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You’re responding with information you have read from Wikipedia, Robert? We may as well end the argument there.
I’m not saying all champion racehorses of Australia have seven letters, but there are a fair few recognisable names amongst that list.
Had the voice and the style which urged myself to listen to the latest market moves prior to post-time. I liked him plenty.
I am fearful of the Mike de Kock brigade, especially Honour Devil.
But I want Etched to win – out of Unbridled Elaine who won the 2001 Breeders’ Cup Distaff, a race which I declared as being one of the best I have seen.
He should have been called "Farlap". But Harry Telford wanted seven letters because it was good luck and the trend showed that many Melbourne Cup winners had seven letters.
Now – all great Australian horses have seven letters. Don’t believe me? Role call:
Sunline
Phar Lap
Tulloch
Carbine
Saintly
Mummify
Subzero
At Talaq
Hyperno
Galilee
Wakeful
Lonhro
Rubiton
Choisir
Dulcify
Gunsynd
Merlene
Catbird
Danzero
Sky High
Pharaoh
Chatham
Amounis
The Barb
ShannonNot bad.
I think Demi O’Byrne and John Ferguson had the best interests of their respective stables and stud farms. $16 million for a lightning fast colt by Forestry, who is rapidly climbing up the charts as a leading USA sire.
If TGM had won in Pattern class, and maybe a Grade I, his first-season stud fee would be through the roof. Coolmore/Darley would make an unnecessary fortune off him. It wasn’t a half to Seattle Slew though …
There are crazily passionate horse enthusiasts out there, like myself. I’ve been to the past 6 Melbourne Cup Carnivals (all four days) and I don’t see myself ever stopping. And it would be the same with Cheltenham, too.
The Green Monkey will make profit at stud. How long it will take is anyone’s guess. But the key to being an American horse – born, raised, trained and raced – is the breeding industry is phenomenal. He can be a blue-collar sire (which I think he will) and still make squillions.
Declarations have been made for Thursday night’s UAE 2,000 Guineas meeting, sponsored by Gulf News – the feature race of the night as mentioned looks to be the hottest in terms of competition, with Mike de Kock and Saeed bin Suroor both saddling very strong contenders for the race.
Analysis and previews tomorrow morning GMT.
Southwell Thursday
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7656 (4 years & older)
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 TODWICK OWL J GIVEN M DAVIES 3 58.5
2 GENERAL FEELING S T MASON D CANNON 7 58
3 SIR BOND (IRE) G OLDROYD N LAWES (a3.0) 5 57.5
4 TINA’S RIDGE (IRE) R HOLLINSHEAD D PROBERT (a5.0) 2 56
5 WELCOME RELEAF P LEECH M COUMBE (a7.0) 8 56
6 ABBEYGATE T KEDDY A MORGAN (a5.0) 4 53.5
7 SPARKY VIXEN C J TEAGUE JAMIE KYNE (a5.0) 1 53.5
8 GOVERNMENT (IRE) M CHAPMAN M J J MURPHY (a7.0) 6 53.5
9 PAWN IN LIFE R CARR D HESLOP 9 532-1.10 DINE IN QUEEN THE MOTHER RESTAURANT CLAIMING STAKES (2400)
7656 (4 years & older)
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 SIMPLE JIM (FR) A BROWN A ELLIOTT 1 58.5
2 MY FRIEND FRITZ P HIATT P MAKIN 4 58
3 CRITICAL STAGE J FROST H FROST (a5.0) 3 57
4 MARIA ANTONIA P BLOCKLEY M NEM (a7.0) 2 55
5 MATINEE IDOL MRS S LAMYMAN C CATLIN 5 553-1.40 YOU’LL LOVE DEALS ON PONTINS.COM MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STKS (2400)
8242 (4 years to 6years)
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 HUGGLE P LEECH L JONES 4 60
2 KOFI KAREN GEORGE J O’DWYER (a3.0) 2 60
3 RED FAMA N BYCROFT C CATLIN 3 58.5
4 THE DIAMOND BOND G OLDROYD S O’HARA (a5.0) 5 58.5
5 DOT’S DELIGHT K J BURKE D MCKEOWN 1 564-2.15 LOVE IS IN AIR AT PONTIN’S SELLING STAKES (1600)
7656 (4 years & older)
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 LOUISIADE J A HARRIS M COUMBE (a7.0) 2 58.5
2 ART OF BEING (IRE) M CHAPMAN P DONAGHY (a7.0) 1 56
3 LOCAL POET OLLIE PEARS J MORIARTY (a3.0) 5 56
4 MUSIC CELEBRE (IRE) S CURRAN P DOE 7 56
5 PRE EMINANCE (IRE) L R JAMES R KENNEMORE (a5.0) 4 56
6 SHIFTY J O’KEEFFE P HANAGAN 6 56
7 STEPASIDE A BROWN S BUSHBY (a7.0) 3 56
8 LILY LA BELLE A CARROLL L JONES 8 53.55-2.50 MY HEART BELONGS TO PONTIN’S HANDICAP (1000)
11189 (4 years & older)
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 SPOOF MASTER S A CALLAGHAN J CROWLEY 2 59
2 KELAMON M USHER P HILLS (a5.0) 7 59
3 GRAND PALACE D SHAW D MCKEOWN 4 57
4 TAG TEAM J A HARRIS M COUMBE (a7.0) 5 57
5 PROUD KILLER J JENKINS C CATLIN 3 56.5
6 SAVILE’S DELIGHT (IRE) T DASCOMBE R KINGSCOTE 1 53.5
7 OVERSTAYED M MULLINEAUX J MCAULEY (a3.0) 6 53
