rahy 's attorney ( foaled in 2004 in ontario ) is a canadian thoroughbred champion racehorse .

a turf specialist , he is a grade 1 winner and has won the bunty lawless stakes on three occasions .

trained by ian black , as at may 26 , 2011 rahy 's attorney has earned more than $ 2 million .

in 2011 , the seven-year-old gelding is still racing and won the march 26 pan american stakes at gulfstream park in hallandale beach , florida .

he officially retired after a leg injury .

he will recover in ottawa .

rahy ' s attorney

however , a race two weeks ago marked rahy ' s attorney ' s last run .
rahy ' s attorney was the little horse that could . and he did .
wilson pulled up rahy’s attorney on the backstretch , and the horse was vanned off .
rahy’s attorney is also owned in part by read peters , and jean and jim maclellan .
rahy’s attorney ( right ) was injured during his second - place finish in saturday’s grade 1 sword dancer at saratoga .
rahy ' s attorney and emma - jayne wilson take the pan american at gulfstream . order this photo
but more than that , maclellan said that rahy ' s attorney has brought his family closer together .
an ontario homebred of ellie boje farm , rahy’s attorney has now earned $ 1 , 957 , 090 from his 37 starts . trained by ian black , he is out of the rahy mare rahy’s hope .
rahy’s attorney was back in his stall at woodbine on sunday and seemed to be none the worse for his experience .
joe’s mother , jean maclellan ; brother , jim maclellan ; and friends mitch peters and jim reid joined them in the ownership of rahy’s attorney .
etobicoke , ontario – rahy’s attorney , a very game second in last saturday’s grade 1 sword dancer at saratoga , was injured during the running and has been retired .
loiselle called all of rahy ' s attorney ' s wins at the toronto track , including his most impressive win , the $ 1 million woodbine mile in 2008 .
rahy’s attorney began his career in anonymity here in the fall of 2006 , finishing third for $ 32 , 000 in his second career start .
submitted photo - jockey emma - jayne wilson rides rahy ' s attorney to a win in the pan american handicap at gulfstream park earlier this year .
the next morning , after being examined by a veterinarian , rahy’s attorney was cleared to be shipped to woodbine . black didn’t discover the filling in gelding’s left pastern until the morning of aug . 15 .
rahy’s attorney was the first woodbine horse to have a facebook page and lots of fans . he loved being at the racetrack so much that even when he was retired he spent time as keeneland’s racetrack pony .
rahy’s attorney will go home with an overall record of 14 wins , 10 seconds , and 4 thirds from 41 starts for earnings of more than $ 2 . 2 million .
under regular rider emma - jayne wlson , rahy’s attorney led through every step of the 1 1 / 2 - mile turf race before being overtaken by winchester in the final yards .
but the ontario - sired rahy’s attorney showed dramatic improvement the following season when winning five races , including the restricted vice regent and bunty lawless , both over one mile of turf .
when there was some heavy construction at woodbine , rahy ' s attorney never made a fuss about it . but he ' d watch the curious undertakings for hours , if he could .
at 6 : 1st with approval s [ r ] , bunty lawless s [ r ] ; 2nd king edward s [ g2 ] , appleton s [ g3 ] , tropical turf h [ g3 ] , phta president ' s cup s .
rahy’s attorney went on to win the grade 2 king edward , the grade 2 nijinsky , and the bunty lawless here in 2009 and finished second in the sovereign award balloting for his division .
it ' s the stall of rahy ' s attorney , and he has come home . the grooms on the shedrow are welcoming him back . he ' s the main attraction , the cock of the walk , the star of the barn . and he had been missed .
. prince will i am , who defeated rahy’s attorney by a half length in the feb . 19 mac diarmida ( gr . iit ) , settled for third this time in a tight finish .
and what a fairy tale it was : when the maclellans bred their mare rahy ' s hope to locally - bred - and - owned stallion , crown attorney , they had no allusions of grandeur .
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as a racehorse , rahy ' s attorney was an easy - going , curious sort .
he was never a run - off horse ,
bowen said .
he was never hard to gallop .
but now now he ' s back , and he ' s happy and where he wants to be . when rahy ' s attorney left his stall last fall , it sat empty for weeks .
it just didn ' t seem right to put somebody else in it , at first ,
bowen said .
but hours after the race , rahy ' s attorney was cooling out as normal and everything seemed fine . yet , upon returning to his stall at woodbine racetrack , trainer ian black noticed swelling in the left front leg .
as for rahy ' s attorney , once he recuperates , the plan is for him to return to the track to become a pony horse for his trainer , because , says maclellan ,
he loves the life .
the son of crown attorney is best known for his victory in the 2008 woodbine mile .
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the year 2008 will be remembered as rahy’s attorney’s finest as he won the grade 1 woodbine mile and the grade 3 connaught cup and wound up his campaign with a ninth - place finish , beaten just 3 3 / 4 lengths , in the grade 1 mile championship at japan’s kyoto racecourse . he was canada’s champion turf male that season and runner - up in the horse of the year balloting .
the day before a race , when others might get a little fired up , rahy ' s attorney would stand at trackside for an hour , watching . he ' d see loose horses barge past him . he wouldn ' t turn a hair .
black said rahy’s attorney , who won two of his six starts this year , including the march 26 pan american ( gr . iiit ) at gulfstream park , would recover at ellie boje near ottowa , canada , after which he may become a track pony .
rahy ' s attorney even has his own facebook page with more than 250 members . when news spread that he was injured , and his retirement announced , fans flooded the page with get - well wishes and heartfelt messages of appreciation for the horse as an athlete .
he was also known as the underdog that just would not quit .
nothing bugs this horse , except for losing ,
said jeff ( skippy ) bowen , the assistant trainer to his father - in - law ian black . if a horse ever managed to pass him late in the stretch , rahy ' s attorney would barrel along , and pass the horse after the wire .
i ' m sure he thought he had won ,
black once said . rahy ' s attorney refused to allow horses to pass him .
