So puppy powers retainer with the fast becoming popular Potts does not come into effect if he wants to ride a Jessie horse. She has dibs on him then
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Paul Moloney retiring to return to Ireland and set up breeding operation.
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In the last season or two he went from being a positive to a negative for me. I think he's made the right decision.
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Brian Harding to retire, last ride in the Perth bumper on Friday
This is some stat
£1,821,229 - prize money of Robbie Power's 2017 mounts.
£1,777,088 -prize money of Robbie Power's mounts in the 3 previous seasons.
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Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
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Injured Jockeys Fund update on George Baker
After a brief spell in a rehabilitation centre, George Baker has now returned home.
Today (28 April) he went to Oaksey House in Lambourn where he met the neuro physio team who will be supporting him as he moves into the next stage of his recovery. George said “It is so fantastic to be back at home with Nicola and my daughter. I had a great first session with the team at Oaksey House this morning and feel really positive about working with them over the next few months.”
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Carl (28th April 2017), Cruella (28th April 2017), edgt (28th April 2017), Eleanora Duse (13th June 2017)
Great news!
Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......
Eleanora Duse (13th June 2017)
Jack Kennedy out for 4 months with a broken leg
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
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David Casey on life after riding
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Grasshopper (13th June 2017), Perpetual (13th June 2017)
Nasty fall for Dettori before the first at Yarmouth.
Stood down for rest of day
Nasty fall for Ana O'brien at Killarney tonight. An air ambulance apparently en route to the course.
Ruby had some sort of positive bulletin but good luck to her
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Word today is that she got smashed up with plenty of bones broken but no surgery is needed. Out for three or four months.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rac...brae-1.3160223
It's been a long time in the offing but Cathy Gannon has finally announce her retirement from race riding after nearly losing a foot in an injury at Lingfield last year.
She was champion apprentice in Ireland when attached to the John Oxx stable. Opportunities were limited there, however, because Oxx has always been able to call on the likes of Michael Kinane, Johnny Murtagh, Niall McCullagh, Pat Eddery, Raymond Carroll and many other good riders, so she moved to England. To my surprise she only ever rode one Group winner because she was tough and very capable, but she had a decent career knocking out plenty of winners at the gaff tracks.
It was interesting to see Malcolm Saunders saying he had given plenty of rides to Josephine Gordon because of the positive experience he had with Cathy Gannon. In such ways do pathfinders benefit those who follow them.
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She had turned the corner in her career for the past few years and was riding well.
You would have to wonder if ladies just have softer bones than their male counterparts lady jockeys , especially on the flat seem to have a higher incidence of fractures in their life story.
A pity as they are all well up to the job.
Fleetingly met Joanna Morgan at Reading station on my way to Cheltenham last year , remarking it was the first time in a long time she was without crutches.
"Part of my life, I am afraid and a pure pain in the ass " was her reply.