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Does anyone know whats happened to horses Silver knight and Royal Shakespere, also jockeys Marcus Foley and Paddy Merrigan. Aint seen them around for a while.
Marcus is due back from injury soon.
I believe Paddy Merrigan is back in Ireland and Royal Shakespeare was injured (possibly retired).
Not sure about Silver Knight who last ran about two months ago.I hope Royal Shakespeare is happily retired; he was always so beautifully turned out and a credit to his connections.
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Ruby, I have always found it beneficial to telephone stables when wondering about certain horses; they tend to be appreciative that ordinary racegoers care enough to make the effort. Numbers are easily available in Timeform.
Not too sure about contacting jockeys directly, though: there’s no telling how the obstreperous dwarves will react.
Certainly where Merrigan is concerned I’d agree, Yquem, having observed him being interviewed in the winner’s enclosure at Rasen last September after one of the biggest victories of his career aboard Iron Man. A more sour character in victory I never did see!
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Thank you folks for your info. Aw Royal Shakies injured, yes he was allways beautifully turned out. And ill allways love him for his 25/1 win at Aintree in 2004 i think it was. I hope he enjoys his retirement.
yes, just got an email about his retirement from a german website that knows more about English horses than we do…no details of what the old boy’s up to though; [possibly standing in front of a mirror all day singing ‘I’m gorgeous’!]
yes, just got an email about his retirement from a german website that knows more about English horses than we do…no details of what the old boy’s up to though; [possibly standing in front of a mirror all day singing ‘I’m gorgeous’!]
Ha Ha, a freind of mine has his half brother, a year older and thats what he does!
Marcus’ first ride on his return was on the Henderson horse Linderman in the bumper today at Chelters and it won (much to my disgust as I was on the runner up!).
Royal Shakespeare is indeed retired, I believe due to a recurring back injury.
Hope he has a long and comfortable retirement if the condition can be managed properly.
Royal Shakespeare, was retired due to a near life threatening injury..
Taken from the Racing Post
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE, whose portfolio of honourable achievements include the valuable BHB Order of Merit two seasons ago, will be sidelined for at least a year, and may face retirement, after breaking a bone in the back of his knee at Kempton’s Christmas meeting, writes Rodney Masters.
The John Webb-owned nine-year-old was injured when taking an extravagant leap at an open ditch during the Desert Orchid Chase won by Voy Por Ustedes.
He sustained a double fracture of the carpal bone in his off-fore, which will require the leg to remain in a plaster cast for the next six weeks, followed by a further period of box rest.
Trainer Steve Gollings said yesterday that, watching from the grandstand at Kempton, he immediately feared his stable star may have injured himself at the fence.
"He stood off from way outside the wings of the fence, and it was amazing he got over without a fall," he said.
"However, it did put extra pressure on his front legs, and the damage was done. He was x-rayed at Kempton, and the racecourse vet Simon Knapp did such a great job we were able to sedate the horse and bring him home.
"Fortunately, the carpal bone didn’t shatter, as it can under similar circumstances.
"The two pieces should knit together in time, and perhaps in a year or so we may bring him back to run again over hurdles, if the handicapper is willing to give us a little help."
Gollings added: "Royal Shakespeare has achieved so much that if it is best for him to be retired, then so be it. We’ve still got him, and he’ll have a very good quality of life.
"Even with a leg in plaster, he has shrugged off the injury as if nothing has happened and is behaving like a lion.
"Having a star like him on the sidelines is a major blow to a small stable like ours. My wife, Jayne, has ridden him every day, and she is devastated by the injury."
Rated 145 over hurdles, and 143 over fences, the former Flat winner at Abu Dhabi for Sheikh Mohammed has seven career wins to his name, including the Grade 2 Elite Hurdle at Wincanton in 2005, and a Grade 2 novice hurdle at Aintree in 2004.how sad; I was at kempton that day and had no idea he’d been injured; it was also the day when I was going to tell the girl looking after him how beautiful he looked, but missed the opportunity to do so. Hope he’s enjoying his retirement.
Does anyone know what the situation is with the french chaser Cyrlight?
Looked like a potential star when he won heaps of races as a young horse but he hasn’t run for nearly a year now.
I noticed that he fell on his last outing but I can’t remember hearing that he succumbed to it…
Anyone know?
You couldn’t not be impressed,although my pocket wasn’t (as I’d backed Gold Reef).
She had good solid form,including at listed level.
So with normal improvement Lindeman should be another decent performer for the Kelvin Hughes team before no doubt going to the paddocks.
With her breeding she should make a very nice broodmare for them in due course.
You can’t go far wrong with the Henderson/King horses in bumpers and between them they had the first five in that race and all should be winning races next season.
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