Ballydoyle ace ready to Rip
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Johnny Murtagh retains full confidence in Rip Van Winkle on the eve of his Breeders' Cup Classic bid on Saturday night.
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Murtagh impressed by Lillie
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Top jockey Johnny Murtagh believes Lillie Langtry is the best of the Ballydoyle two-year-old fillies.
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Horse racing: Johnny Murtagh has confident in Lillie Langtry for Breeders’ Cup
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
JOHNNY MURTAGH believes Lillie Langtry is the best of the Ballydoyle two-year-old fillies as she bids to justify favouritism in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’ Turf at Santa Anita tonight.
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Zenyatta restores home pride
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... struggled well down the field on a day which contained more than its share of frustration for the Ballydoyle camp.A Breeders’ Cup that opened so perfectly with Man Of Iron’s thrilling Marathon success on Friday dissolved on Saturday when the tone was set by Viscount Nelson falling out of the stalls in the Juvenile Turf and immediately losing his chance.Things picked up slightly for the Irish...
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Zenyatta Peerless
The Daily Donkey (Free subscription) | yesterday
... breaking blood vessels. European winners, Goldikova and Conduit both ran on this drug, but the Ballydoyle representatives in particular Rip van Winkle and Mastercraftsman did not.Dare I say it, its like trying to take on Usain Bolt who’s on steroids legally and you can’t take them………..makes no sense to me, other than make the horses not on drugs - massive lay material. Backers of Catch Me...
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Cup joy for Marathon Man
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... and they were closing rapidly on the inside.Final FurlongWith a furlong to go it looked like the Ballydoyle colt might score cosily but Cloudy's Knight battled on really gamely and only just failed in a desperate finish. Mastery stayed on at one pace for third.Eddie Ahern was soon sending out distress signals on Father Time, who trailed home well beaten.It was O'Brien's first Breeders' Cup...
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Murtagh ready to let Rip in Breeders' Cup
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Ballydoyle star has stayed loyal to the Sussex Stakes and QEII winner throughout the summer despite his on-going foot problems and believes his partner's guts and determination will reap the ultimate reward under the Californian sunshine.Trainer Aidan O'Brien has said a similar performance to those which Rip Van Winkle produced at Ascot or Goodwood will be good enough to see him home on...
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O'Brien off and running with Man Of Iron
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... on Man Of Iron and they closed rapidly on the inside.With a furlong to go it looked like the Ballydoyle colt might score cosily but Cloudy's Knight battled on gamely and only just failed in a desperate finish.O'Brien's Lillie Langtry went off a hot favourite for the Juvenile Fillies Turf, but she was well beaten as Tapitsfly took the spoils.The Ballydoyle filly was settled in seventh...
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Rip Van Winkle over foot problems as he prepares for Breeders' Cup Classic bid
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
• Trainer says colt's foot problems are behind him • Ballydoyle handler keen on Lillie Langtry's chances The most celebrated four feet in southern California came through their first experience of the Pro-Ride racing surface here yesterday, as Rip Van Winkle, the favourite for the $5m Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday, led Aidan O'Brien's powerful team in a circuit of the track. There...
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Rip Van Winkle can deliver a Classic Santa Anita tale
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... appears to be growing.Rip can provide the retired champion with a huge form boost.And another old Ballydoyle rival, Mastercraftsman, can do the same in the Dirt Mile.Murtagh has picked Alfred Nobel over the shock Dewhurst victor Beethoven in the Juvenile Dirt. However, the Norfolk winner, Lookin At Lucky, looks hard to beat despite a wide draw.O’Brien’s Viscount Nelson runs in the Juvenile...
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America's special showcase is truly a breed apart
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... and High Chaparral’s pair of Turf wins (2002-03).Strewn by the wayside have lain the cream of Ballydoyle for the last decade, whether unluckily like Rock Of Gibraltar in the Mile, exhaustedly such as Dylan Thomas in the Turf or just plain tragically in the case of George Washington whose broken leg in the Monmouth mud two years ago remains a black moment for many racing fans.That happened...
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Saturdays Racing Podcast, 7 November
Free bets Finder (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Get a Free Bet and some specials from Stan James at Santa AnitaStan James have a number of special markets on the Breeders’ Cup which begins in Santa Anita tomorrow night including a matchbet on who will saddle the most winners of the two racing superpowers Ballydoyle and Godolphin, and how many 2008 BC winners will win the corresponding race for a second year in a row.”
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Jan's the man for Aidan O'Brien
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
AIDAN O'Brien's Jan Vermeer made every yard of the running to provide Ballydoyle with yet another juvenile Group One victory in the Criterium International at Saint-Cloud.
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Breeders' Cup: Raiders can make a flying start
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A strong, robust filly, she did not look like she was at the back end of a hard season at exercise yesterday when O'Brien rode her himself. Although she got a little upset at one stage when she became detached from the rest of the Ballydoyle pack, I would not read too much into that. However, if O'Brien is destined to hit the cross-bar again then Tapitsfly could be the one to nose her out.
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Perfect Day
The Daily Donkey (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... - Desperate to get at Midday, who has had a brute of a season. Lily Langtry is regarded as the Ballydoyle banker, I have that on decent authority, ordinarily I would loved to have got at it, but the strength of the source of the information is such that a watching brief is required. One thing is absolutely for sure, if the European juveniles don’t break from the gate, they haven’t a prayer....