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Did you notice in
yesterday's Racing Post ...
"OPENING SHOW" Lee Mottershead page 2 on a great day's action headed by a
chase of special significance. A race awash with all kinds of emotion".
(Ascot Feature Chase 3.35) SOMERSBY partner DOMINIC ELSWORTH (Ch4 Guest
on the Morning Line) trainer TEAM (Mick)
CHANNON taking on 6 challengers for this £59,083.50 prize. One of them
SIRE DE GRUGY partner JAMIE MOORE trainer TEAM (Gary) MOORE
who won with ease, as, SOMERSBY'S luck ran out as he stumbling on landing
at the fifth fence, unseating DOMENIC ELSWORTH stopping all hope of an exciting finish in an instant. SOMERSBY
looking fabulous most beautifully prepared.
Confidence intact, tripped on landed in tricky heavy ground. A brave,
brave looser.
IT is as well to make a note if you are interested in jump turf racing that the
ground on the take off side, and the landing side of each chase fence can get very cut-up, poached,
divots of turf on the landing side, potted holes are left on the landing side especially
in the later races as an afternoon's racing draws to a close like 3.35pm. If you think of the weight of a racehorse with rider landing from a considerable height at speed, the divots made as the horses land first, all their weight on their two front legs and hooves - a considerable weight. Hitting the ground impacting every time, sure to go into the ground deeply when going is heavy or soft.
This week the passing of true living legend horseman Terry Biddlecombe, Henrietta
Knight his wife, carefully by his side, hoping that SOMERSBY could win this chase and raise the roof at Ascot .
Rodney Masters brings us news of Terry's funeral in yesterday Racing Post page 11
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
David Ashforth:
(writer media zone)
(writer media zone)
Twice voted journalist of the year
PICTURE: Dan Abraham
Racing Post Saturday January 18th 2014 Page 15.
MUSINGS FROM A RETIRED RACING ENTHUSIAST
Racing Post Saturday January 18th 2014 Page 15.
MUSINGS FROM A RETIRED RACING ENTHUSIAST
"Amazing record- breaker shows the true value of perseverance in this game "
Pic: "La Estrella: has defied troublesome legs to win 26 times. "
"IT'S tempting to apply for the vacant managership of Leicester racecourse and then, when I don't get it,
accuse them of ageism. Say what you like about ageism, at least it's something
you can get involved with when your older...
"A few years ago I went on a tour of every track inBritain and Ireland Leicester was
where I started in 2005. Although I have been there several times since I'd
have to check whether or not customers
are still greeted by a fence topped with barbed wire, black and white racecards
and the absence of a big screen. Actually I don't need to check the big screen.
They rarely have one.
"In the 1750s Stubbs made exhaustive studies of animals, in particular the anatomy of horses. He rented a farmhouse inLincolnshire Italy London UK London London London
Ageism in
context as John McCrirrik was treated by the CH4 producers following 29 years of loyal service was disgusting. That the British Legal Tribunal Justice System failed to pick up on John's claim I found equally as disgusting. Rip Off Britain illegal justice. British lawyers are ripping off the British people right left and centre. Charging huge hourly fees. And taking years and years to sort out anything at all earning further huge fees through delay, delay after delay using cruel dishonest tactics from way back in the dark ages.
"A few years ago I went on a tour of every track in
"It's not good enough and I strongly recommend that the new
Mr and Mrs Big does something about it. Either that or issues every racegoer
with a pair of powerful binoculars,
because the far end at Leicester is
far, far away' I know it's sometimes best not to know, but even so. And how
about creating a Flockton Grey
Bar , decorated with photographs and text telling the
infamous story of the ringer who won the Knighton Auction Stakes at Leicester on March 29, 1982?
"Several racecourses could make more of the celebrities and scandals of their past.
"At the time of my tour, Leicester
advertised itself as "The Midlands' Premier Racecourse", despite a race programme with no Pattern
events. Nine years later that is still
the situation.
"Nowadays Leicester proclaims itself to be the playground
for adults" ' which makes it sound like a dogging venue . When I've been nothing much has been happening. Too cold I suppose. It's a track where there needs to be an injection of ambition . Good luck to whoever gets the job.
"Incidentally did you know (no you didn't) that Leicester was the first racecourse visited by La
Estrella? that was in 2006. Two years earlier, as a yearling La Estrella had been sold by Robert B Rogoff for $100,000. Rogoff, among other things,
played in the Bobby Band. No I've never heard of them either.
