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14 Sep 25
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According to Kia . Rafe gelded one of his in error
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Good on Kia, not scared to call these guys out and couldnt give a fck what people think.
so many liars in racing it isnt true
one day they run a feature AOB no,s everyone of his 200 odd horse by name as they walk by and now rafe sends the wrong horse or gets the vet in the yard to geld the wrong horse,in rafe,s case he can even be wrong on 50% of his horses and still get away with it
one day they run a feature AOB no,s everyone of his 200 odd horse by name as they walk by and now rafe sends the wrong horse or gets the vet in the yard to geld the wrong horse,in rafe,s case he can even be wrong on 50% of his horses and still get away with it
every horse has a chip in his ear surely a vet would have to check thre chip to make sure he,s chopping the right horses bits off ?
Not if that horses name was on the paperwork to be cut, that is where the mistake was probebly made.
O'Ryan didn't mention the unmentionable to Rafe
yes cropsick,wonder how many times it happens without becoming public
The owner should be compensated for his future loss. This cannot happen. Imagine a surgeon amputates the wrong limb of a patient. The patient will be severely impeded in their movement eg the surgeon amputates the non-cancerous limb.
Kia finding out the hard way the true meaning of the song...The First Cut Is The Deepest
His dynasty won’t last long imv….
Trying to join the big 3…..
Trying to join the big 3…..
kia desperate to geld one of the big name trainers
Anyone remember having kia ora at Saturday morning pictures?
Racing TV have saved the Rafe interview to their On Demand service, unfortunately they have not saved their best interview of the day with Kia.
They usually mark the bodily part with a felt tip pen imp. Not so easy with a pair of squelchers in a wobbly bag.
Ingabelle Stakes
Credit: Patrick McCann
And, after this weekend, we can add St Mark’s Basilica firmly into the mix as the Coolmore resident enjoyed a black-type double during a busy spell of high-class action.
Aylin initiated the brace when taking out the Group 2 May Hill Stakes at Doncaster on Thursday, and she was joined by the €1.7 million Diamond Necklace, who landed the Listed Ingabelle Stakes by clear water at Leopardstown on Saturday. That pair joined Thesecretadversary on St Mark’s Basilica’s roll of honour, after he won a Tipperary Listed event back in early August.
The sire’s hot spell was added to when Ed Dunlop’s Pathein made a highly promising winning debut during Doncaster’s St Leger meeting. If the last few days are anything to go by, we’ll be hearing a lot more about St Mark’s Basilica as the season goes on.
Credit: Patrick McCann
And, after this weekend, we can add St Mark’s Basilica firmly into the mix as the Coolmore resident enjoyed a black-type double during a busy spell of high-class action.
Aylin initiated the brace when taking out the Group 2 May Hill Stakes at Doncaster on Thursday, and she was joined by the €1.7 million Diamond Necklace, who landed the Listed Ingabelle Stakes by clear water at Leopardstown on Saturday. That pair joined Thesecretadversary on St Mark’s Basilica’s roll of honour, after he won a Tipperary Listed event back in early August.
The sire’s hot spell was added to when Ed Dunlop’s Pathein made a highly promising winning debut during Doncaster’s St Leger meeting. If the last few days are anything to go by, we’ll be hearing a lot more about St Mark’s Basilica as the season goes on.
Amo amassing stallion prospects
Amo Racing’s sales ring spree has been a major talking point for much of the last 12 months, including on these very pages. It is effectively still too early to tell whether Kia Joorabchian’s spending on classically bred yearlings will bear fruit, although there are green shoots of promise from the likes of May Hill Stakes scorer Aylin, a 600,000gns signing in partnership with Al Shaqab.
However, Joorabchian has already received a return on some of his earlier investments with four former Amo Racing colour bearers generating revenue at stud. None of the quartet have runners yet, although Persian Force’s debut crop of yearlings have found favour with buyers at this year’s sales.
