some make u sing and some make u scream

[my miss storm cat]

HAHAHAHA!

He's entered in something this weekend..... I need to find it but i DO remember it's a pretty tough field.

[NoChanceToDance]

You aksed me to answer this....... but i haven't got a clue who you're talking about.

[my miss storm cat]

Awww sorry... Kandidate is out.

http://guardian.sportinglife.com/GU_...245188,00.html

[gallant bloom]

look out
japan.

[my miss storm cat]

Sorry.

edit - I just found this.....

Kandidate
http://www.jra.go.jp/keiba/thisweek/...raining/03.asx

[my miss storm cat]

RP.....

British runners bid for further Maktoum Challenge glory



by Jason Ford


KANDIDATE and Jack Sullivan, who between them have won the last three runnings of the second leg of the Maktoum Challenge, will bid to get British trainers in the winning mood when they return for Thursday's feature at the Dubai Carnival.

Although Irish trainers enjoyed adouble last week, three meetings at the 2008 carnival have yielded not a single winner for Britain.

Kandidate's trainer Clive Brittain is hoping for a repeat of last year's all-the-way win in the 1m1f dirt highlight. “He's got a lot of air miles on the clock now and we know that whenever he travels abroad he will run up to a certain mark,” said Brittain.

“Dubai suits him – he's used to it there now. He's won there the past two years and we're looking for the hat-trick now.

“The plan is to get him invited to run in the Dubai World Cup again but it obviously depends on his performance in the Maktoum Challenge. We hope to take our chance, but the carnival is getting tougher each year.”


ERA.....



Brittain’s DWC Kandidate reappears
08:46 - 05 February 2008


Respected British trainer Clive Brittain, who has a fine record in the UAE, unleashes Carnival regular and Dubai World Cup hope Kandidate at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday.

The globe-trotting six-year-old will seek to take the route he took into the Dubai World Cup last year, when he triumphed in Round two of the Maktoum Challenge – the showpiece race on Thursday’s card, sponsored by Shadwell Farm.
On that occasion the son of Kabool displayed a front running masterclass to romp home and take the Group 2 honours 5 ¾ lengths ahead of Mullins Bay, and Brittain would love to witness a repeat this time out.

"We hope to be able to emulate what he did last year," said the Newmarket-based handler.

"The plan is to get him invited to run in the Dubai World Cup again but it obviously depends on his performance in the Maktoum Challenge. We hope to take our chance, but realize the Carnival is getting tougher each year.

"We felt that in last year's World Cup when he broke he stumbled and that hampered him from the off. I'm not saying that he would have won but he would have been a lot closer to the fourth placed horse Vermilion." Kandidate finished the race, won by Invasor, in sixth.

Outlining Kandidate's smooth preparation at Nad Al Sheba this time around Brittain added: "He's settled in very well in Dubai. His weight is good and he's been eating very well, so everything looks as though it's going to plan.”

Kandidate is one of the most experienced horses in Carnival history, having competed in the past three editions.

The 73-year-old Brittain added: "He's got a lot of air miles on the clock now and we know that whenever he travels abroad he will run up to a certain mark.

"Dubai suits him, he's used to it there now. He's won there the past two years and we're looking for the hat-trick now.”

The veteran trainer also hopes to be double handed in Friday’s feature, the UAE 1000 Guineas for which he has Albabilia and Love Of Dubai.

The latter was sixth in a conditions race behind Godolphin’s Fiesta Lady on the first night of the Carnival, while Albabilia won the Group 3 Sweet Solera Stakes before finishing fourth in the Group 1 Moyglare Stakes on The Curragh.

Brittain explains: “It was very wet when they arrived so Love Of Dubai probably needed that run quite badly. Albabilia is a lovely filly and the plan is to run both at the moment.”

