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05-29-2009, 01:32 PM
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some conditions race tomorrow at Yoork. McCartney back after a 380 day break but more interestingly, Court Masterpiece is returning from a 791 day absence. Obviously his stallion career didnt take off.
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05-29-2009, 03:46 PM
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Yeah. Where did he stand, do you know? Only a few years ago he was running against the likes of George Washington. Hard to think he'll be anywhere near ready for this though.
Godolphin ruined Macartney....... what a surprise. At Haydock tomorrow, Tariq is back over seven furlongs on goos ground after a promising run in the Lockinge a couple of weeks ago. He is a seven furlong specialist with his conditions and a drop in grade. I think he'll take all the beating tomorrow. Main Aim will be the short priced fav, but he's a sprinter for me and he's up against a true seven furlong specialist who has already proved himself at this grade and higher.
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05-30-2009, 02:30 PM
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Wow, had no idea he was coming back! I think he was in Ireland...
3rd! Saturday May 30 2009 York 14:40 - Result Sportingbet.com Stakes (conditions Race) £12500 added, 3yo plus, 7f, Class 3, £8095 penalty, 10 ran Going: Good to Firm Winning Time: 1m 24.11s 14:10 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP 1 11 Regal Parade 9-2 A Nicholls D Nicholls 5 13/2 mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to lead final 75 yards opened 11/2 touched 7/1 2 6 nk Mia's Boy 9-2 J F Egan C A Dwyer 5 11/4 f held up behind, headway 2f out, soon ridden, kept on under pressure inside final furlong to go 2nd towards finish opened 7/2 touched 9/2 £2250-£500 £2100-£600 £1050-£300 £1500-£500 3 5 hd Court Masterpiece 9-2 G Gibbons J J Quinn 9 12/1 held up behind, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well inside final furlong, not reached leaders opened 14/1 touched 10/1 4 8 ½ Tombi (USA) 9-2 T Hamilton J Howard Johnson 5 13/2 chased leaders, headway to lead well over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on until headed and no extra final 75 yards opened 11/2 touched 5/1 5 9 2½ Taqdeyr 9-2 P Robinson M A Jarvis 4 5/1 raced keen, with leader, ridden well over 1f out, kept on until no extra towards finish opened 7/2 6 2 3¼ Medicea Sidera 8-11 David Probert (3) E F Vaughan 5 16/1 chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out, weakened final furlong opened 22/1 touched 14/1 7 10 1¼ McCartney (GER) 9-2 T E Durcan Saeed Suroor 4 6/1 held up behind, ridden and effort over 2f out to over 1f out, weakened final furlong opened 7/1 touched 11/2 £4000-£500 Each Way 8 7 3¼ Courageous (IRE) 8-5 Greg Fairley B Smart 3 14/1 raced keenly and led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened final furlong opened 16/1 touched 12/1 9 1 2¾ Marine Boy (IRE) 8-5 R Kingscote Tom Dascombe 3 11/1 mid-division, ridden and effort 2f out to over 1f out, weakened final furlong opened 14/1 10 3 1½ Alan Devonshire 9-2 M Lane (5) M H Tompkins 4 33/1 chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon outpaced, weakened final furlong opened 50/1
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05-30-2009, 08:56 PM
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I saw McCartney win the big 2yo race at Doncaster on Leger day. Expected him to show more as he matured, since his pedigree (In the Wings over Dashing Blade) indicated classic distance talent at 3 and up, but it didn't pan out.
How many promising horses have had their careers trashed by Godolphin buying them up and then mismanaging them? You can start with every one they bought in the US to train for the Kentucky Derby. Yes, Street Cry came back to run well at 4, but he could have done much more than that, had he been left in the states to train.
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05-31-2009, 05:03 AM
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Layman is one I always remember. He finished a close second to Divine Proportions when trained in France by Fabre, and (correct me if I'm wrong) then went to run a brilliant race against top class Oratorio. He was then snapped up by Godolphin and did very little at all. Songlark was another promising horse in France before they got their dirty little hands on it. Sabre D'argent was one of the best 2yo's David Loder trained. It went to Godolphin and wasn't seen for a year. He won a bad race, went to America and wasn't sighted in any of his starts. Caradak was another one. Probably the biggest mess of all was Shawanda. A very very talented filly, sold to Godolphin and never saw the racetrack again. Imperial Stride had won five in a row for Sir Michael Stoute, he was then sent to Godolphin, and surprise surprise he was injured within a couple of weeks. He didn't see the track until over a year later and was ruined. This isn't a horse they purchased in training, but Desert Authority was the real deal. A good friend of mine rode him every day and to this day he still says he was a Gr1 horse with so much ability. He only made two racecourse appearances, winning both of them. Never to be seen again, probably dead  Kilworth is another I could mention, who they ruined. Stage Gift, they injured him, too. Short Skirt, another horse who was with Sir Michael Stoute. She was bought by the big blue bin........... she ran twice before being injured and retired. Dijeer Hala Bek!!!!!! Razkalla Carry On Katie Vista Bella I could sit here and write a list for hours and hours, but there is no point. And that is without the hundreds we have (and never will see) The horses that are broken down during training and destroyed. The wastage at Godolphin is huge. Hence the well known term "the big blue bin". Another thing, I will always laugh at is Bayeux. Godolphin could manage very little with him, so they sold him. None other than Michael Tabor (coolmore) purchased him later in his career and has gone on to be a stakes winner in America and a great second finish behind Kip Deville. The only horse that Godolphin have improved in many years has been Ramonti. They tried their hardest to ruin him, but injury after injury he kept coming back. That horse was as tough as nails. It surprises me (still) that Godolphin are still respected in the industry. They have ruined so many nice horses, many horses have paid with their life just by being trained by these muppets and still they get represented as being the good guys and horseracings saving grace. It's got to the stage where trainers such as Mark Johnston and Michael Jarvis are becoming scared of having really nice horses, as they know they will taken away and slowly run into the ground by Godolphin. They have to be very quiet about the good horses they have, try and disguise them for as long as possible. Neither of them can win. If they disguise them, they are losing out themselves, but if they have a very good one that wins a race impressively, it'll be at Godolphin by the end of the same day.
