Melbourne,Australia Summer Carnival 2010

[clyde]

Tragic,just take CDC with you.



And stay there.

[Arletta]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horserac...106-17i9q.html

[my miss storm cat]

Poor guy...


Predatory Pricer passes away 11 Nov 2010
By Alex Steedman - racingandsports.com.au


Group 2 winner and stallion prospect Predatory Pricer has passed away with acute colitis the likely cause of death.

The half brother to Takeover Target was found dead at his agistment property on Wednesday morning where it was believed the five-year-old succumbed to acute colitis, a condition which causes inflammation of a horses colon.

Retired in September after a string of injuries hampered his racing career over the past year, misfortune has again struck Predatory Pricer who was expected to commence as a stallion next spring.

A half brother to multiple Group 1 winning sprinter Takeover Target and also a multiple stakes winner in his own right, Predatory Pricer was likely to be well received at stud.

Injury setbacks regularly hampered the latter stages of Predatory Pricer's racing career with the son of Street Cry having just one more race start since he pulled up lame with an offside fore tendon problem after running 12th as favourite in the 2009 Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).

The tendon issue ruled Predatory Pricer out of the 2010 autumn and was transferred from Paul Murray to Mick Price during his injury enforced layoff.

A dual Group-winner and Group 1 placed on four occasions, Predatory Pricer's most notable race victory came in the Group 2 J.J Liston Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last year when he beat the likes of Group 1 winners Whobegotyou, Typhoon Tracy and Heart Of Dreams.

The Street Cry entire returned to racing this Spring first up in the J.J Liston Stakes and finished second behind Shoot Out in his bid for back to back successes in the event.

It was to be Predatory Pricer's only start under the care of Price as a staph infection to the five-year-olds hock/tendon region ruled him out of the Spring. His retirement was announced due to the setback in the following weeks with a view to him commencing as a stallion in spring 2011.

Predatory Pricer's other Group success came during his three-year-old season when he won the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Randwick while still under the care of Paul Murray.

Predatory Pricer had 18 career starts where he recorded four wins and six minor placings. All but two of his starts were in Group company. His prizemoney earnings exceeded $800,000.

[my miss storm cat]

Even with the God-awful post position looks like my boy Sniper's Bullet will win this thing.

(Good luck to Black Piranha too, of course!).

1 and 2, kids.

Ascot 20/11/10
Race 7

Carlton Draught-Railway Stakes (G1)
Group I 3yo+ 1600m
03:45 Apprentices Cannot Claim Handicap Min Hcp Wgt : 52.0 $1,000,000
# Form Horse (Barrier) Trainer Jockey Weight API Win % Place %

1 145680 Black Piranha (12) C Karakatsanis D Ganderton 58.5 49.8 15.7 47.1
2 380028 Sniper's Bullet (15) T Bartley N Rawiller 58.0 59.9 18.6 58.1
3 124230 Triple Honour (11) C Waller D Oliver 58.0 56.0 18.9 45.9
4 022985 Trusting (5) John Thompson J Winks 55.5 42.6 14.3 50.0
5 180027 Megatic (10) A F Beckett P Carbery 54.5 32.1 33.3 55.6
6 680211 Famous Roman (2) J P Taylor J Brown 54.0 15.5 20.6 41.2
7 315655 Grand Nirvana (1) F R Kersley D J Staeck 54.0 26.6 26.9 53.8
8 422482 Tarzi (17) N D Parnham S Parnham 53.5 17.0 16.4 43.3
9 373311 Colour Correct (7) R Price P Harvey 52.5 20.2 31.6 84.2
10 651533 For Your Eyes Only (14) P H Jordan T Turner 52.0 26.3 45.5 72.7
11 818156 Gathering (6) John Thompson Craig Williams 52.0 18.9 15.8 47.4
12 541921 God Has Spoken (9) N D Parnham B Parnham 52.0 26.5 26.1 47.8
13 411723 Impressive Jeuney (8) D T McAuliffe S O'Donnell 52.0 24.8 31.6 73.7
14 251353 Inarticulate (13) A Durrant Alan Kennedy 52.0 13.3 39.3 67.9
15 176446 Mekong Miss (18) D R Harrison T Ikenushi 52.0 10.7 37.0 51.9
16 009132 West River Charley (3) Ms S Taylor J Whiting 52.0 8.2 23.7 47.4
17 351079 Clueless Angel (4) L Smith L Camilleri 52.0 20.5 41.2 64.7
18 340312 Ranger (16) G L Williams W Pike 52.0 8.1 12.5 75.0