“apart from the woodbine mile , the sword dancer was one of the bravest , best races ( rahy ' s attorney ) had ever run , ” black said . “it looked as though they were getting to him and going to pass him , but he just said , ‘no . ’ that’s the type of horse he is . ”
black and bowen always thought rahy ' s attorney would make a good stable pony . he had the right mentality . they do not know what he will do when he catches sight of the racetrack . for the next couple of weeks , he will be walked and ridden around woodbine ' s backstretch , but he won ' t see the oval .
rahy’s atttorney was bred by the husband and wife team of joe and ellen macclellan at their elle - boje farm in spencerville , ontario , about 50 miles south of ottawa .
he ' s a popular eight - year - old gelding , who has returned to woodbine just in time to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his upset win in the $ 1 - million woodbine mile . the 2012 race goes on sunday . a long shot , rahy ' s attorney showed his heels to a couple of the continent ' s best milers , kip deville and ventura , in the 2008 running of the race .
last year , rahy’s attorney added more laurels , with wins here in the restricted with approval and bunty lawless and second - places finishes in gulfsteam’s grade 3 appleton , the king edward , the ptha presidents cup in philadelphia , and the grade 3 tropical turf handicap at calder . again , he was the runner - up in the sovereign award turf male vote .
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“the vet decided to ultrasound it and there was a lesion in his digital tendon , ” said black . “with a young horse , if you give them time off , they’ll probably come back . but as good as rahy’s attorney has been to everybody , and the fact he’s almost 8 , no one wanted to bring him back and have something worse happen to him . ”
nobody knows how rahy ' s attorney will adapt to his new life . he ' s in the early stages of learning it . he will have to be broken to western tack , and he will have to learn that he can lead a horse to the track , but he can ' t go with him to work .
you have to take the racehorse out of him ,
bowen saw .
when i think of highcroft , the first thing that comes to mind is how much heart he had ( and of course my tattoo ) . when i think of rahy’s attorney , the first thing to come to mind is the wonderful friendship that developed with his owners joe and ellen maclellan ( and family ) that continues long after his retirement .
. those two opened up five lengths on the rest of the field while beckham bend was pressed by the winner through fractions of : 24 . 41 , : 48 . 12 , 1 : 12 . 12 , and 1 : 37 . 17 . around the final turn , rahy’s attorney took the lead and then held off musketier down the stretch .
there was still more in store , however , as rahy’s attorney found a new niche as a long - distance runner this season and won the grade 3 pan american over 1 1 / 2 miles at gulfstream and the 1 3 / 8 - mile prep for the singspiel here at woodbine before almost pulling off another grade 1 win in the sword dancer .
last august , rahy ' s attorney was forced into retirement after suffering an injury in the 1 1 / 2 mile sword dancer invitational at saratoga race course in saratoga springs , n . y . , giving up the lead in the final strides . best wishes flooded his facebook page . after all , he was the people ' s horse , the result of a small breeder ' s dream to have a horse just good enough to race at woodbine . he ' s the product of a $ 3 , 000 mating , but he won $ 2 . 2 - million in his career .
“for now , he’ll stay here until i see that he’s okay , ” black said . “then he’ll go to kinghaven and eventually to the maclellans’s farm . ”
he ' s taken them to florida , kentucky and japan , and he ' s ranked in the top 10 all - time of horses produced in canada .
he ' d have this education already , except that while he was turned out last fall , he suffered a paddock accident and a hairline fracture of a hind leg . he had just nicely recovered from his other injury , a small tear on a tendon , but this one required three months of stall rest . rahy ' s attorney handled it , but he was bored .
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was bred in ontario by joe and ellen maclellan ' s ellie boje farms and was campaigned by that operation in partnership with joe ' s mother jean maclellan , mitch peters , and dean read .
he became the people ' s horse . he showed a lot of courage , grit and determination and he always ran his heart out ,
said woodbine racetrack ' s announcer , dan loiselle .
rahy ' s attorney ended his career with earnings of $ 2 , 120 , 208 , and was named the canadian male turf champion in 2008 . he also counts the 2008 connaught cup ( can - iii ) , and 2009 nijinsky ( can - iit ) and king edward handicap ( can - - iit ) among his victories . he set the 1 1 / 8 - mile woodbine course record in the king edward , running the distance in 1 : 44 . 73 .
inglorious , winner of the la lorgnette , woodbine oaks , and the queen’s plate in her three starts at the woodbine meeting , shipped out for saratoga on tuesday morning for her engagement in saturday’s grade 1 alabama .
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“he’s been a good horse at middle distances throughout his career , including a grade i win at woodbine ( woodbine mile in 2008 ) , ” black said . “he’s seven years old and we thought we’d try him in the longer races this season .
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“what i’ll always associate him with is his complete and utter consistency and honesty , ” said black . “he’s such a pleasure . ”
“i’ve watched this horse run many times at woodbine and was very confident in him today , ” wilson said . “one thing ian black told me that was really profound to me was he said ‘rahy runs the entire stretch at woodbine . ’ that’s a three - eighths - mile stretch . i knew the horses were going to have to do some running to get by us and they didn’t . ”
“but he’s done so much for everybody involved . it was hard enough to see him vanned off in one piece . you’d hate to see something really serious happen . ”
rahys attorney ( can ) b . g , 2004 { 4 - r } dp = 4 - 0 - 11 - 1 - 0 ( 16 ) di = 1 . 46 cd = 0 . 44 - 41 starts , 14 wins , 10 places , 4 shows career earnings : $ 2 , 120 , 208
the black stable plans to see stakes action here this weekend with fifty proof slated for sunday’s grade 2 , $ 250 , 000 sky classic over 1 1 / 4 miles of turf .
it ' s a big loss to a little stable , but we ' ll keep trying , keep being interested . i can ' t imagine doing anything else ,
said maclellan .
what they got was a horse that ' s amassed more than $ 2 million in career earnings , holds the woodbine track record on turf and was voted champion turf horse in canada in 2008 .
worried , jockey emma - jayne wilson jumped off and called for a horse ambulance as the maclellans , sitting in the grandstand , had their jubilation quickly tampered by worry for their horse ' s health .
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as for fondest memories of the horses away from the racetrack , for highcroft it’s simple : he taught me that with hard work and dedication ( and a little luck ) that horses are truly amazing animals and can overcome almost anything .
