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Cheltenham Festival
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***OFFICIAL WHO'S OUT FOR THE SEASON THREAD***
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Happy retirement for The Giant Bolster.
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Yes, great news. An excellent decision by his connections. One of my favourite horse of all time.
It sounds like they have a very enjoyable and active retirement planned for him Happy retirement TGB, you have been a real star  |
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well said md.
the horse is one of those guys that falls below the radar, but not on compass, absolute legend of a horse. Happy retirement TGB |
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VAUTOUR.....3 time Cheltenham Festival winner sustain fatal injury - Brilliant Racehorse - broke a foreleg in a freak accident in the paddock, while out with Shaneshill.
ASK VIC.....Supreme Horse Racing Club's 7yo filly lost thru colic. AVANT TOUT.....6yo jumped big at 1st fence and landed awkward in Naas and was put down (owned by Supreme Horse Racing Club & Brett T Graham). MOONE DANCER.....Jessie/Richie Galway's sadly reported died. CAPTAIN BOCELLI..... Gordon/Whateley reported died since Downpatrick race. ROUGH QUEST.....30 years of age passed in retirement with thoughts to Mick Fitz but a wonderful age. CALGARY BAY.....Age 13 Henrietta's sadly PTS only 18 months into retirement in Sept. MOSCOW FLYER.....22yo sadly passed away in retirement at the Irish National Stud - Wonderful Horse. |
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BOONDOOMA.....9yo disputing lead when lost action before 9th at Chelt sadly fatally injured.
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Killultagh Vic is not out for the season, but will be back at the end of the season at the EARLIEST. From Patrick Mullins on ATR last night.
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What a sad day at Cheltenham
Sprinter Sacre retires Simonsig dies Both horses gave me pleasure There will be a lot of tears at Seven Barrows |
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SIMONSIG.....10yo for NJ Henderson/RA Bartlett was put down after falling during at Cheltenham.
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ARIZONA STATE.....AP O'Brien reported his 2yo to have been fatally injured after Dundalk run.
MIGHTY LEGEND.....Halfords 3yo pulled up quickly and fatally injured in Dundalk. CAR PARK PURCHASE.....fall at last in Naas proved fatal - Trainer TJ Taaffe/Owner Mrs TJ Taaffe/Breeder Victor Connolly. |
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Barters Hill now definitely out for the season.
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Anyone know what happened to Alan Kings Chatez?
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BLACK JACK KETCHUM.....see reported that 17yo and 9 time winner (7 for AP) trained by Jonjo for Mrs Gay Smith passed away with colic.
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Sad news about BJK
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Le Reve is out until Spring. He is very lucky to be alive after the horrible incident at Cheltenham.
From Sporting Life.... "The eight-year-old is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a stress fracture to his neck following a multiple horse pile-up in a Grade Three at Cheltenham earlier this month. After unseating Nico de Boinville, who was left nursing a broken arm, at the second fence, Le Reve continued to gallop on riderless before getting trapped between the wings of the 12th fence. Although leader Shotgun Paddy cleared the gelding, Cogry, Midnight Prayer and Racing Pulse were all brought down in the resulting melee, which saw Le Reve carried over the fence by the charging field. Wadham said: "It was horrific. He had a bone scan at the end of last week and he has a stress fracture to the base of his neck. It is not displaced so it should heal. He is on box rest. "He unseated Nico with a bad jump and he got trodden on and Le Reve continued round the whole course. "He came down the hill in front of the field and he could not see the others as he had blinkers on. He started to pull himself up on the take off side of the fence and they took him over to the landing side. "He took a hell of a battering. I did think he was dead and I couldn't believe he got up. He was hit by three horses and they carried him over the fence. "He is lucky to be alive, but we are pretty hopeful for the long term. He won't be out until the spring at the earliest. The bet365 is what I was hoping to have him back for, but it is early days yet. "Luckily he has got a great temperament and is being a good patient. We will X-ray him again in a few weeks." Get well soon, Le Reve |
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Some good news, thought he was a gonner. Cheers MD.
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Stilletto was sadly lost at Newbury last Friday.
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Jollyallan has been retired.
Sorry if this has been posted before. |
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Didn't look good for Edouard yesterday and So Fine pulled up quickly at Wincanton.
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Paterson92 • December 27, 2016 11:23 PM GMT
"I'm hoping [i]Faugheen will be back for the Irish Champion Hurdle. I don't want people to worry, he is in very good form." - Rich Ricci earlier today.[/i] Hope he's not mentioned in bold capital letters on this thread again  |
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Josies orders
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SUNNI MAY.....has died of a heart attack.
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Robin Roe cracked knee.
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Dynaste
Happily retired today. This thread isn't always bad news |
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Missy Tata is out for the season:
Simon Munir, who owns the mare with Isaac Souede, tweeted on Sunday night: "Unfortunately, Missy Tata's spectacular season has been curtailed by a suspensory injury fingers crossed she'll be back next season." |
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Don Cossack Retired. Cracking Horse
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Sad news.
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My initial thought was the same CCM, but then retiring him whilst they can is the right decision. Sad for racing but probably the right decision. Retiring as the highest rated chaser with your last race being a win in the Gold Cup is pretty cool.
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Yes of course JB. Respect connections for taking the decision, just always sad to lose another of our top stars.
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Not sure if the Valseur Lido news is right but even if it is not, the recent spate of potential festival runners ruled out confirms my long held view that if you fancy any horse to win a festival race in November or December, you only have a 50% chance of that horse running in the race that you hope it will never mind winning. Even Altior and Cue Card might not run in the race you expect and how many backed Thistlecrack for the RSA? My only ante post bet at the moment is Might Bite for the RSA.
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ANNIE POWER....."She's definitely out of Cheltenham and whether she runs again this season, I don't know. We'd have to see the extent of it, but I'd probably say not. Normally when a horse gets an injury like that we give them a week or 10 days and then reassess and I think that's what we'll do. She's going to be a huge loss to us this season." WPM.
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L'ANTARTIQUE.....2007 Paddy Poor Gold Cup Winner formerly trained by Ferdy Murphy, the 17yo died in retirement of arthritis.
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MANY CLOUDS
 SO SADLY GONE BUT NEVER EVER WILL BE FORGOTTEN |
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MANY CLOUDS.....Sadly the 10yo went out in a blaze of glory - 2015 Grand National Winner collapsed and died after narrowly beating Thistlecrack in the 2017 Cotswold Chase - Trained by Oliver Sherwood for Trevor Hemmings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eCSF_SoPT4 ('Sleeping At Last' by Saturn). |
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TENNIS CAP.....Pulled Up quickly after 4 out in Leopardstown - fatally injured - WPM.
THE CROW'S NEST.....Sadly reported RIP since race in Dundalk - Trainer Andrew McNamara. |
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Any more falling by the way side
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Noel Meade's 2014 Albert Bartlett Winner - Very Wood has reportedly died.
Thoughts with Gigginstown. Been a tough year for them |
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Don Poli misses Cheltenham.
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Finnians Oscar out
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Even worse fall out in the last month than usual. Anyone laying any horse below 10/1 at Xmas would have won more than half their bets already.
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REVE DE SIVOLA.....sadly died at Kelso on Saturday.
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