Wednesday, 20 June 2012

RACING POST THURSDAY JUNE 21st 2012. ROYAL ASCOT DAY 3 LADIES DAY WITH ALL THE COLOUR AND GLAMOUR UNDER THE SUN.



RACING POST THURSDAY JUNE 21st 2012
WEEK MONDAY JUNE 18th TO SUNDAY JUNE 24th  



 BLOODHORSE LITERACY SHINES THROUGH AS  SO YOU THINK partner JOSEPH O'BRIEN Team O'Brien take yesterday's 3.45 Qipco Champion Feature the Prince of Wales Stakes from our Queen's CARLTON HOUSE partnered by RYAN MOORE Team Stoute.

"Ten up for SO YOU THINK with Royal Ascot win ...

By Paul Eacott 3:55pm 20 June 2012.

Report: Royal Ascot, Wednesday

Prince of Wales Stakes (Group 1) 1m 2f, 4yo+

SO YOU THINK registered a tenth success at the highest level as he denied Carlton House a fairytale win for the Queen at Royal Ascot in her Diamond Jubilee year.  
REVIEW YESTERDAY RESULTS




MICK FITZGERALD -  BLOODHORSE LITERATE  - PIONEER OF THE TURF  
 BBC TEAM BROADCASTER
Mick is Bloodhorse Literate in the saddle and out of the saddle, in theory and in practice
THE LIFE AND THE TIMES OF
MICK FITZGERALD  talks to  NICK HENDERSON 
http://www.videosurf.com/video/nicky-henderson-stable-tour-1336205902


BLOODHORSE LITERATE  - COACHING - CAREER DIRECTION
http://www.careersinracing.com/news/archive/bha-revolutionise-coaching-of-jockeys/ 

Please see PAUSE FOR THOUGHT herewith.

PREVIEW TODAY'S CARDS

ROYAL ASCOT 

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2.30. Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) (CLASS 1) (2yo) Winner £42,533 12 runners 5f Good BBC1


3.05.  Ribblesdale Stakes (Group 2) (Fillies) (CLASS 1) (3yo) Winner £77,092 14 runners 1m4f Good
THE FUGUE partner WILLIAM BUICK Team Gosden. Is Andrew Lloyd Webber's filly going to get a fair crack to win this race here today?
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/11435/royal-ascot---john-gosden?section=international-video 


3.45.
Gold Cup (British Champions Series) (Group 1) (CLASS 1) (4yo+) Winner £198,485 9 runners 2m4f Good BBC2

"FAME AND GLORY  made a winning seasonal reappearance at Navan last month and Jim Hay, part-owner, said: "The folk at Ballydoyle say Fame And Glory is even better this year than he was last year."
JOHN OXX  runs SADDLERS ROCK  as planned here  he has this to say 
"SADDLERS ROCK won the Doncaster Cup as a three-year-old and I'm pleased with him at the moment, given he's stayed two and a quarter miles at Doncaster as a three-year-old, you would be hopeful he'd stay the trip at Ascot (two and a half miles) all right.

4.25. Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Colts & Geldings) (CLASS 2) (3yo 0-105) Winner £62,250 30 runners 1m Good BBC2

5.00. Tercentenary Stakes (Group 3) (CLASS 1) (3yo) Winner £39,697 11 runners 1m2f Good BBC2
TEAM CECIL run two in this today WROTHAM HEATH partner TOM QUEALLY and STIPULATE partner IAN MONGAN.
Sir Henry Cecil has this to say about WROTHAM HEATH bc Dansili - Native Justice  "He won over a mile last autumn on good to soft ground and being a high-actioned horse he clearly relished the underfoot conditions. He would not want the ground riding quick. He has pleased me over the winter."

5.35.  King George V Stakes (Handicap) (CLASS 2) (3yo 0-105) Winner £34,238 19 runners 1m4f Good BBCi


PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

"Mick Fitzgerald, one of the most successful jump jockeys of all time, announced his retirement yesterday, four months after suffering serious neck injuries in a fall in the Grand National at Aintree.

Fitzgerald, 38, rode his first winner in 1988 and steered home the 1,000th of his career as long ago as 2003. His many big-race victories included the Cheltenham Gold Cup on See More Business in 1999 and the 1996 Grand National on Rough Quest, while he was the top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival in 1999 and 2000.

"It is hard to swallow when you finally realise it is the end," Fitzgerald said yesterday, "[but] in many ways I'm lucky, really. I smashed four vertebrae in my neck from the C6 up to C3, they were fairly badly damaged . . . and two of them had penetrated my spinal cord. There's not a lot of flexibility there now, so [if I have] another fall the consequences could be pretty catastrophic.

"I've been so lucky to be associated with a lot of good horses. Growing up as a kid, the dream was always to win a race at the Festival and that dream was realised in 1994 when I won the Cathcart on Raymylette. He is always going to have a very special place in my heart. Then there is See More Business, who won the King George and the Gold Cup for me."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/08/horseracing  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Fitzgerald  



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