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Scoop6 rolls over
By betting
Qipco Champions Day at Ascot proved to be anything but for Scoop6 players as the bet, which also featured two races from Cheltenham, rolled over after only four legs. 19 hours ago
Big Races Coming Up
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
David Ashforth:
Twice voted journalist of the year
Twice voted journalist of the year
PICTURE: Dan Abraham
Racing Post Saturday October 19th 2013 p20
From
deprived beginnings to Citrrus the wonder horse
Pic:
Corine Barande-Barbe: never gave up on her wayward pupil
"Champion
the wonder horse!
"Like
a streak of lightnin' flashin' 'cross the sky.
"Like
a silent arrow whizzing' from a bow.
"Like
a mighty cannon ball he seems to fly.
"You'll
hear about him everywhere you go.
"The
time will come when everyone will know the name of Champion the wonder horse!
"Champion
the wonder horse! Yes, yes, yes David is a poet as well.
"YES,
but what's his name today? Last year, obviously, it was Frankel, fittingly
because, like Champion in his adventures on television in the 1950's, Frankel
had four white socks.
"Champion
had a bigger white blaze and was better at standing on his hind legs. He was
also faster (see theme tune lyrics above ) and could have won the Champion
Stakes, named after him, if he'd wanted to. There was very little that Champion
couldn't do.
"Now
that music is a compulsory part of welcoming
big-race winners, the winner of the Qipco Champion Stakes should be greeted
by a rousing rendition of Champion the wonder horse on YouTube) and later
recorded by Frankie Laine.
"It's
a catchy tune, excellent for singing along with and, one way and the other,
ideal. I comment it wholeheartedly to whoever is in charge of music at Ascot and look forward to hearing it on Champions Day
next year.
"In
the meantime, having not given him the attention he deserves, I would like to
draw your attention to the splendid, magnificent Cirrus Des Aigles. You may have heard of him
already.
"I
hadn't really noticed before but Cirrus Des Aigles is in a class apart from his Champion Stakes rivals. Unlike most
of them he comes from a depraved background. As a youngster, he didn't look
like doing much with his life but his teacher, Madame Corine Barande-Barbe, never lost faith
and, perhaps drawing on her own family background, enabled Cirrus Des Aigles to
fulfil his potential.
"
CIRRUS DES AIGLE 'S father was EVEN TOP.
EVEN TOP was all very well in his way,
and almost won the 2,000 Guineas
in 1996, but didn't; MARK OF ESTEEM won it, instead. EVEN TOP only actually won
two Listed races and, in 2002, was standing around at the Clare View Stud (never
heard of it) on the Curragh, not doing much, even though he was anybody's for
£1,525 (Stud Fee)
"When
he was employed, he didn't make much of a job of it, siring nothing worth
writing about, although DIABLO did win five small jumps races and a point to
point at Farmaclaffley.
"Some
would say EVEN TOP didn't deserve anyone better than TAILLE DE GUEPE, and
that's who he got. CIRRUS DES AIGLE'S
mother never raced and wasn't much good at mothering, either. Apart from CIRRUS DES AIGLES, the best she could manage
was MESNIL DES AIGLES, who won four nothing-special races from 47 attempted.
"WITH
encouraging role models thin on the ground, it was no surprise that
CIRRUS
DES AIGLE'S made an unpromising start to his professional life. It took him six
attempts before reaching the winning post before the others, in a maidan race
on the all-weather track at Cagnes-sur-Mer early in 2009.
"A
regular distinction between high -class racehorses is that the good ones are
usually raced sparingly and the less good ones usually aren't. CIRRUS DES AIGLES wasn't. In 2009 as a
three-year-old, he ran 17-trimes. That's
more times than any of today's opponents, apart from HUNTER'S LIGHT, have run
in their entire lives.
"All
the time, Mme Barande-Barbe was teaching her initially wayward charge how to
behave, and how to succeed. It was about the body but also about the mind, and
minds are a bit of a speciality in the Barande family.
"As
you will know, Corine's parents, Robert and Ilse Barande, were the joint
authers of La Sexualite Perverse: Etudes Psychanalytiques (1972) as well as Histoire de la Psychanalyse En
France (1975). Perhaps more tellingly, in 2009, when CIRRUS DES AIGLES improved
to win a Listed race, a Group 3 and a
Group 2, Ilse published a collection of
articles, L'Appetit d'Excitation; CIRRUS DES AIGLES may or may not have read
them; Corine surely did.
"Having
taught CIRRUS DES AIGLES to succeed, Barande-Barbe taught him how to excel. In
2011, as a five-year-old, he won his first Group 1 race, none other than the
Champion Stakes at Ascot . It was his 38th
race.
