gentlemen ( foaled 1992 ) is an argentinian thoroughbred racehorse .

he was the champion three-year-old colt in argentina and then raced successfully in the united states .

gentlemen ( horse )

but , according to conventional wisdom , entering gentlemen in the classic wasn ' t good horse sense .
all the latest horse racing form , betting odds , news , breeding , jockey and trainer information for gentlemen . gentlemen is a gelding born in 2012 october 7 by bernardini out of god love it
fort apache ( 1948 ) - - ( movie clip ) gentlemen , this . . .
i asked hubbard the other day what he was thinking when gentlemen finally crossed the finish line .
they ' re no gentlemen you want the read moral of war horse ? : never trust a pale , thin man . like the gentlemen from buffy they will steal your hearts ( or your horses ) and leave you for dead . how . . .
although gentlemen ' s trainer , richard mandella , believed the odds of his horse winning were much better than that , not even he dared push for the classic .
the current race record for gentlemen is 1 wins from 25 starts with prizemoney of $ 643 , 950 . 00 .
a horse is a horse ( of course , of course ) yep , war horse is told from the point of view of a horse . namely joey ,
a spindly - looking half - thoroughbred colt
( 1 . 2 ) . talk about an interesting narrative . . .
again , if they agreed to the suggestions it would be casting a slur on the ladies and gentlemen who subscribed for the fountain .
the training of racehorses , simply expressed , is maintaining a horse in the best condition to run . exercise and feeding programs and knowledge of the individual horse are factors involved . a good trainer selects a jockey who suits the horse and , perhaps more important , enters the horse in suitable races . a trainer of a horse for a classic race not only must develop the horse into peak condition but must time the development so that the horse reaches its peak on a certain day , which is the most difficult art of all .
that ' s easy to figure . i mean , who would you rather deal with - - al davis and the other nfl owners or gentlemen ?
sewell , anna .
part 3 , chapter 32 : a horse fair .
it was a victory for the sport of horse racing over the horse racing business . if there was an eclipse award for brass , hubbard would have won it hands down .
the horse stands 16 hands 2 inches and the figure of the soldier is life size .
the horse memorial was used as a backdrop for a motor car ad in the 1950s .
sewell , a . ( 1870 ) . part 3 , chapter 32 : a horse fair .
an early view of the horse memorial with the old howitzer and artillery memorial in the background .
when the horse memorial was originally built , it was intended that water be supplied for horses .
gentlemen’s bet , a major stakes winner of $ 744 , 155 while racing for his owner , harry t . rosenblum , has been retired to stud and will stand the 2018 breeding season at brent and crystal fernung’s journeyman stud in ocala , florida . gentlemen’s bet was a winner in 5 of his first 6 starts and 7 races overall . among [ … ]
so , with that as the book on hubbard , no one at churchill downs for last year ' s breeders ' cup should have gasped when he entered his best horse , gentlemen , in the day ' s most prestigious race , the classic . yet , almost everyone did .
brown ( br ) – a horse registered as brown will also have a brown mane and tail .
brent and crystal fernung’s journeyman stud , located in ocala , fla . , has set breeding fees for their 2018 stallion roster featuring new stallion gentlemen’s bet . a multiple grade 1 - placed earner of $ 744 , 155 , gentlemen’s bet won six of 11 starts during his racing career with victories in the hot springs stakes and frank j . de francis memorial [ … ]
that would have been all he won . gentlemen started bleeding early in the race , a malady he encountered during another race earlier in the year , and smartly shut down , finishing last .
horse racing at the galway race course , ballybrit , county galway , connaught ( connacht ) , ireland .
to use a figure of speech , he begged to say that mrs meyer had worked like a horse .
roan ( ro ) – a roan horse has an even mixture of white hairs mixed in with another colour .
george slender george slender is a roap - accredited steward with the california horse racing board and over the last 43 years has officiated at every track in california , working thoroughbred , quarter horse and all - breeds fair race meets . from 1959 to 1972 , george , a former horse trainer , held positions as placing judge , paddock judge , horse identifier and starter . he was recently inducted into the santa rosa junior college sports hall of fame .
after they had run one mile , with just a quarter - mile to go , gentlemen stretched his lead to two lengths . skip away was next , five lengths over running stag . but after switching from the inside to the outside , wagon limit was now running fourth . and as the two old warriors struggled to finish their fight in the stretch , wagon limit came flying past skip away and finally past gentlemen .
reflecting on the reasons for great horses like skip away and gentlemen to get upset at times , jerkens said : ' ' it ' s awfully hard for a horse to be at his best at all times . i ' ve always thought a horse should be at his best 75 to 80 percent of the time . and he ' ll always have an off - day . both horses came back to him after killing each other . ' '
he was still running last halfway through the race while gentlemen , the 6 - year - old argentine star , was setting a brisk pace with skip away right at his heels . skip away had a brief lead after the first quarter - mile . but gentlemen poked his head in front after half a mile . and he widened his lead to half a length after they had dueled for three - quarters of a mile .
as they crossed the line , it was wagon limit by 5 1 / 2 lengths over gentlemen , who had 4 3 / 4 lengths on skip away , with running stag , fire king and pacificbounty strung out behind .
france galop is the organization governing french horse racing . the organization was created in 1995 from the merger of three horse racing authorities : the société d’encouragement et des steeple - chases de france , the société de sport de france , and the société sportive d’encouragement .
the wiser decision would have been to pay a $ 200 , 000 supplemental fee into the $ 1 - million breeders ' cup mile , in which gentlemen would have been a clear favorite . the classic had a bigger purse - - the biggest ever , in fact - - at $ 4 , 689 , 920 . but it also had a much steeper supplemental fee , $ 800 , 000 , and gentlemen figured to go off at no better than 6 - 1 .
in france the first documented horse race was held in 1651 as the result of a wager between two noblemen . during the reign of
“i don ' t think the sport loses anything . if anything the sport gained fans who watched this horse , ” mitchell said .
topthorn is everything you would look for in a horse—or a sports car : a
shining black stallion
( 5 . 16 ) and
an eight - horsepower horse
( 5 . 19 ) . he and joey become bffs through circumstance ( topth . . .
“this is our second year of recognizing horse racing stewards for their dedication and contributions to our great sport , ” said roap chairman hugh gallagher . “this lady and these four gentlemen have excelled as career racing officials by bringing integrity , consistency and a commitment to a level playing field for all horsemen and women . their passion and professional performance are great examples for stewards throughout the country . ”
knowledge of the first horse race is lost in prehistory . both four - hitch chariot and mounted ( bareback ) races were held in the
the scene at goff’s horse sale yesterday was described as ‘extraordinary’ as a thoroughbred montjeu colt sold for a whopping €2 , 850 , 000 .
…from the late 18th century , horse racing in kentucky has roots as deep as those of the hardy perennial bluegrass that has long nurtured the thoroughbreds raised on the state’s famous horse farms , especially in the lexington area . frontiersman daniel boone was responsible for introducing colonial legislation in 1775 “to…
then then was the horse called ' event of the year , ' which could have turned into the ' event of his career ' in 1998 . the best ride baze had ever been given in the kentucky derby , the horse went lame just a week before the prestigious race .
a discussion concerning the museum at the racetrack in saratoga springs , new york , from the documentary horse power : the national museum of racing .
there are seven different official colours for racehorses… you can see the abbreviations for each colour below in the racecard on raceday next to each horse .
“his legacy now is everyone ' s looking forward again when his foals are born , how successful they are going to be , can he sire a triple crown winner himself . in the horse business you ' re always looking forward for the next big horse , ” calder pointed out .
american pharoah is not only horse racing ' s ruler , but he ' s king of the court at the buckingham palace of thoroughbred horse farms , ashford stud near versailles , ky , just minutes from keeneland , where pharoah’s career ended in october 2015 with the breeder ' s cup victory .
no doubt a horse fair is a very amusing place to those who have nothing to lose ; at any rate , there is plenty to see .
from 1791 provided a standard for judging a horse’s breeding ( and thereby , at least to some degree , its racing qualities ) . in france the
horse whisperer joey tells us early on that
only one man was ever [ his ] master
( 1 . 3 ) and not in a kinky fifty shades kind of way , either . good thing , since he ' s a horse . joey and albert ' s relation . . .
there was a great deal of bargaining , of running up and beating down ; and if a horse may speak his mind so far as he understands , i should say there were more lies told and more trickery at that horse fair than a clever man could give an account of . i was put with two or three other strong , useful - looking horses , and a good many people came to look at us . the gentlemen always turned from me when they saw my broken knees ; though the man who had me swore it was only a slip in the stall .
he talked it over with his few partners , and the consensus was that gentlemen , a 6 - year - old argentine bred with victories in the hollywood gold cup and pacific classic , deserved one last chance before retiring to prove himself against the likes of skip away and silver charm .
