Waiting for a miracle

[my miss storm cat]

Damnit, he's out.

[my miss storm cat]

1 of 75 possible Friday....

(Sand Cat too! Was he injured earlier this year?)

http://guardian.sportinglife.com/GU_...274594,00.html

[my miss storm cat]

Down to 21 runners.... he's still in (Sand Cat too).

[my miss storm cat]

Damn, Hughes up.

Shocked he's at 10/1.


Goodwood - Friday 1 August
Going: Good to Firm


14:50
21 Run Rolf Group Stewards' Sprint Handicap
Class 2, £30000.00 added, 3yo plus, £18693.00 penalty 6f
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Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(13) 3130-69 Pearly Wey C G Cox 5 9 10 P Robinson
2(12) 211295 Valery Borzov (IRE) D Nicholls 4 9 10 A Nicholls
3(19) 861880 Ajigolo M R Channon 5 9 9 T P O'Shea
4(21) 414562 Baby Strange D Shaw 4 9 9 Martin Dwyer
5(11) 62-4601 Dubai Princess (IRE) J A Osborne 3 9 9 S W Kelly
6(7) 1109-23 Express Wish J Noseda 4 9 7 L Dettori
7(15) 173839 Pusey Street Lady J Gallagher 4 9 7 T E Durcan
8(8) 631206 Obe Gold D Nicholls 6 9 7 A Munro
9(2) 0/30-500 Dream Theme D Nicholls 5 9 6 S De Sousa
10(14) 567660 Golden Dixie (USA) R Harris 9 9 4 S Drowne
11(10) 28-2490 Joseph Henry D Nicholls 6 9 4 J Quinn
12(5) 2-30425 Northern Dare (IRE) D Nicholls 4 9 3 F Norton
13(18) 50-7036 Gift Horse D Nicholls 8 9 1 R Hughes
14(20) 237-135 Osiris Way P R Chamings 6 9 1 Jim Crowley
15(9) 83-4315 Idle Power (IRE) J R Boyle 10 9 0 A Quinn
16(16) 4-21311 Harrison George (IRE) (ex3) R A Fahey 3 8 12 P Hanagan
17(4) 332348 Sand Cat G L Moore 5 8 8 R L Moore
18(6) 303-675 Flying Goose (IRE) R Harris 4 8 8 K Ghunowa (3)
19(1) 112434 Best One R Harris 4 8 5 M Nem (7)
20(3) 236442 Swinbrook (USA) R A Fahey 7 8 4 R Ffrench
21(17) 322271 Rocker (ex3) G L Moore 4 7 12 Natalia Gemelova (5)


Betting Forecast: 7/1 Express Wish, 9/1 Northern Dare (IRE), 10/1 Gift Horse, Valery Borzov (IRE), Baby Strange, Dubai Princess (IRE), Harrison George (IRE), 12/1 Pearly Wey, Osiris Way, 14/1 Joseph Henry, 16/1 Pusey Street Lady, 20/1 Idle Power (IRE), Best One, Obe Gold, Rocker, Golden Dixie (USA), 25/1 Swinbrook (USA), Ajigolo, Dream Theme, 33/1 Sand Cat, Flying Goose (IRE)

[NoChanceToDance]

Potentially very well handicapped today, and we know he likes Goodwood. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see him run very well, but I couldn't bet him with any confidence.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Potentially very well handicapped today, and we know he likes Goodwood. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see him run very well, but I couldn't bet him with any confidence.

Yeah I understand that.

Kinda the story of his life but hey..... maybe it'll be his day.

edit - Oh okay... results... (A little out of it this morning).

Friday August 1 2008
Goodwood 14:50 - Result
Rolf Group Stewards' Sprint Handicap
£30000 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 2, £18693 penalty,
19 ran

