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[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

For mmsc......

Maraahel set to return in 2008


Maraahel with Sir Michael Stoute after winning the Hardwicke Stakes

by David Milnes


MARAAHEL, who completed back-to-back wins in the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot in June for Sir Michael Stoute, is expected to race on at the age of seven in 2008.

Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's eight-time winner is on the market as a stallion prospect, but the owner has yet to receive a good enough offer to retire him.

Winner of nearly £1 million in win and place prize-money, Maraahel won three times last season, including his defeat of Scorpion at Royal Ascot.

The son of Alzao came close to ending his Group 1 losing sequence, which stands at 14, when beaten a short head by stablemate Notnowcato in the Juddmonte International at York in 2006.
Angus Gold, racing manager to Sheikh Hamdan, said: "As it stands we haven't had a good enough offer on Maraahel and it now looks probable that he will stay in training.

"He's wonderfully consistent and Sir Michael Stoute thinks that he would be up to winning again in Group company."

Maraahel would join a strong team of older horses at Freemason Lodge for 2008, as it is also set to include Ask, Distinction, Mountain High, Promising Lead, Hi Calypso and, possibly, Papal Bull.

He's baaaaaack!!!!!

[my miss storm cat]

On Amelia.....

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-32343,00.html

[my miss storm cat]

Oh well, 2nd is good too.

Hope MS is okay...


Thursday May 8 2008
Chester 14:15 - Result
Grant Thornton Huxley Stakes (group 3)
£60000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 2f 75y, Class 1, £37367 penalty,
6 ran

Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Winning Time: 2m 11.21s 13:45 14:15 14:45 15:15 16:00 16:35 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 4 Championship Point (IRE) 9-0 D Holland M R Channon 5 12/1
led, ridden when pressed over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, gamely regained lead towards finish touched 10/1 £5000-£400
2 1 nk Maraahel (IRE) 9-5 R Hills Sir Michael Stoute 7 5/2
chased leader, challenged over 1f out, ridden and took narrow lead inside final furlong, soon edged left, headed towards finish touched 11/4 £5500-£2000 £2750-£1000 £1500-£600
3 5 1½ Spice Route 9-0 J P Spencer M L W Bell 4 8/1
chased leaders, closed 3f out, hung left and not pace to challenge in final furlong touched 9/1 £4000-£400
4 3 1¼ Multidimensional (IRE) 9-0 T E Durcan H R A Cecil 5 5/4 f
held up, pushed along and headway on inside 1f out, soon ridden, never able to challenge opened 6/4 touched 13/8 £6500-£4000 £1300-£800 (x8) £4500-£3000 £3000-£2000 (x2) £900-£600 £2200-£1600
5 6 9 Stotsfold 9-3 A Kirby W R Swinburn 5 5/1
held up, pushed along to close 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out opened 9/2 touched 4/1 £4500-£1000 (x2) £2000-£400
PU 2 Majounes Song 9-0 J Fanning M Johnston 4 40/1
tracked leaders until went wrong and pulled up after 1f, dismounted opened 28/1

[my miss storm cat]

Good luck to Darjina and Literato.

Longchamp - Sunday 18 May

15:20
6 Run Prix D'ispahan (group 1)
Class 1, £250000.00 added, 4yo plus, £142851.00 penalty 1m 1f 55y

1(1) 11144-3 Sageburg (IRE) A de Royer Dupre 4 9 2 O Peslier
2(6) 41433-3 Boris De Deauville (IRE) S Wattel 5 9 2 T Thulliez
3(5) 81432-1 Loup Breton (IRE) E Lellouche 4 9 2 C P Lemaire
4(4) 12111-0 Literato (FR) S bin Suroor 4 9 2 L Dettori
5(3) 31173-2 Darjina (FR) A de Royer Dupre 4 8 13 C Soumillon
6(2) 472-2 Turfrose (GER) A Fabre 4 8 13 S Pasquier


Betting Forecast: 7/4 Sageburg (IRE), 5/2 Darjina (FR), 5/1 Literato (FR), 11/2 Loup Breton (IRE), 6/1 Boris De Deauville (IRE), 16/1 Turfrose (GER)

[my miss storm cat]

For Jaripeo...

The Papal one...


