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12-12-2007, 11:07 AM
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 * * * I remember reading reports after he'd raced, always a lot of caution for lack of a better word, always sounded like they were holding their breath with him. I just got the idea he was especially fragile, that he had had issues. Of course i could have my head up my..... 
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12-12-2007, 11:31 AM
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He kept having these minor problems over and over again as far as I'm aware. Nothing serious, but they still kept him from racing when he was struck with them. He has gone to a very powerful stable though, and he should do fairly well over hurdles if he is able to transfer his ability from the flat. Many useful horses don't manage to do that though. Mountain being an obvious recent example.
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12-12-2007, 12:38 PM
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Some good news - last night on Australian racing, Greg Eurell said Apache Cat had just returned to the yard from his vacation, had a good break, slightly overweight but looking good.
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12-26-2007, 05:46 PM
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Scriptwriter due to make his debut over hurdles tomorrow at Wetherby.
7.35AM your time, mmsc. I expect you to be awake to see how he gets on
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12-27-2007, 01:42 AM
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Let me know how he does and that no one got hurt and will catch a replay. I've never heard of a single other horse in that race. Duh. COME HOME SAFE. Why on earth did they get rid of him? He was good.
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12-27-2007, 10:56 AM
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He was fourth, but judging by his SP I reckon his new connections would have been disappointed.
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12-27-2007, 10:58 AM
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THEY can go jump over those things and see how well they do! 4th on his first try... that's good isn't it?
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12-15-2007, 12:14 PM
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I'm afraid to say the National Hunt season suffered another big loss this afternoon when top class hurdler, Macs Joy had to be put down after breaking a hind leg at Cheltenham.
Another sad day for NH racing. Happened very early in the race, and wasn't due to a fall.
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12-16-2007, 05:10 PM
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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.
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12-17-2007, 05:30 PM
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Munro faces panel in bid to be alllowed to ride again
by Lee Mottershead ALAN MUNRO on Monday went before a panel of medical experts in the hope that they will recommend his return to the weighing room. The Derby-winning rider, who has been forbidden from taking mounts since suffering convulsions on a flight to Deauville in August last year, appeared in front of the BHA's medical appeals panel, whose verdict will effectively determine his immediate future as a jockey. Munro's agent Laura Way said: "Alan is fine and has been in China doing his karate while he's been off. He is fit and ready to go if, God willing, he is told that he will be allowed to ride again. There is nothing stopping him riding fitness-wise but we have not tempted fate by discussing when he would come back should he get the green light." Munro, who admits to suffering "some sortof convulsion" twice in the past, was out of racing for four years before 2005, but returned to win 60 races that year, and another 49 in 2006 before he was stood down. The rider's highest-profile win came on Generous in the 1991 Derby and, but for his illness, it is likely he would have been associated with this year's Derby winner Authorized.
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12-17-2007, 10:39 PM
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THANK YOU for the Apache Cat and Maraahel news!!!!!
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12-21-2007, 07:19 AM
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RP.....
Ahern given three-month disrepute ban by Graham Green EDDIE AHERN has been slapped with a three-month ban after becoming the first jockey in Britain to be found guilty of bringing racing into disrepute in relation to a riding offence – one described as “a shameful exhibition of riding” by the BHA's disciplinary panel. The disciplinary panel decided Ahern deliberately flouted the whip rules at Southwell last Wednesday in order to trigger a suspension under the totting-up process with the aim of serving the resulting ban during a relatively quiet period, while also ensuring he begins the Flat turf season with a cleanrecord. The suspension is likely to prove hugely costly for Ahern, the reigning all-weather champion, who is not only prevented from defending his title this winter but will also miss the potentially lucrative Dubai Carnival meetings. His punishment will serve as a warning to other riders tempted to manipulate the referral system to their advantage, although Ahern continued to deny having done so on Thursday night. The severity of his ban was welcomed by the RSPCA's equine consultant David Muir, who contacted the ruling body following Ahern's riding of the Mick Quinlan-trained Marsam, who he hit up to 20 times in the last two furlongs at the Nottinghamshire track. The racecourse stewards found Ahern guilty of using his whip with excessive force and frequency, in the wrong place and of marking the horse, before referring him to London as he had already been suspended for 33 days for misuse of the whip during the previous 12 months. This incident came only a week after Ahern was strongly admonished about his future use of the whip by panel chair-man the Duke of Roxburghe when given an 11-day ban at Shaftesbury Avenue following his admission he had used it with excessive frequency aboard Storm Path at Kempton on November 28. On that occasion, the local stewards felt the offence merited more than the seven days they could give. Emerging from Thursday's inquiry, Ahern appeared stunned, but after gathering his thoughts said he would not be appealing. “I listened very carefully to what they had to say, and the way I rode the horse wasn't me,” said Ahern. “I apologised for the way I rode the horse. “I'm just going to take a break now and I'll be back in April. Of course I didn't do it deliberately – no way did I want to be referred – I wasjust trying too hard to win. It's a big ban and I'm disappointed about it, but I'm not going to appeal. I want to move on, accept it, and make sure it never happens again.” Muir, who plans to monitor Ahern's riding when he returns, said: “I believe the BHA has dealt with this matter appropriately in as much as the length of the suspension seems to be reasonable in the circumstances. My concern over the whole issue was that the racehorse had to be the subject of abuse. “I think this sends a clear signal that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.” The disciplinary panel noted that after winning the first race at Southwell, Ahern appeared at a stewards' inquiry at which he admitted using his whip with excessive force and “perhaps to his surprise was only given a caution”, which does not trigger the referral procedure. Marsam was his next mount, an hour later, and the panel rejected his explanation that he had been in the grip of “tunnel vision” for what they described as “a shameful exhibition of riding”. Finding Ahern's conduct had been premeditated, and was a breach of rule 220 (iii), the panel “concluded that it was Ahern's real intention on December 12 to get all his suspensions out of the way as soon as possible. It was a ‘slate-cleaning' exercise on his part, to try to get all his ‘totting-up' penalty to run in January after his existing suspensions”. Had this been an isolated whip offence, Ahern would have received a 24-day ban to which would have been added the totting-up penalty of 28 days. Now, the rider, already banned to January 3, faces a suspension running from January 4 to April 3 inclusive. The panel added: “It is unacceptable that any jockey should commit an offence deliberately to trigger a ‘totting-up' penalty at a particular time, and no doubt the BHA will continue to monitor carefully the circumstances in which any jockey becomes liable to such a penalty.” However, Noel Quinlan, the brother of Marsam's trainer, described the ban as “very harsh”, while John Hills, Ahern's biggest all-weather supporter this year in terms of rides, was also shocked at the length of the ban. “I just can't believe it and it's very disappointing,” said Hills. “Not only would I have used Eddie on the all-weather, but I'm sending three nice horses to Dubai – Dark Islander, Pride Of Nation and Baby Princess – that he would also have ridden. To get a suspension that long is terrible, a real shame, and I feel very sorry for him, but Eddie is a very good jockey and I'm sure he'll bounce back.”
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05-08-2008, 10:35 AM
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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
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