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Was it Snaafi Dancer that cost about £10,000,000 and was too slow to take the the races.
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Yes Snaffi Dancer trained by John Dunlop.
2. Snaafi Dancer ($10.2 million, 1983) Amid the spending splurge of the 1980s, Snaafi Dancer became a byword for the excesses of the thoroughbred sales ring. On a sensational night at the Keeneland July Sale, the world record price for a yearling was almost tripled in a matter of minutes as Sheikh Mohammed won a monumental duel with Robert Sangster for this son of Northern Dancer. The price was so incredible that the lights on the sale-ring scoreboard went out when the bidding hit eight figures because it had run out of numbers. Sent into training with John Dunlop, Snaafi Dancer became an embarrassment. He never made it to a racecourse because he was simply too slow to race. Dunlop said of him: "Rather a sweet little horse actually, but unfortunately no bloody good." As a half-brother to crack US sprinter My Juliet and the Group 1-placed Lyphard's Special, Snaafi Dancer was given a chance at stud but that was a disaster too. He suffered fertility problems and sired only four foals. |
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I don't blame the horses, but the trainers, really what the feck are they doing with their younger animals to get them ready for a race day...fines should be used in the worst cases.
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folk who buy racehorses are just guessers...
like the rest of us... it's the folk who put their faith in them who need to have a word with themselves imv. |
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No red hood for it then
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National Hunt type
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The stalls procedure is all wrong, they should be put in the stalls in draw order, no put in last nonsense, just the luck of the draw, they should only be given a set number of attempts. It might be tough because I have sympathy for trainers, they can do all the work at home, even take them to a track but if a horse suddenly takes a dislike to the stalls on the day, there isn't a lot they can do, however it has to be fair for the whole field.
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