The Winning Post – bureaucracy at its worst

May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Frankie Dettori. Pic: Wikimedia Commons

Frankie Dettori. Pic: Wikimedia Commons

by Stable Lad

 

Well, we witnessed bureaucracy in the racing world at its very worst over last weekend, with the very late obstacle to the anticipated return to the saddle of the irrepressible Frankie Dettori, when the French racing people refused to renew the Italian jockeys licence to ride, he having finished his six-months period of suspension on Sunday last.

 

Frankie was due to return to racing on Monday this week at Leicester, with his agent Ray Cochrane having already lined up a full list of mounts there, and also at the following days meeting at the Nottingham racecourse.

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A piece of history

May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

chester-racecourseBy Stable Lad

 

WHILE looking at the racing at Chester last week, it struck me that this looked to be a very extraordinary racecourse, with the horses seemingly always on the turn throughout most races, and the draw being particularly advantageous in the sprint races to the horses drawn on the inside of the track.

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Changing fortunes

May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

racingby Stable Lad

 

THE world of horseracing is absolutely chock-full of traditions, most of which go back a very long way, and are deeply attached to the realms of chance, good and bad fortune, and all that goes with these imposters in life.

 

How many times have you seen a “coincidence” bet come up, to do with specific names and numbers, and even sometimes to things as basic as birthdays etc.

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The Winning Post – “a catastrophic error”

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

racingby Stable Lad

 

“I made a catastrophic error!”. This was the frantic response of the renowned trainer at the British end of the Godolphin Empire, which has its stable in the heartland of English racing, at Newmarket, an area which is commonly known in racing circles as “Headquarters”.

 

The Godolphin people have been racing from here for years, and it is mainly from here that the irrepressible Frankie Dettori used to operate when riding in England.

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Here come the classics

April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Frankie Dettori. Pic: Wikimedia Commons

Frankie Dettori. Pic: Wikimedia Commons

by Stable Lad

 

ON the weekend of the 4th/5th of May, we will have the first two classic races of the season at Newmarket, the 2,000 Guineas, for colts, and the Fillies race, the 1,000 Guineas, both races to be run over the famous Rowley Mile testing straight course.

 

These races have been won by many outstanding exponents of the turf, and it is the strong hope that this year the races will produce again a horse that can go on to win an Oaks or a Derby later on in the racing year.

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Back to the flat

April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

racingby Stable Lad

 

It has always been very noticable, that when we are all through with the big festival at Cheltenham, followed quickly by the the sheer excitement of the Grand National and Aintree, racing goes into a kind of a lull, and seems to be marking time, getting ready, and having a long look at the early Classic races on the flat.

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A dangerous trade

April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

racingby Stable Lad

 

Well, both Cheltenham and Aintree have come and gone for another year, with each meeting leaving us with some disturbing memories regarding injuries to both jockeys and horses.

 

Now, it is a fact that those sad type of misfortunes do occur fairly regularly in horse racing, especially in the “over the sticks” branch of the sport, although, when it does happen in flat racing, thankfully not too often, the speed that the horses are travelling at means that it usually has a serious outcome.

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Brickley crowned champion Jockey for road trotting season

April 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Pictured at the annual St Stephen's Day road trotting races at Drimoleague is Kieran Sheehy on Rhyds Mystery taking the turn ahead of the field in the Grade C trot. Pic: Denis Boyle

Pic: Denis Boyle

THE 2013 ITHRF Road Trotting season concluded on Easter Sunday at Ballydehob and the Jockey’s Championship was only decieded in the second last race of a fantastic season for this sport which is exclusive to the West Cork region .

 

David Brickley originally from Reengereoga in Baltimore took the coveted title from his arch rival and great rival Deirdre Goggin from Goleen.

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Grand National Tips

April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

racingby Stable Lad

 

Well, here we are at last at one of the crunch times of the season, going into a three day meeting at the famous Aintree track, which will feature some fine racing over its duration, and culminates on Saturday with the Grand National, which is regarded all over the world as the greatest race of all in the realm of national hunt racing.

 

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Ballydehob Easter road trotting report

April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

JOCKEY Deirdre Goggin hit a rich vein of form when recording a treble at the annual Easter Sunday road trotting meeting in Ballydehob on a cold and wet renewal of this traditional event.

 

Conway Tiger was the third leg of her wins in the feature Grade A trot. Matts Romeo a winner in Baltimore was the market leader despite a twenty yard handicap. Conway Tiger led from the start and was well positioned at the final turn.

 

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