Midget 4,489 Report post Posted April 30, 2017 4 minutes ago, pogo(aus) said: Ferguson lock it in Lock you in ya convict pogo(aus) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis2 1,078 Report post Posted April 30, 2017 24 minutes ago, pogo(aus) said: Ferguson lock it in Sarah? elbow and Brown Fox 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,842 Report post Posted April 30, 2017 12 hours ago, Midget said: Moody is the man for the job, if he'd do it, and he probably won't although the rumours linking him to the position have been about since May last year. Is James Cummings good enough ? Seems a bit soon to me although he does a good job with those three year olds he's got. They couldn't seriously bring a northern hemisphere ( as in UK ) trainer here could they because the training techniques are so different and those blokes from up north would train all the speed out of the horse's legs. Maybe bring one of those good Hong Kong trainers down, someone like John Size, they're as good as anyone in the world and money would be no object to the Arabs. Appleby has done pretty well down here Midget, just about everything he brought down has won, including last week. He would know the horses and I'm sure with Beadman and Co onside, would learn pretty quickly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berri 2,131 Report post Posted April 30, 2017 J Moriera as stable jockey, Lees or Appleby as trainer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony McGovern 16 Report post Posted May 1, 2017 11 hours ago, Berri said: J Moriera as stable jockey, Lees or Appleby as trainer. I think Joao quite likes the 15% tax rate in HK. elbow 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 4,489 Report post Posted May 1, 2017 13 hours ago, Ohokaman said: Appleby has done pretty well down here Midget, just about everything he brought down has won, including last week. He would know the horses and I'm sure with Beadman and Co onside, would learn pretty quickly. Has he ? With sprinters and babies ? elbow 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted May 1, 2017 After 5 winning rides in Honkers yesterday, which included a masterful tactical ride on Neorealism in the big one, why would Jo bother to be controlled by Goldolphin? It doesn't make sense. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,842 Report post Posted May 1, 2017 11 hours ago, Midget said: Has he ? With sprinters and babies ? Stayers at this stage obviously...that was my point about having Beadman on side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck"s 40 Report post Posted May 1, 2017 On 4/29/2017 at 1:47 PM, Midget said: Moody ? K Myers I reckon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berri 2,131 Report post Posted May 2, 2017 16 hours ago, Trump said: After 5 winning rides in Honkers yesterday, which included a masterful tactical ride on Neorealism in the big one, why would Jo bother to be controlled by Goldolphin? It doesn't make sense. $$$$$ and a lot of them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnipOrange 149 Report post Posted May 2, 2017 16 hours ago, Tony McGovern said: I think Joao quite likes the 15% tax rate in HK. And Jockeys are on 10% in HK not 5% in Aussie Fartoomuch 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony McGovern 16 Report post Posted May 2, 2017 1 hour ago, TurnipOrange said: And Jockeys are on 10% in HK not 5% in Aussie From what I hear the highland flings aren't as big as in your days Pam Robson, elbow and Fartoomuch 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berri 2,131 Report post Posted May 2, 2017 Can't really imagine what it must be like....winning a group one but not having the owners at your hip to celebrate. Must be quite disheartening treating everything as a number. Strange though that he's stopping with two years to go and the use of the expression " negotiating a severance" would almost suggest something was done to O'Shea and he said piss off. Maybe Ferguson's son in Melbourne was the wild card? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 4,489 Report post Posted May 2, 2017 21 hours ago, Ohokaman said: Stayers at this stage obviously...that was my point about having Beadman on side. You'd only want Beadman's advice when you're going to McDonalds gary1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary1 361 Report post Posted May 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Midget said: You'd only want Beadman's advice when you're going to McDonalds or church Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,842 Report post Posted May 4, 2017 https://www.racenet.com.au/news/133715/Beadman-set-to-take-Godolphin-reins-in-the-short-term Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,930 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 Rumor is James Cummings will be announced as the new trainer... good luck to him if he has got the job..hope he does well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... 