The Sport of Kings and Equine Matters part ix

He paid €375k for one of those pitches.

Got word for tango club here in Sligo @ 5/1

Huge shoutout to TFK from Icy on his podcast this week.

Last two minutes are worth a listen.

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It’s be the biggest signing @Tassotti joined from an fear rua

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He’s absolutely filleted the forums much vaunted Legal eagles.

What does he say on it about TFK?

He said its a good little forum that discusses all the main controversies but dont take any Legal advice from anyone on it as they haven’t a fucking clue about it :joy:

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I hate all of those fuckers. Thousands of accounts with “Dickhead Anglo Saxon name Racing”. Inane.

“Is it too early to start talking about Cheltenham?” FOAD

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He was unlucky here.

Where can you buy a jacket like that?


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If you’re at the track in Ireland, oncourseodds.com appears to be like an oddschecker for track bookies.

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Tik tak toe men RIP

That’s very interesting. I see a lot of bookmakers on Twitter going on about how the SP returned in the ring is so much better than the SP returned off-course. Hopefully more firms row in behind this site.

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Doubt AK will be on it too much :rofl:

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Goes again in the Curragh next up

Magnier claims Regan trying to ‘destroy’ him: Coolmore owner says ban on billionaire’s stud farm is justified due to ‘threats’

Tighe, Mark. Irish Times; Dublin. 08 Aug

Coolmore Stud owner John Magnier has accused billionaire Maurice Regan of waging a campaign to try and “destroy” him.

A letter sent by Magnier’s solicitors Arthur Cox to Regan, seen by The Irish Times, details text messages between the two men after last year’s High Court case over the Barne Estate.

Magnier believed he had a deal in place to buy the 751-acre estate in Co Tipperary, but Judge Max Barrett concluded a sale had not taken place. It was ultimately bought by Regan.

The letter said Coolmore’s prohibition on doing business with Regan’s Newtown Anner Stud was justified due to threats to destroy Magnier’s reputation and business.

Magnier is being sued by Regan’s stud in the High Court for damages for alleged breaches of competition law after his horses were barred from Coolmore’s stud services.

Regan’s complaint alleges that Magnier’s Ballydoyle racing group was given preferential treatment at the start of races in Ireland.

Regan, who runs the JT Magen construction firm in New York and the Mercantile pub group in Dublin, has also complained that trainer Joseph O’Brien was told not to train Newtown Anner horses.

In a letter sent on Thursday, Magnier’s solicitors said it was clear that Regan’s “animus” and “personal grievance” stemmed from a 1999 public auction where Regan and his father were the “disappointed underbidders” when Coolmore bought Anne’s Gift, a large farm beside Coolmore in Co Tipperary.

The letter complained that Regan’s “sole focus” in the competition case was to “use them as a platform for making bald allegations in the media and elsewhere”, culminating recently in a 13,000-word interview in the Sunday Independent.

‘Under consideration’
Magnier’s letter said Regan had publicised complaints he made to Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) about Ballydoyle starting arrangements. However, it said HRI has since confirmed there was “no basis” for the complaint to it. The IHRB said “the matter remains under consideration”.
The letter from Arthur Cox said the complaints were “part of a wider campaign against Coolmore to make good on Mr Regan’s threats that he would destroy John Magnier”.

It outlined how Regan was connected in business dealings with Luke Comer, a billionaire developer who is suspended from horse racing after his horses tested positive for banned substances. The letter said Comer had made “wild allegations” that Coolmore doped his horses.

Comer has alleged that Coolmore paid his training manager Jim Gorman to contaminate hay in his yard before his horses tested positive for banned substances. Coolmore and Gorman have denied the allegation.

Legal firm Creed McStay issued a response to Arthur Cox on behalf of Regan that dismissed its complaints as “a work of fiction”. It said the Comer allegations did not concern Regan and were “an irrelevance” to his competition case. Regan’s relationship with Comer was “a narrow one” concerning one investment, it added.

The firm said Regan had intended to continue business with Coolmore after the Barne case but claimed Magnier “could not let the matter rest”. It denied Regan had nursed a grievance for 27 years, saying he had done business with Coolmore for 20 of those years. Comer was contacted for comment.

Coolmore giving Maurice Regan $1.9m

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Hush money