The weekend's Pick 6 got off to a flying start with a winner in the opening leg. Bahaarah (8/1) showed good resilience to thwart the challenge of Sharaakah (8/1) in the Betway Fillies' Nursery at Newmarket.
But it was downhill from there was a series of disappointments, not least of which was Romsdal in the Betfred Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.
1.40 Newm Bahaarah 1st
2.15 Newm Iseemist 6th
2.35 Newb Romsdal 6th
3.10 Newb Withernsea 3rd
3.30 Ripon Spinatrix 11th
3.45 Newb Breton Rock 3rd
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17 August 2015
07 February 2015
Champion Jockey AP McCoy announces retirement
Champion jockey AP McCoy announced his retirement from the saddle at the end of the 2014/2015 season on Channel 4 Racing this afternoon (7 February 2015).
The jockey was being interviewed after winning the The Game Spirit Chase at Newbury aboard Mr Mole (7/2). The ride brought up his 200th win of the season and McCoy told Channel 4 Racing presenter Rishi Persad that it would be the last time he achieved that feat because he would be retiring at the end of the season.
AP McCoy has been champion jockey 19 times (consecutively) and he is on course to retire at the end of the season as a 20-time champion jockey.
"I want to go out at top. I want to go out as champion jockey and it will be my 20th year if I can win the jockeys' championship [this season]," McCoy explained.
He has won more than 4,300 races in his career and has been awarded an MBE (2003) and OBE (2010) for his services to horse racing.
The jockey was being interviewed after winning the The Game Spirit Chase at Newbury aboard Mr Mole (7/2). The ride brought up his 200th win of the season and McCoy told Channel 4 Racing presenter Rishi Persad that it would be the last time he achieved that feat because he would be retiring at the end of the season.
AP McCoy has been champion jockey 19 times (consecutively) and he is on course to retire at the end of the season as a 20-time champion jockey.
"I want to go out at top. I want to go out as champion jockey and it will be my 20th year if I can win the jockeys' championship [this season]," McCoy explained.
He has won more than 4,300 races in his career and has been awarded an MBE (2003) and OBE (2010) for his services to horse racing.
16 August 2014
Racing review: Saturday 16 August
20:20 Vision
Horses priced at 20/1 played a large part in my betting fortunes on Saturday. Unfortunately, they were not always in my favour.
In the opener at Ripon (2.15) Marsh Pride (20/1) beat my selection Fast Dancer (13/2), who had held the lead for a large part of the race but was not in front when it mattered.
Then a few minutes later at Newmarket in the handicap for grey horses (2.20) my choice of Baby Strange (7/1) was out battled by Moonspring (20/1).
Both winners had me searching back through the racecard again to make sure they were actually there because I hadn't given either of them a second glance beforehand.
Moonspring also ripped up a lot of tickets in the Scoop 6, which went unclaimed for another week.
But later in the afternoon Confessional (20/1) helped salvage matters a little bit by claiming third place (and some each-way winnings) in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap (Ripon 3.30).
Go Far gives Lynch first winner
Go Far (12/1) gave jockey Fergal Lynch his first winner since being granted his licence again to ride in the UK.
Alan Bailey's four-year-old won the five furlong sprint at Doncaster on Saturday afternoon (4.50).
Horses priced at 20/1 played a large part in my betting fortunes on Saturday. Unfortunately, they were not always in my favour.
In the opener at Ripon (2.15) Marsh Pride (20/1) beat my selection Fast Dancer (13/2), who had held the lead for a large part of the race but was not in front when it mattered.
Then a few minutes later at Newmarket in the handicap for grey horses (2.20) my choice of Baby Strange (7/1) was out battled by Moonspring (20/1).
Both winners had me searching back through the racecard again to make sure they were actually there because I hadn't given either of them a second glance beforehand.
Moonspring also ripped up a lot of tickets in the Scoop 6, which went unclaimed for another week.
But later in the afternoon Confessional (20/1) helped salvage matters a little bit by claiming third place (and some each-way winnings) in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap (Ripon 3.30).