"Last
year, now mature and fully appraised of the psychological foundations of top
level success, CIRRUS DES AIGLES added the Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic and
Group 1 Prix Ganay to his burgeoning curriculum vitae before returning to Ascot to meet Everest, in the form of Frankel. Everest
won.
"Back
in top form, on his favoured soft ground, it's a day for CIRRUS DES AIGLES.
CHAMPION the wonder horse! "
REVIEW EQUUS
PRESENTED YESTERDAY:
ASCOT
1.45 Qipco
British Champions Long Distance Cup
(Group 3) (Class 1) over 2m
Yes,
Yes, Yes a magic moment for Morning Line Guest Superstar JOHNNY MURTAGH partner
ROYAL DIAMOND (IRE) 7 9-7 TEAM MURTAGH 20-1
A
close finish,
2nd HARRIS TWEED TEAM
HAGGAS 8-1. Winner: £113,420,000 12 ran.
2.20, Qipco British Champions Sprint over 6f.
Yes,
Yes, Yes a magic moment for Paddy Power and his Mum
as SLADE POWER 4 9-0 partner WAYNE LORDAN.
TEAM LYNAM (IRE) comes through to win. Win: £207,856.32. 7-1. 14 ran
2.55, Qipco British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes (Group
1) (Class 1) over 1m4f. Win: £300,563. 9 ran.
Yes,
Yes, Yes a magic moment for SEAL OF APPROVAL 4 9-3 partner GEORGE BAKER. TEAM
FANSHAWE
3.30. Queen Elizabeth 11 Stakes (sponsored by Qipco)
(British Champion Mile) (Group 1) (Class 1)
over 1m. Win: £601, 126. 12 ran.
Yes,
Yes, Yes a magic moment for OLYMPIC GLORY (IRE) 3 9-0 partner RICHARD HUGHES
for TEAM HANNON.
2nd TOP NOTCH TONTO (IRE) 3 9-0 DALE SWIFT. TEAM ELLISON
4.05.Qipco Champion Stakes (British Champions Middle
Distance)
(Group 1) (Class 1) over 1m2f Win: £737,230. 10 ran.
Yes,
Yes, Yes a magic moment for FARHH 5 9-3 partner SILVESTRE de SOUSA for TEAM SAEED BIN SUROOR GODOLPHIN
2nd
CIRRUS DES AIGLES (FR) 7 9-3 partner CHRISTOPHE SOUMILLON TEAM
BARANDE-BARBE.
BARANDE-BARBE.
MONDAY OCTOBER 21st 2013.
Deja
vu as whip bans are handed out to jockeys
By
Peter Scargill
"Two
years on from the Champions Day furore caused by CHRISTOPHE SOUMILLON'S whip
ban, four jockey's yesterday found themselves
handed a total of 25 days' worth of suspensions by the Ascot
stewards for their use of the whip.
"
SOUMILLON launched an attack on British racing in 2011 saying he was
"embarrassed" for the sport after he was stripped of £50,000 in prize
- money and banned for five days for striking Cirrus Des Aigles six times in
the final furlong when winning the Champion Stakes. His ban was later rescinded
and prize-money restored when the whip rules were altered.
"Three
of the bans yesterday came in the opening race, the two - mile Long Distance
Cup, which involved a desperate finish on ground the jockeys described as "bottomless" .
"Winning
rider Johnny Murtagh received a seven day ban for using his whip above the
permitted level on ROYAL DIAMOND and will not be able to ride in the Breeders' Cup on November 2 or
on the final day of the British Flat turf season on November 9. He was also
fined £!,600.
"Pat
Smullen received a ban of seven days for his ride on fourth home PALE
MIMOSA, while Billy Lee was slammed with
a nine- day suspension and a £350 fine
for his use of the whip on the third EYE
OF THE STORM. A fourth whip ban of two days was handed to Jim Crowley for his
ride on TALENT in the Fillies and Mares Stakes.
"Jamie
Stier, the BHA's director of raceday regulation and operations, said;
"Today is disappointing but the majority of races this season have not
proved a problem and we are happy with the way the rules are working and have
bedded in and that is in part thanks to the jockeys. "
"Three of banned riders are based in
FACT
NOT FICTION. FACT NOT OPINION.
It
is the horses who set the pace in a race, not the British Stewards sitting in
the warm watching a TV screen. It is the jockeys riding or attempting to ride a
racehorse to win a race who have to attempt to set the pace according to the racehorse
they are partnering. It is according to
that racehorse and only that racehorse that any true pace can be set or any
race won. This gruelling task has absolutely nothing to do with British Stewards sitting in the warm watching
a TV screen. But everything to do with the highly athletic skilled art of a true rider
and the highly skilled art of a true trainer.
