Betfred Sprint Cup

[brockguy]

Hellvelyn

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by brockguy

Hellvelyn

Wow, he's getting popular!

People on two other forums picked him this morning and there's a piece on Sporting life....
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...al_130305.html


Hmmm. I think he's in over his head but good luck!!!

(Pretty boy).

GO RED CLUBS AND AL QASI!

NCTD asked me to post this....

"Clubsy" won the race, and well done to MMSC...you won the bet

[my miss storm cat]

Red Clubs!!!

Thanks for posting it, Snowdrops..... THRILLED!

Clubs, Merchand 2nd and Balthazaar.... good boy 3rd!

YEA!!!

(Al Qasi was a non-runner)

Saturday September 8 2007
Haydock 15:10 - Result
Betfred Sprint Cup (group 1)
£298092 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 1, £179027 penalty, 14 ran
Going: Good to Firm, Good in places Winning Time: 1m 13.11s


17:15 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 6 Red Clubs (IRE) 9-3 M Hills B W Hills 4 9/1
towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on strong opened 10/1 touched 11/1 £5000-£500 Each Way £4500-£500 Each Way
2 1 ¾ Marchand D'or (FR) 9-3 D Bonilla F Head 4 13/2
towards rear, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, soon edged left inside final furlong, not pace of winner opened 7/1 touched 11/2 £3000-£390
3 7 ½ Balthazaar's Gift (IRE) 9-3 J Fortune L M Cumani 4 11/1
stumbled start, behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on opened 14/1
4 14 1¼ Mutawaajid (AUS) 9-3 D Holland M R Channon 4 33/1
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, one pace opened 40/1
5 2 nk Sakhee's Secret 9-1 S Drowne H Morrison 3 11/8 f
chased leaders, headway over 2f out, one pace opened 5/4 touched 6/4 £1500-£1000 (x4) £600-£400 (x2) £11000-£8000 (x2) £1375-£1000 (x2) £1100-£800 (x4) £687-£500 £550-£400 £1250-£1000 (x2) £1000-£800 £625-£500 £500-£400 (x3)
6 12 1 Asset (IRE) 9-3 L Dettori R Hannon 4 6/1
behind, ridden 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on opened 7/1 touched 15/2 £4000-£500 Each Way £7000-£1000 £6000-£1000
7 9 nk Wi Dud 9-1 D O'Donoghue K A Ryan 3 33/1
awkward start, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
8 10 2½ Scarlet Runner 8-12 S Sanders J L Dunlop 3 66/1
mid-division, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong touched 80/1
9 15 2½ Somnus 9-3 R Mullen T D Easterby 7 100/1
towards rear, pushed along halfway, ridden over 1f out, no impression
10 3 nk Advanced 9-3 P Cosgrave K A Ryan 4 100/1
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
11 11 2½ Sierra Vista 9-0 P Hanagan D W Barker 7 50/1
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
12 5 1½ Amadeus Wolf 9-3 N Callan K A Ryan 4 16/1
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakening when not much room over 1f out
13 13 nk Per Incanto (USA) 9-1 Martin Dwyer J L Dunlop 3 20/1
always towards rear, weakened over 1f out
14 16 ½ Hellvelyn 9-1 T E Durcan B Smart 3 15/2
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong opened 10/1

Non-Runners
NR Al Qasi (IRE) 9-3 K McEvoy P W Chapple-Hyam 4
NR Fayr Jag (IRE) 9-3 T Eaves T D Easterby 8


Tote Win: £11.60 Tote Place: £2.90,£1.80,£4.00
Straight Forecast: £64.66 Exacta: £103.30 Trifecta: £3655.50

[my miss storm cat]

Katy dear, let me know if you wanna help me come up with a nice tagline for No Chance....

Something nice about our boys in blue.

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Katy dear, let me know if you wanna help me come up with a nice tagline for No Chance....

Something nice about our boys in blue.

Ha, hmmmmm, I'll try to think of something :P.

[NoChanceToDance]

Well done to Clubsy, 10/1 was a massive price about such a consistant horse in any grade. I had a small each way bet on him.

I'm more disappointed with Haydock Park than i am with Sakhee's Secret to be honest, i suppose you have seen some of the articles written about what the track had done. All the trainers were fuming about it, EVEN Barry Hills who trains Red Clubs, and when a winning trainer is disappointed there must be something wrong.



From RP.....

Published: 09/09/2007 (Sport) By Tom O'Ryan and David Carr
THE red-hot issue of racecourse watering triggered scenes of anger at Haydock yesterday, when trainer Hughie Morrison accused the track of drastically altering ground conditions and causing the defeat of his Betfred Sprint Cup favourite Sakhee's Secret.
Just two days after Warwick was forced to abandon five races after last-minute watering went drastically wrong, Haydock - owned, like Warwick, by Jockey Club Racecourses - found its prestigious Flat fixture swamped in controversy.
A number of other trainers echoed Morrison in attacking Haydock, including Barry Hills, for whom the Sprint Cup success of Red Clubs was not enough to alter his opinion that the racecourse had drastically erred.
Having been advertised midweek as good to firm, prompting Peter Chapple-Hyam to scratch Dutch Art due to fears about fast ground, Haydock's turf was officially reported yesterday as good to firm, good in places, the change in conditions a result of watering.
However, many trainers and jockeys insisted that the racing surface was actually much softer, while racetimes suggested that the ground was no faster than good, with Red Clubs failing to go under Racing Post standard time in the Group 1 feature.
"It's loose and it's overwatered," fumed Morrison, whose 11-8 favourite finished fifth under Steve Drowne.
"Steve said he knew after a furlong that he was struggling to go on it. He wants good to firm ground, which is what I thought we were getting.
"And what about all the punters out there? It's what they thought we were getting. If I were Peter Chapple-Hyam, I'd be furious."
Referring to Haydock's clerk of the course Kirkland Tellwright, Morrison said: "He promised he wouldn't overwater, and what has he done?"
Speaking before Red Clubs's victory, Hills voiced his frustration that conditions were not nearly as quick as the official description.
"It is soft, on the slow side of good - it has been overwatered," he said.
"It has got no life in it at all, and I'm very disappointed. If you go out there and look at it, it is certainly not good to firm.
"They are overwatering these tracks in a big way - they did it at Salisbury the other day, they made a mess of Warwick on Thursday and they overwatered at Chester last Saturday.
"I don't know why, when you get the wettest summer on record, people can't be a bit sensible, use some common sense and do things cautiously."
Other trainers to be upset were Bryan Smart and Jim Goldie, the latter saying: "It is dead ground - typical watered ground."