' ' favorite trick was a part of history , ' ' byrne said with feeling , explaining again why he would surrender the horse of the year . ' ' i loved him . but i was faced with a decision that i had to make . that ' s what horse racing is all about . ' '
his work ethic is amazing and he ' s never changed that ,
says long - term agent ray harris when asked about the secrets of baze ' s success .
he ' s one of the greatest gentlemen and emissaries for the game in the history of the sport .
—involve jumping . this article is confined to thoroughbred horse racing on the flat without jumps . racing on the flat with horses other than thoroughbreds is described in the article
they were arabian horses , imported into england between the late 17th and early 18th century by gentlemen who wanted to breed better racehorses . when they bred with britain’s native , heavier horses , they produced offspring who were much faster , but still had great stamina – they were the very first ‘thoroughbred’ racehorses .
colourful racing silks are a familiar element of horse racing , and their introduction dates to the formal organization of the sport in the 18th century . though they primarily serve an aesthetic purpose in the modern sport , their original use in racing was to allow spectators to distinguish one horse from another during races in an age before television and public - address systems . to this day horse owners must register a unique pattern and set of colours ( worn on the jockey’s jacket and helmet cover ) with a regulatory board .
( 2011–12 ) , a drama about horse racing . ( the deaths and subsequent outcry among many viewers helped lead to the abrupt cancellation of the show after just one season . ) such events—augmented by the changing interests of the global sporting public—contributed to the continuing decline in the popularity of horse racing through the first decades of the 21st century .
after a few years , the cross - country reproduction tour began to take its toll on the horse . eclipse became “very decrepit and foundered in his feet . ” he was ferried around in what may have been the first horse box , a four - wheeled carriage drawn by two other horses , with snacks and refreshments for the ride .
he’s gone from the racetrack and the record crowds , but at blood horse magazine in lexington , editor - in - chief eric mitchell says he ' s still important .
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the famous horse memorial used to stand on an island in rink street , at st georges park , before it was moved to it ' s present location in cape road .
candy ride ' s beyer speed figure of 123 for the 2003 pacific classic ( usa - i ) was the highest figure for any horse running in the united states that year .
secretariart still holds the race records for each leg of the triple crown , and was a slightly bigger horse than pharoah . calder says the legend of secretariat has swelled the crowds .
but while skip away was racing gentlemen and other world - class horses in new york this fall , awesome again was winning the hawthorne gold cup in his prep race for the breeders ' cup . the critics , reviewing his year at the races , tended to ask : whom did he beat ? he answered their doubts today .
the winner of the belmont , the first horse to win the triple crown in 37 years , is now rolling in the mud in the mornings and still the hottest ticket in kentucky .
skip away ' s nine - race winning streak and his march on racing ' s money record were both broken yesterday when he and gentlemen were run down in the muddy homestretch by the 34 - 1 long shot wagon limit , who streaked past them to win the $ 1 million jockey club gold cup by 5 1 / 2 lengths .
that ' s right , the hard charging three - year - old on the track , according to stallion manager richard barry , is , well , “he’s as quiet as a lamb , never done anything bad he ' s a pure gentlemen to be around . he ' s a very good boy . compared to the rest of them , he’s a saint ! ”
but silver charm did not help himself as they raced the final furlong spread across the track . gary stevens , his rider , thought the horse drifted to the outside because swain , the leading horse from europe , also had made a wide turn . ' ' and here comes awesome again inside , ' ' stevens said , ' ' and i don ' t think silver charm ever saw him . ' '
the 1760s and 1770s were some of the louchest years in britain’s history . one woman in five made a living selling sex . gambling was similarly rife through every level of society . at its tamest , this involved cock fighting and horse racing . when a man collapsed outside the posh gentlemen’s club brooks , members staked money on whether or not he was dead . even high - society women were involved . those with no other income , david g . schwartz writes in roll the bones : the history of gambling , “sometimes allowed their houses to be turned into gambling houses . ”
horse racing is one of the oldest of all sports , and its basic concept has undergone virtually no change over the centuries . it developed from a primitive contest of speed or stamina between two horses into a spectacle involving large fields of runners , sophisticated electronic monitoring equipment , and immense sums of money , but its essential feature has always been the same : the horse that finishes first is the winner . in the modern era , horse racing developed from a diversion of the leisure class into a huge public - entertainment business . by the first decades of the 21st century , however , the sport’s popularity had shrunk considerably .
“he is pretty unique for a stallion . he ' s very laid back . yeah , he ' s unflappable really , he ' s an easy horse to have around the place , ” he said .
the price not only represents the highest for a yearling in the northern hemisphere this year , it is also the second highest price ever in ireland . the winning bidder for the expensive horse was mv magnier .
…out of town for the horse races—as they do by the thousands in june for the derby on epsom downs and the royal week at ascot near windsor and in july for the goodwood races in west sussex . …
barbara borden first licensed as a steward in 1993 , barb borden currently serves as a roap - accredited steward in kentucky . she has been a steward at keeneland , churchill downs , turfway park , ellis park , kentucky downs , bluegrass downs , and dueling grounds . borden has held numerous racing official positions including licensing administrator , detention barn assistant , horse identifier and kentucky thoroughbred development fund administrator . borden participates on the license review , rules and regulations and safety and integrity committees of the kentucky horse racing commission . an accomplished horsewoman , barb is a staunch advocate for thoroughbred aftercare and sits on the board of the horse rescue group , second stride .
other than joey and topthorn , most of the horses in war horse are pretty flat characters . but they serve to show that , just like people , different horses have different personalities . zoeykind old z . . .
his first win came a few months later , on a horse trained by his father , a former jockey himself , and the total prize money that baze has since accumulated stands at a staggering us $ 186 million .
done ,
said the salesman ;
and you may depend upon it there ' s a monstrous deal of quality in that horse , and if you want him for cab work he ' s a bargain .
as he did , the classic was ending in high drama . awesome again crossed the line less than one length in front of silver charm , the winner of last year ' s kentucky derby , who won second place by the length of his neck over the 6 - year - old irish horse swain . and swain finished third by a nose over victory gallop , who won this year ' s belmont stakes . at the far end of the scale , the 6 - year - old argentine champion gentlemen suffered pulmonary bleeding , was eased up by his rider , corey nakatani , and finished last in the final race of his career .
the unveiling of the famous horse memorial in february , 1905 . the statue used to stand on an island in rink street , near st georges park , before it was moved to it ' s present location in cape road .
relics of the legendary horse were coveted after his death . bits of his body began to materialize around the country , like pieces of the true cross . and , there were far more pieces of his anatomy circulating that could have belonged to a single horse ( not unlike bits of the true cross ) . there were , at one point , six eclipse skeletons knocking around , and nine “authentic” hooves , some of which were repurposed as trophies and inkstands .
in 1769 , o’kelly bought the horse in two installments of 450 and 1100 guineas ( a guinea was one pound , one shilling ) . by that point , o’kelly had already begun to clamber up the british social and economic ladder .
' ' i ' m ready to cry , but i won ' t , ' ' said sonny hine , the trainer of skip away , who won nine straight races before losing the last two . ' ' i feel really bad about the horse . i thought he broke a step too slowly and , by the time they reached the first turn , i knew they were in trouble . i am disappointed for the horse . he gave me plenty . ' '
a nicholl for your thoughtsmorpurgo ' s author ' s note introduces us to nicholls as though he ' s a historical figure who painted a picture of a forgotten war hero : joey the horse . note to shmoopers : th . . .
the third traditional sport , horse racing , is in many ways the most exciting . young boys and girls race cross - country over various distances up to 20 miles ( 32 km ) , depending on the ages of their mares and geldings . …
. horse racing , both of chariots and of mounted riders , was a well - organized public entertainment in the roman empire . the history of organized racing in other ancient civilizations is not very firmly established . presumably , organized racing began in such countries as
in a brief but brilliant career , candy ride became a champion in his native argentina and proved himself a top - flight racehorse in the united states . in spite of this , he retired to stud with modest expectations , based partly on the disappointing stud careers of south american - bred standouts such as gentlemen , siphon , and sandpit . he has since gained a reputation as a sire of top - flight runners in the range from 7 to 10 furlongs .
shortly before eclipse’s first race , at the age of five , a group of bookmakers had sneaked down from london for a glimpse of this exceptional horse at a private trial . they missed it , but , according to an 1853 account , they ran into an old woman “toddling along” nearby . she knew almost nothing about horse racing , she said , but she could tell them that “white legs” was far in front , and that the others would never overtake him , “if he ran to the world’s end . ”
puerto madero has the potential to develop into the top horse in the country ,
hubbard said .
saturday is going to tell us an awful lot . but if he wins , there ' s no question he ' s no . 1 .
now hubbard is ready to give it another shot . the best horse in his barn this year is puerto madero , a 5 - year - old chilean bred who won the donn handicap at gulfstream park in florida six weeks ago with an upset of silver charm .
lexington , ky . ( december 8 , 2015 ) — the racing officials accreditation program ( roap ) announced today five winners of the 2015 pete pedersen award , which is presented annually to stewards who have made important contributions to the thoroughbred and quarter horse racing industries .