Similar
to Strictly Come Dancing in a way, in some sort of a way. Where the audience
views the dancing (Opinion) The 4 Judges (Fact) score the points according to
the Rules of each different Dance according
to each different couple actually doing the dancing.
RICHARD HUGHES visits HAYLEY TURNER
Three hours after her fall at Doncaster on Thursday September 12th
Three hours after her fall at Doncaster on Thursday September 12th
INJURIES
Long-suffering
Haley deserved better after latest blow
"I
HAVE been lucky to avoid serious injury during my career. I might have broken a
leg and punctured a ling, but nothing really terrible. One person who hasn't
been as fortunate over the last couple of years is poor Hayley Turner.
"I
went to visit her in hospital three hours after her fall at Doncaster
last month and she was still lying on the bed in agony.
"Following
the initial x-rays and scans she was told nothing had been broken and was sent
home. However Haley still felt in pain a few days later so she took herself to local A and E.
"Another
x-ray revealed nothing, but the discomfort remained so she eventually sought
another option which revealed, fully two weeks after her fall, she had chipped
a pelvice.
"It
is both worrying and unacceptable that
it took so long for Hayley to be correctly diagnosed'
"Just
imagine the potential consequences if,
for example she had sustained a crack in her neck which had gone
undetected for a fortnight?
"When
you get out of the ambulance that takes you from the racecourse to the local
A and E you are on your own. Surely when somebody hits the ground at 35 miles
an hour there are likely to have more serious possible repercussions than somebody cutting a finger by falling off
a skateboard.
"Getting
injured is all part of the job but there is no doubt Haley has been terribly
unlucky.
"I
hope she comes back as soon as possible and enjoys an overdue spell of good
fortune.
5:11PM BST 12
Sep 2013
"Hayley Turner in horror fall at Doncaster
after ride Seal Of Approval clips heels and stumbles on the far rail.
A week after
returning from five weeks off with a broken ankle, Hayley Turner narrowly
escaped further serious injury, beyond being battered and bruised, in a
horrible-looking fall off Seal Of Approval just after the two-furlong marker in
the DFS Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster on
Thursday.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 22nd 2013.
TRAINER TEAM STABLE TOURS
By Rodney Masters
As the 2013 Flat Turf Season draws to a close
the 2013-14 Jumps Turf Season takes over.
You will find of particular interest the Racing
Post TRAINER TEAM STABLE TOURS feature
every Tuesday. Today Part Two of a five-part
series, a Bumper 16-page supplement free
inside to add to your Jumps Reference File providing key info on Trainer Teams
Pipe, King, Elliott (IRE) and Williams.
We're
thinking in terms of the Paddy Power for SALUT FLO. "
Team
Gordon Elliott (IRE) "Gigginstown
chasers can help make it a record year. "
Team Alan
King "Established team boosted by bunch of classy recruits. I'm looking
forward to the arrival of TIGER CLIFF. "
Team Evan Williams
"Riding crest of a wave from west of the
IN NEXT WEEK'S STABLE TOUR PULLOUT
Willie
Mullins (IRE) http://www.wpmullins.com/
Philip Hobbs.
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The return of the series
that gives you a vital edge.
First five trainers in case you missed them
as
published in Racing Post on Tuesday October 15th 2013
NATIONAL HUNT JUMP RACING
First five in unmmisable
Jumps Trainer Team Guides are:
Donald McCain
Noel Mead (IRE)
Charlie Longsdon
Sue Smith
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23rd 2013.
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EQUUS ZONE
What is this learner rider doing wrong?
He is cantering this racehorse Off the Bridle.
He has no contact lingo going on between himself and the racehorse
he is attempting to partner.
He is using the neckstrap to hold on by to keep his balance.
Therefore this racehorse is getting no message from his partner as to how fast to go, or where exactly to go. This racehorse could take charge of this rider at any time he liked.
This rider is cantering, working this racehorse along On the Bridle he is absolutely in tune with this racehorse he can change the pace, change the rein, go faster or slower whenever he likes due to the fact he has learned how to keep his balance in the saddle, to give and take when working a racehorse along On the Bridle. It may look very easy, but in practice it is very far from easy.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24th 2013.
RACING POST
Scott Burton brings us news:
TROPHY SPECIAL
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"Confident Appleby tells us "You don't come across horses like PINZOLO very often."
Scott Burton brings us news:
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"Confident Appleby tells us "You don't come across horses like PINZOLO very often."
Scott Burton
"DENMAN back from brink. Gold Cup hero is winning his fight against infection.
JMC: DESMOND CULLEN fighting everyday for his life to beat prostrate cancer. The highs and the lows for Des, kick in with an uneasy frequency throughout each and every day, affecting everything.