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people would always ask me , ' he ' s seven years old , when are you going to retire him ? ' i wanted a good indication . i always thought , ' he ' ll tell us , '
recalls maclellan .
to be told in saratoga after finishing second in a grade 1 race is the perfect end to the walt disney story .
other locals expected for the sky classic include windward islands , hailstone , and musketier ; the respective first - , third - , and fifth - place finishers in the nijinsky over 1 1 / 4 miles of turf here last time out ; kara’s orientation , coming off a sharp win here in a first - level allowance race at 1 1 / 8 miles of turf ; and laureate conductor , who was claimed for $ 62 , 500 here june 12 and finished eighth when debuting for his new interests in the grade 3 dominion day over 1 1 / 4 miles of polytrack here july 1 .
highcroft ( devil boy ) was probably the first horse i ever had real emotions for . he was trained by al quanbeck and when he was a two year old , ran through three fences and into an iron gate , and to date had one of the worst leg injuries that i had to care for . when he finally made it back into training , we were in new orleans and they have schooling races there . mickey walls rode him and he won by six lengths . in his next start at the dueling grounds , with robbie albarado up , he won again . after that start , i got a tattoo of a baby devil so i would always remember him . his next start was at woodbine racetrack so it brought me home . his start was on halloween and he ran second to barb minshall’s arachnaphobia .
the 7 - year - old gelding downed musketier and favored prince will i am .
the final time for 1 1 / 2 miles on the firm turf course was 2 : 25 . 85 .
“he’ll spend the spring at keeneland . i don’t know whether we’ll run him in that race at the end of the meet ( sycamore stakes ) , but there will be plenty of opportunities for him up north during the season ( woodbine ) . ”
sent off as the third choice in a field of seven , the winner paid $ 12 . 60 , $ 4 . 80 , and $ 3 . the exacta ( 5 - 2 ) returned $ 39 . 20 . the trifecta ( 5 - 2 - 7 ) with even - money favorite prince will i am in third was worth $ 39 . 40 for $ 1 .
, best known for his upset win in the 2008 woodbine mile ( can - it ) , has been retired from racing with a career record of 14 - 10 - 4 from 41 starts .
the gelding , who was pulled up and vanned off following a runner up effort in the aug . 13 sword dancer ( gr . it ) at saratoga , sustained a minor leg injury , but is expected to make a full recovery , according to trainer ian black .
“turning down the backside , ( jockey ) emma - jayne ( wilson ) said he took a funny step , so she pulled him up and called for the horse ambulance , ” said black . “he seemed to cool out fine , and the longer he walked , the better he seemed to get . ”
“he would make a lovely pony , ” said black . “he loves to go out on the racetrack and stand and watch . even when he was training , he’d stand there forever if you’d let him before he galloped . so there is a possibility we could do something like that with him , because he does love the racetrack life . ”
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the shedrow in barn 15 is quiet on a sunny morning at woodbine racetrack , except for the gaggle of people surrounding one stall .
he is not returning to race . he ' ll be starting a new career as a pony for the stable , and his job will be to escort nervous two - year - olds to the track , and anyone else that needs a calming influence .
he likes the action of a racetrack . owners ellen and joe maclellan always knew he wouldn ' t be content to live his life out on a farm .
finally , young excaper earned his spot in the stall , having finished second in the breeders ' cup turf juvenile last fall . but on wednesday , excaper had to move out .
he was only renting it ,
bowen said .
it feels great to have him back ,
bowen added .
the barn now feels complete .
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“emma thought something was not right , ” said ian black , who has trained the 7 - year - old gelding throughout his career . “but he cooled out okay . ”
“when we got him out monday morning , he had a little filling in his left pastern , ” black said . “we decided to ultrasound it and found a lesion on his superficial digital tendon .
“if it was somebody a little younger , you could probably give him six months off and bring him back .
“he’ll get another life , either as a pony or a riding horse , ” black said .
trainer christophe clement has expressed an interest in returning to woodbine with grassy , who finished second behind musketier in the grade 3 singspiel here june 26 and was scratched from the sword dancer .
smart bid , who is based at fair hill in maryland with graham motion , also is a possibility .
owned by the donver stable of donna and verne dubinsky and trained by josie carroll , inglorious will have her regular rider , luis contreras , in the irons , for the 1 1 / 4 - mile alabama . the dubinskys and carroll won the 2009 alabama with careless jewel , who was ridden by robert landry .
advance registration will be available daily , through aug . 26 , from 11 a . m . to 11 p . m . at the second - floor player services desk here at woodbine and through sue clark at ( 416 ) 675 - 3993 , ext . 2513 , or at sck @ urltoken until 4 p . m . aug . 26 .
entries also will be taken at the contest venue from 10 a . m . to 1 p . m . aug . 27 .
contestants must ante up $ 330 , comprised of a $ 250 entry fee plus an $ 80 bankroll to cover 10 $ 2 win - place bets on each day of the contest , including three mandatory races . woodbine , saratoga , and monmouth will be the contest tracks , with fort erie added sunday . entries are limited to two per person .
in his five - year career , the seven - year - old racehorse - bred and part - owned by joe and ellen maclellan of spencerville - captured the imagination of thousands of horse racing fans around the globe for his brilliance on the track and as living proof that great racehorses can come at any price tag .
steps after running a brave second place in the grade 1 sword dancer invitational at historic saratoga racecourse in saratoga springs , new york , against some of the best turf horses in north america , he took a bad step .
we know this is a sport of highs and lows , but they aren ' t supposed to be nano - seconds apart ,
said joe maclellan of the moments after the race .
it was pretty scary .
an ultrasound showed a tear in his tendon , an injury that requires six months to heal .
we just wanted to make the cut . we wanted a horse that would be competitive enough to race at woodbine ,
admits maclellan .
there was real emotion from people we ' ve never even met before . i can ' t believe our little horse from spencerville had such a big impact on people ,
said maclellan , clearly touched by all of the support .
after he was born , the maclellans sold part interest of the horse to his mother , jean , of westport , and his brother , jim , who lives in calgary ( the partnership also includes dean reade and mitch peters of calgary ) . races became a meeting place for the maclellans , who on some days would have dozens of family and friends in attendance .
and for the maclellan family , they ' re going to keep breeding and racing horses . they currently have two racing at woodbine , a three - year - old at home , a weaning foal and two babies due next spring .
