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MURPHY ISSUES UPBEAT INCA BULLETIN
By Tom Peacock, PA Sport

Champion Hurdle winner Brave Inca still holds an outside chance of running this season.

A slight tendon problem was discovered in the near-foreleg of Colm Murphy's popular gelding during August and he was expected to be given plenty of time off before a reappearance next winter.

Although the trainer is keen not to make any specific plans yet, Brave Inca seems to have made a decent recovery and is currently exercising at his County Wexford stables.

"He's started back and is cantering away," said Murphy.

"He got the all-clear. It is more than likely he won't run this season but again, we are not ruling anything out.

"The plan has always been to have him back early next year. It was never serious, but it was serious enough to stop with him.

"We are just looking forward to having him back and playing it by ear but maybe if he does come to hand that little bit quicker, you never know."

The hero of the 2006 Champion at Cheltenham was second to Sublimity the following year.

However, he put in a dismal performance the last time he was seen when stepped up to three miles in the Champion Stayers' Hurdle at Punchestown in April.
 
Despite not knowing anything about Brave Inca's injury or Colm Murphy's personality, my instinct is that this is one of those keep-me-in-the-public-eye reports, that will have the press ringing him up for the next few weeks to see will he be back this year. Hopefully I'm wrong.
 
It is absolute complete and utter bo**ox. Inca goes for a scan on the tendon tomorrow, and any prediction of him coming back this season can be totally ignored. Colm has been totally mis-quoted. If he gets the all clear he will be given a month off, before six weeks of light work and then a normal summer holiday before his prep for next season.

Journo's needing a story, and another excuse to add one to the Champion Hurdle market. Nothing more.
 
Regardless lads, it's very likely that we have seen the best of the the battling Inca..Next to impossible to see him returning at the very top level again..
 
'Tis true. Welcome to the forum Pricewise2008.

I would have loved to have seen him jump a fence. I suppose he was too successful over hurdles to risk wasting a season. There is no reason to believe he would have done any worse than War of Attrition.
 
Originally posted by PRICEWISE2008@Jan 7 2008, 04:07 PM
Regardless lads, it's very likely that we have seen the best of the the battling Inca..Next to impossible to see him returning at the very top level again..
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Agreed Pricewise, particularly over 2 miles. Shame he was injured for this season as he may well have been competitive in the stayers division this year.
 
That’s fair enough Maruco. I take your word for it but quotes like

“"He's started back and is cantering away," said Murphy.

"He got the all-clear. It is more than likely he won't run this season but again, we are not ruling anything out.”

Must be completely made up and Murphy must not be too happy.
 
Definitely not true. As I said he goes for a scan tomorrow so he is still to get the all clear, although it is likely he will be.

Just felt it was important to let people know as there have been some nibbles for him on Betfair on the back of this news.
 
Maruco, by any chance, you're not the fella that also posts on the Irish Racing Forum on Betfair - currently embroiled in discussion re: Kimberlite King etc?
 
Nah, its some fella advertising the benefits of the racing syndicate.....cant think of the username off hand....it could be something as simple as BI
 
Originally posted by Warbler@Jan 8 2008, 12:34 PM
Sounds like the same person using a different handle name
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Hey Maruco, just found this place now. Why have I been wasting my time on those other forums!!

BI/Cantoris, all the same. Both are horses names, well actually it was Cantoris I if your checking up on Racing Post. And I was babbling on about my new website on betfair. I won't take the risk of geting banned on my first day here so won't put it up.

Essentially Maruco knows what I know so no need to comment any further.
 
Glad you could join us dear chap!

For the benefit of everyone here, Cantoris is a one of the owners of Brave Inca, and also has Kimberlite King, and an unraced Supreme Leader that's named after an Italian sexual position!

He's recently set up a syndicate business in Ireland which I suspect will be very succesful. I'm sure if anyone did want to talk to him about it they could drop him a PM.

I've no idea whether the mods would be happy for him to put the link up to his website or not, but he's not the type to be on here fragrantly spamming, and is more than open to talking about his horses and racing in general. Pretty good of him really when he is prepared to talk in detail and in advance about a horse who has won a champion hurdle. What I posted yesterday was courtesy of him and with his permission when he had no need to pass anything on at all. The link is well worth looking at though just to see the picture of himself on an otherwise excellently presented website!
 
I'm pretty certain Col allows one plug for information and that's it? I seem to think it was repeat soliciting that isn't permitted
 
No problem with a link in this context.

Welcome to the forum Cantoris…big fan of Brave Inca and he must be a joy to have.
 
I would say welcome Cantoris, but having seen that grotty picture I'm revising my opinion. :P

Without sounding too sanctimonious I'm not sure that it would be totally inappropriate to refelect that you've always been surprisingly open when discussing Inca, which clearly is an owners perogative to decide just what they're prepared to put into the public arena. I hope that if anyone does have any questions regarding any of the horses, that you feel able to continue in such vein
 
I found the contributions of BI/Cantoris on the Betfair Forum to be very interesting and also the website itself. Have absolutely no problem with the topic being discussed at all and believe you would be a very welcome addition if you decided to stick around here Cantoris.

And I'm saying that having backed Kimberlite last week!!!
 
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