"Anyway, now an 11 -year -old, La Estrella turned up at
Lingfield on Wednesday and won for the 26th time, with 24 of his wins on the
all-weather. He's an equine celebrity, without ever having won a race worth
more than £7,000, and most considerably less
"La Estrella boasts several records, mostly at Southwell
(AW) , but also including the unique achievement (probably) of having won at
both Great Leighs and Fakenham.
"There's another record he (La Estrella? She?) holds. La Estrella's legs have received more attention than Betty Grable's,
and hers were insured for $1 million. If you're about 80, you might remember.
" La Estrella has fascinating but fragile legs. After he?
(she?) won a claiming race at Wolverhampton in 2008, trainer Don Cantillon reported
that the five-year-old has a troublesome off -fore and retirement could be
imminent.
IT is very distressing and
painful for a racehorse to breakdown on the racecourse whilst competing. Or at home whilst training to compete.
A racehorse's front two legs (nearside left:) (offside right:)
A racehorse is lead on the
nearside (left) and mounted from the nearside. Whilst a racehorse is prepared
to ride out, the tack is put on from the nearside left as well.
Sounds like La Estrella has had many leg problems. Painful tendon injuries. Sometimes termed: "That horse has got a leg" Means that horse is lame, has a strained
injured tendon or tendons . Depending on how serious the damage is any and all
leg problems need to be careful dressed and healed. That means on a trainers
easy list. Not ridden out at exercise.
Some trainers swim their horses to aid this healing process, whilst managing to keep them on the move.
Stubbs anatomy of the horse
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The life and times of George Stubbs
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(1724-1806)
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"HAVING broken down on both forelegs, La Estrella missed the
whole of 2010 but returned to win 8 times the following year. After winning for
the tenth time at Southwell in November
2011, Cantillon reflected on La Estrella's tendons. "They don't look very
pretty, " he said, "and it is
a matter of time before those legs do deteriorate. "
"Thanks to Cantillon's care, La Estrella's legs were still
carrying him to victory in January 2012, for his 18th success, after which it
was noted that "he is said to have
leg problems and it seems no one will dare claim him" . No one ever has.
"The following month, Cantillon observed: "It's only a
matter of time before his legs go. I'm on tenterhooks every time he runs. We've
had him scanned and it seems no worse. "
"Later that month, after La Estrella registered his (her?) 19th win from 51 appearances, Cantillon
said: "While he is sound he will keep racing. " He has, with a
remarkable enduring handicap rating which has never fallen below 79 nor risen
above 89 in his long career on the Flat.
"Early this year, after La Estrella's 25th win in a selling
race at Southwell, someone finally bid for him. A change of stable wouldn't
have been popular and Cantillon went to £5,250gns to buy his stable star in.
There was no such scare after Wednesday's triumph, in a claiming race, after
which Cantillon said: "The next two days will be tense and he'll be scanned
48 hours after the race, which is the usual procedure. "
"It can't be long before La Estrella asks someone to pick
him up and carry him - "My legs are killing me. " I don't suppose the
veteran warrior will ever visit Leicester
again but I'm pretty sure he'll be back at Southwell for the seller in ten
day's time. "
LA ESTRELLA TEAM (Don) CANTILLON
YES, YES, YES. WOW, WOW, WOW what a truly great and wonderful achievement. Magic .
LA ESTRELLA TEAM (Don) CANTILLON
YES, YES, YES. WOW, WOW, WOW what a truly great and wonderful achievement. Magic .
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Fairyhouse: Turban scoops another big pot for Mullins
By Andrew Dietz
TURBAN turned on the turbos between the second-last and the last to collect another big prize in Ireland for the all-conquering Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh partnership. 18 hours agoMore
Big chance for Hoof It at Kempton
Jockey James Sullivan said: "If he showed the form he has shown in the past he would be hard to beat. It is not a walk in the park but I hope he will go well." 22 hours ago
HOOF IT
didn't like to go into the stalls so did not run
The present Sarting Stall procedures followed
by political and horseracing government
like picking little flowers with a combine harvester.
Far, far more care needs to be taken with horses in and around the starting stalls.
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HOOF IT
didn't like to go into the stalls so did not run
The present Sarting Stall procedures followed
by political and horseracing government
like picking little flowers with a combine harvester.
