Confirmed?
[SIZE=6]Flemenstar being given time[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Flemenstar is set to have a scan next week as connections seek to discover the extent of the problem that ruled him out of the John Durkan Chase at Punchestown. [/SIZE]
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Flemenstar: Set for a scan
The eight-year-old suffered a knock on his off-fore leg two days before last Sundayās big race and his trainer Tony Martin has been giving the injury time to settle down.
āHe is good. There is no difference with him from last week. We will have more news with him when we get him scanned next week, so we will know a lot more then,ā said the County Meath handler.
āHe got a bang last week, and we are just giving it plenty of time and cooling it out before we do any tests on him. The longer we give it, the better it will be for him.ā
Flemenstar won the John Durkan 12 months earlier when trained by Peter Casey but owner Stephen Curran sent him to Martinās stable in September.
Reading between the lines, Iād say he is gone. Looks tendon related, so not going to chance him.
[quote=āfenwaypark, post: 873671, member: 276ā][SIZE=6]Flemenstar being given time[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Flemenstar is set to have a scan next week as connections seek to discover the extent of the problem that ruled him out of the John Durkan Chase at Punchestown. [/SIZE]
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Flemenstar: Set for a scan
The eight-year-old suffered a knock on his off-fore leg two days before last Sundayās big race and his trainer Tony Martin has been giving the injury time to settle down.
āHe is good. There is no difference with him from last week. We will have more news with him when we get him scanned next week, so we will know a lot more then,ā said the County Meath handler.
āHe got a bang last week, and we are just giving it plenty of time and cooling it out before we do any tests on him. The longer we give it, the better it will be for him.ā
Flemenstar won the John Durkan 12 months earlier when trained by Peter Casey but owner Stephen Curran sent him to Martinās stable in September.
Reading between the lines, Iād say he is gone. Looks tendon related, so not going to chance him.[/quote]
Yeah would agree it does not look good. Sorry for the horse but delighted for connections, karma is some bitch.
Shame,
Looked a right good horse as a novice.
Maybe if the owner hadnāt been pricking around in trying to train the horse himself and left it to the professionals heād have been fine. No real sympathy for him.
[quote=āMac, post: 873680, member: 109ā]Maybe if the owner hadnāt been pricking around in trying to train the horse himself and left it to the professionals heād have been fine. No real sympathy for him.
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Harsh
Iād say the same if yourself and the voice took Bayan away from GE in mid season and trained him yourselves for a few weeks and then handed him back to GE on the Monday before a big race for him not to have a notion of what youāve done or how fit the horse is. He set Casey up to fail with his antics. If you send a horse to a trainer you entrust him to do everything right by the horse. Sorry if its harsh but the owner is as much to blame for the horse not fulfilling his potential as anyone else.
I was there the day he won the Irish Arkle and he should have kicked on from there and become a superstar on the back of it - one of the most impressive performances Iāve ever witnessed. All the pricking around with him since has been such a pity.
Have to agree with mac here, I have followed him for the past few seasons and he he appears to have under-delivered
I know what mac is saying but I was delighted when I heard flemenstar had moved yards. It meant we didnāt have to put up with his former trainerās father talking shite before and after every race.
Owner pays the bills. He can do what he likes
[quote=āthedancingbaby, post: 873775, member: 48ā]I know what mac is saying but I was delighted when I heard flemenstar had moved yards. It meant we didnāt have to put up with his former trainerās father talking shite before and after every race.
Owner pays the bills. He can do what he likes[/quote]
Its well known that P had damn all to do but it gave racing some PR which was no harm. However the horse needed a serious trainer behind him to get proper success and I know where youāre coming from. Grand, the owner pays the bills. But when he needlessly gets involved then he only has himself to blame. You donāt see Rich Ricci, Gigginstown, Graham Wylie or JP taking their horses out of a stable to train them themselves (with the exception of JP bringing the odd horse down to Martinstown for a spot of āR&Rā)
Agree with curran training the horse himself - ridiculous
So you agree with all I say then? 
what do you recommend Mac?
single gunshot wound to the back of the horseās head? seems to be the usual way if he is not going to win
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[quote=āmickee321, post: 873809, member: 367ā]what do you recommend Mac?
single gunshot wound to the back of the horseās head? seems to be the usual way if he is not going to win
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Back of the head? You really havenāt a clue mate. Being up at 3am has your brain warped.
Put up French Opera in 1.15. Well handicapped on the best of his form. Goes well at course and overpriced at 14s in a very open race.
go on, enlighten usā¦
A superstar.
Eh itās a horse mate.
[quote=āthedancingbaby, post: 873775, member: 48ā]I know what mac is saying but I was delighted when I heard flemenstar had moved yards. It meant we didnāt have to put up with his former trainerās father talking shite before and after every race.
Owner pays the bills. He can do what he likes[/quote]
Rich owners pay training bills, punters and taxpayers pay their prizemoney and know only too well how good horses get dicked around by idiot owners. We all love the game but anyone who thinks they ācan do what they likeā belongs in the sewer.
Midnight Oscar wins the 1st at Doncaster tomorrow
Came 4th