Going: Good to Firm
Race Report »
Winning Time: 1m 11.2s 14:15 14:50 15:30 16:05 16:40 17:15 17:50 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 13 Pearly Wey 9-10 P Robinson C G Cox 5 10/1
in touch, effort over 1f out, driven and ran on inside final furlong, led post opened 12/1 £5000-£400 Each Way
2 21 nse Baby Strange 9-9 Martin Dwyer D Shaw 4 8/1
in touch, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, caught post opened 9/1 touched 10/1 £5000-£500 Each Way (x2) £3000-£330 Each Way
3 10 1 Joseph Henry 9-4 J Quinn D Nicholls 6 14/1
with leaders, every chance entering final furlong, not quicken towards finish opened 16/1 £10000-£600 Each Way
4 20 hd Osiris Way 9-1 Jim Crowley P R Chamings 6 11/1
with leaders, ridden to lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish opened 12/1
5 19 nk Ajigolo 9-9 T P O'Shea M R Channon 5 33/1
held up well in rear, good headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
6 16 nk Harrison George (IRE) (ex3) 8-12 P Hanagan R A Fahey 3 8/1
in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong touched 17/2 £3600-£400 Each Way
7 18 ½ Gift Horse 9-1 R Hughes D Nicholls 8 12/1
steadied start, held up in rear, headway final furlong, nearest finish opened 11/1
8 5 ¾ Northern Dare (IRE) 9-3 F Norton D Nicholls 4 10/1
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace and no impression on leaders final furlong
9 2 1 Dream Theme 9-6 P Doe D Nicholls 5 20/1
took keen hold, held up, ridden and no danger final 2f opened 25/1
10 12 ½ Valery Borzov (IRE) 9-10 A Nicholls D Nicholls 4 9/1
narrow lead, headed 1f out, weakened touched 10/1 £4000-£400
11 7 2 Express Wish 9-7 L Dettori J Noseda 4 4/1 f
with leaders, edged right under pressure and weakened over 1f out opened 6/1 £5000-£800 £2500-£400 £5000-£1000 (x5) £4500-£1000 (x2)
12 8 ¾ Obe Gold 9-7 A Munro D Nicholls 6 20/1
mid-division, one pace and no impression when hampered over 1f out opened 25/1
13 3 1¾ Swinbrook (USA) 8-4 R Ffrench R A Fahey 7 33/1
mid-division, pushed along halfway, soon beaten
14 4 hd Sand Cat 8-8 R L Moore G L Moore 5 33/1
behind most of way
15 14 3½ Golden Dixie (USA) 9-4 S Drowne R Harris 9 25/1
outpaced and always behind £5000-£200 Each Way
16 6 3½ Flying Goose (IRE) 8-8 K Ghunowa (3) R Harris 4 50/1
slowly away and always in rear touched 40/1
17 11 3 Dubai Princess (IRE) 9-9 S W Kelly J A Osborne 3 16/1
mid-division, making no impression when hung right inside final 2f, weakened opened 20/1
18 17 4 Rocker (ex3) 7-12 Natalia Gemelova (5) G L Moore 4 25/1
steadied start, raced keenly and soon prominent, weakened rapidly over 2f out
UR 15 Pusey Street Lady 9-7 T E Durcan J Gallagher 4 25/1
fractious, reared and unseated rider as stalls opened --------------- naughty!

Non-Runners
WD Idle Power (IRE) 9-0 A Quinn J R Boyle 10
NR Best One 8-5 M Nem (7) R Harris 4

[my miss storm cat]

Oh wow. He could actually win this one.


4:15Nottingham 4:45


Newmarket (July) 15 August 2008
6:00 NGK SPARK PLUGS HANDICAP (CLASS 4) (3yo+,0-85) Winner £ 6f SOFT


No. Form Horse Trainer RTF % Wgt Jockey
1 -70367 Gift Horse 14 D Nicholls 26 8 9-11 84 92 82 0-4 3-22
2 237844 Glasshoughton 7 M Dods 71 5 9-7 80 96 96 0-6 0-10
3 162204 Requisite 6 I A Wood 58 3 9-6 83 91 86 0-1 2-7
4 513304 John Keats 14 J S Goldie 57 5 9-5 78 95 90 0-5 6-27
5 421535 Baunagain 7 M J Wallace 71 3 9-5 82 90 88 0-0 2-6
6 660523 Cornus 7 A J McCabe 22 6 9-4 77 93 77 1-10 4-44
7 346103 Lodi 6 J Akehurst 100 3 9-3 80 92 88 0-1 2-8
8 230061 The Game 21 Tom Dascombe 20 3 9-3 Richard Kingscote 80 93 75 0-0 3-10
9 418 Yahwudhee 33 P W Chapple-Hyam 75 3 9-3 Alan Munro 80 87 76 0-0 0-1
10 600057 Fantasy Believer 11 J J Quinn 40 10 9-2 75 85 69 0-15 12-81
11 060455 Buxton 9 R Ingram 100 4 9-2 75 91 74 0-0 2-9
12 0-10 Restless Genius 103 A M Balding 60 3 9-2 L P Keniry 79 86 81 0-0 1-3
13 -71070 Brunelleschi 7 P L Gilligan — 5 9-1 74 95 95 0-2 4-19
14 088167 Imperial Echo 84 P Howling 67 7 9-0 Jimmy Quinn 73 93 78 0-7 2-29
15 -12246 Realt Na Mara 6 H Morrison 38 5 9-0 73 91 91 0-1 3-6
16 782416 Resplendent Alpha 7 P Howling 67 4 9-0 Jimmy Quinn 73 93 91 0-0 2-27
17 581 Myanmar 35 J Noseda 58 3 8-12 75 91 59 1-1 1-1
18 074-40 Piece Of My Heart 7 R W Price 100 3 8-12 75 18 - 0-0 0-4
19 264611 Steel Blue 14 R M Whitaker 50 8 8-12 71 91 91 1-7 8-65
20 62/12 Amicus Meus 7 A Bailey 25 4 8-12 Dominic Fox(3) 71 95 86 0-0 1-2
21 321 3Without Prejudice 13 J Noseda 58 3 8-11 74 92 80 0-0 1-2
22 855251 2Earlsmedic 13 S C Williams 33 3 8-7 70 95 92 0-1 1-1
23 897305 1Trimlestown 6 K A Ryan 67 5 8-7 N Callan 66 91 76 1-1 0-2