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they had decidedly different racing careers , but a similar impact on the man who watched them give their all .
hi . my name is jeff “skippy” bowen . i work at woodbine racetrack as assistant trainer to ian black .
) , who won the woodbine mile and was trained by ian black , my father - in - law . he was the first horse who really put us on the map and was the first stable star . he was a very honest horse and he could compete with the best in the world , including a trip to japan . he finished his career winning 10 stakes and $ 2 . 3 million , which is the most of any ontario - sired horse , ever .
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retired after suffering a tendon injury on 8 / 13 / 11 ( as of 2014 he is an outrider mount at keeneland race course ) . ( close )


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there was a time when gingering a horse , in which a piece of ginger was inserted into a horses rectum to make it run faster use to be the method of choice of the unsavory elements of horse racing , as advances in drug technoligy have evolved the sophistication in performance enhancing substances has advanced also . the answer lies in more efficient drug detecting apparatus and methods to detect horse racing cheats , rather than ban horse racing that some clowns have suggested , which would result in huge unemployment .
in 1975 , grundy was voted british horse of the year by the racegoers ' club , receiving 38 of the 40 votes .
doyen’s tpo system also guarantees that in case a player is successful , a club will be forced to transfer him if a ‘reasonable transfer offer’ is made . the ‘reasonable transfer offer’ is defined as a minimum amount . if an offer matches or exceeds this amount , doyen can force the club into choosing either to sell the player or to buy back doyen’s share for a price equivalent to doyen’s share of the transfer proceeds if the player would have been transferred . this is a mechanism that ensures that clubs will not be able to keep an outstanding player and pay the minimum fee due at the end of his contract ( or the put option fee ) , rather than sell the player for a more substantial amount . as the clubs having recourse to doyen are , as it is argued in its own submissions to the french and belgian courts , unable to afford recruiting these players in the first place , they are more than unlikely to be able to buy back the share of the economic rights owned by doyen when their price has tripled or quadrupled . the alternative is simple : sell or go bankrupt . until now few clubs have chosen the latter option . the mechanism of the ‘reasonable transfer offer’ is in itself aimed at influencing the transfer policy of the clubs signing a tpo deal with doyen . they have their hands doubly tied : if the player fails to materialize as a star they will have to repay at least doyen’s investment plus healthy interests ; if he does become a star they will lose him as soon as the right transfer offer comes . and doyen’s tpo contracts ensure that the right transfer offer will come .
reference point was voted 1987 british horse of the year by the racecourse association , attracting twelve of the twenty votes . [ 16 ]
“let’s say you buy a horse with r100 000 . in addition to insurance costs , you have to feed it and pay the trainer’s dues . three or four months down the line , the horse has failed to win a single race and the costs are building up .
finally , in 2015 doyen entered into a surprising deal with an unknown belgian club : seraing united ( or rfc seraing ) . the relatively small deal ( €300 . 000 ) concerns three of seraing’s players . it is definitely an unusual investment for doyen with very little potential to extract substantial profit . one hypothesis is that this contract is used as a legal trojan horse to support doyen’s legal challenge against fifa’s tpo ban in front of belgian courts . indeed , doyen has hired ( for €200 . 000 in 2015 as indicated in the ‘map of deals’ ) star lawyer jean - louis dupont , who was jean - marc bosman’s lawyer in the eponym case , to entertain complaints in front of the european commission and simultaneously the belgian courts against fifa’s tpo ban . in that regard , it has successfully used the sanctions imposed by the urbsfa ( the belgium football federation ) and fifa against seraing to justify the jurisdiction of the belgian courts over the case ( see our blog on the latest ruling in this case ) . doyen’s tpo investment in seraing has probably more to do with a smart legal stratagem than a long - term investment .
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- gained his third victory over the course and distance of next weekend ' s big race . this horse just does not like getting beat .
then in 1997 roberts’ agent told him at the races one saturday that south african trainer david ferraris had phoned and offered him a july ride on a horse called north by northwest . after the races roberts gathered this horse had won the gr 1 daily news and was the ruling july favourite .
results , king george vi and queen elizabeth diamond stakes : 1 . doyen ( frankie dettori ) 2 . hard buck ( gary stevens ) 3 . sulamani ( kerrin mcevoy ) 4 . gamut ( kieren fallon
in 2013 khumalo became the first black jockey to win the durban july handicap , south africa’s top horse race , on his steed heavy metal at the age of 28 . maphiri warns against taking khumalo’s achievement as a testament to the strides that black participation has made in horse racing in south africa .
you must have disposable income to own a race horse and there are plenty blacks , indians and whites who simply can’t afford it . there is nothing stopping an individual of any colour from buying a horse and putting it into training . as for there’s money to be made – laughable . it’s a hobby and be prepared to lose money on a horse , whether punting or owning . don’t blame transformation on the lack of black owners , again laughable
almost all of our top horses are unbeaten and very often you will not find out how good a horse is until something gets to it .
is a very striking individual . he is a dark bay horse with size and scope with lovely clean limbs and he is a correct straight mover .
as the doyen of turf scribes , max presnell , recently lamented , australian racing has slid
beyond the crossroads into decline
. the outcome of today ' s hearing will determine if the case is terminal .
doyen , the king george vi and queen elizabeth diamond stakes winner , earned a lowly mark of 127 , around 7lb behind the likes of sinndar and montjeu and almost a stone adrift of greats like dancing brave .
american contender hard buck couldn’t match doyen’s turn of foot , but he held off his rivals for the runner - up spot under gary stevens , who is perhaps better known in this country for his part in seabiscuit .
the sober assessment was underlined by the inclusion of only three british - trained horses - doyen , rakti and ouija board - in the top 20 of a new world league table which will be published regularly in future .