Go Far gives Lynch first winner
Go Far (12/1) gave jockey Fergal Lynch his first winner since being granted his licence again to ride in the UK.
Alan Bailey's four-year-old won the five furlong sprint at Doncaster on Saturday afternoon (4.50).
19 July 2014
Racing review: Saturday 19 July 2014
Fillies to the fore
There were some impressive performances by fillies on Saturday afternoon.
Tiggy Wiggy (5/2f) was a class apart in the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury. Richard Hannon’s filly was carrying top weight but that was no hindrance as she stormed clear under jockey Richard Hughes to win by six lengths from Haxby (Roger Varian, Andrea Atzeni, 10/1).
She holds an entry in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York at the end of August.
Mark Johnston’s Kosika (8/1) made it three wins inside a month with victory in the one mile fillies’ handicap (2.05 Newbury). The four-year-old was always at the front and her rivals let her go for home unchallenged.
At Newmarket Shelley Birkett rode Noble Protector (12/1) to success in the Aphrodite Stakes, a listed race for fillies. The 3/1f Criteria was well held, 5 lengths back in second place.
Doom Bar Stakes, Newbury 2.40
Al Kazeem could not make it a winning return to the racecourse after a spell at stud. Roger Charlton’s six-year-old was backed in from 15/8 to 11/10 but ‘match fitness’ seemed to count as he faded in the final furlong.
Horse to note: Vancouverite, having his first run since the Dubai World Cup in March, just beaten a short head, drifted from 7/1 to 10/1.
Sweet on Candy
Henry Candy has had a couple of fine winners in recent days in the shape of Music Master (Hackwood Stakes, Newbury) and the unbeaten Limato (Rose Bowl Stakes, Newbury).
There were some impressive performances by fillies on Saturday afternoon.
Tiggy Wiggy (5/2f) was a class apart in the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury. Richard Hannon’s filly was carrying top weight but that was no hindrance as she stormed clear under jockey Richard Hughes to win by six lengths from Haxby (Roger Varian, Andrea Atzeni, 10/1).
She holds an entry in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York at the end of August.
Mark Johnston’s Kosika (8/1) made it three wins inside a month with victory in the one mile fillies’ handicap (2.05 Newbury). The four-year-old was always at the front and her rivals let her go for home unchallenged.
At Newmarket Shelley Birkett rode Noble Protector (12/1) to success in the Aphrodite Stakes, a listed race for fillies. The 3/1f Criteria was well held, 5 lengths back in second place.
Doom Bar Stakes, Newbury 2.40
Al Kazeem could not make it a winning return to the racecourse after a spell at stud. Roger Charlton’s six-year-old was backed in from 15/8 to 11/10 but ‘match fitness’ seemed to count as he faded in the final furlong.
Horse to note: Vancouverite, having his first run since the Dubai World Cup in March, just beaten a short head, drifted from 7/1 to 10/1.
Sweet on Candy
Henry Candy has had a couple of fine winners in recent days in the shape of Music Master (Hackwood Stakes, Newbury) and the unbeaten Limato (Rose Bowl Stakes, Newbury).
27 May 2014
British Champions Series: fantasy racing 2014
It has been a case of "slowly away" so far in our two stables' performance in the 2014 Qipco British Champions Series fantasy racing game.
Not making selections in the Yorkshire Cup and JLT Lockinge Stakes did not help matters. But our first stable's jockeys and trainers still scored a total of 120.5 points in the Yorkshire Cup.
We picked up almost 100 points in the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday with Hot Streak (61.25), Kingsgate Native (26) and jockey Ryan Moore (8), which is not a bad return given the prices of the placed horses.
Attention now turns to the Epsom Downs for the Derby meeting in a little over a week.
Not making selections in the Yorkshire Cup and JLT Lockinge Stakes did not help matters. But our first stable's jockeys and trainers still scored a total of 120.5 points in the Yorkshire Cup.
We picked up almost 100 points in the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday with Hot Streak (61.25), Kingsgate Native (26) and jockey Ryan Moore (8), which is not a bad return given the prices of the placed horses.