8 ASTORYGOESWITHIT G BRAVERY L JONES 8 52.56-3.25 EVERYBODY LOVES PONTIN’S BRILLIANT BLUE COATS HANDICAP (1400)
11189 (4 years & older)
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 HAROLDINI J BALDING T DEAN (a3.0) 2 59
2 MUSIC NOTE (IRE) MISS G KELLEWAY HAYLEY TURNER 5 58.5
3 ELUSIVE DREAMS (USA) D SHAW D MCKEOWN 4 57
4 SILVER HOTSPUR M WIGHAM F NORTON 6 57
5 KENSINGTON P EVANS J DOYLE 3 54
6 DANCING DUO D SHAW P DONAGHY (a7.0) 1 52.57-3.55 ARENA LEISURE PLC HANDICAP (1600)
8242 (3 years only)
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 HAWA KHANA (IRE) N LITTMODEN KIRSTY MILCZAREK (a3.0) 1 61
2 HITS ONLY TIME J PEARCE D MCKEOWN 3 59
3 RHODE ISLAND RED H DUNLOP R KINGSCOTE 2 58.5
4 PLAKA (FR) W BRISBOURNE L JONES 7 57.5
5 TEN SPOT (IRE) STEF LIDDIARD M FENTON 6 56
6 TOBOUGGORNOTOBOUGG D SHAW T DEAN (a3.0) 4 52.5
7 CORAL SHORES P HIATT C CATLIN 5 52.5This is the meeting’s list from the RSB in Oz
Most likely that the first four races will be carded down under so I am after some opinions on sweeping them all
Funny – you do, your folks across the Atlantic do, your folks from everywhere across the English Channel do … we seriously don’t.
I never knew his first name was "Mick". Seriously!
Triple Crown, it looked more like 31 lengths to me! But I thought I heard one of the commentators say 25. Probably just off the top of his head. But Big Red sure was some machine, wasn’t he! Apparently, that horse Swaps, he beat by about 2 1/2 lenghts, I think, in one of the other big races was a legend in his own right – like Seattle Slew, I suppose.
In the Kentucky Derby which Secretariat won and holds the track record, the closest to that particular time was none other than Sham, the horse who finished second in that race.
Myles,or anybody else for that matter,just a short question, what is Zeljko Ranogajec’s background do you know,is it maths/science orientated?
My sources consider it to be a maths related expertise.
Hi Myles, Good to see the trf going a little bit international
A few things puzzle me about Aussie racing can you answer these for me please
1 Why do nearley all races even in the Melbourne Cup do the jockeys all slow down the pace and all end up taking a pull and have their horses fighting for their heads?
2 Will Australia ever go back to using proper distances like 1m2f instead of 2000m?
3 Do you have much National Hunt racing out their?
4 Will you please take JA McGrath back and give us Matt Hill or Greg Miles insted
1 – My first ever published article was about why the European brigade rarely fires a shot in the Melbourne Cup. My first reasoning behind it was the "race pace" in Australia. That is our style – gate speed is important, then we slow down to store enough in the tank for a final sprint home. It probably adds to the fact that Australians mostly generate sprinters.
Do you wonder why the last Australian-bred horse to win the Melbourne Cup was Rogan Josh in 1999? We don’t breed stayers anymore!
2 – I would appreciate returning to the mile/furlong system again but those times have changed.
3 – Our jumps racing is weak. The trainers are virtual nobodys and they only jump in Victoria and South Australia, possibly Tasmania but I am unaware of this. Of course, Karasi has won three Group 1 Nakayama Grand Jumps in a row, but besides the stakes money it is a non-existant race.
4 – You have have Matthew Hill or Greg Miles but we still have David Raphael and Terry Spargo, the former of those being the best caller on earth
I believe there has only been one horse in a class of his own, Myles, even among great champions, and that was the American horse, Secretariat.
I believe his greatest race was the 1973 Belmont Stakes, which he won by 25 lengths. I read somewhere that our Derby winner, Snow Knight, would have been at approximately the furlong pole when he passed the post. Here are video footages of some of his races:
I know all too well about Secretariat. It’s a famous shot in the Belmont Stakes where he has distanced Sham and the remainders by so much on the home straight that the camera has to zoom out, with the grandstand in view and the fans raising their hands in the air and celebrating.
He probably was the greatest horse on earth – his heart was abnormal in its large size. But how does one compare him to Man o’ War, or Citation? Tudor Minstrel, Dancing Brave, or even Eclipse and Flying Childers? That’s why everyone is privileged to have their own opinion on this topic. And I will always believe Dubai Millennium was the greatest equine athlete to land on a racetrack.
