Road To The Mares Hurdle

Diamond Geezer

Diamond Geezer

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THE OLBG MARES’ HURDLE
(FOR THE DAVID NICHOLSON MARES’ TROPHY)
Class 1, Grade 2, £85,000 Total prize fund, 4.40pm, Tuesday, March 12th, 2013. 2m. 4f. Fillies and Mares only.

Form Horse Age Owner Trainer
145-221 ALASI 9 Shully Liebermann Paul Webber
30-4501 BABY SHINE (IRE) 7 P Philipps, T Redman & Mrs L Redman Lucy Wadham
111/-P1P BUNGLASHA LADY (IRE) 8 Mrs T Brown Warren Greatrex
524536- CLOUDY SPIRIT 8 Norma Harris Reg Hollinshead
P663P3 EPEE CELESTE (FR) 7 Mrs S M Richards Michael Chapman
522120 HI NOTE 5 Gerald West Sheena West
112-4P4 KAFFIE 8 D H Morgan Kim Bailey
1-62123 KAUTO SHINY (FR) 5 Louise Kemble & Patrick Atkinson Tom George
101-P46 KELLS BELLE (IRE) 7 Brian, Gwen, Terri & Kelly Griffiths Nicky Henderson
22-1334 KENTFORD GREY LADY 7 Ian Bare Emma Lavelle
120-P00 KYLENOE FAIRY (IRE) 9 The Rockbourne Partnership Paul Henderson
F6-052(0) LADY KATHLEEN 6 Shully Liebermann Paul Webber
P-51221 MA FILLEULE (FR) 5 Simon Munir Nicky Henderson
424535 MAE'S CHOICE (IRE) 7 Miceal Martin Sammon/Seana Sammon Gordon Elliott IRE
2211 MISCHIEVOUS MILLY (IRE) 5 A Stewart & A Taylor Oliver Sherwood
412465 MISS MILBORNE 7 Adrian Brown and Friends Jamie Snowden
114-21 PRIMA PORTA 7 D P Barrie & H A F Parshall Evan Williams
11/1/111- QUEVEGA (FR) 9 Hammer & Trowel Syndicate Willie Mullins IRE
313113 REINE ANGEVINE (FR) 5 Supreme Horse Racing Club Willie Mullins IRE
30-503 SEPTEMBER BLAZE 6 The Blaze Partnership Paul Webber
331-115 SHADOW EILE (IRE) 8 S Reilly Dot Love IRE
123112 SHE RANKS ME (IRE) 6 Roger O'Byrne Donald McCain
2542-20 SHOP DJ (IRE) 8 Arthur Craigie Peter Fahey IRE
455311 SIRENE D'AINAY (FR) 7 Stephane Milaveau Emmanuel Clayeux FR
1-23 STONE LIGHT (FR) 5 Andrew Brooks Venetia Williams
02-0532 SWINCOMBE FLAME 7 Yeo Racing Partnership Nick Williams
1111-13 SWING BOWLER 6 David Johnson David Pipe
1//-111FF TARLA (FR) 7 Susannah Ricci Willie Mullins IRE
005112 TWEEDLEDRUM 6 Wainwright, Hill, Atkin, Cheshire & Rowlinson Tom Symonds
5/1/-1F TWIGLINE (FR) 6 Hammer & Trowel Syndicate Willie Mullins IRE
23-6131 UMADACHAR (FR) 5 Mrs T Brown Warren Greatrex
411R-11 UNE ARTISTE (FR) 5 Simon Munir Nicky Henderson
214111 UTOPIE DES BORDES (FR) 5 Simon Munir & Isaac Souede Nicky Henderson
300P-05 WHAT A CHARM (IRE) 6 C Jones Arthur Moore IRE
6-24404 WITCHESINTUNE 6 Miss S J Hartley Helen Nelmes
221313 ZUZKA (IRE) 6 Supreme Horse Racing Club Willie Mullins IRE

36 entries
9 Irish-trained
1 French-trained
 
Not much to discuss really except Quevega's winning distance if she turns up in her usual form.
 
You probably right but as much as I think she'll win again I'll go through the usual 3 stages..........first look at the betting and it looks like a walk in the park for her. Then look at the field on the day and it looks a fair bit tougher, then watch the actual race and reality sets in of just how much can go wrong. For the first 2/3rds of the race everything starts to look a lot more dangerous than it did all those months ago when I looked at the betting.


No doubt by the top of the hill all the fears will have disappeared as the opposition looks pretty crap for want of a better word........7 lengths sound about right to you?
 
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I think Miss Milborne is worth a small each-way at a big price.

Regarding Quevega, can anyone answer me these questions?

1) Why is she still in training?

I'm not complaining but surely she can earn much more as a broodmare than a racehorse now, and winning another mares' hurdle isn't really going to enhance her value.

2) Why is she raced so little?

Thanks in advance.
 
To answer both your questions, I think the reason she races so little must be that she is off having foals the rest of the time.
 
She had problems as a youngster re soundness in France so they are careful with her.
Can be temperamental at home if stories are to be believed so WPM does the magic as he knows best. Holy Orders helped get him in practice for the troublesome ones!
 
To me its like saying "why is Messi playing when he could be making money flogging nike gear instead!"

Maybe its because some still see racing as a sport. Daft i know
 
Not daft at all Clive if that's the owners's thing and he's not strapped for cash......not easy to let go and how many times in a lifetime do you get a chance to own a Cheltenham winner?

Look at Clive Smith and Kauto Star and what it must be costing him to give Kauto and himself a continued interest and the chances of a return there are probably zero
 
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I reckon this Swing Bowler might give Quevega a race today. I've got Quevega in some multiples but I'm a big fan of Pipe's horse and she should at least make Quevega work. She looks a great e/w bet. Kentford Grey Lady for the tricast.
 
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