WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23rd RACING POST 2013. BIG-RACE MAESTRO MURTAGH TARGETS RACING POST TROPHY 3:50 AT DONCASTER ON SATURDAY

 

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23rd  RACING POST 2013
WEEK MONDAY OCTOBER 21st TO SUNDAY OCTOBER 27th
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Rip -Off -Britain
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REVIEW YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

 http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/results/home.sd?r_date=2013-10-22 

   

PREVIEW TODAY'S CARDS

http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/cards/home.sd

http://www.racingpost.com/news/live.sd

 

Big Races Coming Up

http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/cards/big_races.sd 

 

 

 DONCASTER SATURDAY OCTOBER 26th

 Racing Post Trophy (Group 1) (Entire Colts & Fillies) (CLASS 1) (2yo)

Shaping up into a Hot, Hot, Hot Race. Key race for 2 year-olds over 1mile.

 

3:50	DON	Racing Post Trophy (Group 1) (Entire Colts & Fillies) Cl1 1m CH4	Card	Betting



 

 

 

J Margaret Clarke Turfcall Comment

HORSERACING PIONEER JOHNNY MURTAGH

Johnny with a Flat Turf License to ride, together with a Flat Turf Licence to Train.

 Johnny making his mark, pioneering horseracing  forward putting the future Equus Spark into true global horseracing. An interesting aspect indeed.

   

JOHNNY MURTAGH

 to partner ALTRUISTIC in Saturday's Racing Post Trophy for 2-y-o's over 1m.

ALTRUISTIC  (IRE)

 2-y-0 Chestnut Colt (born 15 March 2011)

Sire GALILEO (IRE)  Dam ALTESSE IMPERIALE (IRE)

 Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)

 

Trainer Team J P Murtagh

Owner Andrew Tinkler

Breeder Swettenham Stud and Scout Stable 

Racing Post Rating 117

 

Form:

 

ALTRUISTIC partner JOHNNY MURTAGH 

 

Debut Winning Run Naas 05 August

Settled behind leaders in close 2nd, closed going best on inner to lead 2f out extended advantage entering final furlong and kept on well towards finish comfortably. 14-1.

 

ALTRUISTIC partner JOHNNY MURTAGH 

  3rd 29 September Curragh

Win: GEOFFREY CHAUCER (USA) partner JOSEPH O'BRIEN

for TEAM A P O'BRIEN

ALTRUISTIC  Tracked leaders, edged left early, close 2nd halfway, pushed along into straight and soon ridden, no impression on winner inside final furlong and dropped to third inside final furlong 150yds kept on same pace.

SATURDAY'S

3.50. RACING POST TROPHY DONCASTER FIELD

TEAM A P O'BRIEN  has 4 entered in this race

 BUONARROTI       CENTURY      JOHANN STRAUSS      RED ROCKS POINT

TEAM O'BRIEN will have a clue through GEOFFREY CHAUCER (USA) Win.

Racing Post Ratings  108. 100. 109. 98.

 

TEAM R HANNON has 2 entered in this race

CHIEF BARKER      TOORMORE   
   

Racing Post Rating 114. 135.

EQUUS ZONE

All the 2-y-0's just starting out in their careers who are challenging to win this race have still got much to learn. How they learn is key. Key big-time that is. Make no mistake about that. 

This one exciting race will teach us how this bunch of two year olds are progressing.

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

The new lives of five fantastic Racing Post Trophy winners, including Derby hero Motivator. Pages 6-7

 

25 YEARS OF THE RACING POST TROPHY

Nicholas Godfrey tracks down five former winners of the final Group 1 of the British  Flat season now pursuing  their second season at stud. A must read

The fantastic five who have found favour in pastures new.

DILSHAAN (2000)
 

BRIAN BORO (2002)

MOTIVATOR (2004)

PALACE EPISODE (2005)

CROWDED HOUSE (2008)

 

JULIAN MUSCAT

"Teamwork is key to Hannon's finishing flourish ....

"HUGHES encourages Hannon to race his better two-year-olds more sparingly...

 

Equus Zone

 

 

Hannon Team athletes go out to learn to race.