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06-14-2009, 02:20 AM
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Sousa, Fravashi, Caymans, Aichi, Time Thief, Desuetude, Marching
, El Cambio and Imvula to Godolphin...* * * 14 June 2009 GRAN PREMIO DI MILANO (G1) age of reason  uae h.ps. 4 ans Par: HALLING et TIME CHANGES (DANZIG) 04 GODOLPHIN BLEUE T BLEUE S. BIN SUROOR MARTIN DWYER 60,5 159457 1p 1p3p(08)8p4p0p0p 3p 000 DARLEY STUD MANAGEMENT CO. LTD 02 P2 freemusic ire m.ps. 5 ans Par: CELTIC SWING et FAVIGNANA (GRAND LODGE) 08 ALLEVAMENTO LA NUOVA SBARRA GROS-BLEU ETOILES ET M BLANCHES T BLANCHE ETOILES GROS-BLEU L. RICCARDI GERMANO MARCELLI 60,5 199836 3p2p4p 2p(08)7p1p5p3p 000 1 ALLEVAMENTO LA NUOVA SBARRA 03 P2 gimmy ire m.ps. 5 ans Par: LOMITAS et PURSUIT OF LIFE (PURSUIT OF LOVE) 01 LINO SCARPELLINI LILAS 1 CHEVRON JAUNE T LILASET JAUNE B. GRIZZETTI DARIO VARGIU 60,5 280795 4p2p1p1p(08)0p4p2p4p 000 L. SCARPELLINI 04 P2 permesso gb m.ps. 4 ans Par: SAKHEE et PERSIAN FILLY (PERSIAN BOLD) 09 ALLEVAMENTO LA NUOVA SBARRA GROS-BLEU ETOILES ET M BLANCHES T BLANCHE ETOILES GROS-BLEU CAMICI FABRIZIO & LUIGI SRL STEFANO LANDI 60,5 291686 8p 5p2p(08)2p2p1p5p 2p 000 O 1 AZIENDA AGRICOLA RAZZA DEL SOL 05 P2 quijano  ger h.ps. 7 ans Par: ACATENANGO et QUILA (UNFUWAIN) 05 GESTUT FAHRHOF JAUNE M NOIRES T ECARTELEE JAUNE ET NOIR P. SCHIERGEN ANDRASCH STARKE 60,5 1461507 6p2p(08)9p2p2p1p 5p4p5 000 GESTUT FAHRHOF 06 P2 tremoto gb f.ps. 4 ans Par: GENEROUS et THERESE CHENU (LOCAL SUITOR) 02 PIETRO SEGHI BLANCHE EPAUL ROUGES M BLEUESBRASS OR T BLEUE ETOILE ROUGE CAMICI FABRIZIO & LUIGI SRL SAMUEL DIANA 59 61948 4p4p 2p(08)5p1p3p0p 2p 000 O AZIENDA AGR. ROSATI COLARIETI 07 P2 voila ici ire m.ps. 4 ans Par: DAYLAMI et FAR HOPE (BARATHEA) 06 SCUDERIA INCOLINX CERCLEE VERT & ROSE M ROSES TECARTELEE VERT ET ROSE V. CARUSO MIRCO DEMURO 60,5 166864 1p1p(08)1p1p2p5p 1p2p1 000 SOC. FINANZA LOCALE CONSULTING 08 P2 vol de nuit gb m.ps. 8 ans Par: LINAMIX et BEDSIDE STORY (MTOTO) 07 ALLEVAMENTO LA NUOVA SBARRA GROS-BLEU ETOILES ET M BLANCHES T BLANCHE ETOILES GROS-BLEU G. PUCCIATTI UMBERTO RISPOLI 60,5 455119 3p3p 3p1p(08)2p2p2p1p 515 1 GRUNDY BLOODSTOCK LTD 09 P2 winkle (ire) f.ps. 4 ans Par: HIGH CHAPARRAL et BERNIQUE (AFFIRMED) 03 H.H. AGA KHAN VERTE EPAULETTES ROUGES T VERTE M. DELZANGLES MARCO MONTERISO 59 72800 3p(08)1p3p1p1p 480 HARAS DE S.A. AGA KHAN SCEA
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06-14-2009, 04:02 AM
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How long before one is broken down and never to be seen again?? I really like Aichi, too
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