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FINISH LINE Cheltenham & Three Counties Race Club Magazine OCTOBER 2015 FINISH LINE Cheltenham & Three Counties Race Club magazine THE FUTURE’S HERE, THE FUTURE’S CHELTENHAM CONTENTS Editors Introduction 3 Nicky Henderson interview 4-6 Richard Davis award / Club competition 7 Adam Hurley column 8-10 Club news / forthcoming events 11 September Club Night 12-15 Venetia Williams stable visit 16-17 John Hales column 18-19 Kim Bailey column 20-21 Liam Treadwell column 22-23 Sophia Dale column 24-25 Jo Collinson column 26-28 Committee member contact details 29 2015-2016 CTCRC Tipster Competition 30-31 Calendar of events 32 Read about the clubs stable visit to Venetia Williams’ yard on pages 16-17 and the syndicate opportunity with Coudefoudre. 2 WELCOME BACK This months magazine is crammed with The evening saw the draw for the signed all sorts of exciting features to add to portrait of the Cheltenham winning jockeys your anticipation of what is just around from this years’ Cheltenham Festival. the corner. Congratulations to Jonathan Garratt, MD of Cartmel Racecourse, who won the portrait. We kick off with the master of Seven Barrows, This fundraiser raised over £2,000 for the Nicky Henderson, giving us an exclusive nominated charities, many thanks to all who overview of the principle horses to follow from supported these causes. Naomi Clifton at his mighty yard in Lambourn on pages 4-6. Cartmel was happy to receive the portrait on There were also two highly enjoyable club Jonathan’s behalf. events in September to reflect upon. The Our second club event in September saw about opening club night of our season saw the 30 club members take in a visit to the beautiful Bradstocks and Nico De Boinville provide surroundings of Venetia Williams’ yard, a better a packed Victory Club with a fun filled and way to spend your Saturday mornings I can’t fascinating evening learning about the imagine, unless of course our planned trip to incredible highs of winning the Gold Cup the yard of Nigel Twiston-Davies on October 31 with Coneygree, but also something of the proves even more enjoyable. difficulty of keeping your heads above water when having to compete with a yard of fewer Do look out for the syndicate opportunity with than 20 horses. Venetia Williams, and in the spirit of promoting our own columnists I should mention Kim Bailey has ownership opportunities as well. Liam Treadwell’s column gives us a few to follow in the season ahead. If you followed Liam’s selections from last year you would have made a handsome profit. We’re now just days away from our season opener at Cheltenham with the Showcase meeting. The new grandstand looks magnificent and the whole redevelopment looks likely to make the experience of visiting the home of racing even more enjoyable than ever.....imagine that! Enjoy the racing Steve Ennis Naomi Clifton of Cartmel racecourse receives the portrait on behalf of Jonathan Garratt 3 NICKY HENDERSON Peace and Co, centre, leads home a Henderson 1-2-3 with, Top GUEST COLUMN Notch left and Hargam right. tragic death of Oscar Whisky, we were quickly Hope and Glory five wickets down. Triolo D’Alene and Hadrian’s Approach both had to take early breaks and it CTCRC are delighted to welcome Nicky really was game over in the feature chases. Henderson as our guest columnist this month. Nicky shares with us his thoughts However, some really bright new stars came on the season just finished and provides galloping over the hill and gave us great hopes an insight into his hopes and aspirations of not only a really exciting season ahead, but for the season ahead. hopefully a completely new team of potentially star chasers for the future. Of course, we are still The 2014-15 season was another productive hopeful that the old brigade can re establish year, although I have to admit there were some themselves as we go to war. I could not be bits missing. We had happier with all of the most number those stars of two of winners (in the Barry has been one one of or three years ago. UK) and once again the best and nicest jockeys They look in terrific topped the £2 million shape and we all mark, finishing an we have ever had the have great hopes, honourable second pleasure to work with even if a lot of to Paul in the trainers’ crossed fingers, that championship, but we could see their we were sadly without many of our stars to be greatness again, and while we need them and really competitive. The real plus side was that the some new chasers, we still badly need a Grand younger