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09-11-2006, 11:48 AM
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 QUITO AMONG LONG LIST OF AYR POSSIBLES By Thomas Deane, PA Sport Staff (Sporting Life) David Chapman's tough and consistent Quito heads the list of 100 horses still engaged in Saturday's totesport Ayr Gold Cup at the five-day confirmation stage. Quito has enjoyed a profitable campaign and finished a close second to Reverence in the Sprint Cup at Haydock recently, but he will need to defy a handicap mark of 112 if he is to repeat his 2003 success in the famous handicap. The Robin Bastiman-trained Borderlescott and Ian Semple's Appalachian Trail are two interesting possibles to have stood their ground and the pair find themselves towards the head of the ante-post markets. The former has not been seen since lifting the Stewards' Cup at Glorious Goodwood, while the latter created a favourable impression when landing a Newmarket Listed race on his first attempt over six furlongs last month. Other notable confirmations include Excusez Moi, impressive winner of the Great St Wilfrid at Ripon, and John Quinn's recent Knavesmire scorer Fantasy Believer. A final field of 28 will go to post for the showpiece event, with those balloted out eligible for the Silver Cup the previous day. Kevin Ryan looks sure to be well represented in the feature as he is responsible for 11 confirmations, five of which find themselves in the current top 28. Spearheading those five is the consistent Mutamared, runner-up in the Stewards' Cup. 
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09-21-2006, 09:45 AM
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09-25-2006, 08:22 AM
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Quito's last race of the season.. He should try the BC Sprint!!
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n..._Goodwood.html
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09-25-2006, 12:40 PM
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The field.....
Tuesday September 26 2006 Goodwood 15:40 Merbury Catering Consultants Supreme Stakes (group 3) £50000.00 added, 3yo plus, 7f, Class 1, £28390.00 penalty 8 runners Going: Good (Good to Soft in straight) No. Form Horse Age Wt Trainer Jockey 1 (3) 316120 Jedburgh 11 5 9-2 b J L Dunlop P Robinson 2 (6) 545414 King Jock (USA) 17 5 9-2 R J Osborne P Shanahan 3 (4) 220970 Babodana 30 6 8-12 M H Tompkins T P Queally 4 (1) 3819/26- Byron 465 5 8-12 t Saeed bin Suroor L Dettori 5 (7) 6-41344 Polar Ben 11 7 8-12 J R Fanshawe J P Spencer 6 (2) 018217 Quito (IRE) 17 9 8-12 b D W Chapman R Winston 7 (8) 9-10224 Stronghold 73 4 8-12 J H M Gosden R Hughes 8 (5) 041293 Daniella 17 4 8-9 p R Guest F P Ferris Good luck!
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09-27-2006, 01:19 AM
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What happened, Brockguy? Was he pulled up?????
I hope he's okay.....
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10-10-2006, 12:20 PM
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10-18-2006, 06:19 PM
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uh oh... from racingpost
AVID CHAPMAN has defended himself against criticism from a veterinary surgeon over his handling of Quito, the North Yorkshire trainer’s veteran sprinter with a strong public following. John McKenna, who looks after the strings of Milton Bradley and Tony Carroll, claims in a letter to the Racing Post(see below) that continuing to run the popular nine-year-old after a long season borders “on abuse”. Quito, according to McKenna, “presented a sad spectre in the paddock“ before his 17th appearance of the campaign at Newmarket on Saturday. Looking on that day, the Cheltenham-based vet later observed: “The horse had lost his neck, with his hindquarters falling away and his general listlessness clearly reflected a horse whose season was over - 50-1 SP rather supported this.” McKenna went on: “I wonder what prevailed on connections to race this plucky competitor again 24 hours after his previous effort when last of 14, also at Newmarket? “His mentors should look to their sporting and welfare considerations in this matter - I consider the foregoing to be bordering on abuse of a genuine horse who has already won twenty races.” Chapman, who excels with sprinters as the exploits of Chaplin’s Club and Glencroft proved, pointed out that Quito, beaten a neck by Reverence in last month’s Group 1 Betfred Sprint Cup, won the ‘best-turned-out’ prize at Newmarket on Friday, but failed to get the run of the race after breaking too sharply from the stalls. Chapman said: “He came out the next day and still looked well- I thought he would win the ’best-turned-out’ again, but they probably thought once was enough - and he ran a bloody good race I thought (in finishing eighth to Sleeping Indian). He was only half length behind Art Museum for which there was a ton of money, and had good horses like Welsh Emperor, Jeremy, Aeroplane and Stronghold behind him.” Admitting he had been “pig-sick the first day, and delighted the second”, Chapman has two more possible options for Quito with a mile race at Newmarket on October 28 and a 6f event at Windsor on November 4. “We will have to see how he is, but at the moment he is wonderfully well and in fact the vet and his assistant came to the yard yesterday and remarked how well he is looking,” said Chapman, adding: “I suppose his form has deteriorated in his last three or four runs, but that is only circumstances, and at the moment I can’t see any reason why he shouldn’t be running again next year.”
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