' ' he ' s very sound , but we found a little filling , ' ' hine said . ' ' a little filling now means a lot more later . at the moment , he ' s not lame , he ' s very sound . we ' ll just have to wait and see . he might have jammed himself a little in the race . he and gentlemen were going strong on the front end , then staggered late . the track took its toll on them .
joseph v . shields jr . , the financier and vice chairman of the new york racing association , who owns wagon limit , said with feeling : ' ' we just hoped the horse could keep moving and moving , and i rode him harder than robbie did . ' '
a bay horse , candy ride stands 16 hands and ½ inch . he is short - coupled , well - balanced and athletic but has small feet . he was forced into retirement by an injury to an ankle ligament . he was easy to train during his racing days .
in which those who bet horses finishing in the first three places share the total amount bet minus a percentage for the management . the pari - mutuel was perfected with the introduction in the 20th century of the totalizator , a machine that mechanically records bets and can provide an almost instant reflection of betting in all pools . it displays the approximate odds to win on each horse and the total amount of wagering on each horse in each of various betting pools . the customary pools are win , place , and show , and there are such specialty wagers as the
all horses born in the same year share their official birthday as the 1st january . when racing as two - year - olds , a horse born in the early months of the year is likely to be more mature than one born later , despite officially being the same age .
winning racehorses has always been best expressed as “breed the best to the best and hope for the best . ” the performance of a breeding horse’s progeny is the real test , but , for horses untried at stud , the qualifications are pedigree , racing ability , and physical conformation . what breeders learned early in the history of horse racing is that crossing bloodlines can potentially overcome flaws in horses . if , for example , one breed is known for stamina and another known for speed , interbreeding the two might result in a healthy mix of both qualities in their offspring .
the same historical progression was followed for wagers , with the bets in early ( two - horse ) races being simply to win and modern bets being placed on the first three horses ( win , place , and show ) . from private bets , wagering was extended in the 19th century to
…against children , were replaced by horse races in which fleeter steeds were handicapped , a notion of equality that led eventually to age and weight classes ( though not to height classes ) in many modern sports . although the traditional sport of boxing flourished throughout the 18th century , it was not until 1743…
that was the first race in the national thoroughbred racing assn . ' s new series to determine the champion older horse . the second race is saturday ' s santa anita handicap , and , despite his win in florida , puerto madero is only the second favorite in the early line behind silver charm .
awesome again not only won the laurels and the loot , but also his sixth straight start in a perfect year at the races . to do it , he needed to make a furious dash through the homestretch and knife his way through the 10 - horse field to hit the finish line in front .
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notable are the horse - racing venues at laurel , bowie , and pimlico , the latter the home of the annual preakness stakes ( may ) . baltimore has a professional baseball team , the orioles , and gridiron football team , the ravens . restaurants present a plethora of cuisines , but the traditional gastronomy of maryland tends to…
the pete pedersen award special selection committee is composed of five members from roap - affiliated organizations : rick baedeker ( arci / california horse racing board ) , tim capps ( university of louisville ) , dan metzger ( thoroughbred owners and breeders association ) , terry meyocks ( jockeys’ guild ) and scott wells ( thoroughbred racing associations ) .
the dramatic dash by wagon limit left gentlemen second and skip away third , and stunned the 18 , 360 spectators at belmont park , who had been watching a speed duel by the two superstars in the tight field of six . but as they turned for home , they were challenged by an intruder who had run last most of the way : wagon limit , a 4 - year - old son of conquistador cielo , who had won just one of his nine races this year and hadn ' t raced in two months . four times in wagon limit ' s career , he had finished behind the great skip away .
on a day when skip away ran out of the money and lost his chance to become the world ' s richest race horse , awesome again won the world ' s richest race when he rushed through the pack in a blanket finish and snatched the $ 5 . 2 million breeders ' cup classic by three - quarters of a length over silver charm .
but jerkens admitted to modest expectations for his horse , saying : ' ' i thought he ' d get a piece of the purse . he ' s been training extra good , so we took a chance and it worked out . this was like winning a lot of races all at once . his best races have been on this kind of track . ' '
graded stakes winner cool coal man was represented by his first winner when the 2 - year - old filly valery stripe captured a five - furlong maiden race at camarero race track in puerto rico may 24 . the blood - horse reports that the juvenile filly was the first starter for cool coal man , who stands at journeyman stud near ocala , fla . [ … ]
to avoid this nightmare scenario , it is far easier just to capitulate in the first place . when you discover a copy of horse & hound has passed over your threshold , just purchase a subscription and be done with it . it will be safer for all concerned , and you never know , you may even enjoy your new life . take it from one who knows .
' ' i wanted to have the money record , but i ' m not going to go for the record at the expense of the horse . if that means not going to the breeders ' cup , then it means not going to the breeders ' cup . right now , he ' s walking fine . we ' ll just have to wait and see . ' '
cool coal man , a grade 2 winner of $ 929 , 728 by horse of the year mineshaft , will stand the 2014 breeding season at brent & crystal fernung’s journeyman stud in ocala , fl . his fee will be $ 3 , 500 stands and nurses . a top miler from the a . p . indy sire line , cool coal man began his career winning [ … ]
18th century was allegedly born during the 1764 solar eclipse , which tracked from iberia to scandinavia , at noon on april fool’s day . he was named , appropriately , eclipse , and had a brief racing career of just 17 months . at that point he had to be retired , not for any physical reason , but because he won so consistently that no one bet on any other horse .
but the saddest of words on this otherwise upbeat day at the races came from hine , who trains skip away for his wife , carolyn , the horse ' s nominal owner . they both dote on skippy , and they both mourn when he loses . and he has never conquered churchill downs : he ran 12th in his only other appearance at the track , in the kentucky derby two years ago .
khozan , a half - brother to champion racehorse royal delta , has been retired to journeyman stud in florida , according to a blood - horse report . the distorted humor colt , who drew $ 1 million from al shaqab racing at the fasig - tipton florida select 2 - year - old sale , retires with two wins from two career starts . khozan was an early favorite on the kentucky [ … ]
skip away was led back to his barn by his trainer , sonny hine , who has been glowing for months over his horse ' s extraordinary record . he hadn ' t lost since he ran second to formal gold in last year ' s woodward stakes , and he stood on the threshold of history yesterday with earnings of $ 9 . 5 million , just $ 500 , 000 short of cigar ' s career record .
he is a 4 - year - old son of deputy minister , who was bred by stronach and trained by other people until byrne took charge of the stable this year . since then , the horse has run and won almost unnoticed , although he beat silver charm by one length in june in the stephen foster handicap at churchill downs and then won twice at saratoga in august : in the whitney and the saratoga breeders ' cup handicap .
as racing became big business , governments entered wagering with offtrack betting , which was very beneficial to racing in australia , new zealand , and france and less so in england and new york city . in the united states , illegal bookmaking offtrack became the province of organized crime . legal offtrack betting parlours proliferated during the late 20th century but were less prevalent in the 21st because of the growth of online gambling and the general decline in horse racing’s popularity .
but word began to get out about his speed . “at first , ” writes nicholas clee , author of eclipse : the story of the rogue , the madam , and the horse that changed racing , it was “the trainer , owner and stable staff . ” from there , the bookmakers and other gamblers . by the time eclipse’s hooves hit the turf , “the whole place [ was ] abuzz . ” o’kelly , a racing enthusiast , professional gambler , and occasional conman , had taken note .
