THE RACING POST SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18th 2011

THE RACING POST SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18th 2011

RACING POST WEEK MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12th to SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18th  2011

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TODAY’S RACECARDS Hamilton, Plumpton, Uttoxeter, Fairyhouse, Woodbine and Dortmund.

DAVID CARR ON THE RESULT OF YESTERDAY'S AYR GOLD CUP (3.20)   

"AN EMOTIONAL Ayr Gold Cup success for Marwan Koukash, owner of the winner OUR JONATHAN 4  9-6 partner FRANNY NORTON handler presenter KASHIF MALIK trainer Kevin Ryan. Winner £74,700

“MOVING SUCCESS FOR KOUKASH WITH OUR JONATHAN."

"SO POIGNANT I wanted this horse to win more than anything else.”

"TRIUMPH was mixed with tragedy for the second day in a row as OUR JONATHAN scored a highly poignant victory in the 6f William Hill  Ayr Gold Cup.

“The previous afternoon it had been jockey DOMINIC  FOX fighting back the tears following his comeback win after loosing his father and coming close to death himself. A day later Dr Marwan Koukash was left wrestling with his feelings after winning Scotland’s biggest Flat race, thrilled that his high class sprinter had bounced right back to his best, just as REDFORD had done for him 12 months earlier.

“Almost overcome with emotion as he recalled how the horse came to be called OUR JONATHAN, named after his brother-in-law’s son, who died tragically while playing football at the age of just 15. The 11-1 shot positively cruised home in the final furlong to foil a massive gamble on 6-1 favourite ETON RIFLES  by a most emphatic two lengths.

ANDREW SCUTTS reports on the  3-40  from Newbury
The Dubai International World Trophy (Group3) (Class 1) over 5f winner £28,355

DEACON BLUES  SO CHEEKY 4-9-3 partner FRANKIE DETTORI, "heads for big sprint on Champions Day in great heart after oozing class with cosy win, the 5-4 favourite."

DEACON BLUES SETS UP SHOWDOWN OF FANSHAWE FLYERS."STABLEMATES DEACON BLUES and SOCIETY ROCK are on a collision course after yesterday’s Group 3 Dubai International World Trophy at Newbury, in which DEACON BLUES chalked up a four-timer to guarantee anti-post favouritism for the Qipco British Champions sprint stakes at Ascot next month.

“The two James Fanshawe- trained flyers have never raced against each other, although they would have done at Haydock in the Sprint Cup had DEACON BLUES not suffered a setback, with a bad scope, shortly before. ….

FRANKEL A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A WONDER HORSE

TODAY’S RPSUNDAY SPECIAL BROUGH SCOTT takes us behind the scenes

at Sir Henry Cecil’s Warren Place to meet up with CECIL AND HIS TEAM OF HORSEMEN responsible for the world’s current best racehorse.

EDWARD WHITAKER’S PICTURE PERFECT a visual treat for all racing fans

celebrating award-winning Post photographer Edward Whitaker’s new book BEYOND THE FRAME a landscape – format book.

TOMORROW IN THE RACING POST

PETER TOOLE EXCLUSIVE “I’m not sure it looked that different from most other chase falls. It was just that I didn’t get up.” Don’t miss RODNEY MASTERS’ moving interview with the young jockey who talks for the first time about his near-fatal fall and reveals how his recovery is progressing  ….

“BORN TO RACE find out how our filly, BORN TO RUN, is adapting to life in a pre- training yard”.

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