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that was last time, this time 15 lb difference so 8lb swing?
Where your going wrong Ben, the claims are included in the final weight, your substracting them again. Anyway lets not get too bogged down
ah, thank you for that, much appreciated, still fairly new to all this. only really my 3rd full season following racing seriously you live and learn.
Great win for Gardasee at Sedgefield this afternoon.
Naps, one of the members on here, is "involved" with this horse but he denies it was his money that made Gardasee’s price halve. <!– s:roll: –>
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Naps, one of the members on here, is "involved" with this horse
Good grief – is that kind of thing even legal in this country?
Hmmmm, thanks, I think, Colin! My involvement comes from paying his bills….nothing any more sinister
No, seriously, congratulations naps! Kahlil Burke is continuing to impress with a smallish string…
He certainly is, NV.
Not bad for a man whose formative years were spent at the Ted Caine School of Hard Knocks and Lovable Fatties (see also that other emerging young handler Kevin M Prendergast, and some bloke called Jim Crowley).
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
I’ve seen a few who’ve come from the Ted Caine school of naming horses:
Cloigeannn Rua or whatever her name was
It was a very gutsy run, terrific Naps congratulatiuons! (sorry I’m drunk forgoive typos)
Thanks BH…..don’t let the typos interfere with the drinking
Not bad for a man whose formative years were spent at the Ted Caine School of Hard Knocks and Lovable Fatties (see also that other emerging young handler Kevin M Prendergast, and some bloke called Jim Crowley).
One tends to forget the period he spent with Aiden O’Brien. In my opinion this is where Kahlil learnt the major part of his trade. His attention to detail has to be seen to be believed and I hope that with success, a better grade of animal comes his way. Having been with numerous "bigger" trainers in the past where info about your horses is scarce or merely the standard "he worked well today" , it is refreshing to be able to talk to Kahlil anywhere from 3-5 times a day, getting fully informed about every aspect of your horses’ progress….good or bad.
Over the past few years I had begun to lose interest as an owner, but I can honestly say that moving to Kahlil has brought all the old enthusiasm back, helped of course by his transformation of Lemon Silk who was destined for the scrap heap before Kahlil took him apart then put him back together.
After Gardasee today, racing has become fun again!
Naps, that is a lovely compliment to pay to someone.
I think Mr. Burke should get to see it.
I will endeavour to see that he does.
Colin
Hear hear, Colin. Sarah’s Quay, Gardasee, Mange Tout, Fisby, and of course Lemon Silk have all done Kahlil proud so far, and likewise he them.
Martin – Cloigeann Rua was an Irish pointer Ted acquired, rather than one of his numerous homebreds. Nobody at High Crossett Farm could pronounce her name properly, so they usually just called her Red or Cloggy Rua. Ted’s assistant Geoff and I just used to refer to her as Fridge, as even fully race-fit she was still roughly the same shape as one. I’m pretty sure she’s been covered in the last few years and has popped out a few baby Fridges for Ted…
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Great news to here a member having a winner. Made all as well….real hard track to do that at………seen so many horses take it up two out there and finish out the first three…must be one tough cookie..congrats!!! hope he continues his winning ways.
Always wondered where the trainer sprang from…..certainly learned his trade well and from the right man too.
Thanks Fist…….needs to sort out his jumping out to the right. Here’s the link for the race if you want to see it.
http://www.attheraces.com/WatchVideo.asp?va=SDG_2008_01_08_03_1400
Was never going to get beat was he? The two challengers came at exactly the right time and too many times at Sedgfield horses who come then go on and win…..he’s actually won going away in the and…..Re his jumping…..if they have something niggling them they tend to jump away from it but in alot of cases it’s just the way they are…..worked for them when they started schooling and they just get into the habit……sort of built in false sense of security………no doubt your trainer will work on sorting it out and he’ll be even better, as he must have cost himself several lengths..thanks for the link very enjoyable race……when I watched it I only wanted evens but the girlfriend told me to FO
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