in fact , no one knows quite how fast eclipse could have run if pushed , though some accounts have him galloping off at almost 60 miles an hour . “no horse could be found to call forth his extreme pace , ” according to the farrier and naturalist , published in 1828 . it’s likely that speed came from his unusual lineage : eclipse is said to be have been descended from two of three arabian stallions that had recently been imported to the united kingdom , and are thought of as the “foundation stallions” of what we now consider thoroughbreds .
should your partner demonstrate an unhealthy interest in all matters equine , you can be sure that somewhere within the walls of your castle you will find a copy of that subversive journal , horse & hound . it may be well hidden , but trust me , it will be there . it may be pristine and unblemished amid a stack of country life or marie claire , or more likely it will be a grubby well - thumbed edition passed hand - to - hand like a secret society’s badge of honour and carefully hidden underneath the cushion of your favourite armchair .
in america , interest in horse racing exploded after the civil war . by 1890 there were 314 racetracks , operating in nearly every state . incensed , antigambling coalitions pushed through legislation in most parts of the country , and by 1908 only 25 racetracks remained in operation . finally , even new york racetracks were shut down in 1911 when state legislation outlawed quoting of odds , soliciting bets , and recording bets in a fixed place . in response , many owners , trainers , and jockeys shifted their operations to europe . when new york racetracks reopened in 1913 , most of the earlier african american jockeys never returned .
dave hicks dave hicks , who retired in 2013 , served as a steward at the new york racing association tracks , gulfstream park , rockingham park and suffolk downs , among others . during his years at nyra , hicks was active in the rule review / development process , with “house rules” and with the new york racing and wagering board rules . he also organized and personally conducted a weekly program for apprentice jockeys . he had a similar program in florida before coming to new york and has initiated this program again in florida . before becoming a racing official , hicks was a thoroughbred horse trainer in new england .
if you are lucky inertia will rule and your equestrian charge will simply lower its head and stuff its enormous face with any available vegetation . if you are unlucky war will be declared , and you will lose ; physically you will lose and mentally you will lose . should you be as unwise to utter the ill - judged words , “ it’s me or the horse “ , you will find your pre - packed cases on the doorstep , vying for space with the tradesman who has just changed the locks . then before you know it , a smooth - talking dressage instructor will be sitting on your chesterfield sampling your sherry .
to be registered as a thoroughbred , a foal must be the product of a “live cover , ” meaning a witnessed natural mating of a stallion and a mare . though artificial insemination and embryo transfer are possible and common in other horse breeds , it is banned with thoroughbreds . the population of the breed is thereby controlled , assuring a high monetary value for the horses in the process . because each foal is assigned an official birth date of january 1 , to facilitate the age groups that define thoroughbred races , it is important that mares foal as early as possible in the calendar year . this assures maximum development time for the foal before training and racing .
the beginning of the modern era of racing is generally considered to have been the inauguration of the english classic races : the st . leger in 1776 , the oaks in 1779 , and the derby in 1780 . all were dashes for three - year - olds . to these races were later added the two thousand guineas in 1809 and the one thousand guineas in 1814 . ( the st . leger , derby , and two thousand guineas have come to constitute the british triple crown of horse racing . ) during the 19th century , races of the english classic pattern—dashes for three - year - olds carrying level weights—spread all over the world . the french classics are the prix du jockey club ( 1836 ) , the grand prix du paris ( 1863 ) , and the prix de l’arc de triomphe ( 1920 ) .
during the late 1920s and the ’30s racetracks became an important source of tax revenue , and by the second half of the 20th century horse racing had become big business . fields regularly numbered a dozen or more . once race meetings lasted a day or two , later a week or two , and today , particularly where climate allows , races may be scheduled for half the year or more . more racing dates require more horses , and horses are raced more intensively . purses grew , particularly after world war ii . in 1981 a new american race , the arlington million ( run at arlington park in arlington heights , illinois , outside of chicago ) , was the first million - dollar race . purses routinely topped this amount in the 21st century , growing to greater than $ 10 million for certain high - profile races .
the original king’s plates were standardized races—all were for six - year - old horses carrying 168 pounds at 4 - mile heats , a horse having to win two heats to be adjudged the winner . beginning in 1751 , five - year - olds carrying 140 pounds ( 63 . 5 kg ) and four - year - olds carrying 126 pounds ( 57 kg ) were admitted to the king’s plates , and heats were reduced to 2 miles ( 3 . 2 km ) . other racing for four - year - olds was well established by then , and a race for three - year - olds carrying 112 pounds ( 51 kg ) in one 3 - mile ( 4 . 8 - km ) heat was run in 1731 . heat racing for four - year - olds continued in the united states until the 1860s . by that time , heat racing had long since been overshadowed in europe by dash racing , a “dash” being any race decided by only one heat , regardless of its distance .
long strings of young horses out of the country , fresh from the marshes ; and droves of shaggy little welsh ponies , no higher than merrylegs ; and hundreds of cart horses of all sorts , some of them with their long tails braided up and tied with scarlet cord ; and a good many like myself , handsome and high - bred , but fallen into the middle class , through some accident or blemish , unsoundness of wind , or some other complaint . there were some splendid animals quite in their prime , and fit for anything ; they were throwing out their legs and showing off their paces in high style , as they were trotted out with a leading rein , the groom running by the side . but round in the background there were a number of poor things , sadly broken down with hard work , with their knees knuckling over and their hind legs swinging out at every step , and there were some very dejected - looking old horses , with the under lip hanging down and the ears lying back heavily , as if there were no more pleasure in life , and no more hope ; there were some so thin you might see all their ribs , and some with old sores on their backs and hips . these were sad sights for a horse to look upon , who knows not but he may come to the same state .
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his ' fearless tenacity ' surprises some , but it serves the sport well .
randall dee hubbard was born and raised in smith center , kan . , ( pop : 2 , 000 ) , helped in his family ' s ice house until he ventured out to work wheat fields from texas to north dakota , played a little junior college basketball , then took a steady job as a junior high coach and teacher in towanda , kan . , for $ 3 , 200 a year .
two years later , he became a salesman for a glass company in wichita because the pay was better .
within 20 years , r . d . hubbard , known as dee to friends , had parlayed that $ 90 - a - week job into the ownership a fortune 500 company , afg industries inc . , which had annual revenues of about $ 700 million .
billy m . jones , a wichita state professor who wrote a book about hubbard ,
magic with sand ,
once said ,
hubbard ' s most identifiable trait is his fearless tenacity . he is not afraid to work and learn , and , most important , he ' s not afraid of risks .
above all else , dee hubbard , 63 , is a good businessman . he has more than $ 50 million tied into the racing industry , including his investment in hollywood park , where he is the chairman and chief executive officer ; his ownership of ruidoso downs in new mexico and the crystal springs farm in lexington , ky . ; and the management of his own quarter horses and thoroughbreds , who have won close to $ 15 million over the years .
i couldn ' t get past the $ 800 , 000 ,
he said .
it wasn ' t his money ,
hubbard said this week , dryly , probably wishing it hadn ' t been his , either .
i was thinking , ' how dumb am i ?
' hubbard said .
but mandella said the only words hubbard said to him were ,
we gave it a shot .
hubbard acknowledged that the big ' cap will be more challenging than the donn because the field , which also includes free house and event of the year , is deeper ; puerto madero is carrying a couple more pounds and silver charm is carrying a couple less , and silver charm will not have to come from the far outside after drawing the no . 1 post position thursday .
to still be there at the end of the year , however , puerto madero probably will have to at least run in the breeders ' cup classic next winter at churchill downs . that means hubbard and his partners would have to pony up another $ 800 , 000 in supplemental fees .
if his declaration shortly after last year ' s breeders ' cup still holds , that decision has already been made .
we ' ll be back next year with puerto madero ,
he said .
he was left standing at the altar when al davis pulled out of a deal at the last minute for a new stadium at hollywood park in 1995 , taking the raiders to oakland instead .
if davis prevails in his latest legal battles with the nfl and regains the l . a . territory , his first choice for the stadium probably would be hollywood park .
if we could go back to the deal last time , we ' d definitely entertain that ,
hubbard said .
i don ' t have a problem with al . i believe we could have gotten something done if the league hadn ' t made it more complicated .
it was clear from talking to hubbard that the prospect of bringing the raiders to hollywood park intrigues him . it was equally clear that he has more fun talking about his horses .
randy harvey can be reached at his e - mail address : randy . harvey @ urltoken
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sayyedati ( 26 january 1990 – august 2007 ) was a british thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare .

in a racing career which lasted from june 1992 to october 1995 she ran twenty-two times winning six races and being placed eight times .

