Wednesday, January 8, 2003
LATEST WILLIAM HILL ANTE-POST PRICES
Confidence from both trainer, Paul Nicholls, and jockey Richard Johnson has seen William Hill promote Dark'n Sharp to 5-1 joint favourite - along with Fondmort and Seebald - for Saturdays Victor Chandler Chase. Young Devereaux, winner when Dark'n Sharp fell last time out, is just behind these at 11-2.
VICTOR CHANDLER CHASE: 5-1 Dark'n Sharp (from 6-1), Fondmort, Seebald, 11-2 Young Devereaux, 13-2 Fadoudal Du Cochet, 9-1 Turgeonev, 10-1 Golden Alpha, 12-1 Devon View, Redemption, 14-1 Just Jasmine, 16-1 Bleu Superb, Risk Accessor, 20-1 Wahiba Sands, 25-1 Davoski, Wave Rock, 33-1 Batswing, Demasta, 200-1 Castle Prince.
SMURFIT CHAMPION HURDLE: 5-1 Intersky Falcon, Rooster Booster, 8-1 Davenport Millenium, 10-1 Rhinestone Cowboy, 12-1 Landing Light, Like A Butterfly, 14-1 Hors La Loi III, 20-1 Flame Creek, Galileo, Ilnamar, Marble Arch, Puntal, Santenay, Scottish Memories, 33-1 Copeland, Geos, Holy Orders, Laveron, Westender, 40-1 Eternal Spring, In Contrast. (Others Upon Request)
IRISH INDEPENDENT ARKLE TROPHY: 3-1 Azertyuiop, 6-1 Impek, 8-1 Adamant Approach, 14-1 Bust Out, Vol Solitaire, 16-1 Farmer Jack, Got One Too, Isio, 20-1 Golden Alpha, Le Roi Miguel, 25-1 Native Scout, No Need For Alarm, 33-1 First Love, Stars Out Tonight. (Others Upon Application)
QUEEN MOTHER CHAMPION CHASE: 3-1 Moscow Flyer, 5-1 Cenkos, 7-1 Flagship Uberalles, 10-1 Edredon Bleu, Native Upmanship, 12-1 Florida Pearl, Seebald, 14-1 Tiutchev, 20-1 Dark'n Sharp, Fondmort, Lady Cricket, Latalomne, 25-1 Geos, 33-1 Armaturk, Kadarann, Young Devereaux, 40-1 Turgeonev, Wahiba Sands, 66-1 Killultagh Storm, Logician, Redemption, Strong Run, 100-1 Macs Gildoran. (Others Upon Request)
ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE CHASE: 7-2 Jair du Cochet, 10-1 It Takes Time, Keen Leader, Le Coudray, 14-1 Joss Naylor, Montalcino, Tarxien, 16-1 Sir Rembrandt, 20-1 Telemoss, The Bajan Bandit, 25-1 Ask Henry, Irish Hussar, One Knight, 33-1 Bold Investor, Cracking Dawn, Jurancon II, Lucky Bay, Skippers Cleuch. (Others Upon Request)
TOTE CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP: 7-4 Best Mate, 8-1 Beef Or Salmon, 12-1 Marlborough, 14-1 Commanche Court, Hussard Collonges, 16-1 Cyfor Malta, 20-1 First Gold, 25-1 Bacchanal, Barton, Chives, Florida Pearl, Gingembre, Harbour Pilot, Rince Ri, Valley Henry, 28-1 Behrajan, 33-1 Colonel Braxton, It Takes Time, Joss Naylor, Keen Leader, Le Coudray, Sackville, 40-1 Horus, See More Business, Shotgun Willy, 50-1 Foly Pleasant, Fondmort, Iznogoud, Monsignor, Royal Auclair, Shooting Light, Truckers Tavern.(Others Upon Request)
STAYERS HURDLE: 5-2 Baracouda, 7-2 Limestone Lad, 5-1 Bacchanal, 8-1 Bannow Bay, Galileo, 14-1 Classified, Deano's Beeno, Ilnamar, 16-1 Stromness, 25-1 Native Emperor, 33-1 Crazy Horse, Freetown, 50-1 Yorkshire. (Others Upon Request)
ELITE TRIUMPH HURDLE: 5-1 Saintsaire, 8-1 Don Fernando, 20-1 Nas Na Riogh, 25-1 Harchibald, Kapgarde, Lilium de Cotte, Old Californian, Party Airs, Vanormix, 33-1 Cape Canaveral, Duke of Earl, Golden Cross, Golden Flight, Lewis Island, Liberthine, Lost in the Rain, Lowlander, Smugglers Song, Spectroscope, Tramantano, 40-1 Dashing Home, Fast Mix, Turbo, 50-1 Carapuce, Do L'Enfant D'eau, Fortune Island, Le Duc, Oracles Des Motte, Sporazene. (Others Upon Request)
MARTELL GRAND NATIONAL: 12-1 Ad Hoc, 14-1 Gunner Welburn, 16-1 Cyfor Malta, Davids Lad, Gingembre, 20-1 Bindaree, Chives, Kingsmark, More Than a Stroll, 25-1 Behrajan, Bobby Grant, Bounce Back, Carbury Cross, Grey Abbey, Gunther McBride, Mini Sensation, Rince Ri, Rith Dubh, Shotgun Willy, Supreme Glory, The Bunny Boiler, 33-1 Amberleigh House, Ardent Scout, Blowing Wind, Florida Pearl, Foxchapel King, Moor Lane, Paris Pike. (Others Upon Request)
SAGITTA 2000 GUINEAS: 8-1 Hold That Tiger, 10-1 Almushahar, 12-1 Oasis Dream, Refuse To Bend, Trade Fair, Tomahawk, 14-1 Statue of Liberty, 16-1 Tout Seul, Van Nistelrooy, 20-1 Muqbil, 25-1 Aljadeed, Dalakhani, Desert Star, Governor Brown, Lateen Sails, Maghanim, Rocket Ship, Western Diplomat, (Others Upon Request)
