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12-27-2011, 05:01 PM
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VOLKSRAAD (23 years old)
 NZ champion sire eight times. 58 stakes winners; 14 G1 winners. Sire of Military Move, Sir Slick, Dezigna, Veloce Bella, Izonit, Clifton Prince, Vinaka, Distill, Star Satire, A Chance To Dream and so many more. A legend. RIP. http://www.theinformant.co.nz/racing...d-laid-to-rest Last edited by _ed_ : 12-27-2011 at 05:25 PM. 
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12-27-2011, 05:56 PM
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OMG, Volksraad was so beautiful. RIP big boy.
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12-27-2011, 06:08 PM
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12-27-2011, 08:01 PM
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GOLDEN SILVER
Golden Silver dies after Dial-A-Bet Chase fall By James Burn 3:53PM 27 DEC 2011 GOLDEN SILVER, the winner of three Grade 1 races including the 2009 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase, died on Tuesday following a fall in this year's race at Leopardstown. Trained by Willie Mullins for Violet O'Leary, the nine-year-old chased the leaders in the 2m1f contest, but took a crashing fall at the fifth fence. RELATED LINKS Golden Silver career profile Jockey Paul Townend, who rode the son of Mansonnien, was stood down for the rest of the Leopardstown card and taken to hospital. Paying tribute, Mullins said: "He will be sorely missed in our yard because he was one of our great servants. He was a character too and all the girls in our place loved him and anyone could ride him. "He was very classy, as all those big-race victories showed." Formerly in the care of Hubert Hosselet, Golden Silver joined Mullins in 2008 and was soon off the mark for his new trainer, winning a beginners' chase at Naas. He then landed the Grade 1 Arkle Novice Chase in January 2009. His next top-level success came in the Dial-A-Bet and he also added the Champion Chase at the 2010 Punchestown festival to his cv. Golden Silver, who won £590,323 in prize-money, never really fired in three visits to the Cheltenham Festival but enjoyed a great association with Townend. The pair combined 19 times for ten victories, including the three Grade 1s. "He hit the top and I'd say he broke his neck when he hit the ground, it was pretty sickening and fairly awful to watch," said Townend. "Golden Silver was good to me and I'll miss him." COPYRIGHT © 2011 Centurycomm Limited or its licensors, all rights reserved Search All Categories All Horses Jockeys Trainers Owners Courses Stallions Dams Greyhounds
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12-29-2011, 07:31 PM
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MILITARY HAWK
Military Hawk, one of the most durable and classy Thoroughbreds in Washington history, has died from colic, trainer Sharon Ross said. Winner of 12 stakes and $688,128 in an exceptional 86-race career, the 24-year-old gelding expired during the week of Dec. 18 at Sharon and Larry Ross' farm in Auburn. A 1987 foal owned and bred by George and Norma Sedlock's G & N Thoroughbreds, Military Hawk ranks second on the state's all-time earnings list. He might be the only horse ever to win races at Longacres, Playfair, Yakima Meadows, and Emerald Downs. The gelding's final race was Aug. 17, 1997 at Emerald Downs, a head victory in a $40,000 claiming race with Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens aboard. Stevens also was up when Military Hawk won the 1992 Washington Championship--the final stakes race in Longacres History--en route to honors as the state's top handicap Horse that year. By Colonel Stevens--S.S. Hawk, Military Hawk debuted July 26, 1989 at Longacres, finishing second in a $16,000 maiden-claiming race for 2-year-olds. Military Hawk won stakes at Playfair and Yakima Meadows that fall, and would continue racing through his 10-year-old season in 1997. At Longacres, he finished second in the 1990 Longacres Derby and in 1991 won both the Renton Handicap and Seattle Handicap. Military Hawk also won stakes in California at Bay Meadows, Pleasanton, Solano, and Santa Rosa, and in Canada at Exhibition Park. Military Hawk spent his retirement at the Ross farm with former runners like Passing Game, Branden's Brandy, Marketal and 1985 Longacres Mile winner Chum Salmon, who died in 2005 at age 25. Copyright © 2011 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally.
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12-30-2011, 06:50 PM
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