The son of Mehmas resides at Tally-Ho Stud, meaning he stands alongside another Amo Racing talent in King Of Steel, who supplied Frankie Dettori with a fairytale ending to his riding career in Britain when winning the Champion Stakes. The son of Wootton Bassett covered a six-figure debut book at a fee of €20,000 earlier this year.
Arizona Blaze after the Flying Five Stakes
Arizona Blaze after the Flying Five Stakes
Credit: Patrick McCann
That pair are joined by Go Bears Go, another who covered his first book earlier this year, in his case at Oak Lodge Stud at a fee of €8,000, and Derby runner-up Mojo Star, a €3,000 option in his second season at Whytemount Stud.
Joorabchian has made no secret of his intention to support his home stallions, both at stud and at the sales, and he may well have a new name to get behind on the evidence of Sunday’s Flying Five Stakes.
The five furlong contest was won by Amo’s Arizona Blaze, whose Group 1 breakthrough follows on from victories in the Marble Hill Stakes at two and this year’s Prix Sigy and Group 2 Sapphire Stakes, all of which amounts to the profile of a commercially appealing stallion prospect.
Robson Aguiar and Kia Joorabchian celebrate Arizona Blaze's Group 1 triumph
Robson Aguiar and Kia Joorabchian celebrate Arizona Blaze's Group 1 triumph
Credit: Patrick McCann
Arizona Blaze is the latest example of Robson Aguiar’s eye for talent, as the Amo Racing lieutenant unearthed the colt with Rodrigo Goncalves at the Doncaster Premier Yearling Sale, where he cost £82,000. Suffice to say, he is now worth many multiples of that sum.
This is the second time this season the Amo silks have been carried to Group 1 glory at the Curragh, as Power Blue, another with stallion potential, was last seen winning the Phoenix Stakes.
As well as boosting Amo Racing’s fortunes, Arizona Blaze also gave Sergei Prokofiev his first Group 1 winner since he retired to Whitsbury Manor Stud in 2021. The Adrian Murray-trained three-year-old is one of six stakes performers by last year’s champion first-season sire.
Amo Racing’s sales ring spree has been a major talking point for much of the last 12 months, including on these very pages. It is effectively still too early to tell whether Kia Joorabchian’s spending on classically bred yearlings will bear fruit, although there are green shoots of promise from the likes of May Hill Stakes scorer Aylin, a 600,000gns signing in partnership with Al Shaqab.
However, Joorabchian has already received a return on some of his earlier investments with four former Amo Racing colour bearers generating revenue at stud. None of the quartet have runners yet, although Persian Force’s debut crop of yearlings have found favour with buyers at this year’s sales.
The son of Mehmas resides at Tally-Ho Stud, meaning he stands alongside another Amo Racing talent in King Of Steel, who supplied Frankie Dettori with a fairytale ending to his riding career in Britain when winning the Champion Stakes. The son of Wootton Bassett covered a six-figure debut book at a fee of €20,000 earlier this year.
Arizona Blaze after the Flying Five Stakes
Arizona Blaze after the Flying Five Stakes
Credit: Patrick McCann
That pair are joined by Go Bears Go, another who covered his first book earlier this year, in his case at Oak Lodge Stud at a fee of €8,000, and Derby runner-up Mojo Star, a €3,000 option in his second season at Whytemount Stud.
Joorabchian has made no secret of his intention to support his home stallions, both at stud and at the sales, and he may well have a new name to get behind on the evidence of Sunday’s Flying Five Stakes.
The five furlong contest was won by Amo’s Arizona Blaze, whose Group 1 breakthrough follows on from victories in the Marble Hill Stakes at two and this year’s Prix Sigy and Group 2 Sapphire Stakes, all of which amounts to the profile of a commercially appealing stallion prospect.
