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RACING POST FRIDAY DECEMBER 14th 2012
WEEK MONDAY DECEMBER 10th to SUNDAY DECEMBER 16th.
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Today's Horse Racing Card
RACES SHOWN ON TERRESTRIAL TV
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CHELTENHAM RUK |
GOING: GOOD TO SOFT (Soft in places);
Cross-Country course: SOFT (Heavy in places; FURTHER INSPECTION: Cross country
Noon Friday) (Chase and hurdle course covered, together with take-offs and
landings on the cross country course). (Rain)
Peter
Scargill " SHERWOOD FUMES AS APPEAL FAILS.
Trainer
fined over non-trier slams novice chase changes.
"OLIVER
SHERWOOD yesterday launched a stinging attack on the changes to the novice
chase system brought in by the BHA government on October 1 after losing his
appeal against the non-trier verdict dished out to him and jockey Leighton
Aspell at Hereford
"An
angry and distraught Sherwood said he was at 'the lowest of the low' and
repeating a comment he made on the day of the race, added he felt like
"packing it all in" after the
disciplinary panel upheld the local stewards' verdict over the running and
riding of FURROWS in a beginners' chase.
"Sherwood said the
case would be the first of many as a result of the BHA bringing in rules that
require novice chasers to contest at least one- weight-for -age- novice or
beginners' chase before running in a handicap chase.
"The trainer, who
estimated he has run more than 1,000 horses in novice or beginners' chases
before being accused of wrongdoing with FURROWS, said he and Aspell were
troubled by the BHA'S apparent desire to see a horse compete in, rather than
complete, a race.
"During evidence,
Sherwood's solicitor Rory Mac Neice said :" I find it an astonishing
admission for the BHA to make, that they put 'competing in' over 'completing' a
race. My clients are stunned."
"He added: What
really bugs me is the difference between 'competing' and 'completing' - that's
so wrong; that's horse welfare coming into play. I think this is a test case and that Mr Mac
Neice is going to be a lot busier."
"SHERWOOD and ASPELL
stunned as appeal fails.
""Sherwood's
£3,000 fine, Aspell's 14-day-ban - which the jockey said would "hit me
hard" - and the 40-day suspension imposed on FURROW, who is owned by former
BHA chief executive Nic Coward's father, all stand.
"Sherwood, who along
with Aspell as no plans to appeal, said: I might as well retire the horse
because he can't be ridden the way he needs to be. Ifeel like packing up, I
really do. I am at the lowest of the low. I've never been in this position in
28 years.
"They think they know
how to ride the horse better than Leighton
and how to train the horse better than me. How many times have they
ridden in races? They don't know."
"Sherwood added:
"It's a huge worry. On this issue, I have support from Paul Nicholls,
Nicky Henderson, Philip Hobbs, Alan King and Donald McCain.
"The National
Trainers Federation is going to have a meeting, I hope about this ruling,
because it's so wrong."
"In a brief summation
of the panel's findings, chair Hopper Cavendish said they felt that
"no discernible effort" had
been made by Aspell to obtain the best possible position, or to be seen to
obtain it, and that the run was "a confidence booster".
"The Racing Post
in-running commented for FURROWS, who finished fourth of seven, beaten 12
lengths, read: "Held up in rear, headway from three out. Never reached
leaders."
"Aspell said he had
taken a pull on the strong traveller between the third-and second-last to help
him see a stride, and that the horse finds little off the bridle.
"He said: "I'm
extremely disappointed. Fourteen days at any time of the year is tough, but
especially at this time of the year when we're at our busiest and Oliver's horses
are running so well. I'm a family man - this is going to hit me hard."
"Mac Neice said the
inflexibility of the BHA'S rules was
partly to blame for the appeal failing.
"He said: "The
rules don't allow any flexibility to take into account what you're seeing on
the film, Leighton had a decision to make coming down to the third-last: does
he send the horse after vastly superior horses and run the risk of not
obtaining the best possible placing, or ride the horse using his knowledge and
experience of the horse to get the best place?"
"Jamie Stier, BHA
director of raceday operations and regulations, said the regulator was pleased
with the changes made to the novice chase system.
"The issue of horses
being schooled in public has not been created by the trial, " he said.