Epsom 6 June 2008
3:25 JUDDMONTE CORONATION CUP (GROUP 1) (CLASS 1) (4yo+) Winner £ 1m4f10y


No. Form Horse Trainer RTF % Wgt Jockey
6112-7 Adlerflug 40 J Hirschberger 4 119 - — 1-3
327-13 Al Shemali 27 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 113 100 — 0-1
23116- Anna Pavlova 222 R A Fahey 5 112 113 108 — 3-3
32124- Arch Rebel 180 Noel Meade 7 115 115 — 0-6
/112-1 Ask 42 Sir Michael Stoute 5 119 122 117 — 2-4
642-74 Balkan Knight 20 D R C Elsworth 8 110 113 94 — 2-9
696-86 Big Robert 27 W R Muir 4 107 104 92 — 0-3
149-77 Boscobel 99 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 116 103 — 1-4
111-11 Coastal Path 19 A Fabre 4 119 120 — 2-2
3131-3 Doctor Dino 69 R Gibson 6 120 115 — 1-2
2423-1 Duke Of Marmalade 40 A P O´Brien 4 123 113 — 0-0
1865-5 Finsceal Beo 69 J S Bolger 4 112 111 — 0-0
1114-3 Galactic Star 33 Sir Michael Stoute 5 110 117 97 — 3-5
/124-1 Getaway 33 A Fabre 5 127 124 — 3-4
241765 Gower Song 33 D R C Elsworth 5 111 108 — 2-10
0-4507 Halicarnassus 50 M R Channon 4 109 96 — 0-3
40-127 Hattan 19 C E Brittain 6 112 116 108 — 2-12
2338-4 Honolulu 21 A P O´Brien 4 121 119 — 1-4
4531-5 Lion Sands 27 L M Cumani 4 110 114 96 — 1-5
111-06 Literato 19 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 124 113 — 0-0
42411- Lucarno 265 J H M Gosden 4 115 121 122 — 1-4
336-71 Macarthur 28 A P O´Brien 4 117 115 — 0-1
1350-2 Maraahel 29 Sir Michael Stoute 7 117 119 115 — 4-13
7136-3 Mores Wells 32 Kevin Prendergast 4 115 105 — 1-3
/15-44 Multidimensional 29 H R A Cecil 5 111 115 101 — 0-0
51137- Papal Bull 194 Sir Michael Stoute 5 116 120 112 — 3-8
21111- Peeping Fawn 289 A P O´Brien 4 124 122 — 2-3
612-66 Persian Storm 36 A Fabre 4 111 73 — 0-1
410F-7 Quest For Honor 61 A Fabre 4 94 64 — 0-0
20223- Red Rock Canyon 272 A P O´Brien 4 118 110 — 0-1
4439-1 Red Rocks 27 B J Meehan 5 116 121 105 — 1-7
8114-2 Regal Flush 20 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 112 117 117 — 1-1
73523- Sagara 243 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 123 123 — 0-4
/1211- Septimus 266 A P O´Brien 5 124 116 — 0-2
/170-2 Sixties Icon 33 J Noseda 5 118 118 59 — 2-8
238-14 Soapy Danger 37 M Johnston 5 109 113 102 — 4-7
15115- Soldier Of Fortune 243 A P O´Brien 4 127 127 — 3-5
18994- Sommertag 264 J Hirschberger 5 115 79 — 0-2
12760- Song Of Hiawatha 243 A P O´Brien 4 110 87 — 0-2
1110-2 Turbo Linn 21 G A Swinbank 5 109 113 96 — 3-4
1113-1 Yeats 40 A P O´Brien 7 122 104 — 1-3
260-08 Yellowstone 33 Jane Chapple-Hyam 4 113 117 111 — 1-7
5242-5 Youmzain 69 M R Channon 5 125 126 127 — 3-11
322-02 Zaham 48 M Johnston 4 113 116 111 — 0-2
4138-6 Zambezi Sun 40 P Bary 4 123 121 — 1-3

[jaripeo]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

For Jaripeo...

The Papal one...


