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Duhallow Paddy, Muhaafiz, Northern Emperor, Petite But Willing, Thegranaghman, Vipers Nest, Voix Des Tiep (FR).
RIP to all.
Congratulations to Augustine Leahy for once again adding two more horses to this list!!!! Really impressed how a small stable can be such a regular contributor to this section of the forum.
May the all rest in peace
If you’re a Leahy trained NH horse you had better hope your jockey is wearing green and gold hoops. Of the 9 horses trained by him listed in the Racing Post as having Irish jumps starts this season, the top three (the top 2 of which are the only ones to gave won any prize money) are JP owned, have had multiple starts and are still alive. The youngest is 6 years old.
Of the other six, five are dead. One of them was 5 years old, the other dead horses were 4 years old . The two most recent- Thegranaghman and Petite But Willing- ran in the same race on 1st December. Both started at 200-1, both jumped badly (Thegranaghman in particular like he’d never schooled over a hurdle) and both beaten over 100 lengths. Neither featured in a stewards’ report; trainers do not have to account for the absymal performance of a 200-1 shot. Everyone just expects them to struggle, and they did. Listed as dead just over a week later. Petite But Willing was having only her second start; the first was 9 days previously. Nine days for her to prove that somehow, miraculously, she wasn’t quite useless and let her avoid a bullet. Inevitably, she failed.
Another Leahy trained horse ran in the same race- the only non JP owned NH starter this season who is still alive according to the RP- Walk Alone, starting at 100-1 and beaten over 40 lengths. This was her 3rd start this season. She is 4 years old and owned by Miss S Leahy. I do not think her life expectancy will be long.
I know that JP McManus doesn’t pull the rug from under anyone but in this case I rather wish he would buy Walk Alone, retire her to Martinstown immediately and take his other 3 away and put the NH part of the whole shebang at least out of its misery.
Excellent post Greenasgrass.
I know JP looks after his retired horses so it’s a mystery to me why he has horses with trainers whose stable has such a high death rate.
I don’t do the social media thing and maybe I’m just naive, but maybe some-one could make a suggestion to him that he takes pity on this poor horse, Walk Alone, currently possibly still alive.
I’d like to hope he reads this forum, but it’s not a given.
J.P. owned Walk Alone’s dam who presumably now belongs to S J Leahy Bloodstock Ltd (as they are listed as Walk Alone’s breeder). Perhaps there are links which make him send horses to Leahy (wouldn’t be the trainer’s record). The filly has a decent pedigree. Fingers crossed that might save her the fate of her stablemates
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