sayyedati was one of the leading two-year-old fillies in europe in 1992 , recording group one successes in the moyglare stud stakes at the curragh and the cheveley park stakes at newmarket racecourse .

after being beaten on her three-year-old debut , sayyedati won the classic 1000 guineas .

she went on to become a successful international performer over a mile , winning the prix jacques le marois at deauville in 1993 and the sussex stakes at goodwood as a five-year-old .

she was also placed in several major races including the breeders ' cup mile .

sayyedati was retired from racing to become a broodmare at the end of her five-year-old season .

sayyedati

he saddled two winners of the 1000 guineas at newmarket in pebbles ( 1984 ) and sayyedati ( 1993 ) .
since sayyedati’s triumph , older horses have redressed the balance somewhat , landing eight of the 14 renewals up to 2008 .
whatever her future assignments , sayyedati is unlikely to offer the gilt - edged value of yesterday . her lathering did not escape the notice of the bookmakers , and by the time the stalls opened sayyedati had been stretched to a 4 - 1 chance from an opening 5 - 2 .
sayyedati , trained in england by clive brittain and owned by mohammed obaida , won by a half - length over niche , ridden by lester piggott .
swinburn believes sayyedati to have only just reached her peak , despite the fact that she captured the 1 , 000 guineas earlier this season . ' now you ' re seeing the real sayyedati , ' he said . ' even though she was a guineas winner in the spring there was something missing from her performances .
swinburn held sayyedati off the pace until the halfway mark before charging through on the rail to win the one - mile race for 3 - year - old fillies .
sayyedati enjoyed further success in the paddocks as she produced the 2002 champagne stakes winner almushahar as well as cunas and lonely ahead , who were also winners in britain .
sayyedati also won the prix jacques le marois that year but she endured a fruitless 1994 for trainer clive brittain before bouncing back to claim the sussex stakes in her final season .
in addition to hatoof in 1992 , he landed the 1000 guineas with musical bliss ( 1989 ) and sayyedati ( 1993 ) , with his 2000 guineas success coming through doyoun ( 1988 ) .
he won the 2000 guineas at newmarket in 1988 aboard doyoun and went on to win the 1000 guineas three times , with musical bliss in 1989 , hatoof in 1992 and sayyedati in 1993 .
it was sayyedati herself who looked excited , and overly so , as the field entered the parade ring . brittain ' s painstaking preparations appeared as if they would come to naught as the filly sweated profusely .
the most powerful case yet this season for the title of champion miler was presented here yesterday as sayyedati , britain ' s sole challenger , swept away a favourite french prize , the prix jacques le marois .
newmarket , england — walter swinburn rode sayyedati to victory in the 1 , 000 guineas on thursday , the third time in five years the jockey has won the opening race of england ' s classic series .
' i made my mind up that night that i would ride sayyedati , ' he said . ' i have dreamed about her all winter and i wasn ' t going to let one bad afternoon put me off .
nevertheless , soviet line has his work cut out today to cope with sayyedati ( nap 2 . 30 ) . five - year - old classic winners are located almost exclusively on stud farms , but sayyedati remains in the care of clive brittain , who has won this race twice in the last four years . the promise of her seasonal debut in france , plus the race conditions , suggest she should reward connections ' perseverance this afternoon .
that racing is a contest of opinions more than horses was emphasised here yesterday when sayyedati narrowly won the cherry hinton stakes from toocando and mystic goddess . while william hill were unmoved and left her a 33 - 1 chance for the 1 , 000 guineas - ladbrokes , in contrast , were impressed enough to show 20 - 1 - clive brittain , the trainer , was sufficiently intoxicated by sayyedati ' s victory to elevate her above the great pebbles .
a much better run followed in the sussex stakes as barathea duelled with the sir henry cecil colt distant view , running ½ a length second in a vintage field that also contained grand lodge , sayyedati , mister baileys and bigstone .
pat eddery , ski paradise ' s rider , said he had been baulked as he began his surge , but would never have caught sayyedati anyway , while swinburn added that his filly had reserves to repel anything that came at her .
after sayyedati ' s nell gwyn defeat , there were those who suggested swinburn should switch to zarani sidi anna . the rider , though , never swerved from allegiance to a horse that had kept his thoughts warm since the end of last season .
the landscape looked far less alluring to swinburn yesterday however as his small plane cruised in over le havre . rain lashed the fuselage , bringing with it fear , not for personal safety , but that the ground would be too soft for sayyedati .
a trainer who issues bold assertions on behalf of his horses is infinitely preferable to the it ' s - morning - but - don ' t - quote - me types who dominate flat racing , and in fairness sayyedati has plenty of assets to take towards the cheveley park stakes , her only remaining target this year . not the least of them are her physical strength and parentage . dubian , her dam , improved almost daily after finishing third in the 1985 oaks , and sayyedati has the same look about her .
sayyedati has surprisingly been installed favourite to win sunday ' s prix jacques le marois for the second successive year . ladbrokes yesterday opened the betting on the mile event which is so often the highlight of the deauville season and quoted the filly at 9 - 4 .
sayyedati ' s victory here persuaded brittain that she was of sufficient merit to enter the league of the other top fillies he has trained , pebbles and user friendly . unlike that pair , however , she is likely to be kept to a mile for the rest of her career .
however , the group one contest appears to be every bit as competitive as goodwood ' s sussex stakes in which sayyedati finished fourth to distant view , barathea and grand lodge . the second and third home are quoted at 7 - 2 and 8 - 1 respectively for sunday ' s race with the french - trained pair east of the moon & ski paradise bracketed on 3 - 1 . sayyedati was third to the latter at tokyo in april , but appeared to be back to her best in the sussex in which she was trapped against the rails in the closing stages .
for michael roberts , the jockey putting the wind up pat eddery in the championship , alliances with the foal - bearing gender are providing some of the year ' s best pay days . roberts has already won the queen mary stakes with the ludicrously fast lyric fantasy , whom he refuses to compare with sayyedati .
prix jacques le marois ( deauville , sunday ) , ladbrokes : 9 - 4 sayyedati , 3 - 1 east of the moon & ski paradise , 7 - 2 barathea , 8 - 1 grand lodge , 16 - 1 emperor jones . turtle island is quoted at 3 - 1 ' with a run ' .
sayyedati ( gb ) b . f , 1990 { 9 - c } dp = 5 - 2 - 13 - 4 - 0 ( 24 ) di = 1 . 29 cd = 0 . 33 - 22 starts , 6 wins , 5 places , 5 shows career earnings : $ 1 , 383 , 707
vindication for clive brittain and walter swinburn here yesterday as sayyedati produced the performance that trainer and jockey had promised to capture the 1 , 000 guineas . the filly will now be remembered as a classic animal rather than the spluttering creature that temporarily surrendered her reputation in the nell gwyn stakes on this course two weeks ago .
the newmarket trainer had left as little as possible to chance . sayyedati had repeated temperature tests in the run - up to the first classic , her manger was scrubbed clean before any food was introduced and , on the eve of the race , the filly ' s lad , wayne dunkley , slept by her side .
last year ' s winner bigstone , on whom frankie dettori deputised for the late - arriving olivier peslier , claimed third place in front of ski paradise , another doing her best work at the finish . distant view faded to fifth , followed by turtle island , a very disappointing east of the moon , sayyedati and mehthaaf .
success would provide a much needed fillip for sayyedati ' s trainer , clive brittain , whose string have been out of form this season , registering only 17 wins from 266 starters . that strike - rate of six per cent compares unfavourably with most of his newmarket neighbours among whom a win rate of around 20 per cent is not uncommon .
sayyedati’s 1995 victory marked a definite sea - change . clive brittain’s brilliantly resilient five - year - old mare had been a tad unlucky to finish only second and fourth in the previous two renewals of the sussex stakes but gained deserved recompense in a tight finish , at the expense of the season’s leading three - year - old miler , bahri .
kiyoshi and rizeena are the two overseas challengers . impressive winner of the group three albany stakes at royal ascot , the charlie hills - trained kiyoshi is likely to go off favourite on saturday on the strength of that performance . rizeena , meanwhile , is under the care of veteran trainer clive brittain , who landed this prize with sayyedati back in 1992 .
