The Horse racing thread

Started by maddog, December 19, 2006, 03:02:32 PM

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kinghen

there is a seperate thread for galway and goodwood at the minute lecale

Our Nail Loney

Quote from: kinghen on July 31, 2008, 01:31:44 PM
there is a seperate thread for galway and goodwood at the minute lecale

Ooooh, handbags!

kinghen

no handbags at all naill!!! fella was saying he was surprised no1 had mentioned galway, therefore i assumed he was interested in peoples opinions so it was simply guiding him in the direction of the other thread!! i didnt want any trouble like

magickingdom

i love jm/aob 5-1 today (even tho he was 7/2 when i put it on)! e20 each way and collected e125 profit. thanks for the list nail or i wouldnt have even known he was running..

boojangles

Well done Magic but I dunno why Manning had Lush Lashes in at the rail.He was by far the best horse in the race and would have won by 2-3 lengths with a clear run.
Kerry -3 points 2mrw at Even money with Boyles seems a cracking bet.Expect a backlash,I heard(mayb a stupid rumour)that Kerry had 3 boys in hospital after trainings in the last 2 weeks.
Also expect Fermanagh to edge it.We all seen what they did in Croke Park in 2004 and this a more experienced outfit.Kildare have improved but how good can they be if my own county Cavan could have bet them only for a ridiculous last minute goal.
Kerry -3 and Fermanagh to win.Good Double.

laceer

Quote from: boojangles on August 03, 2008, 02:43:26 AM
Well done Magic but I dunno why Manning had Lush Lashes in at the rail.He was by far the best horse in the race and would have won by 2-3 lengths with a clear run.
Kerry -3 points 2mrw at Even money with Boyles seems a cracking bet.Expect a backlash,I heard(mayb a stupid rumour)that Kerry had 3 boys in hospital after trainings in the last 2 weeks.
Also expect Fermanagh to edge it.We all seen what they did in Croke Park in 2004 and this a more experienced outfit.Kildare have improved but how good can they be if my own county Cavan could have bet them only for a ridiculous last minute goal.
Kerry -3 and Fermanagh to win.Good Double.

hope u didn't lump on

Our Nail Loney

Auenschutze should win tonight, the trainer says so. Shit price though in the next at sligo, my boss' horse out over the next few says-inner voice its called, will post if i hear anything.

Our Nail Loney

Yup won very very easy there, didnt jump great but didnt need to, won by more than ten lengths i would say

Happy days as well drifted out to 2-1

magickingdom

i see aob got a horse going in the Airlington Millions in the states on saturday, this is a group 1race (or equivalent), anyone think hes worth a punt or is the travelling tough? aob is 2-7 for 25 group 1 winners now

Our Nail Loney

MICK FITZGERALD has announced his retirement from the saddle following the latest in a series of major injuries.

QuoteThe 38-year-old rider suffered serious neck damage and a problem with his knee ligament after a fall from L'Ami in the John Smith's Grand National in April.

He subsequently underwent two bouts of surgery to realign three vertebrae and two discs.

Fitzgerald had broken his neck in afall two years ago and has now been advised not to return to race-riding.

"I have had to take the advice of the medical experts and they are obviously correct," he said.

"I have had a great career in racing and am still heavily involved in the sport and that will continue.

"It's the news I didn't want. But I have always respected medical opinion. These people know best and I will accept their decision 100 per cent.

I will be giving up riding with a lump in my throat because it is a game I have loved all of my life.


"But I will still be involved in the game in many capacities. After all, racing has always been in my blood," he said.


Fitzgerald bagged a host of big races during his illustrious career, including the 1996 Grand National aboard Rough Quest and the 1999 Cheltenham Gold Cup on See More Business.      
Fitzgerald has enjoyed a long and successful partnership with trainer Nicky Henderson, riding the likes of Royal & SunAlliance Chase winner Trabolgan and Cheltenham specialist Fondmort for the Lambourn handler.

Henderson sad: "Sadly the time has come to make the decision to retire.

"There's lots of things he will be doing. His communications and his way with people is absolutely second to none.

"I am sure he can look forward to a long and fruitful, well not even retirement, as he still has a career ahead of him."

Weighing room colleague and champion jockey Tony McCoy paid his own tribute to Fitzgerald.

He said: "He will be very sadly missed. Over the last 12 or 14 years he been one of my best friends on and off the course.

"He was a brilliant jockey, good lad and a brilliant talker.