£20 , 000 ; doyen £10 , 000 ; lomitas £10 , 000 ; exceed and excel £7 , 500 ; mark of esteem £7 , 000 ; reset £7 , 000 ; sulamani £7 , 000 ; tobougg £5 , 000 .
smart call’s consolation was to be named equus champion older female and champion middle distance horse , while abashiri received a special achievement award for landing the sa triple crown .
i didn ' t have to give him a smack - he was doing it all on his own . what a great horse he is . now we can really say he is one of the finest . in all the times i have won this race , i have never had a horse travel like he did today .
not all racing is
a rich person ' s hobby
; there are plenty of horses , often on country tracks , owned and trained by people of low income . they might have one horse and it might just place now and then on a country track but they have a lot of fun enjoying their horse and dreaming .
doyen ' s reputation is based largely on the very fast time he put up in the hardwicke and the visual impression that race created , but dazzling times on fast ground are not the best indicators of a horse ' s ability . ' he reminds me of the good old days of swain and daylamia , ' said an excited frankie dettori ( is there any other sort of frankie ? ) after jumping off him at the royal meeting . perhaps he reminds punters of these previous king george winners too , but doyen is not yet the equal of either , and if there ' s any guide less reliable than the stopwatch , it ' s nostalgia .
putting the win into perspective , doyen sounded a warning he will be the major force in group one races he contests for the remainder of the season . he is a top - grade performer , able to quicken off any variation of pace .
golden doyen came with a strong late run to notch a course and distance win in one of this race’s qualifying heats . has been upped 3lb for that effort but the small rise in the weights shouldn’t be an issue for this improving individual .
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last year’s runner up marinaresco was the first horse to be drawn and his part - owner marsh shirtliff drew nine , a lot better than his draw of 17 last year .
the philippi trainer will run last year’s horse chestnut winner captain america in the kuda matchem stakes at durbanville on october 9 . the six - year - old is the highest rated horse in the 1 400m grade 3 and was third in last season’s j & b met after finishing fourth in the l’ormarins queen’s plate and beating futura in the green point .
it was a relief when nightfall won , because i didn ' t really want the extra pressure of doyen being the one who brought up the 2 , 000 - it was pressure enough that he was hot favourite for the king george .
legal eagle received the horse of the year award , as well as champion older male and champion miler awards , due to his three gr 1 victories . these included two weight for age mile wins , in the l’ormarin’s queen’s plate and the hf oppenheimer horse chestnut stakes , as well as a win in the gr 1 r4 million premier’s champions challenge over 2000m .
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they are still able to sell that banned horse offspring . . . ban its breeding range , every offspring sired or ( dam ) ed by that horse from ever racing . now there is a real penalty . make that whole racing genetic line useless ; worthless . ( any science on the doping of parents and whether it affects the genetic performance of the offspring ? )
coral fever won the jubilee off a merit rating of 89 and beat a horse who was 0 . 5kg under sufferance , so it was not difficult to punch holes in that form .
justin snaith , not to be out - done , has entered nine horses including the smart filly bela - bela , byerley turk runner - up copper force and dark horse , black arthur .
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dalakhani came with a great run to cut down his rivals in the straight , taking the lead from mubtaker in the final furlong to beat that horse by three - quarters of a length , with a below form high chaparral five lengths back in third and doyen fourth , with vinnie roe and black sam bellamy next . dalakhani was the third arc winner for his owner after akyida in 1982 and sinndar in 2000 and the first for his trainer and jockey christophe soumillon .
there’s plenty of money to be made in horse racing . however , barriers such as high entry costs to the sport are making it difficult for ordinary black south africans to benefit , opines maphiri .
concern that doyen ' s name would look a little out of place on the king george roll of honour proved unfounded as the four - year - old put a stamp of total authority on the latest renewal to win by a convincing three lengths , albeit recording a moderate time .
[ 1 ] this document is susceptible to being easily forged , as it is a simple excel sheet . therefore , i crosschecked the data included on the excel sheet with doyen’s erpas published on footballleaks , which confirmed the likely veracity of the information provided in the map of deals .
most horses in work at any given time are geldings , so for the vast preponderance of owners , that would be a non - penalty . banning a horse from racing if it tests positive punishes those least likely to be complicit in doping , which is the owners . if you have ever had a horse in work , you would know that the trainer has more or less total control over what happens to the horse in the stable . it is a pretty basic principle of our justice system that you don ' t punish people who are not guilty of wrongdoing and who are unaware of it occurring .
not for the first time , leopardstown ' s irish champion stakes emerged as the race that could well serve up the highlight of the season as plans for doyen , a dazzling winner of saturday ' s king george vi and queen elizabeth diamond stakes at ascot , started to take shape .
dettori said of doyen :
he was the one that was travelling the best and when i pulled him out , off he went . he was absolutely devastating . it was unbelievable . with the crowd screaming , i looked at the big screen to see how far ahead i was .
reference point was given a timeform rating of 139 , the eleventh highest awarded to any horse up to that time , and higher than those of nijinsky , alleged and troy . [ 16 ] in their book a century of champions , john randall and tony morris rated reference point the thirty - sixth best british horse of the 20th century and the second best derby winner of the 1980s behind shergar . [ 5 ]
“the sky is now the limit , ” said sheikh mohammed . “we will take him all over europe and america , which means the arc and the breeders’ cup turf . he is a very special horse . ”
sheikh mohammed ' s darley operation has announced its fees for the 2006 season , and will start newcomers dubawi at £25 , 000 and doyen at £10 , 000 at dalham hall stud near newmarket , england . shamardal , another newcomer , will stand for 40 , 000 euros at kildangan in ireland .
he recalled the big day , “the worst part was when i was in the parade ring . i saw this tiny little horse walking in . then i got on him and i couldn’t believe how small he was . i thought to myself , oh no , how embarrassing , journeying all this way to ride this horse . i asked the groom if he liked him and he replied , ‘no i like north by northwest , he is a very nice horse . ’ so my mood was down . but , then he went down to the start like an absolute bomb . i pulled him up at the 2400m mark and garth was alongside and i remember telling him how good the horse had felt . david had only given me one bit of advice , which was not to bring him through horses , so to try and bring him to the outside . ”
good read , thanks for the coverage on doyen . i ' m just wondering if they ( or other compnies ) are still active in player investment at all since the tpo ban ? e . g . are they attempting to make similar deals but restructuring contracts so that they comply with fifa rules ?
trainer justin snaith : he’s beautifully weighted and is a 2200m plus horse . he missed the cape summer because of injury and off 53kg he is a huge runner . all my horses are well in at the weights .