horses, and particularly the younger National, so I have put this on top of this year’s hurdlers did all the hard work and consequently (next year’s, sometime and hopefully not never) lead into a season of hope, and hopefully, glory. wish list as we do have at least three or four With Sprinter Sacre, Bobs Worth and Simonsig realistic contenders in Triolo D’Alene, Hadrian’s not really getting any runs on the board and Approach and Bear’s Affair. Triolo D’Alene won Long Run not being here at all, along with the the Topham Chase in 2013 and Rhadjani Express 4 Simonsig, Sprinter Sacre and Bobs Worth – I could not be happier with all those stars of two or three years ago. this year, and this was our fourth success in the With all of those, yet another good crop of race, so once round seems quite easy, but twice bumper horses last spring and an exciting is proving frustrating! bunch of new recruits from the Irish point-to- point field and more rookies from France, give Last seasons novice hurdlers were as good a the squad a solid look. bunch as we have ever had and they all look to have bright futures be it over hurdles or fences. Two major additions to the operation are our We thought we were quite strong going into new Wexford sand gallop that Barry Geraghty the Triumph, but the has been begging vision of the three of us to get for two them coming to the The vision of the three of years and it is last virtually upsides already proving a and well clear will last a them coming to the last huge success. The long time. virtually upsides and well proof will be when we start properly, Hopefully there is at clear will last a long time but the horses least one who can are thriving on it. chase Faugheen and Secondly, we have I am glad to say that My Tent Or Yours is back installed a water treadmill which is proving again and could easily be involved if he does not invaluable and some of the results we have had go novice chasing. from it are excellent. Whispers second victory in the Aintree Hurdle The four legged team is exciting, but it is as puts him high up in the pecking order for the ever backed up by and only as good as the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and then there is a two legged squad. Corky threatened to take real cavalry of potential top class novice chasers a day off but otherwise nothing has changed, – really too many to mention but very high except Toby Lawes has taken over from Patrick class young hurdlers over all distances with the Harty as our assistant. The only other changes physique to be chasers – hopefully the dawning to the legendary core legion is the addition of of a new era. 5 Whisper – 11/1 with Paddy Power for the Ladbrokes Corky Browne – a legend at Seven Barrows World Hurdle in 2016 Grandson No 2. Archie Giffard and Harry (now won the Gold Cup, three Grade one races and two and a half) is already in the saddle. nearly won the Conditional jockey’s title. Andrew Tinkler as consistent as ever won the Pertemps Obviously, the biggest change is Barry’s return Final for us at the Festival and David Bass won to Ireland to ride for JP and I know everyone the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate involved with Seven Barrows will join me in at this year’s renewal. Jerry McGrath won the wishing them both every success – but possibly Fred Winter three year’s ago and so we already not at our expense too have four Cheltenham often! Barry has been Festival winning one of the best and Corky threatened to take jockeys opening the nicest jockeys we have batting. The fifth ever had the pleasure a day off but otherwise senior musketeer, Peter to work with and we nothing has changed Carberry, is just that, will all miss him. We yet another Carberry have had some truly and he had a cracking memorable days together, a lot of fun, a few good season. They will be backed up with the tears but they have often been of joy and we usual talented squad of highly promising young have a lot of happy memories. Happily, JP has riders, some of whom I am confident will be some really lovely horses here so we will still be following in the others’ footsteps. seeing plenty of Ol’ Blue Eyes (and that makes two of us). I wish them all the best of luck for the season, the horses the same and to remain in good Luckily for us, we have had a serious team of health and injury free and to you all at first team jockeys maturing over the last couple Cheltenham & Three Counties Race Club a lot of years and we are totally confident that they of all of that.
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