07 February 2008

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

Post Time: 19:15

6 21:55 SH MAKTOUM BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CHALLENGE R2 [TB, 1800M(a9F), Dirt]

Date Horse Owner Trainer Jockey Time
08-02-07 KANDIDATE (GB) The Exors of the .. C Brittain Ryan Moore 1:49:40
09-02-06 JACK SULLIVAN (USA) The International.. G Butler Eddie Ahern 1:50:36
10-02-05 JACK SULLIVAN (USA) The International.. G Butler Darryll Holland 1:52:55


Rail Position: True Safety Limit: 16
Total Purse: 200,000 USD Group 3


1(1) ETIHAAD (GB) P Eddery
6yrs Bay H (14) R Bouresly
96 57.0 Kg [TT] Bouresly Racing Syndicate

8 (2-1-0)

2(2) SAHARA SPHINX (USA) D Smith
5yrs Ch H (6) M Al Muhairi
90 57.0 Kg [CP] Sh Ahmed bin Mohd Al Maktoum

7 (3-1-0)

3(3) RAMPALLION (GB) T O'Shea
5yrs Bay H (21) E Charpy
102 57.0 Kg Sh Ahmed bin Mohd Al Maktoum

56 (9-8-7)

4(4) DELUDE (IRE) B Doyle
10yrs Ch G (6) R Bouresly
90 57.0 Kg Bouresly Racing Syndicate

11 (3-2-0)

5(5) QUORUM (GER) W Smith
5yrs Bay H (7) M Al Muhairi
88 57.0 Kg [V-] Sh Saeed bin Mohd Al Maktoum

10 (3-1-2)

6(6) IMPERIAL STAR (IRE) K McEvoy
5yrs Br H (152) S bin Suroor
109 57.0 Kg HRH Princess Haya

10 (5-4-0)

7(7) LUCKY FIND (SAF) K Shea
4yrs Ch G (21) M de Kock
111 57.0 Kg [TT-] Sh Ahmed bin Mohd bin Khalifa Al Maktoum

27 (7-6-5)

8(8) WEST VIRGINIA (USA) T Durcan
7yrs Db/br H (474) S Seemar
104 57.0 Kg [TT] Sh Rashid bin Mohd Al Maktoum

9 (7-1-0)

9(9) EU TAMBEM (BRZ) W Supple
4yrs Bay C (313) S bin Suroor
113 57.0 Kg Sh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum

33 (7-6-3)

10(10) JACK SULLIVAN (USA) M Kinane
7yrs Ch G (21) G Butler
109 57.0 Kg [CP2] [TT] The International Carnival Partnership

8 (5-1-0)

11(11) BOSCOBEL (GB) L Dettori
4yrs Ch C (170) S bin Suroor
115 57.0 Kg Godolphin

41 (8-1-6)

12(12) KANDIDATE (GB) R Moore
6yrs Bay H (75) C Brittain
110 57.0 Kg [TT] The Exors of the late A J Richards


The following horses have been declared with Shadow Rolls: LUCKY FIND (SAF)

TRACK RECORD: 11-Feb-99 Altibr (USA) 56.0 1800 Fast 1:46:92 R Hills

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http://z.about.com/d/horseracing/1/0...-kandidate.jpg

http://217.72.252.197/wp-content/upl...kandidate1.JPG

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...ndidate203.jpg

[my miss storm cat]

He did well!

NAD
Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

Post Time: 19:15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6 21:55 SH MAKTOUM BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CHALLENGE R2 [TB, 1800M(a9F), Dirt]


The Winner :
Lucky Find (SAF)
Running Time :
1:49:06

Date Horse Owner Trainer Jockey Time
07-02-08 LUCKY FIND (SAF) Sh Ahmed bin Mohd.. M de Kock Kevin Shea 1:49:06
08-02-07 KANDIDATE (GB) The Exors of the .. C Brittain Ryan Moore 1:49:40
09-02-06 JACK SULLIVAN (USA) The International.. G Butler Eddie Ahern 1:50:36

6 21:55 SH MAKTOUM BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CHALLENGE R2 1800M(a9F) Dirt
For NH 4YO+ & SH 3YO+ Weight: SH 3YO 55kg. NH & SH 4YO+ 60kg
Rail Position: True
Total Purse: 200,000 USD Group 3