Attention now turns to the Epsom Downs for the Derby meeting in a little over a week.
18 May 2013
Hawk Wing’s Lockinge: 2003
Aidan O’Brien might have the favourite for the 2013 renewal of the Lockinge Stakes but it is now 10 years since the trainer’s first and only win in the race so far with Hawk Wing.
Hawk Wing was a colt who had a good career but never really fulfilled the potential he showed as a two-year-old. His wins as a two-year-old in 2001 made him favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby the next season but he finished second in both Classics.
Hawk Wing was kept in training as a four-year-old and it was his win in the 2003 Lockinge that, for me, gave him his most memorable day on the racecourse.
I remember watching the race on the big screen in a betting shop. In the minutes before the race dark rain clouds gathered over the racecourse and heavy rain began to fall. It gave a great sense of atmosphere to the race and then Hawk Wing proceeded to storm down the straight mile, leaving a good quality field far behind. The video below fails to do full justice to the heavy atmosphere but does show how impressive he was when he was at his best.
Cannot believe it was a decade ago now.
Hawk Wing was a colt who had a good career but never really fulfilled the potential he showed as a two-year-old. His wins as a two-year-old in 2001 made him favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby the next season but he finished second in both Classics.
Hawk Wing was kept in training as a four-year-old and it was his win in the 2003 Lockinge that, for me, gave him his most memorable day on the racecourse.
I remember watching the race on the big screen in a betting shop. In the minutes before the race dark rain clouds gathered over the racecourse and heavy rain began to fall. It gave a great sense of atmosphere to the race and then Hawk Wing proceeded to storm down the straight mile, leaving a good quality field far behind. The video below fails to do full justice to the heavy atmosphere but does show how impressive he was when he was at his best.
Cannot believe it was a decade ago now.
Racing Preview: JLT Lockinge Stakes
Just like several big races so far this season, the betting for the Group 1 JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury this afternoon centres around an Aidan O’Brien runner. On this occasion it is Declaration Of War.
Declaration Of War is as short as 13/8 in some places for the straight mile contest but is along way behind some of his rivals on official ratings. But it would be no surprise if Aidan O’Brien’s colt continued to show improvement and make a mockery of his current rating of 112.
The race is set up as a contest between the older horses who have the form in the book and the potential of the four-year-olds.
Godolphin’s Farhh (5-year-old) chased home Frankel on two occasions last season, never getting closer than six lengths. But Farhh has been beset by injuries in his career and most recently suffered an ankle injury over the winter. This will be his first run since that surgery.
The seven-year-old Cityscape is rated 124 and also finished runner up to a good horse in Excelebration twice last season.
Two interesting runners are Sir Henry Cecil’s Beauty Parlour and John Gosden’s Fencing. Beauty Parlour finished well down the field in the Sun Chariot Stakes late last season but had won the French Guineas for her pervious trainer earlier in the season. Again, backing her for the Lockinge is to take a view as to how much she has improved for Sir Henry’s work over the winter.
Declaration Of War is as short as 13/8 in some places for the straight mile contest but is along way behind some of his rivals on official ratings. But it would be no surprise if Aidan O’Brien’s colt continued to show improvement and make a mockery of his current rating of 112.
The race is set up as a contest between the older horses who have the form in the book and the potential of the four-year-olds.
Godolphin’s Farhh (5-year-old) chased home Frankel on two occasions last season, never getting closer than six lengths. But Farhh has been beset by injuries in his career and most recently suffered an ankle injury over the winter. This will be his first run since that surgery.
The seven-year-old Cityscape is rated 124 and also finished runner up to a good horse in Excelebration twice last season.
Two interesting runners are Sir Henry Cecil’s Beauty Parlour and John Gosden’s Fencing. Beauty Parlour finished well down the field in the Sun Chariot Stakes late last season but had won the French Guineas for her pervious trainer earlier in the season. Again, backing her for the Lockinge is to take a view as to how much she has improved for Sir Henry’s work over the winter.
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