2nd gr . 1 sussex stakes godwood , 8f ( neck to sayyedati ) 2nd gr . 1 juddmonte international stakes york , 10 . 5f ( to halling ) 2nd gr . 3 greenham stakes newbury , 7f ( to celtic swing ) 3rd gr . 1 2000 guineas the curragh , 8f ( t spectrum ) 3rd gr . 3 prix gontaut - biron deauville ( to hernando )
in view of the fact that pebbles won the 1 , 000 guineas , eclipse stakes and breeders ' cup turf , brittain ' s assessment of sayyedati might be expected to crack under the heat of cross - examination , but however sceptically you receive such pronouncements you cannot question brittain ' s ability to find and condition high - class horses - in spite of his position outside the mainstream of newmarket fashion .
a furlong from home the contestants fanned out in customary french manner , but the one horse to break free was sayyedati . close home , as the favourite kingmambo ( who was later found to have lost a shoe ) faded , andre fabre ' s ski paradise looked as though she might be able to mount a challenge , but this , the race jockeys revealed , was little more than an optical illusion .
sayyedati ' s final race before santa anita in november is likely to be the queen elizabeth ii stakes at ascot next month , though the prix moulin and a rematch with kingmambo is also a possibility . ' i also put her in the haydock sprint cup just in case we needed to sharpen her up , ' the trainer said , ' but i think we saw today she ' s sharp enough already . '
1997 lemarate ( c . by gulch ) , 40 - race maiden 1998 d’jebel amour ( f . mt . livermore ) , twice a winner in the us 1999 cunas ( f . irish river ) , won one race from two starts ; dam of useful middle distance stayer sabotage , placed in the aston park stakes ( l , 13f ) 2000 almushahar ( c . silver hawk ) , won only two career starts , both at two , including the champagne stakes ( gr . 2 , 7f ) ; died 2004 2001 hyper delight ( c . silver hawk ) , twice a winner in japan 2003 lonely ahead ( f . rahy ) , won one race from five starts 2005 sayyedati symphony ( f . gone west ) , seven - race maiden 2007 sayyedati storm ( f . storm cat ) , thrice - raced maiden
but while sayyedati endures , there are cataclysmic changes elsewhere at the royal meeting this week . for the first time since 1964 there will be no nicky beaumont , the clerk of the course who proudly defended the traditions of the meeting for so many years . and that means that his wife , ginny , will also not be there to conduct land of hope and glory from the bandstand for the hopelessly oiled congregation .
swinburn expects sayyedati to show her sharpest form of all at the breeders ' cup . ' she ' ll be even better suited by a good gallop like they get america , where she can go with them and use her cruising speed before kicking at the end , ' he said . ' i ' ll enjoy riding her there . ' but probably not as much as he enjoyed his celebratory evening in swaggering deauville .
in the race’s inter - generation era , three - year - olds have held the call with 40 victories , with 10 from four - year - olds . solow will be trying to become the fourth five - year - old winner , after sayyedati ( 1995 ) , reel buddy ( 2003 ) and ramonti ( 2007 ) . the oldest winners have been six - year - olds noalcoholic ( 1983 ) and court masterpiece ( 2006 ) .
' you can ' t . it ' s impossible , ' he says . ' lyric fantasy is just sheer speed . this one ( sayyedati ) is a possible classic filly for next year . ' brittain is , of course , similarly endowed with good fillies , and says : ' i haven ' t seen the likes of this since i was with sir noel murless ( in the vintage years of petite etoile and company ) . '
the cherry hinton stakes has a good record and two recent champion fillies won it , dazzle in 1996 and attraction in 2003 , while sayyedati ( 1992 ) , wannabe grand ( 1998 ) and donna blini ( 2005 ) each added the cheveley park stakes to her tally . sander camillo ' s success was very reminiscent of attraction ' s sparkling five - length victory and the similarity does not end there , since neither filly ran again as a two - year - old .
before too long brittain had done well enough to be able to buy carlburg from lemos , a move that didn ' t interrupt the flow of influential owners into or unforgettable winners out of the yard . there was mystiko and terimon for lady beaverbrook , user friendly for bill gredley , sayyedati for mohammed obaida , crimplene for sheikh marwan al maktoum and , of course , a steady stream of success for the white and red colours of brittain ' s great compadre saeed manana .
why , for example , is sayyedati , one of england ' s top milers , running in the sprint ? the filly is bred for turf ( by the english stallion shadeed ) . she runs from off the pace at a mile and she has displayed none of the speed necessary to be a contender in a six - furlong dash . other entrants in dirt races look miscast too . it ' s a safe bet that the foreigners ' record in dirt races this year will be zero for five .
sayyedati ' s trainer , clive brittain , was trembling with delight as he welcomed her back and placed her in lofty company . ' she must be in the mould of pebbles ( brittain ' s 1985 breeders ' cup turf winner ) because she ' s got that same electrifying burst of speed , ' he said . this estimation was not contradicted by the winning jockey , walter swinburn . ' this is a proper horse , ' he said . ' she compares with anything i ' ve ridden over a mile . '
dropped back to 2000m for the gr1 grand prix de paris at longchamp , he brought the field into the straight and was then headed by emperor jones , only to fight back and win by a nose in a desperate finish with bigstone , in a track record time of 2 : 01 . 6 . bigstone would go on to win the gr1 sussex stakes , in which he beat sayyedati and zafonic , and the gr1 queen elizabeth ii stakes , beating barathea and kingmambo , and establish himself as the champion miler elect .
on her next appearance , gold splash was matched against colts and older horses in the prix jacques le marois at deauville in august and finished fifth behind sayyedati , ski paradise , kingmambo and elizabeth bay . in september she finished sixth behind kingmambo in the prix du moulin at longchamp . in october , gold splash was dropped in class and started favourite for the group two prix du rond point at longchamp . after turning into the straight in third place she faded to finish eighth of the ten runners behind the four - year - old colt voleris .
august 1972 , brett doyle rode his first winner at pontefract on quiet achiever on 9th october 1989 for trainer clive brittain . it was brittain for whom doyle chiefly rode , and who was responsible for much of doyle’s early development . doyle’s first group 1 success came on the brittain - trained sayyedati in the 1995 sussex stakes , and he also won the german and italian 2000 guineas in 1997 onair express , again for brittain . he also won the group 2 premio ellington in italy that year on another of brittain’s campaigners , the much travelled luso .
clive brittain is usually over confident sometimes about the chances of his horses winning group races . he did say on channel 4 racing he was confident before both pebbles and sayyedati won the 1 , 000 guineas , and that he feels the same about rizeena . i can see lots of people laying rizeena on the exchanges , but i ' m not prepared to oppose the horse . however , as lucky kristale beat her by 2 lengths in the cherry hinton , she represents better value than rizeena . however , rizeena is more likely to stay a mile than lucky kristale .
- sprint 1 , cardmania ; 2 , meafara ; 3 , gilded time ; 4 , thirty slews ; 5 , demaloot demashoot ; 6 , music merci ; 7 , monde bleu ; 8 , now listen ; 9 , fly so free ; 10 , surprise offer ; 11 , birdonthewire ; 12 , sayyedati ; 13 , alydeed ; 14 , apelia . - juvenille fillies 1 , phone chatter ; 2 , sardula ; 3 , heavenly prize ; 4 , coup de genie ; 5 , stellarcat ; 6 , rhapsodic ; 7 , tricky code ; 8 , meadow rendezvous . - distaff 1 , hollywood wildcat ; 2 , paseana ; 3 , re toss ; 4 , dispute ; 5 , sky beauty ; 6 , supah gem ; 7 , magical . . .
sayyedati ( shadeed ) . champion 3yo filly in europe in 1993 . champion older mare in europe in 1995 . 6 wins - 3 at 2 - from 1200m to 1600m , ? ? 854 , 858 , deauville prix jacques le marois , gr . 1 , the one thousand guineas , gr . 1 , goodwood sussex s . , gr . 1 , curragh moyglare stud s . , gr . 1 , newmarket cheveley park s . , gr . 1 , cherry hinton s . , gr . 3 , 2d deauville prix jacques le marois , gr . 1 - twice , goodwood sussex s . , gr . 1 , longchamp prix du palais royal , gr . 3 , 3d breeders ' cup mile s . , gr . 1 , newmarket nell gwyn s . , gr . 3 , tokyo keio hai spring cup , l . dam of -
maroof ( 12 april 1990 – 30 december 1999 ) was an american - bred , british - trained thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for his upset victory over a top - class field in the 1994 queen elizabeth ii stakes . he showed very promising form in his four races as a juvenile in 1992 , winning the group three vintage stakes and finishing a close second in the group one national stakes . he had problems with injuries as a three - year - old and won one minor race from only two starts in the autumn . as a four - year - old he ran consistently , finishing second in the brigadier gerard stakes , international stakes and park stakes but appeared to be just below top class . on his final appearance however , he produced by far his best performance as he led from the start and won the queen elizabeth ii stakes at odd of 66 / 1 from opponents including barathea , bigstone , distant view , turtle island , east of the moon and sayyedati . he was retired to stud at the end of the year and had some success as a sire of winners in new zealand . he died in 1999 .