"This is one isolated incident from around 80 races since the trial
commenced.
"Weight-for age
novice events are, and always have been, more vulnerable to this than other
races. For example, the previous two incidents of a trainer being charged with
schooling a horse in public were both in novice hurdles. The FURROWS incident in
no way represents a trend of horses being run in this manner in novice
chases."
"Also heard by the
disciplinary panel yesterday was the appeal by Daryl Jacob against a ten-day
suspension for dropping his hands at Wincanton last week. That was likewise
dismissed, and Jacob will also miss a large chunk of the festive period,
including the ride on Kauto Stone in the
William Hill King George V1 Chase.
"While accepting he
had mistaken the winning line for a path 40 yards from the finish and stopped
riding for three strides, Jacob said his horse, ULIS De VASSY, had lost no
momentum and would have finished no closer than second."
SUPPORTING SHERWOOD
Trainer Alan King says ....
"I feel very sorry for Oliver. After the new novice chase system came in
this was something that was waiting to happen.
"The horse was given
a nice, educational run. It might not have looked good but even if Leighton had
given him three or four smacks the result would not have been changed in any
way. We have been forced into this situation.
"A lot of a trainer's
job is about educating the horse and Oliver was trying to educate this horse.
Horses are not machines . We're producing a product and today is not always the
most important day."
J Margaret Clarke Turfcall Comment
HORSERACING can never be
about abusing the horses. Frightening the horses. Punishing the horses. Punishing
the people who care for the horses. Punishing the people who train the horses.
Fining Oliver Sherwood £3,000.00 for having achieved true bloodhorse literacy in his own right, at the
highest level. Leighton is a highly skilled true horseman right up there with
the very best worldwide, how dare these bloodhorse illiterate BHA people condemn
Oliver and Leighton so unjustly and get away with it. Making a public mockery of
two true decent horsemen's lives?
Jamie Stier, BHA director of
raceday operation and regulations, said the regulator was pleased with the
changes made to the novice chase system. The issues of horses being schooled in
public. What would Jamie Stier know about any of this? He is totally of the
bloodhorse literate radar along with all the incognito BHA cowards hiding
behind the name of yet another Australian.
Rory Mac Neice acting for
Oliver Sherwood said: "I find it an astonishing admission
for the BHA to make, that they put 'competing in' over 'completing' a race. My
clients are stunned. Mac Neicc went on to say the inflexibility of the BHA's rules was
partly to blame for the appeal failing.
REVIEW EQUUS ZONE
THE GOWRAN PARK CONNECTION
THURSDAY DECEMBER 13th 2012 JUMPS TURF (SOFT)
EQUUS
ZONE 2012 - 2013 (Jumps. Turf. Soft.)
PERSPECTIVE
Without the Equus Zone there is no Punter Zone
PUNTERS
ZONE 2012 - 2013 (Jumps. Turf. Soft.)
PERSPECTIVE
TURFCALL TEMPLATE DIRECTION GUIDANCE
EQUUS
ZONE PERSPECTIVE OBSERVANCE GOWRAN PARK YESTERDAY
There
were 7 Races on this racecard all of which were Hurdle Races
All
7 races had different Equus conditions
All
7 races were Hurdle Races
Race
1
12.35.
Euros 3-Y-O Hurdle over 2 miles (2m)
Weights 10.5lb. Penalties winner
of a Hurdle race 5lb. Of two or more Hurdle races 10lb. Allowances fillies 7lb.
Penalty value 1st e 8,970 2nd e
2,080 3rd e 910.00 4th e 530.00
Attracted
12 three year old runners. Only 4 of these 12 runners have run before.
5.
HARTSIDE (GER) 3 10-8 partner DAVY RUSSELL handler presenter? trainer Noel
Meade for Gigginstown House Stud.
4th of 12 runners 3-1. Debut run, 10 lengths off the winner
6.
HELLO HUMPFREY (IRE) 3 10-8 partner A E LYNCH handler presenter? trainer
Peter Casey for Basil Brindley. Finished 11th of 12.
WINNER: SOUTH SOUTH WEST (IRE) 3 10-13 partner ANDREW J McNAMARA handler presenter? trainer Patrick J Flynn for WJ Souths Racing Club 4-1.
