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02-01-2007, 12:30 PM
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John Bell, founder of Jonabell Farm (now Darley) in Lexington.
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02-01-2007, 12:32 PM
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02-02-2007, 07:27 PM
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From DRF.....
How tragic. Kellie Cerin dies in Mexico By STEVE ANDERSEN Kellie Cerin, the wife of Southern California trainer Vladimir Cerin, died Thursday as a result of injuries suffered in a fall. The accident happened in Mexico, where the couple was vacationing. Vladimir Cerin said his wife of 17 years "tripped on a step and hit her head." Kellie Cerin was actively involved in her husband's stable, spending several mornings a week at the barn and working with the horses that the couple kept at their home near Santa Anita. Kellie Cerin was also active as a horse-riding teacher. "She was a great horsewoman in her own right and a great trainer of show jumpers," Cerin said Friday by phone from Mexico. A funeral is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 400 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia, Calif. In lieu of flowers, Cerin requested that donations be made to the California Equine Retirement Foundation. http://www.drf.com/news/article/82328.html
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02-07-2007, 09:44 AM
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 Seek respect, not attention.
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02-12-2007, 09:26 AM
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Jump in peace, beautiful boy.
From Racing Post... http://www.racingpost.co.uk/news/splash.sd Sad conclusion to Venn dream by Bruce Jackson THE colourful career of the Oliver Carter–owned Venn Ottery has taken a final, fatal twist, with confirmation on Sunday that the 12-year-old had to be destroyed after fracturing his pelvis for a second time at Newbury on Saturday. There had been some pre-race concern over the chaser, whose form had declined dramatically in point-to-points, being asked to compete with the stars in the Grade 2 Game Spirit Chase. Champion trainer Paul Nicholls, who saddled Venn Ottery to his only four victories, in a three-week spell in 2004, called it "an utter disgrace" in his Racing Post column on Saturday. And on Sunday he added: “When he goes a mile and a half, pulls up and then has to be put down afterwards, it’s terribly sad for the horse. I felt very strongly about him running and hopefully there will be some lessons learned from it.” That remark was directed towards the Horseracing Regulatory Authority, and the HRA’s spokesman Paul Struthers confirmed that events surrounding Saturday's debacle would be investigated further. Sent off 200-1, Venn Ottery trailed round in last until pulled up by Andrew Glassonbury when tailed off at the top of the home straight. He was taken to a local veterinary practice for X-rays on his back and pelvis. They revealed he had fractured his pelvis in a different place to before, and vets decided to end what had become a controversial career. This sad, final chapter is sure to reopen the debate over no-hopers competing in Graded races - the Game Spirit won by Well Chief was Grade 2 in name but Grade 1 in nature. Sue Gardner, Venn Ottery’s registered trainer, admitted that she had been against running, but owner and permit holder Oliver Carter had insisted. Carter had similarly stepped in in 2005, when overruling Nicholls to enter his pride and joy in both the Champion Chase, for which Carter forgot to declare the tongue-strap, and Gold Cup. Venn Ottery finished 35 lengths seventh of eight to Moscow Flyer in the former, and was pulled up behind Kicking King in the latter. A distressed Gardner said on Sunday: “What's happened is heartbreaking. It was unfortunate as it could have happened on the gallops and, as I had instructed, his jockey at Newbury was not pushing him. “But he should not have been in that race. I didn’t enter him or declare him – Oliver insisted that the horse ran and I tried to persuade him not to run. “If I hadn’t turned up with the horse, I would have been fined. I told him the ground was too soft and the race too hot, and he said he would take the horse to the races if I didn’t, and then slammed the phone down.” Struthers said on Sunday: “If the trainer suggests one thing and the owner has taken a decision that is not in the best interests of the welfare of the horse, that is something we would have to look at. "We rely on the integrity of trainers to know if horses are fit to continue racing and we are satisfied they do. "In this case Venn Ottery was entitled to run and we must be very careful about intervening if a trainer wants to run.” The HRA doeshave the power to withdraw horses, which it enforced at last year’s Cheltenham Festival, when the Fergus Wilson-trained Astonville and Turnium, who had both run in the Champion Hurdle, were withdrawn four hours before the Gold Cup after being inspected by the Jockey Club vets at the track. Venn Ottery, after 23 successive defeats, shot into the limelight during a meteoric rise under Nicholls, who was sent the 80-rated chaser by Carter and guided his rating to a high of 149. He finished fifth to stablemate Azertyuiop in the 2004 Champion Chase and was still running creditably the following spring, when he finished seventh to Katarino in the Fox Hunters at Aintree, when trained by Martin Pipe. In Saturday’s contest, his subsequent decline was reflected in a rating of 120 - but that mark was not the lowest in the race, and the vet on duty checked Venn Ottery as a matter of course as he was having his first run for a new trainer, and was wearing a tongue-tie. Going into the contest, his form, taking into account point-to-points and hunter chases, read 'PFPFFF70' - but the HRA had no reason to act, as his record under rules was a rather more encouraging-looking '477PF70'.
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02-14-2007, 10:38 AM
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Windicator, who was 2nd in Race 7 at Happy Valley today (Hong Kong)..... collapsed and died right after the race.
Rest in peace, sweet boy.
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02-21-2007, 10:36 PM
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Walter Ringer.....
Won at Bay Meadows a couple of days ago, pulled up right after..... Run in peace.
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02-24-2007, 05:18 PM
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* * * Truckers Tavern and Lordofourown..... Jump in peace. http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...lead_Corr.html
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02-25-2007, 01:38 AM
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Tropical Star, in Dubai.....
A shame. Rest in peace. http://www.racingpost.co.uk/news/mas...nal%20Carnival
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