Far, far more care needs to be taken with horses in and around the starting stalls.
http://www.turfcall.co.uk/montypage.htm
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Gitane cut for Triumph
By Betting
BetVictor make Fairyhouse Grade 3 winner Gitane Du Berlais 14-1 (from 25) for the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham. Paddy Power go 16-1 first show. 19 hours ago
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Willie Mullins says Gitane Du Berlais unlikely for Cheltenham
We might look at more of those all-aged races as she'll enjoy a longer trip than she'll get in 4yo races. The likely ground at Cheltenham would be too fast. I'll be looking at bringing her back to France rather than go to Cheltenham. 19 hours ago http://www.racingpost.com/news/live.sd
Don't miss our Monet's Garden video
The great greys series ends today with Monet's Garden - RPTV recently caught up with the veteran at home to see how he was getting on in retirement. Check it out in the media centre. 21 hours ago
TUESDAY JANUARY 21st
CLIVE BRITTAIN
The Smiling Pioneer
with
Robin Oakley
Taking a closer look at Clive Brittain's timeline:
Acknowledgements
"Owners, jockeys and journalists, who have always found the master of Carlburg amongst the most approachable of people, have always been encouraged to
'Call me Clive' and throughout this book I have stuck to this habit. It is 'Clive' , not 'Brittain' , you will meet in these pages. "
Introduction
"Are you there, baby?' 'Hello big girl, are you waiting for me?' 'Good boy ... oh yes' 'There's nothing to be frightened of'' ... 'Hello young lady, are you there for me?'
"Want
to see a man doing what he was destined to do, doing what he is totally
absorbed and happy doing? Watch Clive Brittain with his horses at Carlburg
Stables, Bury Road , Newmarket
Racehorses respond directly to a person's voice and gestures. The tone of the voice especially. Opening communication and understanding channels on all levels. Magic.
CHAPTER ONE
A Horseman's beginning
"Some of the other kids on the estate would try it and then chicken out but I was determined ... "
Clive started work as an apprentice with Sir Noel Murless. pages 17 - 21
"Some of the other kids on the estate would try it and then
chicken out but I was determined ... "
"Calne, Wiltshire. The little scrap
who arrived on December 15 1933 and who lived his early years at 9, Priestley
Grove, Calne, enjoyed a family life typical of the countryside at the time:
busy, companionably and shorn of luxury, although the big family usually
managed, somehow or other, to make ends meet. "
How Clive communicated with a bunch of
wild ponies, and took a few jobs to bring
in some pocket money.
At the end of 1948 Clive went to see
Herbert Blagrave for a job. He was a private trainer and he already had an
apprentice. This was about the end of 1948 and he was full up. He said,
"Try Noel Murless down the road" .
I saw the stable secretary first,
a Mr Cotterill, a great old character. He looked at me and said, "You'll
be too big" , and more or less turned me away. But I was never one for
being turned away and so I waited until Sir Noel came out. I said that Mr Blagrave
had sent me and that I wanted a job as an apprentice jockey and he took
me on for a month's trial. "
"It was a moment that determined the
shape of Clive's life. The month's trial developed into a relationship of
mutual respect that was to last, apart from Clive's two years of National
Service in the Army, for the next 23 years. Until Sir Noel Murless began thinking
of retirement and Clive set up on his own, he spent those 23 years handling
some of the best animals in the country, horses like Petite Etoile, and
Crepello, Aurelius and St Paddy, Royal Palace and Busted. And if that was why
Clive later knew how to get the best out of the best when he handled Classic
contenders at Carlburg, he made his own contribution too in the Murless yard, dealing
with the awkward squad.
CHAPTER TWO
The Murless Years
1950 - 1972
1950 - 1972
"If you didn't say 'Good morning' you would get a boot up your arse. And if it wasn't a good morning you'd get a boot up the arse for saying so. " Mick Leaman, fellow Murless apprentice "
Clive moved from Beckhampton to Newmarket with Sir Noel Murless and all his horses, the lot in one massive move, pages 23 - 38.
Key Fact
Clive was in the right place with the right man for 23 years.
.
"Sir
Noel Murless had just taken over at Beckhampton from Fred Darling and when I
first went to Beckhampton there were
seven horses there who were savages. Red-carded. You weren't allowed to go in with them unless there was someone
with you. Within three years Sir Noel
had changed the system and brought in a more feeling regime. The savage horses
disappeared. It was a great lesson. At evening stables they were held with
three rack chains. One from the hay net to the head collar and one each side,
otherwise they would have ripped you to pieces. There only defence was to bite
you or kick you. Sir Noel got rid of those ideas. Seeing the way horses were
treated I realised, just as I had with the ponies, that you don't beat them. A
lot of the things he did I had already worked out for myself.