Robson Aguiar and Kia Joorabchian celebrate Arizona Blaze's Group 1 triumph
Robson Aguiar and Kia Joorabchian celebrate Arizona Blaze's Group 1 triumph
Credit: Patrick McCann
Arizona Blaze is the latest example of Robson Aguiar’s eye for talent, as the Amo Racing lieutenant unearthed the colt with Rodrigo Goncalves at the Doncaster Premier Yearling Sale, where he cost £82,000. Suffice to say, he is now worth many multiples of that sum.
This is the second time this season the Amo silks have been carried to Group 1 glory at the Curragh, as Power Blue, another with stallion potential, was last seen winning the Phoenix Stakes.
As well as boosting Amo Racing’s fortunes, Arizona Blaze also gave Sergei Prokofiev his first Group 1 winner since he retired to Whitsbury Manor Stud in 2021. The Adrian Murray-trained three-year-old is one of six stakes performers by last year’s champion first-season sire.
Personally I don't know where his finances are coming from trying to compete with this power houses can only inevitably end up one way at least that's the way I see it hopefully I am wrong as I like his style ruffles a few cages along the way
notts forest owner THE GREEK bankrolling some of it
i had a Rollock removed last yr and they casualy put a SHARPIE mark on right on side whilst waiting outside the opersating theatre and i said to nurse jave you double checked your notes is that the right one
i had a Rollock removed last yr and they casualy put a SHARPIE mark on right on side whilst waiting outside the opersating theatre and i said to nurse jave you double checked your notes is that the right one
Chris on the barstewards Sunday Sermon, sometimes mentions how it never ceases to amaze him, how you get successful businessmen who become very wealthy though their acumen, shrewdness and making hardnosed decisions, just completely seem to lose all of that once they get involved with racing and bloodstock agents.
Mind, not sure who he's referring to!
Mind, not sure who he's referring to!
Look, its got to be good for racing that we have new people coming into the sport, do we really just want the big three, Coolmore, Godolphin, Juddmonte having all top horses every year.
Uk/Irish racing is in a precarious situation as it is, with the big three getting more involved in US/Aus racing it wont take much for them to move more into Japan, Middle east and leave Europe to wither on the vine.
When was the the last time you seen Sheikh Mo over here? times are changing,prizemoney and anti animal sports/gambling goverments are closing in on Racing and i dont really see a rosy future for the sport in the years to come.
We need more Amo's and Wathnans imop.
Uk/Irish racing is in a precarious situation as it is, with the big three getting more involved in US/Aus racing it wont take much for them to move more into Japan, Middle east and leave Europe to wither on the vine.
When was the the last time you seen Sheikh Mo over here? times are changing,prizemoney and anti animal sports/gambling goverments are closing in on Racing and i dont really see a rosy future for the sport in the years to come.
We need more Amo's and Wathnans imop.
Imagine Frankel was mistakenly gelded? Connections would have been deprived of his gigantic stallion fee per time.
Sheikh Mo has made himself "unavailable" after the treatment of his then wife, and the kidnapping of his two daughters. I hope he stays away from the UK permanently.
Sheikh Mo has made himself "unavailable" after the treatment of his then wife, and the kidnapping of his two daughters. I hope he stays away from the UK permanently.
Wonder was the colt Rock Iguana? Rafe gelded him
spokesman from the stable said it was right balls up
just reading up on kia,s lucky podcast,story on sportihlife website ,about how unlucky kia has been with horses at beckets yd,injuries,deaths no traine on etc etv
main takeawy is if you see becket and kia in the same airport queue as you ,go to bar have a few beers and get a later flight
main takeawy is if you see becket and kia in the same airport queue as you ,go to bar have a few beers and get a later flight
They gelded the wrong horse
Kia us on 26 minutes in
https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/6yx5q-d8b31/Nick-Luck-Daily-Podcast
Kia us on 26 minutes in
https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/6yx5q-d8b31/Nick-Luck-Daily-Podcast
I think Kia spoke for a few owners there. He came across genuine and frustrated; some trainers do take the mickey. In football Sir Alan Sugar did question the ethos of some managers cahooting with players agents in a transfer deal during his time at Spurs.