popularly known as “jimmy bo - horse’’ in racing circles – a nickname he says he was given by radio dj’s at metro fm – maphiri shares his own personal story and the encounter with parkinson’s , with mbuyisi mgibisa .
this has been doyen’s best season to date , and he has shown continual improvement , leading connections to indicate that he may well stay in training next season ( providing the breeding contingent of the godolphin operation can be kept at bay ) . he is likely to be aimed at the irish champion stakes next .
the sean tarry - trained avontuur thoroughbred farm stud - bred greys inn gelding legal eagle won the most anticipated equus award , horse of the year , at the glittering annual ceremony held at the emperor’s palace on tuesday night .
doyen ( ire ) b . h , 2000 { 1 - s } dp = 8 - 2 - 22 - 11 - 1 ( 44 ) di = 0 . 91 cd = 0 . 11 - 14 starts , 5 wins , 2 places , 0 shows career earnings : $ 1 , 291 , 257
doyen , who did not enjoy the best of runs when second to warrsan in the coronation cup at epsom , has a favourite ' s chance in the hardwicke stakes . he is said to have come out of that race particularly well and can confirm epsom placings with high accolade , who was a close fourth .
ascot really did prove a happy hunting ground for godolphin this weekend – the newmarket - based operation pulled off an impressive victory in the midsummer showpiece , the king george vi and queen elizabeth diamond stakes on saturday , as doyen came dashing home under frankie dettori to beat the rest of the field by three lengths .
trainer justin snaith : have aimed him specifically for the july . he’s the horse to beat . he’s a huge runner off 54 . 5kg . horses run for grant van niekerk and he can ride him confidently . of the older horses he’s the right horse . there are lots of big races in the winter season but really this is the race we all want to win and you have to sneak into the race off the best weight that you can .
in 2014 and 2015 , doyen decided also to heavily invest in the south american market . it made a number of deals ( 11 ) involving mostly brazilian players ( from santos fc , sao paulo , atletico paranense and flamengo ) and also two columbians ( from deportivo estudiantil ) . those deals are for the most part still on - going . they are also probably riskier for doyen than the european deals because of the limited guarantees that south american clubs can provide . the leandro damiao case is there to remind us that those deals are in any case risky for the clubs . damiao was a great prospect when he was transferred for €15 million to santos in december 2013 . based on the map of deals doyen loaned €12 million to santos in return for 80 % of the economic rights attached to him . yet , after three years , damiao’s contract was rescinded in december 2015 and he moved on a free transfer to betis seville , leaving santos with an €18 million debt to pay to doyen ( which was recently upheld by the brazilian justice ) . this is a good reminder that tpo , on whichever continent , is everything but risk - free for clubs . the sweet feeling of short - term cash might very well turn into the ( very ) sour taste of long - term debt .
in 1987 , now riding full - time in britain , roberts bumped into prolific south african owner laurie jaffee at royal ascot . jaffee believed he would win the july that year with bush telegraph and offered roberts the ride as the horse’s regular rider garth puller was going to battle to make the weight . however , roberts could never have considered abandoning the great horse mtoto . bush telegraph duly won the july , while roberts steered mtoto to two successive coral eclipse victories .
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another kzn gr 1 hopeful for the festival of speed might well be the filly great aim , who is trained out of the small yard of ivan moore , who has proved before he can get the best out of a good horse .
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godolphin have clearly decided it is time to take the gloves off as they continue to enjoy one of the most successful seasons in their 10 - year existence . doyen , whose king george victory was his first group one success , is their new flagship middle - distance star - and they are ready to take on all - comers .
player said he was also waiting on a decision from trainer aidan o ' brien on powerscourt , who finished third in saturday ' s irish champion stakes ( 2000m ) at leopardstown in which godolphin ' s favourite doyen was unplaced - although it is likely o ' brien is now looking towards the arc in paris next month rather than melbourne .
in the observer ' s list of the
10 greatest horse races of all time ,
the match between grundy and bustino in the king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot racecourse on july 26 , 1975 was ranked number two .
bass - robinson has two gr 1 - winning fillies among her four entries , nightingale and silver mountain , and the former makes more appeal over this trip . her expensively bought three - year - old horizon could also develop into a july horse .
in this week’s horse & hound magazine , out on thursday 15 june 2017 , don’t miss our eventing report from bramham horse trials , plus read our features on how equine therapy is helping injured servicemen and also what to look forward to at the hickstead derby meeting . in this week’s issue we talk to champion flat jockey jim crowley and olympic cyclist - turned - jockey victoria pendleton answers our q & a , plus check out our reports from dressage at wellington , showjumping from royal cornwall and much more .
footballleaks is now operating since nearly half a year and has already provided an incredible wealth of legal documents both on tpo ( and in particular doyen’s contractual arrangements ) and on the operation of the transfer system in football ( mainly transfer agreements , player contracts and agents contracts ) . this constant stream of information is extremely valuable for academic research to get a better grip on the functioning of the transfer market . it is also extremely relevant for the shaping of public debates and political decisions on the regulation of this market . as pointed out on the footballleaks website , it has triggered a series of press investigations in major european news outlets . in this blog , i want to come to a closure on our reporting on doyen’s tpo deals . in the past months , we have already dealt with the specific cases of fc twente and sporting lisbon , reviewed doyen’s tpo deals with spanish clubs , as well as discussed the compatibility of the tpo ban with eu law . in the sporting lisbon case , doyen has since earned an important legal victory in front of the cas ( the ensuing award was just published by footballleaks ) . this victory should not be overstated , however , it was not unexpected due to the liberal understanding of the freedom of contract under swiss law . as such it does not support the necessity of tpo as an investment practice and does not threaten the legality ( especially under eu law ) of fifa’s ban .
it is not long odds that frankie dettori will start the day with a double courtesy of where with all ( 2 . 30 ) and doyen ( 3 . 05 ) . the two - year - olds in the chesham stakes are largely unknown quantities , but where with all looked a decent prospect when overcoming inexperience to win on his debut at haydock .
trainer joey ramsden : i was very happy with his last run . he ran a good race without hammering him . he’s in good order . anton ( marcus ) thought about riding him but eventually stuck to the other horse ( edict of nantes ) .
