Top 10 Irish trained horses of the last decade

Where is Beef Or Salmon :|

in with the honorable mentions, sorry, not on my list

forgiven :D

Istabraq?

yeah doyler thought of him but had his best racing done before this decade

No Istabraq :0

Ok never mind ;)

Ya suppose, third champion hurdle in 2000.. I'd of put him in out of loyalty.

Then again I'd have St Nicolas Abbey and Go Native in there so dont listen to me! :D

Weve been blessed with some fantastic horses over the 10 years though.

bear in mind now this is just my personal favourite list :p

1. Moscow Flyer
2. Beef Or Salmon
3. Kicking King
4. Pizarro
5. Back In Front
6. Hardy Eustace
7. Forpadydeplasterer
8. Dunguib
9. Missed That
10. Spirit Leader

:D

No George Washington?

;-)

well flagged CD....a horrendous ommission.

peeping fawn to the subs bench please

not a hedgehunter fan awesome impact?
i was nervous stickin him on the list, but he was the most impressive GN winner in years imo

not really but was a fantastic horse, just not 1 of my favs, :D

Brave inca.

Flat: George Washington, Sea The Stars, Giants Causeway, Hawk Wing, New Approach, Media Puzzle, Galileo, Teofilo, Dylan Thomas, Azamour.

Jumps: Beef or Salmon, Hardy Eustace, Harchibald, Brave Inca, Kicking King, Hedgehunter, Moscow Flyer, War of Attrition, Montys Pass, Sublimity.

All in no particular order! Only my opinion.

Mixed: George Washington, Sea The Stars, Giants Causeway, Hawk Wing, Teofilo, Beef or Salmon, Hardy Esutace, Harchibald, Moscow Flyer, Brave Inca.

NH - Istabraq, Moscow Flyer, Brave Inca, Florida Pearl, Hardy Eustace, Beef or Salmon, Native Upmanship, Commanche Court, Limestone Lad, Feathard Lady.

Must give a mention to Solerina and Limestone Lad on this thread also.

Johannesburg too.

One Cool Cat as a two year old, some amount of horses to get you jiggy over the years.

Half Barrel ?? Nearly lasted the decade out..

RULE SUPREME a shocking omission

!? ^
A big favourite of mine but theres a difference between that and being excellent. He won one Hennessy and a French champion hurdle!

Great thread rule4! Here are my 10 ......

1. Yeats
2. High Chaparral
3. Soldier Of Fortune
4. Footstepsinthesand
5. Henrythenavigator
6. Galileo
7. Hawk Wing
8. Dylan Thomas
9, One Cool Cat
10. Rock Of Gibraltar

Each and every one of them an absolute superstar :)

:^0 ^
Unbiased opinion SOF. Class act. :D
High Chap was the most shocking omission from previous lists.

Too many brilliant ones to mix, so in no particular order for me;
Moscow Flyer Sindaar
Brave Inca Galileo
Florida Pearl Hawk Wing
Harchibald Sea the Stars
Kicking King Jo`burg
War Of Attrition Giants Causeway :D
Hardy Eustace Vinnie Roe
Florida Pearl Rock Of Gibraltar
Beef or Salmon Yeats
Native Upmanship High Chaparral

No place for George Washington in your list Soldier of Fortune?

Flat - Sea The Stars, Johannesburg, Galileo, Sinndar, Yeats, Rock Of Gibralter, Dylan Thomas, Vinnie Roe, New Approach, Alexander Goldrun.

Sub in Kicking King for Feathard Lady in my NH list, that was a serious omission :0

Agony to leave George off the list Viva, for sure he was number 11 ...... very closely followed by

12. Giant's Causeway
13. Peeping Fawn
14. Halfway To Heaven
15. Alexandrova
16. Duke Of Marmalade
17. Mastercraftsman
18. Oratorio
19. Johannesburg
20. Imagine

Brilliant individuals each of them :)

Typical Coolmore ** ^.

Can't see outside the gates of Ballydoyle. Go down to the chemist and buy yourself a bottle of "Kop On" lotion.

:^0

A pleasing list it has to be said.

Remember the ride KF gave Oratorio in the Champion Stakes.. superb.

Dylan Thomas won on the card after too.

Antonius Pius was my favourite ;)

Nice one Doyler, indeed a brilliant ride from Kieren on Oratorio!

I remember that day at Leop in 2005 very well. I had to watch it all on TV as for some strange reason I decided to make the trip across to Donny to watch Scorpion win the English Leger ...... with Dettori on board! FFS :0

You should have stayed over there.

spotthedifference

Loads of differences!

PMSL Gotchee :^0

ok,
its proving too difficult to compile the list without splitting the codes

here goes, it may need tweaking

Flat
1.Sea The Stars
2.George Washington
3.Sinndar
4.Giants Causway
5.Yeats
6.Hawk Wing
7.Johanesburg
8.Dylan Thomas
9.New Approach
10.High Chapperal


NH

1. Moscow Flyer
2. Kicking King
3. Hardy Eustace
4. Beef Or Salmon
5. Brave Inca
6. Harchibald
7. Hedgehunter
8. War Of Attrition
9. Limestone Lad
10. Florida Pearl

feel free to adjust/replace/re-jig, Istabraq not included as most of his best racing was done in the '90's (same might be said of Florida Pearl).

Remember the list is best not personal favourite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17P9ipuJwSY


worth watchin over and over and over. And the handicapper would have ya thinkin Master Minded is better than this Legend.

lol Mark Johnson describes Geraghtys look over his shoulder as 'anxious' but i remember Simon Holt calling it 'nonchelant'....still get the goosebumps.

Barry said himself that that 'look' over his shoulder was all part of his plan to get ruby to challenge early as Moscow Flyer liked a battle.

Personally I think Moscow was bone idle in front and was laughing at his rivals most of the time. Holt commentary in the Champion chase that season was Maggggggnifficennnnt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kPtQN0eVMo


Sorry for going off point for a sec but we need commentators like holt and johnston and hoiles to help make racing exciting to some viewers. Jerry Hannon is that man and the sooner he's the main man the better.

sea the stars
istabaq
hardy eustace
giants causeway
hawk wing
high chapparal
war of attrition
hedgehunter
giants causeway
brave inca

sea the stars
istabaq
hardy eustace
giants causeway
hawk wing
high chapparal
war of attrition
hedgehunter
giants causeway
brave inca
I know he was good......!

thanks kavvie,
interesting how unpopular Rock Of Gibraltar is, i thought he was a better horse than Hawk Wing.
Totally agree re. the commentators

Solerina ;) good shout doyler.

Nickname worthy of a mention.

nickname?

not clear

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Nickname - raced 15 times in Ireland, won 9 times, 8 of those were Grade 1,2 or 3's.

ok , worth a mention. but lack of big race wins in anything other than very soft/heavy and outside ireland inhibits his chances of makin top 10

i was over impressed with giants causeway by the look of it!!