"NOEL
MURLESS was a great boss to work for and to be absolutely honest we had a very
good lifestyle. Maureen was his secretary. I worked in the yards looking after
the difficult horses. We has a (rent and rates free) bungalow at Warren Place
Sir
Noel was a tremendous thinker about the animal's condition and wellbeing and
noticed everything. I can remember he would say at evening stables,
"That horse was very nervous with
you this morning" . "We never had a big conversation. He called me
"Calne" because that was where I came from. It was an "Evening
Calne". "Evening sir" , "yes, sir" kind of
relationship. I would say something like "This horse doesn't like going
through the trees on the way to the gallop" and it was about getting the
horses to the bottom of the gallop with as little stress as possible.
"Clives's
friend and long time feed man Mick Learman, whom he tempted back into racing
after 16 years in Clark's shoe factory when he started up, was a good boxer. We
tend to forget thev physical stature of many of the lads in stables in those
days. Mick won several boxing titles and was beaten in the final one year in
the stable lads' championship - an event that was once a mainstay of the racing year but finally petered out at
the end of the 1990's, reflecting perhaps not just the growing number of lasses
working in yards but an altogether less macho approach in racing yards.
"Mind
you , says Mick, it was worse when Fred Darling was still at Beckhampton. He
may have six Derby
"Clive
says: " Mick's been my mainstay. The best in Newmarket Newmarket
"Two
of the trickier stars Clive had to deal
with were AURELIUS and
ST PADDY, later the sire of one of Clive's outstanding international winners.
As his protege was later to do with PEBBLES, Murless used geldings as
companions and lead horses. The 1960 Derby
a secret to dealing with him: "You could hold ST PADDY in a canter if you kept his
head on the quarters of a big old mate of his calledSunny Way Sunny Way
head on the quarters of a big old mate of his called
"As for AURELIUS, the 1961 St Leger winner, he was a savage with a capital S. There was no point hitting him. That was how he turned savage in the first place. As was CREPELLO who in his only two outings as a three-year-old in 1957, won the 2,000 Guineas and the Derby "CREPELLO was a tremendous colt, really powerful behind the saddle, which was the reason he eventually broke down. He had an unbelievable blend if speed and stamina, which meant he was never extended at home. I couldn't name a horse today that might have beaten him. Among the fillies Petite Etoile was a tough mare, more like a colt in many ways. She had a strong personality with a bit of a temperament - she broke her lead rein on more than one occasion. I rode a lot of Sir Noel's good horses, most of them probably, and learned a lot about the character of horses. Even now you see a lot of the characteristics from the family lines. For instance, if a CREPELLO throws a wobbly you are forewarned. "
"During my years at Warren Place
"I
was never a big gambler in the Barry
Hills
"With
common sense you couldn't help making money on the post odds. You couldn't help backing winners when you
worked for Sir Noel. I always backed horses to win. If I won £200 I would bank
£175 and start again with £25. My first rule was never to stake more than I
could afford to lose.
"Two
I particularly remember Altesse Royal at
33-1 and Caergwrle at 50-1. We had some very good fillies at the time of
Altesse Royal but I always felt she would be the best. She had a lot of nervous
energy. She was pacemaker to the others but she never dropped away. It always
stuck in my mind that she would be the one. She won the £1,000 Guineas
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22nd
THURSDAY JANUARY 23rd
FRIDAY JANUARY 24th
On
your marks. Get Set for this weekend's Ch4 Morning Line Preview 8.00am to
9.00am every Saturday. Ch4
Join-up with Cheltenham and Doncaster to bring us the afternoon action tomorrow.
Check
to find the challengers set to compete from Turfcall's two trainer teams
to follow. TEAM (Willie) MULLINS (IRE) and TEAM (Nicky) HENDERSON (GB) and list
them down in your Jumps Turf reference file, to include the date, track, and
time of each race. Find the Feature Races and take a closer
look at the opposition.
Don't forget to read TEAM
(Willie) MULLINS feature in your Saturday Racing Post. A
sound Equus perspective that brings us info on every challenger Team
Mullins has taking their chances over this weekend.
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FEATURE RACE FROM DONCASTER
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FEATURE RACE FROM CHELTENHAM
Tomorrow's Horse Racing Cards
RACES SHOWN ON TERRESTRIAL TV
GOING: SOFT (GoingStick 5.7). (Light rain)
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GOING: GOOD TO SOFT (Soft in places; GoingStick: Chase 6.8, Hurdle 7.0) (Hurdle dividing rails have been moved to provide fresh ground where possible if required). (Light rain)
GOING: Hurdle - YIELDING TO SOFT (Good to yielding last 2f); Chase - SOFT (Yielding in places) (There will be 2 fresh Hurdle tracks (both on the inner) this weekend. Sunday's racing line will be on the innermost circuit). (Light rain)
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