THE RACING POST MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5th 2011

THE RACING POST MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5th 2011

THE RACING POST WEEK MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5th to SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11th 2011

RP REVIEW MONDAY JURY ANALYSIS  SPECIAL:
C4 TANYA STEVENSON and jockey HAYLEY MOORE JOIN UP WITH STEFFAN EDWARDS, DAVID CARR and TONY O’HEHIR.

 

LEE MOTTERSHEAD and TONY O’HEHIR

“FRANKEL  v  SO YOU THINK still an option says O’Brien ....
“The organisers of Ascot’s Qipco British Champion’ Day could yet be handed a showdown to exceed their wildest dreams after Aiden O’Brien kept alive the possibility of Ballydoyle’s southern hemisphere champion SO YOU THINK taking on the world’s best horse FRANKEL on a card that offers him an alternative and arguable easier target. …..

THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF A RACEHORSE

BORN TO RUN

RICHARD GRIFFITHS explains

“The next chapter in our true life story following a racehorse from birth is about to begin. All aboard for the next part of the journey. The memories of BORN TO RUN’S day at Doncaster are fading slightly but the sense of excitement certainly isn’t.

“A word from her trainer Hugo Palmer yesterday is that he is now pretty certain to form a public syndicate to race her, featuring anything between 50 and a 100 owners. The enticing thing about such syndication is that it features a one- off, all in cost. No ugly extras lurking in the season ahead. One share has been informally sold already –no prizes for guessing who to!

COMING UP IN THE RACING POSTGREAT TIPPING

GREAT TIPPING TOM SEGAL (PRICEWISE) THE PUNTERS CHAMPION tackles the autumn double, revealing his value bet for the Cambridgeshire TOMORROW and Cesarewitch on WEDNESDAY.

TOMORROW GREAT WRITING

“In a five-part series starting TOMORROW Brough Scott, Lee Mottershead, Steve Dennis, Alastair Down and Peter Thomas recall their favourite St Leger memories.

PLUS don’t miss red-hot rider William Buick in an interview with Alastair Down on Thursday.

 

GREAT RACING The very best previews, tipping and reports for the Ladbrokes St Leger Festival, from Wednesday to Saturday

PAUL NICHOLLS Special Report from the champion Jumps trainer’s

all-conquering stable including the latest news on superstars  BIG BUCKS and KAUTO STAR plus a whole host of other top-class performers including WHAT A FRIEND and ZARKANDAR.

BEN NEWTON Reports “from the champion jumps trainer’s all- conquering Ditcheat  stables.”

“MON PARRAIN poised to scale the heights

“KAUTO facing D-day in Betfair Chase

“SAINT ROQUE one to focus on among exciting new names

"DUALLA LORD one to follow for staying chases.

"TRIUMPH Hurdle victories for ZARKANDAR last season and CELESTIAL HALO three years earlier have helped fuel Paul Nicholls' liking for training juvenile hurdlers and he has assembled a quality team with one or two more orders to fill.

J MARGARET CLARKE TURFCALL

A GREAT JUMPS STABLE to follow, to keep a close eye on, note how Paul fields his CHASERS his NOVICE CHASERS, his HURDLERS, his NOVICE HURDLERS, and his JUVENILE HURDLERS … who partners them,  who preps them every day at home, who travels them to the racecourses when they are down to run, you won’t be disappointed. Keep your notebook for Jump Racing separate from your Flat Racing notebook.

Try a study into the jockey's Paul works with, check out the life and times of  jump jockey RUBY WALSH his thrills and spills, his injuries and how he gets fit following long spells off due to injuries. Ruby's father Ted, a key link to the young Walsh's in their quest to achieve bloodhorse literacy at the highest level. 

TODAY’S RACECARDS: Newton Abbott, Newcastle, Bath, Roscommon and Saratoga.