SAGITTA 1000 GUINEAS: 4-1 Soviet Song, Six Perfections, 5-1 Russian Rhythm, 14-1 Intercontinental, 16-1 Khulood, 20-1 Geminiani, Nayzak, 33-1 Casual Look, Cassis, Hi Dubai, Loving Kindness, Pearl Dance, Reach for the Moon, Spinola, 50-1 Hanami, (Others Upon Request)
VODAFONE DERBY: 8-1 Brian Boru, 14-1 Dalakhani, 20-1 Almushahar, Muqbil, Refuse To Bend, 25-1Alberto Giacometti, Powerscourt, 33-1 New South Wales, Van Nistleroy, 40-1 Love You Always, Persian Majesty, (Others Upon Request)
VODAFONE OAKS: 16-1 Echoes In Eternity, Yesterday, 20-1 Nayzak, 25-1 Elasouna, Hi Dubai, L'Ancresse, Time Honoured, (Others Upon Application)
WILLIAM HILL GREYHOUND DERBY: 20-1 Knockeevan Major, 25-1 Jurrassic Jack, Louis Saha, 33-1 Droopys Corleone, Farloe Style, Full Cigar, Larkhill Bullet, Maxie Rumble, On Line Deal, Pond Neptune, Ten Men, Top Savings, 50-1 BAR
DAVID WINTLE ENQUIRY TO BE HELD TOMORROW
10am - David Wintle
The Disciplinary Panel of the Jockey Club, on 9th January 2003, will hold an enquiry to establish whether or not, contrary to Rule 220 (iii) of the Rules of Racing, David Wintle, a licensed trainer, has acted in a manner which was prejudicial to the integrity, proper conduct, or good reputation of horseracing in Great Britain in respect of the conversations portrayed in the BBC production Kenyon Confronts between himself and reporters from the programme. The Panel will also consider whether or not Wintle has committed a breach of Rule 155 (i) and (ii) in respect of the running of SEATTLE ALLEY (USA) at Warwick on 9th March 2002 and at Fontwell on 23rd March 2002, and Rule 220 (ii) in respect of his behaviour towards Mr Paul Kenyon at Stratford on 31st May 2002.
OLDREY WELCOMES NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FILLIES
David Oldrey, President of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, tonight welcomed the fact the Racing Review Committee is eager to restructure the sport's programme to further opportunities for mares and fillies, something that the TBA - and it's late council member Gerald Leigh in particular - has long campaigned for.
Oldrey was speaking at the TBA's Annual Awards Dinner at the Churchill Hotel in London on Tuesday night.
He said: "One subject close to the heart of the TBA, and also high on the agenda of the Racing Review Committee, is the fairer treatment of fillies and mares in race programming.
"Fortunately, the European Pattern Committee has granted us a valuable derogation from its rules - indeed it has also agreed to change the rules.
"Together these factors will enable the Pattern Panel to make a dramatic advance over the next two or three years in sorting out our present black-type problems, and those of fillies in particular. How sad it is that Gerald Leigh did not live long enough to see his campaign succeed.
"The surprisingly sensible and pragmatic attitudes of all the other Pattern Committee countries is surely just the example we need in other areas - if you are (a) right and (b) reasonable, real advance can sometimes be achieved without a major war."
Oldrey also reiterated the need for harmony between two of racing's key constituents - the owners and racecourses.
He continued: "With one short break, I have been on the British Horseracing Board since it was founded and I have no doubt whatever that, amongst the five elements represented on the Board, our problems arise principally from the interface between the two constituencies which are at the same time the most belligerent and the most indispensable - the owners and the racecourses.
"Racing could exist without the Jockey Club, after some grumbling those sitting round the Industry Committee's table would still perform their various functions with or without representation and the TBA is well aware that the necessary horses (albeit at ruinous cost) could be imported.
"However the owners, with their still excessive losses, and the racecourses, for ever more obvious reasons, are indispensable in every sense.
"If their relationship worked better, progress towards common goals might be astonishingly quick but, at the moment, it doesn't and it would be nonsense to pretend the reasons for that are black and white issues.