Is Ralph(Rafe)related to Teddy(Lord)Beckett?..genuine question with all the Juddmonte horses he has..
lead on, Beckett left the Juddmonte job a while back, and think he's now employed by Imad Al Sagar.
Yes they are definitely related, think Teddy is his Uncle
Sep 17, 2025 -- 4:15PM, penzance wrote:
Cousins
Thank you...
They are cousins
he horseracing trainer Ralph Beckett is Lord Grimthorpe's cousin.[19]
he horseracing trainer Ralph Beckett is Lord Grimthorpe's cousin.[19]
More bad luck for Rafe, at least he died a colt
Ralph Beckett-trained Stanhope Gardens dies in gallops incident
By Sporting Life
Horse Racing
Wed September 17, 2025 · 4h ago
The Ralph Beckett-trained Stanhope Gardens has suffered a fatal injury in a freak gallops accident.
The talented son of Ghaiyyath, who pushed Delacroix close in last October's Autumn Stakes at Newmarket and was earlier this year pitched into the Derby at Epsom following a comeback win at Salisbury, has lost his life in unfortunate circumstances while in exercise.
Stanhope Gardens ran under the ownership of Marcstown Ltd And New Chelsea and, speaking on behalf of the New Chelsea Thoroughbred syndicate, Emma Spencer told the Nick Luck Daily Podcast: "It's really sad, he was a lovely horse and sadly we definitely didn't get to see the true potential of him.
"He was fifth in the Derby and it was all systems go to run at Ayr this Saturday which would have been the perfect stepping-stone to get back on track.
"It was a freak accident at home, a real tragedy, and it's just really sad as he was such a lovely soul of a horse as well."
Chelsea Thoroughbreds was founded by the late Richard Morecombe and Spencer, who has continued the organisation since his passing last year, said: "We did have a runner in the Derby a few years back but to own a horse that ran really creditably in the Derby is everybody's dream. It's a shame that Richard wasn't around to see that but I just think being by Ghaiyyath, and the way that he was, he would have been a really lovely four-year-old.
"I think Ralph thought that everything was really back to where he wanted it and everyone was excited about him going to Ayr. So it's desperately sad, gutting for Ralph and the team at home."
Ralph Beckett-trained Stanhope Gardens dies in gallops incident
By Sporting Life
Horse Racing
Wed September 17, 2025 · 4h ago
The Ralph Beckett-trained Stanhope Gardens has suffered a fatal injury in a freak gallops accident.
The talented son of Ghaiyyath, who pushed Delacroix close in last October's Autumn Stakes at Newmarket and was earlier this year pitched into the Derby at Epsom following a comeback win at Salisbury, has lost his life in unfortunate circumstances while in exercise.
Stanhope Gardens ran under the ownership of Marcstown Ltd And New Chelsea and, speaking on behalf of the New Chelsea Thoroughbred syndicate, Emma Spencer told the Nick Luck Daily Podcast: "It's really sad, he was a lovely horse and sadly we definitely didn't get to see the true potential of him.
"He was fifth in the Derby and it was all systems go to run at Ayr this Saturday which would have been the perfect stepping-stone to get back on track.
"It was a freak accident at home, a real tragedy, and it's just really sad as he was such a lovely soul of a horse as well."
Chelsea Thoroughbreds was founded by the late Richard Morecombe and Spencer, who has continued the organisation since his passing last year, said: "We did have a runner in the Derby a few years back but to own a horse that ran really creditably in the Derby is everybody's dream. It's a shame that Richard wasn't around to see that but I just think being by Ghaiyyath, and the way that he was, he would have been a really lovely four-year-old.
"I think Ralph thought that everything was really back to where he wanted it and everyone was excited about him going to Ayr. So it's desperately sad, gutting for Ralph and the team at home."
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