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04-03-2008, 04:42 PM
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From Racing post.....
Black Jack Ketchum will spend his retirement in Barbados by Andrew King BLACK JACK KETCHUM, whose ability seemed to desert him when he was on the cusp of stardom, has been retired, trainer Jonjo O'Neill revealed on Tuesday. Owned by Gay and Derrick Smith, the nine-year-old netted over £200,000 in prize-money by winning nine of his 14 career starts for O'Neill, including the Brit Insurance Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and the Grade 1 Sefton Novices' Hurdle at Aintree two years ago. O'Neill said on Tuesday night: “He was a brilliant servant to the yard and a super little horse who will be very hard to replace, as good horses like him do not come along every day “He remains in good form at home but is not showing the same sparkle at the course this season and, after talking it over with Gay and her husband Derrick, we have decided the fairest thing to do is retire him. “We had hoped he would run at Aintree this week, where he has won before, but that is off his agenda now and he will spend his well-earnedretirement at the Smiths' farm in Barbados.” Black Jack Ketchum had not been seen in public since pulling up in muddy conditions at Cheltenham on New Year's Day and his sole win since taking a crashing fall in the 2007 World Hurdle was in a Grade 2 atWetherby last November. He made his debut for O'Neill when winning a bumper at Worcester in June 2004 and remained unbeaten in his next seven outings, which included the high-profile successes at Cheltenham and Aintree. O'Neill added of his one-time stable star: “He just did not seem to be enjoying it any more and the last thing Gay and Derrick wanted to see was him slogging around after he had given them so much fun in winning all those races.” The rise and fall of Black Jack Ketchum >> ‘‘My face could have been broken to bits and I would have come out to ride this lad. I love this little horse” Tony McCoy, who had suffered a facial injury in a fall in a previous race, on returning from winning aboard Black Jack Ketchum in December 2005 >> ‘‘Without a doubt he's the best horse I ever trained” Jonjo O'Neill after winning the 2006 Sefton Novices' Hurdle at Aintree >> ‘‘Of all the things that could happen to him, I have to be honest, that one did not cross my mind” O'Neill is left to contemplate an early fall in the 2007 World Hurdle >> ‘‘I certainly wouldn't like to be getting on any other horse in the stayers' hurdle. I'll be sticking with him for a bit” McCoy after finishing fifth in the 2007 Cleeve Hurdle >> ‘‘Black Jack has lost his way totally” O'Neill after Black Jack is pulled up on his last run, at Cheltenham on New Year's Day 
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04-04-2008, 06:35 PM
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04-09-2008, 10:53 AM
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04-10-2008, 08:39 AM
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04-10-2008, 06:14 PM
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Just posting this for the hell of it..... I could have sworn he was retired.
  Santa Anita Park - April 13th, 2008 - Race 8 Estimated Local Post Time: 4:00 PM Race Type: Claiming Breed: Thoroughbred Age Restriction: Four Year Old and Upward Purse: $36,000 Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles Surface: All Weather Track Post Horse Name Age Sex Weight Jockey Name Claiming Price 1 Gallardo (FL) 6 Gelding 123 Rafael Bejarano $32,000 2 Gold Trim (KY) 5 Gelding 121 Michael C. Baze $32,000 3 Scrummage (GB) 5 Gelding 123 Joseph Talamo $32,000 4 King Palm (FL) 7 Horse 121 Martin Garcia $32,000 5 Self Insured (KY) 4 Colt 121 Tyler Baze $32,000 6 Supah Blitz (FL) 8 Horse 121 Alonso Quinonez $32,000 7 Sensational Score (FL) 5 Gelding 121 Joel Rosario $32,000 8 Like New Money (CA) 6 Gelding 121 Victor Espinoza $32,000 9 Hajji's Honor (KY) 7 Gelding 121 Aaron T. Gryder $32,000
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04-15-2008, 01:47 PM
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04-21-2008, 08:29 PM
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I like this guy.....
From TT..... http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...r-retired.aspx Grade 3 winner Chattahoochee War retired by Pete Denk Grade 3 winner Chattahoochee War has been retired after suffering a high suspensory injury while preparing for Friday’s $200,000 Fifth Third Elkhorn Stakes (G2) at Keeneland Race Course. The six-year-old War Chant horse won four times and finished second five times in 15 career starts, earning $553,416 for Amerman Racing Stable. The injury was discovered after he worked four furlongs at Keeneland on Sunday, said the Amerman’s consultant, Bob Feld. Trained by Bobby Frankel, Chattahoochee War was a two-time stakes winner as a three year-old in 2005, when he won the $82,200 Hill Rise Stakes at Santa Anita Park and the $150,000 Central Bank Transylvania Stakes (G3) at Keeneland. “He was a very talented racehorse,” Feld said. “He finished second to English Channel in the Virginia Derby (G3) and competed against the best horses of his generation. We’re hoping to reach a stud deal.” Bred in Kentucky by Edmund J. Loder, Chattahoochee War is out of Grade 3 winner Buffalo Berry (Ire), by Sri Pekan. The Amermans purchased Chattahoochee War for $250,000 at the 2003 Keeneland September yearling sale. Pete Denk is sales editor for Thoroughbred Times
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