"They are not - and before my good friend Jim Furlong gets round to accusing me of bias because membership of the Jockey Club gives me the nominal trusteeship of a 130th part of 13 racecourses, I would reply in advance that being one of his members for over 40 years is much more likely to have biased me in his direction."
GOODBODY WARNS OF DANGERS OF CORRECTING NATURAL FAULTS
Michael Goodbody, guest of honour at the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association's annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday night, gave a fascinating insight into his theories on breeding and raising a top-class racehorse.
Goodbody, who has been managing director of Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum s global Gainsborough Stud operation for more than 20 years, suggested that the trend among commercial breeders and vendors to correct faults in a yearling may be detrimental.
"More and more emphasis must be placed on soundness," said Goodbody at the Dinner at London's Churchill Hotel. "Having personally bought a considerable number of yearlings over the years, over-correction can cause more problems than is generally known.
"Nature will decree that if a thoroughbred wants to turn in or toe out' that is the way it should be. To over correct these faults causes major problems when the yearlings go into training and are put under pressure. Some of the worst-conformed horses are sometimes the best racehorses.
"When Real Quiet was sold as a yearling at the Keeneland September Sales for $17,000 he went on to win the Kentucky Derby.
"The deviation on his forelegs was so bad that a picture of his front legs appeared on the cover of The Blood-Horse, as an example that horses do not have to be 100 per cent correct to be great individuals with racing ability."
Goodbody went on to detail his insights into line breeding and genetics before concluding by warning that the overall thoroughbred broodmare band will suffer if genetic make-up is sacrificed for the sake of producing a commercially-attractive yearling.
He continued "There are some ideas that we employ in our breeding operations which I fully realise are not practical for the commercial breeder, who has to produce for the market something that is fashionably-bred and correct in order to maximise his return.
"However, if the genetic make-up is not correct in the long run, no top-class horses are produced and the broodmare band is subsequently devalued."
THE TWO TBA SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS 2002
The Award to the person employed within the Industry who, in the opinion of the TBA Council, has made a significant contribution to the British Breeding Industry, given by the Dominion Syndicate.
Winner: Paddy Bowles
A native of Cork in Ireland, Paddy Bowles comes from a farming background and has worked for the likes of Alec Head, the late Roland de Chambure, Baroda Stud in County Kildare and the late Sir Charles Clore at Stype Wood Stud in Berkshire.
But since October, 1981, he has been employed by Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum's Gainsborough Stud, initially working as farm manager at the Woolton Hill headquarters near Newbury. He is now senior farm manager in Europe and his responsibilities now stretch to cover the whole of Gainsborough's European breeding operation.
He is a renowned expert in the field of horse husbandry and delivers as many as 60 foals each year at Gainsborough, as well as managing the stud's 130-140 mares in Europe, spread between the Berkshire base, Ballysheehan Stud in County Tipperary and Woodpark Stud in County Meath.
He is one of the world's great experts on the fostering of foals and has proved to be a great mentor to the students who come to Gainsborough every year, having helped many young people master the rudiments of stud work.
The Special Award to the person who, in the opinion of the TBA Council, has made a significant contribution to the British breeding industry, given by the Duke of Devonshire.
Winner: Charles Frank MRCVS
An allergy to horses has not prevented Charles Frank from making a major contribution to the thoroughbred breeding industry in both Britain and further afield.
Acting as the TBA's veterinary adviser since 1977, he has been involved in all the big issues to have faced the industry.
After initially wanting to study law at Trinity College, Oxford, his attention was switched to the veterinary profession, especially the equestrian side, after developing friendships with Lambourn vet Eric Gill and Keith Piggott.
He qualified at the Royal Veterinary College in 1949 and initially worked in a mixed practice in Kent. On Gill's retirement in 1954, Charles Frank bought into the practice and worked as a vet in the Lambourn Valley until his retirement in 1975, with the great Brigadier Gerard probably being his most famous patient.
His work with the TBA has involved helping to draw up the 1978 Code of Practice with regard to the control of infectious equine reproductive diseases, which still has much relevance.
He was also involved in developing interest in racing and breeding in the Middle East during the 1970s and joined the International Veterinary Committee of the Federation Equestre Internationale, serving as President of the Veterinary Commission at the Seoul Olympics of 1988. In addition, he also served as an adviser to the National Trainers' Federation for 15 years.
He has also enjoyed success as a breeder in his own right. He purchased his first thoroughbred mare, Janita, for 240gns at the Sandown Park Sales and sold her colt foal by Sovereign Lord for 800gns in 1966. Subsequently named Lord John, he went on to win the Phoenix Stakes and finish a short-head runner-up in the New Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Outside of racing, Charles has published novels under the pen name of David Dawson and has had his autobiography published, Reminiscences Of A Travelling Vet.
After 25 years, he retired as the TBA's veterinary adviser in November and he is only the second veterinary surgeon to receive the Dominion Award - the first was his colleague at the Animal Health Trust, Brian Singleton.
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