Epsom 6 June 2008
3:25 JUDDMONTE CORONATION CUP (GROUP 1) (CLASS 1) (4yo+) Winner £ 1m4f10y


No. Form Horse Trainer RTF % Wgt Jockey
6112-7 Adlerflug 40 J Hirschberger 4 119 - — 1-3
327-13 Al Shemali 27 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 113 100 — 0-1
23116- Anna Pavlova 222 R A Fahey 5 112 113 108 — 3-3
32124- Arch Rebel 180 Noel Meade 7 115 115 — 0-6
/112-1 Ask 42 Sir Michael Stoute 5 119 122 117 — 2-4
642-74 Balkan Knight 20 D R C Elsworth 8 110 113 94 — 2-9
696-86 Big Robert 27 W R Muir 4 107 104 92 — 0-3
149-77 Boscobel 99 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 116 103 — 1-4
111-11 Coastal Path 19 A Fabre 4 119 120 — 2-2
3131-3 Doctor Dino 69 R Gibson 6 120 115 — 1-2
2423-1 Duke Of Marmalade 40 A P O´Brien 4 123 113 — 0-0
1865-5 Finsceal Beo 69 J S Bolger 4 112 111 — 0-0
1114-3 Galactic Star 33 Sir Michael Stoute 5 110 117 97 — 3-5
/124-1 Getaway 33 A Fabre 5 127 124 — 3-4
241765 Gower Song 33 D R C Elsworth 5 111 108 — 2-10
0-4507 Halicarnassus 50 M R Channon 4 109 96 — 0-3
40-127 Hattan 19 C E Brittain 6 112 116 108 — 2-12
2338-4 Honolulu 21 A P O´Brien 4 121 119 — 1-4
4531-5 Lion Sands 27 L M Cumani 4 110 114 96 — 1-5
111-06 Literato 19 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 124 113 — 0-0
42411- Lucarno 265 J H M Gosden 4 115 121 122 — 1-4
336-71 Macarthur 28 A P O´Brien 4 117 115 — 0-1
1350-2 Maraahel 29 Sir Michael Stoute 7 117 119 115 — 4-13
7136-3 Mores Wells 32 Kevin Prendergast 4 115 105 — 1-3
/15-44 Multidimensional 29 H R A Cecil 5 111 115 101 — 0-0
51137- Papal Bull 194 Sir Michael Stoute 5 116 120 112 — 3-8
21111- Peeping Fawn 289 A P O´Brien 4 124 122 — 2-3
612-66 Persian Storm 36 A Fabre 4 111 73 — 0-1
410F-7 Quest For Honor 61 A Fabre 4 94 64 — 0-0
20223- Red Rock Canyon 272 A P O´Brien 4 118 110 — 0-1
4439-1 Red Rocks 27 B J Meehan 5 116 121 105 — 1-7
8114-2 Regal Flush 20 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 112 117 117 — 1-1
73523- Sagara 243 Saeed Bin Suroor 4 123 123 — 0-4
/1211- Septimus 266 A P O´Brien 5 124 116 — 0-2
/170-2 Sixties Icon 33 J Noseda 5 118 118 59 — 2-8
238-14 Soapy Danger 37 M Johnston 5 109 113 102 — 4-7
15115- Soldier Of Fortune 243 A P O´Brien 4 127 127 — 3-5
18994- Sommertag 264 J Hirschberger 5 115 79 — 0-2
12760- Song Of Hiawatha 243 A P O´Brien 4 110 87 — 0-2
1110-2 Turbo Linn 21 G A Swinbank 5 109 113 96 — 3-4
1113-1 Yeats 40 A P O´Brien 7 122 104 — 1-3
260-08 Yellowstone 33 Jane Chapple-Hyam 4 113 117 111 — 1-7
5242-5 Youmzain 69 M R Channon 5 125 126 127 — 3-11
322-02 Zaham 48 M Johnston 4 113 116 111 — 0-2
4138-6 Zambezi Sun 40 P Bary 4 123 121 — 1-3

OUCH, TO MANY MANY GOOD ONES, NO CHANCE FOR PAPAL. THERE IS TWO VERY GOOD CLASSICS. LATER WILL TALK ABOUT THEM

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by jaripeo

OUCH, TO MANY MANY GOOD ONES, NO CHANCE FOR PAPAL. THERE IS TWO VERY GOOD CLASSICS. LATER WILL TALK ABOUT THEM

Okay and yeah, way too many!

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Maraahel watch... lookin' good on the gallops, according to reports.