Other Racing: Quarters, Harness, Jumps

[PJMIII]

Nichols Canyon Connections Pointing for Iroquois Bonus

The $500,000 bonus offered in the TVV Capital Iroquois Cheltenham Challenge is expected to be on the line at this year's Calvin Houghland Iroquois Hurdle Stakes May 13 as the connections of Nichols Canyon have told race officials they're pointing for the Iroquois.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... uois-bonus

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[Miss Woodford]

For those of you who liked the 60 minutes piece on the MHC featuring the brilliant Senior Senator, the new Jumping Around podcast is a must-listen He's quite a character.
http://thisishorseracing.com/news/index ... -podcast-3

[Sparrow Castle]

For those of you who liked the 60 minutes piece on the MHC featuring the brilliant Senior Senator, the new Jumping Around podcast is a must-listen He's quite a character.
http://thisishorseracing.com/news/index ... -podcast-3

That was delightful! "We adapted ourselves to his preferences," pretty much says it all. Got a sense of his personality in the 60 Minutes piece, but this really expanded on that. Reminds me why I'm so partial to thoroughbreds with all their crazy quirks and antics, even the sour stressed out low level claimers. Their humans just have to find the jobs for them that makes their hearts sing...like going 30 miles an hour for 4 miles leaping over the biggest of fences. Hope they make it to England! Thanks for posting.

[Sparrow Castle]

We talked about her in the Older Horses thread, but probably is a better fit here. I got an Early Entry Notification for Lady Yeats but it looks like they scratched her from this one and she'll run at the Middleburg Hunt Point to Point in The George Straub Memorial Open Flat instead. Thanks to Miss Woodford I now know about the non-sanctioned races.

Lady Yeats (GB) is entered to run on April 29, 2017, at CHARLOTTE.
Your comments for this horse were: 2011 Yeats (IRE) - Oblique (IRE), by Giant's Causeway

Early Scratches: Lady Yeats (GB)

[Sparrow Castle]

Closing the loop here. Lady Yeats won her race.

Eighth Race The George Straub Memorial Open Flat About 1 1/4 miles on the Turf
Order Horse Wgt Rider Owner Trainer
1 Lady Yeats (GB) 150 Shane Crimin Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Richard L. Valentine
2 Ciboure (Fr) 155 Gerard Galligan Hudson River Farms Jonathan Sheppard
3 For Goodness Sake (Ire)150 Paddy Young Amy Taylor Rowe Leslie F. Young
4 Catch Your Dreams 135 Keri Brion Singing Bridge Stables Jonathan Sheppard
5 Move Over Honey 150 Chris Harting Chris Harting Chris Harting
6 Coturnix 160 Kieran Norris Eva D. Smithwick Eva D. Smithwick
7 Sunlover 160 Dylan Mangan Holston Hall Russell Haynes
Lady Yeats came from off the pace in the last quarter mile, came flying in the stretch and got up in the final strides.
Winning Margin: nose Winning Time: 2:28 4/5 Turf: good
Lady Yeats (GB), b. m. 2011, by Yeats (Ire) out of Oblique (Ire), by Giant's Causeway. Bred by Biddestone Stud (GB)

[katmandu]

And Senior Senator fell at the 3rd fence. . . .

[Miss Woodford]

And Senior Senator fell at the 3rd fence. . . .

Only two horses finished (Derwins Prospector over Drift Society), which is par for the course with these races. No horses or riders seriously injured though.

[BaroqueAgain1]

Huge, and not good, news for eventing; Rolex will no longer be the title sponsor of the Kentucky Three-Day Event.
http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/rol ... -day-event

[Sparrow Castle]

Nice article about a star jumper's return to racing after suffering a severed tendon and infection.

Bon Augure caps miracle return with emotional Drags win

In a year when Scotland's jumping community already has the Grand National victory of One For Arthur to celebrate, Lynne MacLennan can toast the resurrection of the six-year-old Bon Augure, the winner of a pulsating Prix des Drags at Auteuil on Sunday.

In September 2015 Bon Augure was one of the most promising four-year-old hurdlers in France but was struck into by Blue Dragon during a Grade 3 hurdle.

https://www.racingpost.com/news/international/bon-augure-caps-miracle-return-with-emotional-drags-win/289094?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Sunday+News&utm_content=Bon+Augure

[Treve]

Huge, and not good, news for eventing; Rolex will no longer be the title sponsor of the Kentucky Three-Day Event.
http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/rol ... -day-event

My guess is Longines has moved in with a better offer (they've been sponsoring more and more equestrian events outside of racing), or Rolex was pressured off from PR advice/PETA related groups.