among the many outstanding winners have been : habibti ( 1982 ) who went to become the champion sprinter in 1983 ; park appeal ( 1984 ) the dam of cape cross ; chimes of freedom ( 1989 ) who won the following year’s coronation stakes and child stakes ; caricciosa ( 1990 ) who added the group 1 cheveley park stakes at newmarket later that autumn ; sayyedati ( 1992 ) who won the cheveley park stakes , english 1 , 000 guineas , prix jacques le marois and sussex stakes ; tarascon ( 1997 ) who won the irish 1 , 000 guineas ; rumplestiltskin ( 2005 ) who won the prix marcel boussac later that year and was the dam of tapestry ; again ( 2008 ) who won the irish 1 , 000 guineas ; misty for me ( 2010 ) who won the prix marcel boussac , irish 1 , 000 guineas and pretty polly stakes and was the dam of roly poly ; sky lantern ( 2012 ) who won the english 1 , 000 guineas and sun chariot stakes ; rizeena ( 2013 ) who won the coronation stakes ; and minding ( 2015 ) who went on to win the fillies’ mile at two , the english 1 , 000 guineas and oaks , the pretty polly stakes , nassau stakes and qeii stakes .
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brittain and swinburn predicted such improvement , but were aware that their hopeful message had found many disbelieving ears , and when the jockey celebrated victory with a fist sent heavenwards this was a gesture spurred as much by justification as elation .
' if i hadn ' t won , all the newspapers would have said i ' d got it wrong . but i just wasn ' t having that . this filly has never had the credit she deserves and because of the build - up i was probably a little more excited today than i normally am . '
this attention appeared to be futile , however , when brittain saw his horse emerge for action . ' she was sweating when she came out of her box and she looked a little bit on edge , ' the trainer said . ' i was worried .
' but i got more relaxed when i saw she was walking round with that elegant stride of hers . and anyway , only wooden horses don ' t sweat . '
' i ' ve been so lucky in life , whatever happens from here on in , ' brittain said . ' to have fillies like these is incredible . '
the more significant stretching after that , however , concerned the filly ' s loping stride , which had her tucked in , going well , behind the pacemaking niche . three furlongs out , swinburn steered to the outside , at about the same moment that michael roberts , on the french - trained favourite , elizabeth bay , realised that his first classic ride as sheikh mohammed ' s retained jockey was not to be a winning one .
niche did not relent . ' she kept going and going , she ' s got great heart , ' reported her jockey , lester piggott . but swinburn knew that the superior horsepower was under his saddle . ' i was just waiting to pounce , ' he said .
behind him there were two colleagues whose desire to succeed went outside the laws . richard hills , on third - placed ajfan , and lanfranco dettori , fifth on dayflower , both collected four - day suspensions for overuse of the whip .
' i feel sorry for those guys , ' swinburn said . ' how can they go back to their owners and trainers and say they could have done better but they had used up their quota with the stick ? '
a measure of compassion then from the winning jockey , but a day when he felt a more powerful emotion . one of vindication .
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' she ' s in very good form and was unlucky not to get a run in the sussex stakes , ' brittain said . ' it is going to be like the sussex all over again . she acts on the course and won it last year . hopefully we ' re going back for a repeat . '
with the ground at deauville already on the fast side of good , and drying out , the chances that turtle island , the irish 2 , 000 guineas winner , will take part are decreasing . robert sangster ' s colt has been absent since finishing third to grand lodge in the st james ' s palace stakes at royal ascot and missed the sussex stakes owing to firm ground .
jane chapple - hyam , wife of the colt ' s trainer , peter , said : ' turtle island will run at deauville only if the ground is on the soft side of good . the international stakes at york next tuesday is an alternative , but we would want plenty of rain as the ground would have to ease considerably . '
the john gosden - trained catrail is expected to be withdrawn at today ' s declaration stage , along with lemon souffle who is on the easy list after inexplicably losing her action .
similarly baffling to veterinary science is the affliction affecting erhaab , the derby winner , who underwent a further series of examinations yesterday that will determine his racing future .
the colt was checked over by a dubai - based american vet as john dunlop , his trainer , seeks an explanation for the three - year - old ' s most recent racecourse failures at sandown and ascot .
the examination , by dr mike hauser , took place at trainer dunlop ' s arundel stable , but the result of his analysis will not be announced until today .
angus gold , racing manager to erhaab ' s owner , hamdan al maktoum , said : ' we wanted another opinion on what mr dunlop ' s vet , dr paul dupreez , has already told us . '
hauser was called in after x - ray pictures of erhaab taken last week failed to reveal what had caused the colt to run so disappointingly in his last two races . his advice will help connections to decide whether to proceed with an autumn campaign , centred on the prix de l ' arc de triomphe , or retire the colt .
at ascot , erhaab collected a bruised knee when beaten over 10 lengths into seventh by king ' s theatre . the build - up to the race had been interrupted by the recurrence of a hamstring injury sustained when third to ezzoud and bob ' s return in the eclipse stakes .
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the home side do not like to see a treasured possession leaving their shores ( lear fan in 1984 was the last winner from the other side of la manche ) and many good british horses have foundered in normandy . the suggestion yesterday , though , was that a rare victory had been achieved by a filly with rare talent .
swinburn felt he had earned a night out in deauville with this success , and that will have meant a sumptuous evening to compare with the best any racing centre can offer .
they call the month - long meeting on the normandy course la semaine , probably because the excesses at deauville ensure a week feels like a lot longer . the eating experience usually involves food which looks as if it has been fashioned into shape under a microscope .
the coastal town is the archetypal rich man ' s playground ; a town where coiffeured pets are a compulsory fashion accessory , where polo aficionados celebrate the highlight of their year , the lancel cup , and where cinema figures float past surreally as if you have wandered on to a film set .
deauville , though , had escaped the squall and for swinburn there were to be no more worrying moments . even as a battery of three horses wearing the colours of stavros niarchos buzzed around menacingly at the head of the field , the jockey felt comfortable at the rump of proceedings . ' it was a slow pace ( a handicap later in the day was run three seconds faster ) and everybody was travelling well , ' he reported . ' but i was very happy where i was and she was always going sweetly . '
' she ' s got this thing about hitting the front , like in the guineas when she was tying up at the end , ' he said . ' but what impressed me today was the last 100 yards or so when , for an awful moment , i thought pat might get me , but she put her neck out . she looked around a bit when she hit the front , but when the other horse came at her she went again . '
' i would love to know what her racing weight is now because i ' d bet she ' d be 50 kilos heavier than she was on nell gwyn day ( at newmarket in april ) . on that day she looked terrible . all credit must go to clive , who ' s done a fantastic job with her . '
the job for brittain , though , is only half done as the game plan since she won her classic has been geared around the breeders ' cup mile , a race , incidentally , which was captured in 1987 and 1988 by the filly that had previously won the prix jacques le marois in those years , miesque .
' the owner ( mohammed obaida ) asked me after the guineas to train her specifically for the breeders ' cup , ' brittain said . ' when it was first discussed i said that realistically it was not a race for three - year - olds because it ' s difficult to go through the season picking up race after race and then expecting a horse to peak at the end of a season . that ' s why she has not had a hard time , with four races spread over a fair time . we needed to save something . '
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favored elizabeth bay , a french - trained filly , never got up with the leaders in the 12 - horse race and finished eighth .
i have dreamed about this filly all winter ,
swinburn said .
all the sparkle was there .
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‘she was a great horse and a pleasure to train . she had speed , class and a great heart , ’ brittain told urltoken .