mr maphiri , why have you not bought horses ? you have been in a position to do so for many years . and with all your knowledge of the racing game and all the affluent people you have come into contact with why have you not formed black syndications ? as for lots of money to be made from horse racing i will add my own chuckle , i am a normal punter who loses his fair share of money punting , i would never ever consider owning a horse , i lose enough .
the general consensus of those who follow racing is that the small trainers get maximum penalties but the big trainers get off scott free because the industry can ' t get along without them . you might even say that all trainers are equal , but some are more equal than others . ( sound familiar ? ? ) . imo there is a way to stop it , but it ' s a bit radical . when these illegal substances are found - ban the horse for life . yes , the horse - not the trainer . that way the owners will lose large amounts of money and the trainer will have to answer to them , probably in court . on top of this fine the trainer and the ownership of the horse , and send the proceeds to animal welfare .
simon crisford , racing manager to godolphin , said :
it was a magnificent win , and one that gives us every hope for the big races for the remainder of the season . he has come out of the race very well . doyen had done everything right leading up to the king george , and there was great confidence surrounding him going into the race .
doyen’s business model is smart and has to be acknowledged as a cynical embrace of the intrinsic logic of fifa’s transfer system . it plays on each club’s natural drive for grandeur and the propensity of the clubs’ management to throw caution to the wind to get there at least once . doyen’s head , nelio lucas , is no criminal . there is no indication that he engages in match fixing or money laundering . he is a dead - set investor hunting for the grail : secure financial returns on investments . and he ( with many others [ 4 ] ) has found a way to play the transfer system to his advantage and to game irrational clubs and managers . this does not imply that this business model should go on , however .
statue of liberty [ ridden by kinane ] was beaten by a comparative outsider in the sussex stakes at goodwood . if that horse had won a group one , coolmore could have launched him as a commercial stallion , but without that status it ' s much harder .
“in the olden days , horse racing was the only game in town . today , there’s a huge difference with the advent of tv and computers . people don’t go to the races anymore . gone are the days when race courses used to be full to capacity . ”
deemed by many as unlucky to have missed out on a single equus award last year , legal eagle received south african racing’s top accolade when voted equus horse of the year at a plush function hosted by the racing association at emperors palace in johannesburg on tuesday , august 16 .
there ' s very little to redeem it , aside from the public tax income perhaps . but i suppose it should be placed in context . most animals are exploited in some way . if i had to choose between six years as a racing horse or two weeks in the coles meat department , i know which life i ' d prefer . you can also draw parallels between horse racing and competitive sport . the main difference is that when we run our footballers into the ground and their knees give out , we don ' t sell them to the glue factory .
the bookies are predicting this year ' s race will come down to a duel between the crack french three - year - old dalakhani and the ultra - tough irish four - year - old high chaparral . the epsom derby victor , kris kin , with kieren fallon on board , leads the english challenge , with frankie dettori ' s french mount , doyen , as the joker in the pack .
the champion two - year - old male looked clear cut and duly went to another horse by captain al , the vaughan marshall - trained klawervlei stud - bred colt always in charge , who won the hotly contested gr 1 tsogo sun gold medallion over 1200m at scottsville by three lengths .
if horse racing were banned it would result in a lot of unemployment , not a good idea , if you worked in the racing industry you would find there is less corruption there , than most other industries , it seems you made this post out of mistaken emotion rather than proper observation .
( 3 f fast company – mean lae by johannesburg ) who was subsequently bought for £1 , 300 , 000 by the china horse club at the goffs london sale , minding overcame severe trouble in running in the oaks ( gr 1 , 1m4f ) at epsom to secure a second classic victory .
timeform called dalakhani “genuine and consistent” and said he was “effective on going ranging from heavy to good to firm” . they said he “had a telling turn of foot for a horse who stayed a mile and a half” and was “quite attractive , but rather finely made” . he stands 16 . 1 hands .
. this four - year - old colt not only won the english and irish derby in 2002 before finishing an excellent third in the arc after a badly interrupted preparation , he later stamped himself an outstanding middle - distance horse with a memorable american victory in the breeders ' cup turf at arlington park .
horse racing is not bigger than ever . it is smaller . horse racing has been totally eclipsed by sports betting as the preferred gambling medium of most punters , and as a general interest sport ( which it very much was , a couple of generations ago ) it is nowhere . the tv and media coverage that it gets is bought and paid for by the industry itself , which should give you an idea of the sport ' s popularity . can you imagine the afl or cricket australia actually paying newspapers and tv stations big money every year to cover their sports ? of course not . but racing does .
racing victoria ltd ' s mark player said yesterday that elegant fashion was due to arrive in melbourne after a flight from hong kong on october 5 , with the german stablemates paolini and simonas . player said hayes had arranged for a horse from lindsay park to go into quarantine , with elegant fashion as a working companion .
the bay horse was rated 132 by timeform and he entered stud at the age of 4 in 1985 at coolmore as one of the most desirable stallion prospects in years owing to his fabulous pedigree - northern dancer was massive sensation at that time - and race record of winning 6 of his 11 starts in good company .
saeed bin suroor was champion trainer in the united kingdom for the fourth time in 2004 , a year in which godolphin captured 11 group one races . refuse to bend and sulamani netted a brace apiece , while papineau ' s victory in the gold cup at royal ascot was one of six successes for godolphin at the five - day extravaganza . doyen subsequently ran away with the king george vi & queen elizabeth stakes and received multiple awards for his achievements .
it may be that doyen , far from being the best middle - distance racehorse in europe , isn ' t even the best in his own stable , as a not quite match - fit sulamani , who beat everything in the king george last year except the then - brilliant alamshar , put up a mathematically similar performance against high accolade and persian majesty when just failing to concede weight to bandari in the princess of wales ' s stakes at newmarket .
south australian breeders have access to a superb racehorse and proven sire following the aga khan’s decision to shuttle dalakhani ( ire ) to cornerstone stud in 2013 . it’s an historic move by one of the world’s major breeders , and those looking to breed a classic winner or cups horse will find this stallion ticks all the boxes .
warrsan’s jockey darryl holland was adamant that the slow pace had hijacked the six - year - old’s chances . “it was a non - event for me , ” he said , after coming ninth . “they went no pace and my horse wants a proper end - to - end gallop . it was all very disappointing . ”
“to own a horse one has to apply for colours and the accompanying costs are just but one of the many barriers that black owners face when trying to enter the industry , ” he says . the thoroughbred breeders association has set up shared ownership syndicates to make it easier and less costly for new entrants to the game .
trainer dean kannemeyer : i’m very happy with his 1900 performance . that’s what made me think of supplementing him for the july . he is well weighted and is a tough , sound and consistent horse . i won this race two years ago with power king off a similar weight so i don’t think that he’s without a chance .
the result also provided trainer dermot weld and jockey pat smullen with their first win in the £1 , 325 , 000 race , but the horse had to overcome a scare , when injuring a foot on the morning of the race , before getting the better of us army ranger ( galileo ) by a length and a half .
