doesn't like company :D

MMSC, you better be sitting down when you read this

(everyone else, plug your ears)

Drum role, please.

Red Clubs could run the last race of his career in Hong Kong....... yes, i said Hong Kong!!

That would be most fitting and proper.

You DO know who owns Mr. Red Clubs, Esquire, don't you?:p

Well, i know the silks, but the man's name escapes me...... should i know him?

I'm trying to picture how big your smile would be when you are watching him race in your fav country :D

Ronald Arculli is the former chairman of the (music, please.....:D ) Hong Kong Jockey Club. :cool:

I'll be THRILLED!

Remember he went last year for the HK Sprint but got sick and was scratched? Sucked.

HATTAN won at Chester today, which i know will please a few people on here :)

WHAT????????

OH MY GOD I NEED TO GO AND LOOK.

I didn't know he was entered...

OH! THRILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Happy 4th win, good boy!:D

Saturday September 15 2007
Chester 15:25 - Result
Carlsburg Stand Cup (listed)
£26000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 4f 66y, Class 1, £15410 penalty, 6 ran
Going: Good to Firm Winning Time: 2m 37.11s

Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 1 Hattan (IRE) 9-1 S Sanders C E Brittain 5 11/4 f
took keen hold, held up, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden and hung left from over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong opened 10/3
2 3 1 Foxhaven 9-1 Jim Crowley P R Chamings 5 11/2
always prominent, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong touched 9/2
3 6 2 Lundy's Lane (IRE) 9-1 F Norton A M Balding 7 11/2
took keen hold, held up, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble front pair opened 7/1
4 2 ½ Linas Selection 9-1 K Darley M Johnston 4 10/3
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out opened 3/1 touched 11/4
5 7 3½ Book of Music (IRE) 9-1 K McEvoy Saeed bin Suroor 4 3/1
held up in last, headway 4f out, weakened over 1f out opened 5/2
6 5 20 Cresta Gold 8-10 R Mullen A Bailey 4 25/1
chased leader unitl ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out touched 16/1

Non-Runners
NR Northern Jem 8-6 J Quinn G G Margarson 3

Ryan Moore (yea!:) ) set to ride WAR ARTIST (applause! :cool: ) in Dubai next season.

Hey, it's never too early for good news! :D

War Artist....... why does this name start ringing bells? For the life of me i can't remember him, should i? :confused:

Ryan Moore is a class jockey, best jockey i have seen in a long time.

War Artist is brilliant..... a shining star in South Africa.

Everyone will know his name. :)

Ryan is THE jockey these days. :cool: :)

What about Mr Fallon?

Or do you prefer these younger jockeys these days? :D

In July War Artist beat both Mythical Flight and Disco Queen....

He's only 3, heading to the HK Sprint before Dubai.

If those ******* would let Mr. Fallon ride he'd still be THE sexpot... ooops i mean jockey! :D

Anyway they both rode Ace-ie so they were already pretty high in my book. :p

Did Spencer ever ride Ace?

He's more your type isn't he, MMSC? :D :rolleyes:

Okay this is the strange thing.....

Yeah Jamie (Hi my name is Jamie Spencer and i ****** up on Antonius pius AND Powerscourt cause i'm a moron) Spencer.....

Ready?

JAMIE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO ACTUALLY WIN ON ACE.

All 3 of his wins.....

Strange, huh?

Poor Ace-ie was probably so disgusted, petrified, etc. that he ran reeeally reeeally fast.:D

Haha......

we better not let Jamie ride Echo then, imagine how scared he'd be :D

That made me giggle :P.

And good to know about War Artist...Imma have to keep an eye out for that one.

LOVE Ryan Moore, too...he's freaking awesome.

Katy! :)

Missed you my Godolphin sistah!

Good Lord, No Chance... did you post the comment on Young Pretender's race? :D

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=A_QrVHFPJxw

He's a bit good, isn't he. And he isn't even John Gosden's best 2yo!