Jon Lees "Another setback for ST NICHOLAS ABBEY fighting for his life following a fractured pastern. "
Jon Lees "Another setback for ST NICHOLAS ABBEY fighting for his life following a fractured pastern. "
Bill Barber
FRIDAY OCTOBER 24th 2013.
"DES CULLEN partner KING MIDAS
finds it all so easy
1970 Cambridgeshire winner.
By Robert Glendinning
"KING MIDAS, the silver-grey
three-year-old, ridden by Britain 's top lightweight, DESMOND CULLEN, won
Saturday's Irish Sweeps Cambridgeshire at Newmarket
so convincingly that for once this
famous handicap turned out to be something of a bore.
"The tremendous cheer that greeted
the racecourse commentator's first mention of his name suggested that this 10-1
chance was, in fact, the best-backed horse in the race.
"ASTROCAN, the last Cambridge runner
for Harvey Leader, the veteran Newmarket trainer who retires at the end of this
season, produced a strong finishing burst to beat LONDESBOROUGH BOY by a short head for second place with the
blinkered RICHBOY a head away fourth.
Backed at 40-1
"Leader, who has saddled three
Cambridgeshire winners, was prevented by flu from attending on Saturday.
"KING MIIDAS, who was running for
the executors of the late Major H.P.
Holt, is trained at Kingstone Warren by Derrick Candy, who confessed that he
had always regarded KING MIDAS as an ideal Cambridgeshire type and had backed
him at 40-1 when the weights were published.
"CULLEN had been engaged as KING
MIDAS'S Cambridgeshire jockey before the colt won at York a month ago. KING MIDAS has also twice
won over Newmarket 's
July course this season.
"The first seven to finish in
Saturday's race all raced on the stands side and some of the best- fancied runners, including OUDA, RUGGED, CAINS,
ARTHUR and HITESCA, were all drawn high.
The Sport of Kings:
"A word of congratulations was something that Desmond Cullen the freelance jockey who lives in Royston, was trying in his modest, unassuming way to escape after his outstanding success in winning The Cambridgeshire, on
"DESMOND, who stands only 4feet 9 inches tall and can ride at 7 stone 3 lbs, has had a remarkably successful season. His winning ride last Saturday notched him up to 42 wins for this season.
"DESMOND, who has been living in Royston for some years, served his apprenticeship at the "Willie" Stephenson stable in the town where he still "rides out"
"When DESMOND first entered the racing world he was so small and light that some eminent racing practitioners hesitated to let him ride even a pony let alone a racehorse.
"But DESMOND - my racing colleague writes more fully about him on another page - with grit and determination and enthusiasm has won his "spurs. ". He is now aged 30. " 1970.
Pic KING MIDAS romps home by three lengths in Saturday's Irish Sweeps Cambridgeshire at
KING MIDAS scores with
such ease
By John Oaksey at Newmarket
"The Rowley Mile's claim to be England 's fairest racecourse took a heavy knock
at Newmarket
yesterday when the draw appeared to destroy the
chances of about a third of the Cambridgeshire field. The race was won,
with almost impertinent ease, by DES CULLEN on the late Major H,P,Holt's KING MIDAS.
"Drawn No. 15, CULLEN was in the ideal
position to make up his mind what course to steer - and wisely decided to stay
on the stands side.
"The first seven to finish all raced
there while some of the best fancied horses,
including CALPERNIUS, ARTHUR, CAIUS,
OUDA, RUGGED and HITESCA, were all drawn high and forced to pursue what turned
out to be a hopeless lost cause.
"It is hard, not impossible, to
believe that not one of these horses was
good enough to get in the first seven and, not for the first time, the race was
ruined both as a test and as a spectacle
by the excessive width of the straight mile.
Field splits
"As the field split, PIRATE GLEN
went clear on the stands side group and CULLEN, with orders to hold up KING
MIDAS as long as possible, found himself, with almost too clear a run.
"On the far side the top weight CALPERNIUS went straight into the lead and
proceeded to run a cruelly gallant race, only giving up the unequal struggle
under a furlong from home.
"And by that time it was unequal , for the stands sides group
had at least four lengths' advantage and
CULLEN, throwing caution to the winds had allowed KING MIDAS to pull his way clear.
(drawn 13) pounced to push him back to fourth.
"One sadness"
"But KING MIDAS was home and half
dry by that time, and the only sadness is that his owner Major Holt, who died
in his 80's on June 1, was not here to see his handsome grey so confound the
handicapper's calculations.
"Major Holt had been a long time
patron of Derrick Candy's stable and
together they won the Ascot Gold Cup a few years ago with PARBURY. Shortly
after that the Major bought a RIBOT colt in America
and later selling him profitably to Italy , asked Candy to buy him a
yearling. The result was KING MIDAS who
cost £9,000gns.
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