THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, RACING POST 2014
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By
Jon Lees
" Government dismay as Wigmore Hall picture is published on Mail website"
“Last
night government expressed frustration and disappointment that a second media
organisation has published a photograph showing the moment Wigmore Hall was put
down at Doncaster on St Leger day.."
J
Margaret Clarke Turfcall Factfile
Basic
Facts:
St
Leger Day Saturday September 13, 2014.
Wigmore Hall (IRE) 7 9-8 partner Adam Kirby Team (Michael) Bell
for M B Hawlin 16-1
Held
up in rear, effort 3f out lost action, breaking his leg, fell suffered fatal
injury. Put down.
British
political, legal, financial racecourse and horseracing government dismay as
Wigmore Hall picture is published on Mail website. Dark age British government imposters
brutalise trainers to incude the horses and their handler riders ongoing
getting more dangerous every single day over the last six decades and still to
this very day, they appear oblivious to the cruel bloodhorse illiterate havoc they
have and are causing. asking for trouble, inviting trouble as they continue to take
the highly skilled work of true horsemen for granted.
Global horseracing is estimated to be 90 per cent more dangerous than it ever needs to be due to bloodhorse illiterate government regulation.
Global horseracing is estimated to be 90 per cent more dangerous than it ever needs to be due to bloodhorse illiterate government regulation.
BBC1 BREAKFAST
Sally Nugent and Jon Kay
NEWMARKET RUK TODAY
GOING: GOOD (GoingStick: Overall 7.1; Stands' Side 7.0; Centre 7.0; Far Side 7.3). (Sunny)
STALLS: (Far side course) 1m 4f & 2m - Centre; Remainder - Stands' side
STALLS: (Far side course) 1m 4f & 2m - Centre; Remainder - Stands' side
EQUUS INTERNATIONAL HORSERACING NEWS FROM BRITAIN 2014
Your adventure into the world of Global Horseracing
A warm welcome to Nicholas Godfrey (GB) (Racing Post)
A warm welcome to Nicholas Godfrey (GB) (Racing Post)
Kingman retired
Gosden tribute to ‘most exciting colt I have ever
trained’
Pic: Royal rule: Kingman and James Doyle land the St James’s Palace Stakes in
scintillating style at Royal Ascot June 2014. Published in the Racing Post Tuesday September 23 2014.
Pic: Royal rule: Kingman and James Doyle land the St James’s Palace Stakes in
scintillating style at Royal Ascot June 2014. Published in the Racing Post Tuesday September 23 2014.
By Jon Lees
“JOHN GOSDEN hailed Kingman as “a long
way the most exciting colt I have ever trained” after the outstanding miler was
retired yesterday, denying the sport one more chance to see the brilliant
racehorse in action on British Champions Day at Ascot. With the colt still
undergoing treatment for a throat infection that had put his participation in
the Queen Elizabeth 11 Stakes in jeopardy, owner Khalid Abdullah decided to
call a halt to a career that in 2014 has yielded four Group 1 victories.
Kingman will retire to the owner’s Banstead Manor Stud where he will stand
alongside the Supreme Juddmonte champion Frankel.
“Kingman won the Irish 2,000 Guineas,
St James’s Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes and Prix Jacques le Marois and suffered
the only defeat of an eight-race career in the British 2,000 Guineas when second behind
Night of Thunder in a race in which the field split into two groups. One on the
stands rail, the other on the far rail. (in other words a mess-up)
“Gosden said last night: “We were all
looking forward to running him at Ascot so, yes, it is frustrating, but from
the point of view of what he has achieved it’s not at all frustrating. He was a
long way the most exciting colt I have ever trained.
“Royal Heroine won the Breeder’s Cup
Mile and broke American records, but this horse was just in another league, a
horse with quite the most extraordinary acceleration and a horse who captured
the imagination. So in my opinion I was lucky to have had him to train. “
“Kingman won the Irish 2,000 Guineas
by five lengths, avenging his Newmarket defeat with an emphatic victory over
Night Of Thunder at Royal Ascot and then mastering leading older miler Toronado
in the Sussex Stakes with a devastating burst of acceleration.
“The fact he had such a high cruising
speed, a couple of turbo-charged engines
and the acceleration he had, to witness it on the gallops, let alone at
the races, was extraordinary.” Gosden (pic)
added, he could do that pretty well on the bridle.
“He has a great mind, was a strong
colt and had tons of ability. He’s just missed the last dance, that’s all, but
he’s had six runs this year and five wins. Ascot, the Sussex Stakes and the
Jacques le Marois were performances out of the top drawer.
“He could change from cruising along
in second gear to straight to the after-burners and eighth gear. He had some
turn of foot.
“What he did in the Sussex no horse
was meant to be able to do. He picked up Toronado like that was an example of
his extraordinary speed. He was an exciting horse to have trained.
“There was an outside chance Kingman
could have been considered for the Breeders’ Cup in the event of missing the
Queen Elizabeth 11 Stakes, but it would have been too much of a rush to get him
back to peak and then ship him to California.
“Abdullah’s racing manager Teddy
Grimthorpe said: “He’s quite a big horse and he’s been on the easy list since
we announced it. The throat problem was 75 per cent cleared up but the 25 per
cent was going to take that much longer. To have any chance of getting to Ascot
he needed to be cantering today. If you lose another week it takes longer to
get back and then it might be two weeks.
“The Prince was incredibly pleased
with his career and Kingman had shown us what he had got. Whoever said you have
got to leave them wanting more was correct.
“For me, he lit up European racing
this year, winning in France, England and Ireland at the highest level. To see
him win those four Group 1 races on the trot and show that fantastic
acceleration so few other horses can show, he was a spectacular horse.
“The two races that caught the
imagination were his imperious performance in the St James’s Palace, when he
suddenly took off and swept by them, and then to do what he did in the Sussex
Stakes under those circumstances was exceptional.
“Very few horses could have done what
he did off a slow pace. To accelerate past Toronado after he had got two or
three lengths on Kingman, was truly exceptional.
“The British 2,000 Guineas is all
history. We have all run the race 100 times. It is one of those things that
happens in racing. The main thing was he came out and proved himself the horse we
knew him to be. “
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