Rich Ricci- the future

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Was thinking about this last season with the below average novice crop he had.

His Golden generation of horses are almost no more anymore.

I can't think an owner will ever be as lucky or have a crop like he once had

vautour
Faugheen
Douvan
Annie
Vroum Vroum
Djackadam


all for one reason or another not either with us or nothing left to give.

His crop of novices this year don't look to have a superstar. Min looks disappointing and his bumpers look a bit average.

Granted Willie campaigns them for the spring but not sure if they have a superstar right now.

Ricci likes the spotlight, I wonder how long he takes not being the Don anymore.
 
What goes around comes around I say. All that fiddling over the years.
Does not help when you pay a lot of money for a dog of a horse like Epicuris.
 
Was thinking about this myself last night and you could also add Graham Wylie as someone who might not be as prominent in 2 or 3 years time.
 
Was interesting today, pretty much straight after faugheen today he was giving an interview in the parade ring. Admirable in one sense, but perhaps reveals his motivation which is to be noticed and the centre of attention.

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Ricci: “He’s not distressed or anything, Paul pulled him up because he wasn’t going anywhere. I just don’t know, hopefully we have a horse to come back and have another day with. There doesn’t appear to be any injury.”
 
Thanks to Ricci’s involvement/money we have seen some amazing horses giving amazing performances. Like him or not can’t begrudge him what he has won. He certainly hasn’t been the luckiest owner. The sport needs such people.
 
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Thanks to Ricci’s involvement/money we have seen some amazing horses giving amazing performances. Like him or not can’t begrudge him what he has won. He certainly hasn’t been the luckiest owner. The sport needs such people.
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I agree -he has been good for the game-when you see ordinary people looking for selfies with owners it can't be bad.
 
Tout Seul said:
Thanks to Ricci’s involvement/money we have seen some amazing horses giving amazing performances. Like him or not can’t begrudge him what he has won. He certainly hasn’t been the luckiest owner. The sport needs such people.
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In terms of the crop he had, I'd think he was lucky enough.

I wouldn't begrudge him his horses as he invested plenty of money and didn't always spend fortunes.

Fact he likes media attention probably hasn't helped his image with certain racegoers.

Compare his business model to that of Barry Connell and you can see who made the better choices.
 
Ricci: “He’s not distressed or anything, Paul pulled him up because he wasn’t going anywhere. I just don’t know, hopefully we have a horse to come back and have another day with. There doesn’t appear to be any injury.”
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Paul Townend hopped off the horse after he pulled him up and chose not to walk him back up the track.
 
Can't take to the bloke myself. The Vautour saga will never be forgiven in my eyes.
Also, even on a cold grey December he's still got shades on!
 
At a wedding so I missed the race.
Had WPM a beaten horse Tuesday that was abnormal post race ?
There may be a bug in (one of his) yards.
Reminds me of a Leopardstown Festival Noel Meade had six or seven years ago when his horses did not raise a gallop.
I do hope all is well and Ricci stays around for longer but nothing is permanent in racing and Ricci's will not be the first Empire to crumble if ti does.
How was Ruby taking it all on TV ?
 
granger said:
Was thinking about this last season with the below average novice crop he had.

His Golden generation of horses are almost no more anymore.

I can't think an owner will ever be as lucky or have a crop like he once had

vautour
Faugheen
Douvan
Annie
Vroum Vroum
Djackadam


all for one reason or another not either with us or nothing left to give.

His crop of novices this year don't look to have a superstar. Min looks disappointing and his bumpers look a bit average.

Granted Willie campaigns them for the spring but not sure if they have a superstar right now.

Ricci likes the spotlight, I wonder how long he takes not being the Don anymore.
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Pity you didn't post about it last season when you were thinking about it, rather than today.
 
granger said:
His crop of novices this year don't look to have a superstar.
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Interesting that Joe Chambers said just before Christmas they have their biggest crop of novice hurdlers ever this year - though clearly no superstar has emerged as you say. Will be interesting to see what else they bring out.

https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/ricci's-supreme-hopefuls/135620

I don't understand the comments about people not taking to him. He comes across as very knowledgeable and willing to share his views with the press - far more than can be said for a lot of owners. Think comments about him needing to be the centre of attention are a bit harsh.
 
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I half expected this thread and yes WPM is having problems BUt look at Jackdaw....you can't have 100 horses + and think you will never have a c0old or a virus hit your yard like a tornado/

WPM is first class but at the moment has some contamination spreading through his yard.........it will disappear then things will go back to normal

If Ricci wants to jump ship..bye bye cya..Willie will still be a top trainer without him
 
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Ricci has no thought of jumping ship. Every big owner will tell you that at any one time, getting on for 25% of their horses are out of training for one reason or another. Ricci was, in fact, bucking the odds when most of his good horses stayed fit in that golden period. He knows that better than anyone and it didn't stop him from spending several million on new stock this year. With the likes of Salsaretta and Getabird prominent in the Cheltenham betting, I wouldn't be betting against him having a winner in one of the novice hurdles.
Willie almost certainly has some bug in the yard because the horses are either very good or very poor. I'm sure that they will be looking at whether there are any hot spots of barns where several are running badly but the nature of the beast is that problems only surface when they run. It's not really been mentioned but Jessie's horses are also under a cloud. While Sizing John is the most public example, she is 0/38 in the last fortnight. For comparison, Willie is 14/63.
 
Not sure where she will run in the festival or even next time out but Benie Des Dieux could very well be up to Grade 1 level.
 
I'd be surprised if Min isn't better than he showed over christmas. The horse I would worry about strangely is Footpad. If he won that well while the yard was carrying something, it might have taken more out of him than appeared.
 
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