Good luck. :)

(I know he hasn't won since 2005 and i don't care... I'll never forget him beating that field of 25? 27? Hope he does well tomorrow).

Ayr - Friday 21 September
Going: Good to Soft, Good in places

16:40
28 Run Totesport.com Ayr Silver Cup Handicap
Class 2, £35000.00 added, 3yo plus, £21812.00 penalty 6f

1(21) 012601 Northern Fling D Nicholls 3 9 10 A Nicholls
2(24) 097010 One More Round (USA) (ex5) N P Littmoden 9 9 10 Neil Brown (5)
3(17) 111904 Orpsie Boy (IRE) N P Littmoden 4 9 9 Luke Morris (5)
4(8) 018300 Green Park (IRE) R A Fahey 4 9 9 Jamie Moriarty (3)
5(4) 305700 Out After Dark C G Cox 6 9 8 P Mulrennan
6(7) 050755 Gift Horse :) D Nicholls 7 9 8 P Mcdonald (3)
7(20) 6-21111 Sundae C F Wall 3 9 7 G Baker
8(14) 329917 Damika (IRE) (ex5) R M Whitaker 4 9 7 M Stainton (3)
9(26) 133039 Caribbean Coral J J Quinn 8 9 6 G Gibbons
10(15) 11-83 Utmost Respect R A Fahey 3 9 6 P Hanagan
11(9) 44-0040 Northern Empire (IRE) K A Ryan 4 9 5 J F Egan
12(11) 673134 High Curragh K A Ryan 4 9 4 A Mullen (3)
13(25) 500106 Continent D Nicholls 10 9 4 J Quinn
14(27) 814013 Sunrise Safari (IRE) I Semple 4 9 3 T Eaves
15(2) 464024 Curtail (IRE) I Semple 4 9 2 L Enstone
16(5) 896185 Commando Scott (IRE) I W McInnes 6 9 2 R Ffrench
17(13) 418097 Dickie Le Davoir K R Burke 3 9 1 A Elliott (3)
18(12) 053050 Mr Wolf D W Barker 6 9 0 T Hamilton
19(22) 9-28432 Imperial Echo (USA) T D Barron 6 9 0 P Fessey
20(10) 40-0000 Coleorton Dancer K A Ryan 5 9 0 M Fenton
21(1) 70-0000 Varadouro (BRZ) D Nicholls 5 8 12 D Allan
22(18) 556110 Balakiref M Dods 8 8 12 P Makin
23(16) 013123 Northern Dare (IRE) D Nicholls 3 8 11 S De Sousa
24(23) 065626 Geojimali J S Goldie 5 8 11 D Tudhope
25(3) 520905 Blazing Heights J S Goldie 4 8 10 G Bartley (5)
26(6) 310-196 Makshoof (IRE) K A Ryan 3 8 10 Greg Fairley
27(19) 136849 Pusey Street Lady J Gallagher 3 8 10 R Havlin
28(28) 707000 Pacific Pride J J Quinn 4 8 9 P Cosgrave

You should have an exacta........ Gift Horse/Sundae :)

National Captain just won at Belmont!!!!!


:)

Good boy anyway.


Friday September 21 2007
Ayr 16:40 - Result
Totesport.com Ayr Silver Cup Handicap
£35000 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 2, £21812 penalty, 26 ran
Going: Soft Winning Time: 1m 13.7s


Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 15 Utmost Respect 9-6 P Hanagan R A Fahey 3 11/4 f
tracked leaders stand side group, led stand side group and overall leader over 1f out, pushed out readily opened 10/3 touched 7/2 £8750-£2500 £7000-£2000 (x2) £2100-£600 £1750-£500 (x3) £3000-£900 £2000-£600 (x4) £1500-£500
2 16 1½ Northern Dare (IRE) 8-11 S De Sousa D Nicholls 3 14/1
led stand side group until headed by stand side group over 1f out, kept on, always held opened 16/1
3 20 2½ Sundae 9-7 G Baker C F Wall 3 9/1
tracked leaders stand side group, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong opened 10/1 £9000-£1000 Each Way
4 27 2 Sunrise Safari (IRE) 9-3 T Eaves I Semple 4 16/1
behind stand side group, ridden over 2f out, soon headway, one pace
5 25 ¾ Continent 9-4 J Quinn D Nicholls 10 25/1
held up stand side group, effort over 2f out, no impression final furlong opened 28/1
6 18 ½ Balakiref 8-12 P Makin M Dods 8 33/1
mid-division stand side group, one paced from over 1f out
7 23 ½ Geojimali 8-11 D Tudhope J S Goldie 5 10/1
behind stand side group, ridden over 2f out, one pace touched 11/1
8 5 ½ Commando Scott (IRE) 9-2 R Ffrench I W McInnes 6 9/1
behind far side group, ridden over 2f out, led far side group inside final furlong, kept on, no chance with stand side group opened 10/1 touched 8/1
9 26 s.h Caribbean Coral 9-6 G Gibbons J J Quinn 8 33/1
held up stand side group, ridden over 2f out, no impression from over 1f out
10 7 1 Gift Horse :) 9-8 P Mcdonald (3) D Nicholls 7 17/2
chased leaders far side group, led far side group over 2f out, headed by far side group inside final furlong, one pace and no impression with stand side group opened 15/2
11 22 nk Imperial Echo (USA) 9-0 P Fessey T D Barron 6 16/1
behind stand side group, never troubled leaders
12 4 nk Out After Dark 9-8 P Mulrennan C G Cox 6 25/1
chased leaders far side group, kept on final furlong, no impression on stand side group
13 28 ½ Pacific Pride 8-9 P Cosgrave J J Quinn 4 33/1
towards rear stand side group, ridden over 2f out, never troubled leaders
14 19 ½ Pusey Street Lady 8-10 R Havlin J Gallagher 3 100/1
chased leaders stand side group until weakened over 2f out
15 8 nk Green Park (IRE) 9-9 Jamie Moriarty (3) R A Fahey 4 33/1
behind far side group, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, one pace
16 11 ¾ High Curragh 9-4 A Mullen (3) K A Ryan 4 40/1
raced alone centre, showed pace until final furlong
17 9 s.h Northern Empire (IRE) 9-5 J F Egan K A Ryan 4 50/1
chased leaders far side group, no extra final furlong opened 40/1
18 3 ½ Blazing Heights 8-10 G Bartley (5) J S Goldie 4 25/1
slowly into stride, held up and keen far side group, no impression opened 28/1
19 6 ¾ Makshoof (IRE) 8-10 Greg Fairley K A Ryan 3 40/1
chased leaders far side group, weakened final furlong opened 50/1
20 14 nk Damika (IRE) (ex5) 9-7 M Stainton (3) R M Whitaker 4 66/1
behind stand side group, never a factor opened 80/1
21 12 2 Mr Wolf 9-0 T Hamilton D W Barker 6 66/1
led far side group until ridden and headed by far side group over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
22 2 ½ Curtail (IRE) 9-2 L Enstone I Semple 4 80/1
behind far side group, never dangerous touched 100/1
23 1 nk Varadouro (BRZ) 8-12 D Allan D Nicholls 5 66/1
prominent far side group until weakened over 2f out
24 10 2½ Coleorton Dancer 9-0 M Fenton K A Ryan 5 33/1
chased leaders far side group, weakened over 1f out
25 13 ¾ Dickie Le Davoir 9-1 A Elliott (3) K R Burke 3 100/1
prominent stand side group, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
26 21 5 Northern Fling 9-10 A Nicholls D Nicholls 3 20/1
raced stand side, slowly into stride, always behind, eased final furlong touched 18/1

Non-Runners
NR Orpsie Boy (IRE) 9-9 Luke Morris (5) N P Littmoden 4
NR One More Round (USA) 9-10 Neil Brown (5) N P Littmoden 9

Haha, I actually kinda thought out After Dark had a chance but gotta stick with my boy.

