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07-19-2006, 01:35 AM
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Court Masterpiece to the Sussex Stakes.
* * * Yeah, but do they get a movie? From AAP... Grey Swallow Arrives On Thursday Wednesday, 19 July 2006: Cox Plate contender Grey Swallow is among the first annual shipment of northern hemipshere shuttle stallions due to touch down in Sydney on Thursday. The flight is carrying stallions valued at more than $300 million who will be standing at stud around Australia this spring. The flight is bringing US-based stallions from Kentucky, including the recently purchased 2004 Irish Derby winner Grey Swallow. Grey Swallow is to race in Australia this spring before beginning his stud career next year. Wadham Park, the big spending new breeding and racing entity with bases in Queensland and Victoria, purchased Grey Swallow from the Dermot Weld stable in a deal reported to be worth more than $4 million. Wadham Park trainer Dale Sutton will prepare Grey Swallow for the $3 million W.S. Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in October. Grey Swallow is to be flown through to Melbourne after Thursday's arrival where he will begin his mandatory quarantine confinement of two weeks at the facilities provided at Sandown each spring for international spring carnival runners. Grey Swallow has come out of a US racing campaign and by serving his quarantine at Sandown his fitness level will be maintained with trackwork prior to him joining the Sutton stable. The bulk of the stallions on the flight are coming from Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky. They include Fusaichi Pegasus, Royal Academy, Johannesburg, Tale Of The Cat, Lion Heart, Hold That Tiger and Dehere. Vinery Stud's More Than Ready and Widden Stud pair Southern Image and King Cugat are also on the flight. Greenwood Lake and Monashee Mountain are among the stallions on this flight who will be standing in Queensland. The charter flight costs almost $2 million and carries 16 handlers and two vets. The stallions will serve their 14-day quarantine at Eastern Creek in Sydney's west before they are shipped to their various stud destinations to prepare for the start of the breeding season on September 1. Other charter flights bringing shuttle stallions from Europe and Japan are due in the next two weeks. 
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07-19-2006, 09:05 PM
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Wow! What a flight!!
I wonder what the insurance is like on that one.
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07-20-2006, 05:21 PM
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07-21-2006, 01:17 PM
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Upsetting news from Racing Post.....
Fallon's Breeders' Cup appearance hangs in balance by Andrew Scutts THE spectre of Kieren Fallon being banned from riding at the Breeders' Cup loomed large on Thursday following confirmation that he will not be allowed to ride in next month's Arlington Million unless an appeal against his UK ban is successful in the High Court next Thursday. Losing Fallon's services at the Breeders' Cup would come as a major blow to Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O'Brien, who last week emphasised Fallon's importance to his operation. O'Brien has saddled Powerscourt to finish first past the post in the last two runnings of the Arlington Million - he was disqualified and placed fourth two years ago under Jamie Spencer - with Fallon on board last year. Ballydoyle's Ace has been mentioned as a possible for the race this year. However, with eight championship races at Churchill Downs on November 4, Fallon's absence from the Breeders' Cup would hit Ballydoyle harder than an Arlington Park ban. Marc Laino, executive director of the Illinois Racing Board, which governs Arlington Park, said on Thursday: "If Kieren Fallon isn't successful in appealing his ban in the UK he will not be allowed to ride in Illinois, including in the Arlington Million on August 12 - unless he successfully petitions the courts in the US. "I have been advised by counsel for the IllinoisRacing Board that there is a possibility he could do that. "We have a clear, unambiguous reciprocity rule and we will honour the ban imposed by the Horseracing Regulatory Authority. They do not need to ask us to do so. "There is a policy in the States to honour other racing authorities' licence revocations, so as things stand Fallon will not be able to ride in Illinois. Had he been charged with a minor offence it might have been a different story, but these are very serious charges, and aside fromthe reciprocity issue we are duty bound to uphold the integrity of racing in Illinois. "I cannot speak for other jurisdictions in the US, but my expectation is that they would follow suit and also ban Fallon. As well as through the courts he would have the option of appealing to the Illinois Racing Board. He wouldn't need to appear in person - he can be represented by counsel." However John Veitch, chief state steward in Kentucky, said on Thursday that no firm decision had been reached by the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, which governs Churchill Downs. He added: "If Illinois deny Fallon a licence to ride, we might - and I emphasise the word 'might' - have to honour their decision and follow suit. The legal position is unclear, though, with Fallon able to continue riding in Ireland and France, even though he is currently banned in the UK. We'll see what happens next week before considering the matter further." A separate issue is whether Fallon would be allowed into the US, even if he successfully appeals his UK ban in the High Court. Fallon has previously been questioned at a US airport for two hours by US Department of Homeland Security officials, following his arrest on suspicion of 'race-fixing'. Having since been charged with 'conspiracy to defraud Betfair customers', he could face further grilling by customs officials, both at Shannon Airport - where the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection retains "the right to interrogate any individual travelling to the US", according to a spokesperson - and upon arrival in the US.
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07-22-2006, 03:16 AM
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Sorry Brockguy... Gentlewave is injured and out for the year.
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07-28-2006, 11:36 AM
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Rajeem to the Prix d'Astarte, Best Alibi to the Skybet York Stakes.....
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07-28-2006, 07:33 PM
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Yeats at Goodwood
YEATS HEADS CUP CONTENDERS
By Nick Robson, PA Sport Needless to say Fallon will not be riding the horse at Goodwood if he runs. It is a G2 race and he would have to carry more weight as he is a G1 winner. Ascot Gold Cup winner Yeats heads 21 entries for Thursday's ABN Amro Goodwood Cup at the Sussex venue. Aidan O'Brien's one-time Derby favourite was an impressive winner at the Royal meeting and will clash again with a number of his Ascot rivals. Runner-up Reefscape, High Action (fourth), Sergeant Cecil (fifth) and Guadalajara (sixth) could all reoppose along with eighth-placed Tungsten Strike and ninth Winged D'Argent. Mick Channon's dual Royal Ascot winner Baddam and Hughie Morrison's 11-year-old Alcazar are also entered. Mark Johnston has a fantastic record in the race after the exploits of Double Trigger, Royal Rebel and Darasim in recent years and he has earmarked the contest as a possible return for last year's runner-up Golden Quest. Other interesting contenders include John Gosden's four-year-old Signatory, Sir Michael Stoute's Cover Up and Sir Mark Prescott's Foreign Affairs.
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08-02-2006, 06:41 AM
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08-02-2006, 09:08 AM
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I think the only horse from Smarty's Derby who is no longer here is poor Quintons Gold Rush. He had some kind of tumor and died in surgery last January. Poor baby...
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08-02-2006, 12:07 PM
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Poor QGR, but good news on LH. I have no idea how I got that into my head! Thanks, MMSC.
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