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sir michael stoute hailed walter swinburn as a
naturally gifted rider with a god - given talent
after the former jockey and trainer died at the age of 55 .
forever associated with stoute ' s extraordinary 1981 derby winner shergar , swinburn suffered with weight issues throughout a glittering career in the saddle .
yet despite his problems , he will always be remembered as a brilliant jockey and a man for the big occasion .
i ' d drive him to the races and he slept the whole way there . he had a remarkable temperament for the big day .
he was just a naturally gifted rider with a god - given talent . the big days turned him on .
we had a great relationship . of course there were many times when he drove me absolutely mad , but he just had this unique talent .
we loved him riding the horses and he had a great relationship with the staff over a long period .
there was a vulnerability , but that maybe comes when you have as much talent as he did .
swinburn suffered an awful fall at sha tin racecourse in 1996 and was placed in a coma for four days after he sustained severe head and chest injuries .
but he returned to action within six months , and at the end of the year won the breeders ' cup turf on the stoute - trained pilsudski .
the trainer added :
i think the win on pilsudski gave him a great deal of satisfaction , that was a great day for us at woodbine .
swinburn enjoyed many fine days in the colours of cheveley park stud , whose managing director chris richardson said :
i am shocked at the news .
walter was an integral part for david and patricia thompson ' s cheveley park stud success in the 1990s .
wonderful memories of gay gallanta and exclusive ' s group one successes , to name but two .
leading french trainer criquette head - maarek described swinburn as
one of the greatest ever jockeys
.
head - maarek and swinburn developed a fruitful association in the 1990s , most notably with hatoof , on whom the rider won the 1000 guineas and the champion stakes at newmarket .
the chantilly handler said :
he was such a talented rider . he had really soft hands and had fantastic judgement during races .
walter was a great boy and it is such a young age that he has died .
in my opinion , i think he was one of the greatest ever jockeys .
nicknamed the ' choirboy ' , he partnered shergar to derby glory at the age of 19 - one of three winners for swinburn in the epsom classic alongside shahrastani ( 1986 ) and lammtarra ( 1995 ) .
swinburn also won the 1983 prix de l ' arc de triomphe on the filly all along , trained by patrick biancone .
shergar and swinburn went on to claim the king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot in their derby - winning year , with the jockey twice tasting success in the irish derby with shareef dancer ( 1983 ) and shahrastani ( 1986 ) .
in 1987 , he again teamed up with stoute on the biggest stage to claim the oaks aboard unite .
swinburn , seen here at chester in 2010 , went on to train and sent out more than 260 winners from his hertfordshire base .
swinburn , who retired from the saddle in 2000 , and willie carson were great rivals during a golden age of gifted horsemen .
the former five - time champion jockey also highlighted swinburn ' s temperament as being one of his greatest attributes .
carson said :
he rode a derby winner before i even rode a winner at the same age . isn ' t that incredible ?
he got more excitement out of the big days than he did on the little days .
reigning champion jockey jim crowley was in awe of swinburn ' s finesse in the saddle .
he told sky sports news :
he was a great guy . he was a gifted rider with beautiful hands .
he probably found it very easy and he was beautiful to watch .
swinburn took over the training licence from his father - in - law , peter harris , in november 2004 and sent out over 260 winners from his hertfordshire base before he retired in october 2011 .
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former leading jockey walter swinburn , who rode shergar to derby victory , died yesterday ( 12 december ) aged 55 .
walter was just 19 when he partnered shergar to the record - breaking 10 - length victory in the epsom derby in 1981 .
this was the first of walter’s three derby victories , after which he took the 1986 race on shahrastani and again in 1995 aboard lammtarra .
the jockey and shergar went on to claim the king george vi & queen elizabeth stakes at ascot in their derby - winning year .
among walter’s many other notable wins was the 1983 prix de l’arc de triomphe on the patrick biancone - trained filly all along , and the breeders’ cup turf on pilsudksi in 1996 .
in february 1996 , he had a horrific fall at sha tin after his ride liffey rider crashed through the railing at the hong kong racecourse , leaving him in intensive care for a week with head and chest injuries .
six months later , he won his first race back on talathath at windsor .
walter retired from race - riding in 2000 and went on to take over the training licence from his father - in - law , peter harris , in 2004 .
he enjoyed success as a trainer , with more than 260 winners , and handed in his licence at the end of october 2011 , citing financial reasons . he also spent some time on the channel 4 racing team .
“shocked with the awful news that walter swinburn has passed away , another jockey has gone too soon . immensely talented and gifted rider , ” three - time champion jockey richard hughes tweeted last night ( 12 december ) .
retired grand national - winning jockey mick fitzgerald added walter was a “genius on a racehorse” .
“he had beautiful hands and looked like he was born to ride . may he rest in peace , ” he added .
frankie dettori said he was very saddened to hear the news of walter’s passing .
“ a true talent and gentleman , thoughts are with his family , ” he added .
“very sad to hear about the death of walter swinburn , ” he said . “a jockey that god hath retained . ”
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after two promising second places , brazos made it third time lucky as he got off the mark in the casino at bet365 maiden . the son of clodovil came through late to beat lyn valley and mystique rider by two necks and in the process give ryan moore his 100 th winner at goodwood .
the rider was more impressed with the colt than his own landmark .
he did that well and he ' ll be better for it ,
he said .
he ' ll be a nice horse .
told it was his century at the track , he said in typically dry deadpan style :
is that all ? disappointing .
brazos ' s veteran trainer clive brittain was not present , but bruce raymond , racing manager to owner saeed manana , was as impressed as the jockey with the dark grey ' s effort .
he can go on from this quite a bit ,
he said .
he ' d been getting a bit keen in his races and he was better for being held up today .
the colt jibbed babyishly when asked to enter the winner ' s place , consenting to be led forward only after being unsaddled .
he ' s still green , still learning ,
said raymond ,
and he can furnish up physically as well .
he seemed to like the ease in the ground ; i think a lot of clodovils do . we might think about a race like the royal lodge stakes for him , but that ' s a bit of a way down the line yet .
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sander camillo , timeform’s second highest - rated ( 116p ) two - year - old filly of 2006 behind finsceal beo , made a disappointing return to action at newmarket on wednesday as she failed to land the odds in the group 3 shadwell nell gwyn stakes , finishing a neck second to scarlet runner .
the toby edmonds - trained tyzone is the ramornie handicap favourite ahead of his stablemate havasay .
invited for the second year running to ride at the vodacom durban july meeting in greyville , nooresh juglall made the trip to south africa count with one winner – just like last year .
bon hoffa’s g1 winning son bon aurum will stand at glen eden stud in victoria this spring .
exciting sprinter nature strip was a sale ring reject who could be racing for a share of $ 13 million in the everest in october after recording another brilliant win at flemington on saturday .
the first indication that sander camillo possessed above - average ability came on her second appearance , in the eighteen - runner albany stakes at royal ascot for which she started favourite up against ten winners , including second favourite bahama mama , silk blossom and scarlet runner .
sander camillo ' s reputation rather than her form was responsible for her heading the market . on her only previous start she had seemed to need the experience in a maiden race at newmarket in may , running on under hands and heels once she got the hang of things to finish fourth to another albany stakes contender bicoastal .
bicoastal and the rest had no answer to sander camillo at ascot where she was always going strongly disputing the lead , quickened readily two furlongs out and was soon on top , running on strongly , despite drifting right , to account for silk blossom by a length and a half with scarlet runner third .
the albany stakes has proved a worthwhile addition to the royal meeting since its inauguration in 2002 , attracting an average of sixteen fillies and requiring a useful performance from its winners , duty paid , silca ' s gift , jewel in the sand and la chunga ( a 270 , 000 - dollar two - year - old purchase for sander camillo ' s owner ) .
sander camillo was clearly in the same mould and , like jewel in the sand , she headed next for the chippenham lodge stud cherry hinton stakes at newmarket in july . like her predecessor , she completed the double , only in much more impressive style .
all ten runners were winners but , despite the presence of unbeaten gilded carrying a 3 - lb penalty for winning the queen mary stakes , sander camillo started a hot favourite at 11 / 8 . next in the betting came alderney , four - length winner of a maiden at york , silk blossom , gilded , newmarket listed winner hope ' n ' charity and alzerra , who had landed a maiden at haydock .
close up and going well within herself from the outset as 100 / 1 - shot three decades led , sander camillo was soon in command after being given the office a quarter of a mile out , none of her rivals , headed by alzerra , finding anything in reply under pressure .
by contrast , sander camillo continued to find more without coming under anything like full pressure , drawing clear and passing the post with five lengths to spare over alzerra , with gilded a neck away third . a breathtaking victory , one made colourful by the winner ' s rider frankie dettori sporting italian flags painted on his cheeks in celebration of italy ' s victory in the world cup .
attraction suffered an injury but sander camillo remained fit , apart from having an unsatisfactory blood test result which caused her withdrawal from the lowther stakes won by silk blossom .
however , sander camillo ' s connections bypassed the moyglare stud stakes and she was taken out of the prix marcel boussac six days beforehand and the cheveley park stakes on the day .