Utmost Respect is a very nice horse.

Probably a group horse in a handicap actually.

For you, mmsc........

by Jon Lees
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BETFRED SPRINT CUP winner Red Clubs has run his last race in Britain and is set to take up race options in France and Hong Kong before he retires to stud at the end of the year.

A notable absentee from Sunday's John Guest Diadem Stakes, a race he won a year ago, the Barry Hills-trained sprinter will instead bid to add to his Group 1 haul at Longchamp the following weekend where he could tackle the Prix de l'Abbaye or Prix de la Foret.

A deal was completed to secure Red Clubs as a sire by the Tally-Ho Stud in Co Westmeath, Ireland before his Haydock victory but now he has won a Group 1 prize, his new connections decided against a return to Ascot where the horse would have had to shoulder a penalty.

Stud owner Tony O'Callaghansaid: “Red Clubs will run in the Prix de l'Abbaye or Foret and finish off in the Hong Kong Sprint before coming back to Tally-Ho.

“We did consider the Diadem but he would have a Group 1 penalty. He had already won a Group 1 so we opted to stick to Group 1s and hope he gets another. There was not much to be gained by winning another Diadem.”
Hills still has two entries in the Ascot race with Captain Marvelous and Prime Defender.

Stewards' Cup winner Zidane is set to take his chance under Frankie Dettori, deputising for the suspended Jamie Spencer.

The in-form Benbaun is also due to line up after trainer Mark Wallace's initial reservations that the race may come too soon after his win in the Renaissance Stakes at the Curragh 11 days ago appear to have receded.

Benbaun suffered his only defeat this year at Ascot in the Kings Stand Stakes but has won his three Group 3 prizes on his other starts in Ireland.

“The way Benbaun was this morning and the way the ground is at Ascot I would say he will run,” said Wallace. “He is in some order and if it stays fast ground he will probably have to run. I could wait for France but I might not get a run and he will more than likely go abroad later on.”

Awww thanks... my good boy!

Hey you know you never kept your end of our bet when he won.....

Where's your SIMON CRISFORD IS GOD tagline?

Nah... how about a simple GODOLPHIN RULES for a day?:D

Against my religion, i'm afraid :D

Seriously though, i don't agree with how they do things

Yes dear, I know.....

I still haven't heard back from Simon and I sent him a really nice email. :D

.... and i doubt you will hear back from him. Although, you're female, so there is a chance

I did!

This is what i wrote...

Dear Simon,

I love you! :D

Is that a wig or do you need a new stylist?

Aaah well, no matter... I think you're the cat's meow.

Kindly do me a favor and don't sacrifice my boys Caradak (tell him I love him!) and Blue Ksar (tell him I love him too!) as neither one should be a rabbit! Look, Ramonti is a brilliant horsie but we both know it ain't gonna happen against Darjina so why not just scratch and avoid the whole problem?

Much love, many kisses and the traditional imaginary baskets of smoochies and peppermints,
you biggest fan,
me

PS - Tell Echo of Light I love him!

* * *

And this is what he wrote back!

Dear My Miss Storm Kitty,

I must now go and ponder your very wise suggestion but you see I have problems and need a day or two. The pounding in my head..... it never ends.

It all started long ago in a supermarket where a young worker began to harrass me. He went on and on and I've suffered headaches ever since and..... :p

:D :D

Have you ever tried writing comedy?

Fremen... I keep hearing this name.

Can someone tell me about him?

Thanks.

How come you keep hearing about him?

He is a solid handicapper with David 'Dandy' Nicholls. He started his career with Sir Michael Stoute and they thought he was going to be a very nice horse, but he never really scaled the heights they expected.

If i remember rightly, he had an injury and was off the track for a long time and then joined Dandy's yard. He has been in good form of late and won fairly easily at Ayr last week. I think he is being aimed at the Cambridgeshire.

It's the The Duke / Dave's Best / Kandidate thing.....

That's where. :D

Tell me about Cambridgeshire.....