U13 SOUTH SOUTH WEST his 4th run
Race
2
1.05.
Maiden Hurdle for four year olds only over
2m. Maidens at starting Weights 11st 7lb. fillies 7lb. Penalty value 1st e
8,900 2nd e 1,600 3rd e 700.00 4th e 400.00
Attracted
11 four year old runners
WINNER: 7. UMPACT (FR) 4 11-7 partner DAVY RUSSELL handler presenter? trainer
A J Martin for Gigginstown House Stud. by 5+ lengths at 5-4jf
A J Martin for Gigginstown House Stud. by 5+ lengths at 5-4jf
10.
GOODOLDHONKYTONK (IRE) 4
11.0 partner A E LYNCH handler
presenter? trainer Henry de Bromhead for Mrs
Paul Shanahan. Finished 5th of 11
WINNER: 1- UMPACT (FR) 4 11-7 partner DAVY RUSSELL see as above
RACE
3
1.35.
Carlow Novices Handicap Hurdle 2m. For
four year olds up.
Rated 80 - 116 and that have not won a hurdle
race before April 29th 2012. Maximum
Weight 9-10. Penalties (Other calculations of the handicap) Each race won 6lb.
Ring Ben's Handicap Mark 112 . Penalty value 1st 7,245 2nd e 1,780
3rd e 735 4th e 420.00.
WINNER: 6.
TREAT YOURSELF (IRE) 5 11-0
partner DAVY RUSSELL handler
presenter? trainer A L T Moore for Liam Breslin
WINNER: 80060-1 TREAT YOURSELF (IRE) 5 11-0 partner DAVY RUSSELL see as above
more later
the two long reins out.
It takes a highly skilled 'in tune' horseman to start a yearling off on the racing road, to drive a yearling in the long-rein's
more later
EQUUS ZONE
DID YOU READ YESTERDAY'S RACING POST the extract from Clive Brittain's new
book The Smiling Pioneer. Robin Oakley?
"In this extract from Clive Brittain: Autobiography - The Smiling Pioneer, Robin Oakley examines the trainer's habit of producing big-priced winners -
plus the occasional runner-up.
"No finer example of prowess than Terimon's Derby second
1989
Lead Horse Terimon partner Tony (right) - Team Brittain Newmarket
Lead Horse Terimon partner Tony (right) - Team Brittain Newmarket
Terimon (foaled 20 April 1986) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. His most successful year was 1991, when he won the International Stakes at York and was named European Champion Older Horse at the inaugural Cartier Racing Awards. He is best known, however, for his performance in the 1989 Derby in which he finished second at odds of 500/1, the longest ever recorded for a placed horse in the race.[1]
Clive Brittain: The Smiling Pioneer, by Robin Oakley is available to Racing Post readers at the special price of £15 (rrp £20)
JMC. With a truly great close up photograph of RAJEEM another big-priced winner 50-1 when landing the 2006 Falmouth Stakes, a success that 'branded' Clive Brittain's now trademark winner's enclosure jig. Clive's clickety click, click, click jig , right up there with Strictly Come Dancing standards.
In the complimentry photograph with this extract comes a close-up photograph of the filly RAJEEM showing the consentration and expression, and superfine understanding, in this fillies expression, she is fully aware of what she is being asked to do, if perhaps a little bit surprised about being asked to give just that little bit more as well, as doing her very best, but will this be too much .... RAJEEM'S expression shows struggling ..... to achieve ... trying ... but yes achieved.
The Falmouth Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbredfillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.
OBSERVANCE PERSPECTIVE AT WHAT POINT EXACTLY
DOES THE EQUUS ZONE MEET UP WITH THE PUNTERS ZONE?
bringing along the babies
A SPECIALIST: 'IN TUNE' PART OF THE EQUUS ZONE
the two long reins out.
Jock has got to the stage of having both a saddle and a bridle on this yearling.The bit used on
this bridle has keys on it (a special mouthing bit) to help each yearling to fiddle with the keys he finds in his mouth, called 'mouthing a yearling' so as when a rider is introduced to the yearling, that yearling will already understand which way he is being asked to go on the bridle etc, to go faster or to steady down. A yearling will understand this fully before a rider is introduced.
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