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Are there 35 pages in this thread or 36?

Oh wow, that's really weird!

After 700 the board may blow, therefore no more horses can retire.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrr!

nice story
http://arrrrrjourney.blogspot.com/

Happy retirement, Silverfoot.

Thanks for the memories. :)

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...erfoot-retired

Happy retirement to a consummate professional, a horse with a heart as big as Phar Lap, a hard knocker (he almost died earlier in his career), a horse who defines racing.

He didn't always win but he always gave it everything he had. Always.

Happy retirement to Jonesboro.

Hope he has a long, happy and healthy life and gets to go somewhere nice.

From Mick Channon...

SOM TALA RETIRES

It's with great sadness that we must announce the retirement of the 2009 Northumberland Plate winner SOM TALA with immediate effect. A reoccurance of an old injury in the Ascot Stakes last week led to an acceptance of the inevitable. The old boy has had enough.

Although only seven, "Sommie" has plenty of miles on the clock, with joints and tendons that were certainly well tested in the tough staying handicaps on summer ground over the past five seasons. Mick reflected today on the career of a proper racehorse.

"Som Tala was a superb servant to West Ilsley Stables and a proper character who will be missed by everybody. He had his problems throughout his career and we just had to go softly with him at times, but he always bounced back and had a truly admirable attitude both in his work and on the track.

"He was placed fourth and second in the Chester Cup and was a perennial feature in the Ascot Stakes where he was 3rd in 2007 and 5th in 2008 - always under weighty marks. Last year's Pitman's Derby was obviously his career highpoint, he was so tough that day and although many accused us of nicking the race under an inspired front-running ride from Tony Culhane, he deserved his day after so many near misses.

"We all love him and it's just great that he's entering into Darley's rehabilitation and retraining scheme. They always do right by their horses and he's deserves nothing else than care and attention before embarking on what we all hope will be a long and enjoyable career away from the racecourse."

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Line of David... (for the sake of trying to keep this up to date)...

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36740

Chinese White, who won the Pretty Polly today...

http://www.racingpost.com/news/bloodstock/

Why did I think we had already posted this (ed)???

Ms. Daffodil Diva...

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...international/

God I wish you would retire already.

GUess it's better than you wanting me on the other thread. :p

Soooo if I retire will you write a nice little thing like I do for the HK kids?

Will you keep an eye on my octopus thread for me and let me know if he ever gets the red shoes and the hat?

Will you post about Singapore and other places that no one actually cares about? :D

Will you do the occassional swoon post at inappropriate times and take you-know-whos side even though it's not popular?

Will you post rap songs on the whatcha listening to thingie?

Will you play nice with the new people and keep the dooryard open for me?