“he has got to be the outstanding horse of his generation over all distances and all goings , ” the aga khan said after the three year - old’s win in the arc . “i have always said it is difficult to make comparisons between champions but dalakhani , such a beautiful mover , has a concentration of unusual talent . ”
sadler ' s wells has certainly flown the flag for northern dancer ' s amazing influence and genetics . our equus 2011 award horse - of - the - year is igugu ( aus ) - and her sire who is also proving himself a force to be reckoned with is galileo who in turn is by sadler ' s wells .
legal eagle raced five times during the season and won three grade 1 races in imperious fashion – the l’ormarins queen’s plate , the hf oppenheimer horse chestnut stakes and the premier’s champions challenge . his other two starts yielded seconds to smart call in the j & b met in january and an allowance plate in his first run of the season .
phoenix reach had no success in europe as a four - year - old in 2004 , when his preparation was disrupted by a viral infection early in the year . his first appearance was delaye until june when he finished sixth to rakti in the prince of wales ' s stakes . after finishing sixth in the grand prix de saint - cloud he started a 33 / 1 outsider for the king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes and finished tenth of the eleven runners behind doyen .
his nearest market rival al sahem received a rousing cheer when he drew pole position , but it is questionable whether this is a good draw these days . there have been a few slow run julys recently , so being handy has become preferable and a horse drawn in pole might have to be used up to a certain extent to hold position .
on sunday 5 october at longchamp . nonetheless , as the days roll by until europe ' s most prestigious autumn race , there also appears to be growing confidence behind the chief opposition to the powerful grey colt who will be attempting to give french champion jockey elect christophe soumillon his first victory in the great 2400m horse race at longchamp in paris .
horse racing is bigger than ever , only now it ' s watched and gambled on in pubs , clubs and the tab , or watched at home on foxtel and online . a few people still go to the races but not many . cheating and animal cruelty will always exist in the racing industry and while ever we tolerarte it it will continue .
turfdonna won the 157th henkel - preis der diana – german oaks over 11 furlongs at dusseldorf , giving sunnyhill stud stallion doyen ( by sadler ' s wells ) a winner at the highest level . the andreas wohler - trained three - year - old was bred by gestut auenquelle , she is a half - sister to the stakes - placed turfflamme ( by lomitas ) and her dam turfaue ( by big shuffle ) is a full - sister to the group 1 premio lydia tesio heroine turfrose .
thanks for your kind words . doyen is still active in football ( as an agent , image rights holder , or based on old tpo contracts from before the ban ) , but is apparently not engaging into new tpo deals ( besides seraing probably for the purpose of the legal challenge against fifa ' s ban ) . it is also possible that they moved into traditional investment into clubs ( or try to buy a club ) , but this is way more risky than tpo investment . . .
as a sport - mad country , south africa’s local gambling industry , including casinos and physical betting , is worth r20bn . according to a report by pwc , in 2011 horse racing accounted for 78 % of the total gross sports betting revenue in south africa , generating r1 . 7bn of the r2 . 2bn the entire sports betting industry earned that year .
jezki , meanwhile , may have lost some of the gloss he had over two miles before the injury he sustained in 2015 but he is still formidable . he outstayed hurricane fly to win the ladbrokes world hurdle at punchestown over today’s trip two years ago . any horse capable of that deserves respect and he would be on the each - way short - list .
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fallon ' s instinctive genius makes him equally effective dictating the pace from the front or switching a horse off for a late run . spencer ' s artistry evokes comparisons with walter swinburn in his prime . not as tough on his mounts as fallon , which could be an advantage with some of aidan o ' brien ' s highly strung american - bred colts . advantage fallon , just
couldn ' t agree more . i learned over 50 years ago how crooked the horse racing industry was ( along with the trots and greyhounds ) . everything that has happened since has only confirmed those early learnings . crooked at all levels , with tacit approval from administration and government . there ' s simply too much money to be made - but only if you ' re in the know .
twenty minutes before preferment and awesome rock ( aus ) ( fastnet rock { aus } ) passed the post together in the australian cup , peeping ( aus ) ( redoute’s choice { aus } ) had won the day’s sydney feature , the g1 coolmore classic at rosehill . by comparison , her sire is a youngster : redoute’s choice was aged only 15 when she was born . however , time passes , and redoute’s choice ( now aged 19 ) has packed so much into his life that he can almost be viewed as the doyen of australia’s sire ranks .
in 2014 and 2015 , this iberian bias progressively faded . doyen entered in new deals only with granada ( luis martins ) , fc porto ( brahimi ) and cadiz fc ( multiplayers ) . as fifa announced its decision to ban tpo in september 2014 , this might have cooled off the interest of the most prominent spanish and portuguese clubs . it is also possible that since the eurozone crisis came to a slow end and the european central bank flooded the financial markets with cheap money , football clubs progressively recovered access to more traditional ( and less risky ) sources of credit .
bred by sheikh mohammed , whose maroon - and - white colours he carried when trained by andre fabre , doyen was immediately transferred to godolphin at the end of last year . the irish champion stakes has been nominated by trainer dermot weld as the starting point this autumn for his irish derby winner grey swallow , so the long - awaited comparison of the generations could be completed in dublin on sept 11 , although there was encouragement for the three - year - olds when their sole representative , tycoon , came in sixth after meeting with interference in the straight in the king george .