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What I am slightly amazed by this whole case is that Gosden’s wife, Rachel Hood is a barrister. Its not as though he can pull the old HJ trick – "Oh I didn’t know the rules!" when all he had to do was have a word with the missus!
Actually trainers are sent reems of paperwork on a regular basis from the National Trainer Federation outlining every single employment rule and regulation. And the NTF couldn’t be more helpful if you need advice. So he should have known waht he was getting into. Although how much some trainers have to do with paperwork is debatable. Gosden, himself, had a secretary who stole over £40k from him by inventing a new lad and paying herself his wages!! Presumably how she got away with it for so long was by the same clever way she stayed out of jail – clever talk – she blamed her husband being an alcoholic!
I’m sure however there is more to this story. Gosden is an intelligent man and its odd he fell into this situation.
Interesting – I met Awesome Freddie a couple of weeks ago – he didn’t look depressed to me!
Hes a tall horse though and so could suffer muscular problems!Instant Magic is a magnesium clamer which should be administered about an hour or so before the event the rider requires the horse to be "chilled" for. It can be very effective as it doesn’t take away the competitive edge just the nerves. It is widely used in other equine disciplines such as eventing. In this case a booster syringe was probably used and the trainer/lad seen in the racecourse stables. Nothing other than feed/water is supposed to be given on a raceday.
It is thought that many horses have a problem with a magnesium imbalance hence the need for these calmers – the lack of it causes the muscles to tighten and the horse can literally get stage fright. However, you do need to "load" the substance (in powder form)into the horses system over a peroid of about 10 days rather than just hit it on the dayo of the race. A fractious filly who won the 1,000 Guineas a few years ago was on a Magnesium clamer called Nutrafeed. These calmers are not illegal if tested i.e. if the trainer gives the horse a calmer and isn’t seen, thenit won’t show up as a banned substance.
However, they aren’t a cure-all for all nervy horses – some don’t have a magnesium imbalance and an amino-acid calmer may suit instead. These stimulate the production of serotonin (the happy hormone!). I don’t see anything wrong with using these or any other herbal product. They have no side-effects and are beneficial to the animal. And before anyone screams and shouts and says horses should be able to run regardless – well yes, but we do throw alot at young horses and many once they have got over this early bout of stage fright will settle and learn the job well. I can think of loads of horses who have never reached their full potential due to nerves.
This article explains it
http://www.racingpost.com/horses/home.s … ument=1546Thanks Admiral. So, if I interpret this correctly, there is nothing specific in the rules about "neurectomy". The charge under Rule (C) 22 relates to a more general ‘falling below the acceptable standards’ relating to ‘duties and skills’ of a trainer, bottoming out on ‘willful neglect’.
Mmmnn…on this charge my money’s on Rory MacNeice.No I’m pretty sure (although I haven’t got my Rule Book to hand) that a neurectomy is a banned practice and it states very clearly in the Rule Book that you can not run horses that have been de- nerved. I was very aware of it – in fact as a trainer you are supposed to know all the rules and I fail to believe that JHJ didn’t know them.
Rory MacNeice is a solicitor, I believe?
I’d recommend this one:
http://www.newmarketexperience.co.uk/daysout.php
It fills in pretty much all of what you can see with the Museum (which is excellent), Animal Health Trust, gallops and stable visit as well as the National Stud.
Alternatively book through the Museum itself:
or you could go via trainer, Julia Fielden (lovely lady) who also runs Hoofbeats tours in her spare time!
http://hoofbeats.co.uk/952.html
Have a great time whatever you do!
I would imagine because he wants to get into the Royal Enclosure (what is normally the members) and to get in you must be "sponsored" i.e. have someone who has been for a certain number of years in the RE who will confirm your suitability! Or I understand thats what you need!
I’m a rare poster but then I have never been one for over-indulgence! I suppose I look in 3-4 times a week and if there is a thread that catches my eye, I may reply. I don’t have a problem with anyone on here as I haven’t had any trouble directed at me unlike another forum. It is good to see that the mods on here do their job properly!
I actually have a huge ammount to thank this forum for as through Grey Desire & the late, Daylight, Network Racing (the old forum syndicate) actually had the b*lls to lease a horse in training with me(Tajjree – now a proud mother with a bonny colt foal at foot). The day she won was one of the best I have had in all my day’s racing. To be there and experience the sheer joy from the syndicate was very special.
Which point are you going to? The entries should be in yesterdays Weekender in the middle section.
The racecards have comments underneath each horse at most meetings. You will need a pen as horses get declared 45 minutes before each race and you will have to mark them off.
The bookies are usually right!
Have a look at the skin condition of each horse in the paddock – if his coat is shiny with nice dapples on the horse’s rear muscles then its pretty likely hes in good form. Also take a look at the horses feet – I am a big believer in small feet = fast ground whereas big feet = soft ground. Its not a hard and fast rule but it can help!
When the jockeys are mounted look to see which look competent and which don’t – some of the decent pilots stand out and equally there are some pretty moderate ones.
He looks great and you have definitely done the right thing giving him the time he needed.
Best of luck to you when he runs!
Fahey would be top of my list as well by a long way. Johnston pretty tough on his horses so it needs to be tough to survive there.
On a lower lever, Noel Wilson has been doing well and is a nice guy (I did the trainers courses with him and he seems to know what hes talking about!
)You need to contact Weatherbys (01933 440077) and speak to their Point to Point section. They will fill you in completely on what you need and send you any stuff.
You will also need to think about which hunt you will qualify your horses with as you will need a certificate from them.
Incredibly cold days racing but they did well to race there.
Fully Loaded duly obliged under Emma P – he is an incredible horse – one in a million and very special to be involved with!
Preacher Boy’s pilot lost his irons early on so was pulled up.Simon looked very uninterested. He pulled hard on the way to post and then sulked his way round the back. Sad to see.
Le Duc should have won the Open perhaps if Jack Barber had not been outridden by a quick thinking lady rider who sent her horse clear. JB seemed to think he was Jamie Spencer and consequently the winner had flown.
A good first day back though even if it wasn’t the warmest!
Apart from trying the obvious sites already mentionned, you could contact a few local trainers (Steve Gollings is in your area). I wouldn’t advise going to Ascot Sales – there are plenty of cunningly disguised horses! You can buy nice horses there but equally you can buy something totally unsuitable so if you don’t have any inside info, I’d leave well alone.
This site has lots of ex-racers on either for sale or loan and is regularly updated:
http://www.horsemart.co.uk/16hh_black_t … ert/124319
He looked quite a nice type!
Best of luck (I have just rehomed one myself this week but if I hear of any others, I will be in touch).
Let us know how you get on and what you get!
There is a vet at the strt who I would imagine would have checked him to make sure he was fit to run.
Jake knows Jason well as the two families have been friends for many years. I would imagine that the son takes after his father in confidence. I could comment about the HRA incident but perhaps had better not…………….!(possibly those connected with the HRA could as well but sadly cannot!)
Only going on what a friend of mine has told me as they work in the yard. And that is their opinion. They also said that Crowded House has had loads of problems but may do better over in the US (Lasix & Bute) and dropped back to a mile.
Hes a tall horse though and so could suffer muscular problems!
Preacher Boy’s pilot lost his irons early on so was pulled up.