"It's sad but obviously after he broke his neck for the second time it was pretty obvious he would not be ridingagain, I think.

"It's sad for racing. Mentally it's not hard (to come back) as he's very strong but I think from a medical point of view, the doctors would not have let him come back and ride again.

"He was very strong in a finish, knew his form and rode over 1,000 winners as well as plenty of Cheltenham Festival winners. His record speaks for itself."

Pity, Mick was a great jockey... Though he did me out of Amaretto Rose in the supreme novices at cheltenham there two years ago!

Our Nail Loney

Quote from: magickingdom on August 06, 2008, 08:51:01 PM
i see aob got a horse going in the Airlington Millions in the states on saturday, this is a group 1race (or equivalent), anyone think hes worth a punt or is the travelling tough? aob is 2-7 for 25 group 1 winners now

Yup its a group 1 alright. AOB doesn't have that great a record traveling over to America but this season he is in the form of his life. Mount Nelson has been put in second favourite, you can get him at 9/4 or 5/2... Archipenko is a very good horse though has won its last two races.

MN comes in on the back of winning the coral eclipse by a  short head, though it was a very poor group one by normal standards.

Only eight runners in the field though so is always worth a punt I think.

You will kick yourself MK if you dont back him and he wins!

jaykay

Quote from: Our Nail Loney on August 06, 2008, 07:21:15 PM
Auenschutze should win tonight, the trainer says so. Shit price though in the next at sligo, my boss' horse out over the next few says-inner voice its called, will post if i hear anything.

I've had Inner-Voice in my tracker since it was second to Afasheen in Roscommon a while back, stormed home late on in that race.  Anywho, I was away both times it ran since, winning once at 11/4 and placed in Perth (I think) at an e/w price so I missed the e-mails.  Was going to have a punt on it tonight anyway but any info would be appreciated Niall.

Our Nail Loney

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Quote from: jaykay on August 07, 2008, 11:30:57 AM
Quote from: Our Nail Loney on August 06, 2008, 07:21:15 PM
Auenschutze should win tonight, the trainer says so. Shit price though in the next at sligo, my boss' horse out over the next few says-inner voice its called, will post if i hear anything.

I've had Inner-Voice in my tracker since it was second to Afasheen in Roscommon a while back, stormed home late on in that race.  Anywho, I was away both times it ran since, winning once at 11/4 and placed in Perth (I think) at an e/w price so I missed the e-mails.  Was going to have a punt on it tonight anyway but any info would be appreciated Niall.

Remember that night at roscommon, had hit a fence early on and sorta gave up. Carberry got it going though, when he got off eh said to lambe that it would deffo win its next race, which it did, my boss gimme better odds on it as well that night it won! I backed it to a lesser extent the next time as it was back on the flat over a smaller distance but it did well and was just about beat.

Anyway its out tonight at sligo (7.20), about 11/2 6/1 at the minute so well worth an each way shout I owuld say, its also back up in trip to 2m4f

I will post if I hear anything from my boss later but hes not in today yet and might not be...

full back

Quote from: Our Nail Loney on August 07, 2008, 11:41:00 AM
Quote from: jaykay on August 07, 2008, 11:30:57 AM
Quote from: Our Nail Loney on August 06, 2008, 07:21:15 PM
Auenschutze should win tonight, the trainer says so. Shit price though in the next at sligo, my boss' horse out over the next few says-inner voice its called, will post if i hear anything.

I've had Inner-Voice in my tracker since it was second to Afasheen in Roscommon a while back, stormed home late on in that race.  Anywho, I was away both times it ran since, winning once at 11/4 and placed in Perth (I think) at an e/w price so I missed the e-mails.  Was going to have a punt on it tonight anyway but any info would be appreciated Niall.

Remember that night at roscommon, had hit a fence early on and sorta gave up. Carberry got it going though, when he got off eh said to lambe that it would deffo win its next race, which it did, my boss gimme better odds on it as well that night it won! I backed it to a lesser extent the next time as it was back on the flat over a smaller distance but it did well and was just about beat.

Anyway its out tonight at roscommon, about 11/2 6/1 at the minute so well worth an each way shout I owuld say, its also back up in trip to 2m4f

I will post if I hear anything from my boss later but hes not in today yet and might not be...

Is it at Sligo?

Our Nail Loney

Yep sorry sligo tonight at 7.20, my mistake was still thinking about that previous race i mentioned at ros