1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

120,000 40,000 20,000 10,000 6,000 4,000
FP DIST HR HORSE WGT EQPT DR TRAINER JOCKEY
1 111 Lucky Find (SAF) 57.0 [TT-] 7 M de Kock K Shea
2 2.25 110 Kandidate (GB) 57.0 [TT] 12 C Brittain R Moore
3 7 109 Imperial Star (IRE) 57.0 6 S bin Suroor K McEvoy
4 Hd 109 Jack Sullivan (USA) 57.0 [CP2] [TT] 10 G Butler M Kinane
5 2.5 88 Quorum (GER) 57.0 [V-] 5 M Al Muhairi W Smith
6 0.5 90 Delude (IRE) 57.0 4 R Bouresly B Doyle
7 1.25 115 Boscobel (GB) 57.0 11 S bin Suroor L Dettori
8 Sh 96 Etihaad (GB) 57.0 [TT] 1 R Bouresly P Eddery
9 0.5 90 Sahara Sphinx (USA) 57.0 [CP] 2 M Al Muhairi D Smith
10 4 102 Rampallion (GB) 57.0 3 E Charpy T O'Shea
11 8.25 113 Eu Tambem (BRZ) 57.0 9 S bin Suroor W Supple
12 3.5 104 West Virginia (USA) 57.0 [TT] 8 S Seemar T Durcan

OWNERS: 1. Sh Ahmed bin Mohd bin Khalifa Al Maktoum , 2. The Exors of the late A J Richards , 3. HRH Princess Haya , 4. The International Carnival Partnership , 5. Sh Saeed bin Mohd Al Maktoum , 6. Bouresly Racing Syndicate , 7. Godolphin , 8. Bouresly Racing Syndicate , 9. Sh Ahmed bin Mohd Al Maktoum , 10. Sh Ahmed bin Mohd Al Maktoum , 11. Sh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum , 12. Sh Rashid bin Mohd Al Maktoum

edit - Can't find the live version from japan BUT....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBezS7ElQJU

C'mon, sing along everyone.

Sweet Thing / Kandidate

It's safe in the city to love in a doorway
To wrangle some screams from the dawn
And isn't it me, putting pain in a stranger?
Like a portrait in flesh, who trails on a leash
Will you see that I'm scared and I'm lonely?
So I'll break up my room, and yawn and I
Run to the center of things
Where the knowing one says:

Boys, boys, its a sweet thing
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing, sweet thing
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing

I'm glad that you're older than me
Makes me feel important and free
Does that make you smile, isn't that me?
I'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment
If this trade is a curse, then I'll bless you
And turn to the crossroads of Hamburg, as in

Boys, boys, its a sweet thing
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing, sweet thing
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing


C(K)andidate

I'll make you a deal, like any other candidate
We'll pretend we're walking home 'cause your future's at stake
My set is amazing, it even smells like a street
There's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend
Someone scrawled on the wall I smell the blood of les tricoteuses
Who wrote up scandals in other bars

I'm having so much fun with the poisonous people
Spreading rumors and lies and stories they made up
Some make you sing and some make you scream
One makes you wish that you'd never been seen
But there's a shop on the corner that's selling papier mache
Making bullet-proof faces; Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing

So you scream out of line:
I want you! I need you! Anyone out there? Any time?
Tres butch little number whinesHey dirty, I want you
When it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing

Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head
For I put all I have in another bed
On another floor, in the back of a car
In the cellar of a church with the door ajar
Well, I guess we must be looking for a different kind
But we can't stop trying 'til we break up our minds
'Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights
Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright
I guess we could cruise down one more time
With you by my side, it should be fine
We'll buy some drugs and watch a band
Then jump in the river holding hands

Sweet Thing (Reprise)

If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing

Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain?
Do you think that your face looks the same?
Then let it be, it's all I ever wanted
It's a street with a deal, and a taste
It's got claws, it's got me, it's got you ...