226 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 1 hour ago, scooby3051 said: Rumor is James Cummings will be announced as the new trainer... good luck to him if he has got the job..hope he does well. Yeah the drums in Australia were beating Cummings from the minute O'Shea leaving was announced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy86 2,710 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 21 hours ago, Ohokaman said: https://www.racenet.com.au/news/133715/Beadman-set-to-take-Godolphin-reins-in-the-short-term Surprised the muslims would embrace such a committed Christian as Beadman. Do Godolphin have any female employees in Oz or indeed have they ever engaged a female jockey? If they do/have then that is a great leap forward from the constraints of their religion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,930 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 Maybe not such a done deal after all.... Godolphin responds to Cummings report BY MATT KELLY - @MATTY_KEL 1 hour ago Horse Racing James Cummings (Pic: Getty) Godolphin has responded to reports James Cummings is set to become the stable’s new head trainer. A Fox Sports News report surfaced Friday morning, stating, ‘an announcement is imminent that Cummings has been selected for the role'. But Godolphin said it had nothing to add, and that it was “surprised” by the report. “There’s nothing from us, unfortunately,” a Godolphin spokesperson told G1X.com.au. “We were as surprised as you were.” Godolphin is yet to officially confirm that it has parted ways with current head trainer John O’Shea, despite news of a split breaking last Saturday. When asked if confirmation in regards to O’Shea or Cummings would be forthcoming - in the form of a statement in the following days - the stable replied, “I don’t think so.” “We’ve worked hard to be as transparent as we can be for years and years now,” the spokesperson said. “It’s something we’re working a way through at the moment, which I’m sure you can appreciate.” When also asked to confirm reports of an application to Racing NSW for a trainer’s licence for current assistant Darren Beadman, the spokesperson said, “No, I can’t, sorry.” O’Shea remains on leave with both parties said to be currently working through a severance package. News of the report regarding Cummings was met with a favourable response on social media, with many saying he’d be an excellent choice for the job. Cummings has enjoyed a successful last 12 months at Leilani Lodge, with Prized Icon winning the Group 1 Victoria Derby and fellow three-year-old Good Standing taking out the G3 Norman Robinson Stakes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoopa 281 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 7 hours ago, chevy86 said: Surprised the muslims would embrace such a committed Christian as Beadman. Do Godolphin have any female employees in Oz or indeed have they ever engaged a female jockey? If they do/have then that is a great leap forward from the constraints of their religion. I think Josephine Gordon may have ridden for Charlie Appleby,but not positive about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 Chevy, just as celibacy is a myth in the Catholic Church (seen the film "Spotlight"?), some of the Muslim beliefs are also myths! I was in a training camp with an Iranian Muslim and his room was next to mine. Every morning I was woken up by his early morning prayer session as he faced Mecca and wailed! Yet after work, in the evening, he loved to defy his "no booze" beliefs by pouring Johnny Walker Black down his gullet. When I asked him his reason for defying his faith his response was, "Alas my friend, it is surely a weakness for which I pray Allah's forgiveness". Beadman's Christian beliefs won't present a problem chevy86 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelda kratchanova 2 501 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 is their a BBQ for John? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 4,489 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 9 minutes ago, zelda kratchanova 2 said: is their a BBQ for John? Would he fit on one ? That metal rod up his chutney might hurt a bit, but he'd look good with an apple stuffed in his gob and saying nothing for a change. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary1 361 Report post Posted May 5, 2017 18 hours ago, chevy86 said: Surprised the muslims would embrace such a committed Christian as Beadman. Do Godolphin have any female employees in Oz or indeed have they ever engaged a female jockey? If they do/have then that is a great leap forward from the constraints of their religion. Friday, 5 May 2017 Darren Beadman – Trainers Licence Approved - to commence Sunday (7 May) An application from Darren Beadman for a Metropolitan Trainers licence has been approved by Racing NSW and will commence from Sunday 7 May 2017. Mr Beadman will take carriage of the Godolphin stable from that date. Please note that horses accepted to race Saturday 6 May 2017 will race in the care of Trainer John O’Shea. Horses from Sunday 7 May will race under the care of Trainer Darren Beadman. Race field publications will be amended where practical to reflect the change. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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