Ready To Run Gallops
There’s only one racehorse sale in the world that has the luxury of a panel of judges to share their thoughts with would-be customers on the best prospects in the catalogue.
Seven years ago, the Summerhill team conceived the concept of a panel of the nation’s leading horsemen to perform this function, and Thursday saw another armada of these gifted gentlemen winding their way to Hartford House for the annual pre-Gallops award ceremony and dinner.
While Mike de Kock and Jehan Malherbe were missing in action at the Tattersall’s sale in the UK, “big” Joey Ramsden was back (did we know it!) and while the average age was down a bit, there was still more than 200 years of collective experience at the main table.
Ready To Run Trophy
These are some of the industry’s most “in-demand” personalities, they’re as busy as hell, and it’s a compliment to the occasion that they sacrifice their time gratuitously for the benefit of those who live by their counsel.
Of course, there are some among them who’ve “supped with the devil” in their time, so sitting down to the culinary pleasures of a Jackie Cameron feast, is something of a “cleansing” ritual. That, and the annual fashion upgrade in their personal apparel, almost makes the trip compelling.
It’s a measure of these men and it probably explains their life achievements, that whatever they get up to and however late they get to bed, when they get down to graft at the opening bell, its heads down till the last horse gets over the line.
That’s why so many stay for the post-gallops interviews, and it’s why the Tellytrack ratings soar to the levels they do when the whole show goes on the “loop”.
The idea is to get their thoughts on the top colts and the top fillies respectively for next year’s Ready To Run Cup, though a couple of them, (in a draft of this depth,) found it difficult to limit their choices to just three each.
So we gave them a bit of “rope” this time, and some took the liberty of adding a couple of “spares” to their list, just so they could cover themselves next year.
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Judges Gallop Selections 2013
Craig Peters
Colt: 26 Ap Arrow X Shiyabekhala
Colt: 126 Ap Arrow X Cresent Star
Colt: 154 Western Winter X French Sun
Filly: 65 Admire Main X Unique
Filly: 109 Muhtafal X Bohemian Rhapsody
Filly: 214 Kahal X Cousin Linda
Alec Laird
Colt: 141 Kahal X Elegant Blush
Colt: 159 Hussonet X Get Around
Colt: 160 Mullins Bay X Great Attraction
Filly: 18 Ap Arrow X Salishan
Filly: 20 Silvano X Scented East
Filly: 30 Admire Main X Silent Manouvre
Filly: 132 Brave Tin Soldier X Dhlala
Michael Roberts
Colt: 172 Brave Tin Soldier X In Style
Colt: 126 Ap Arrow X Cresent Star
Colt: 144 Trippi X Escapology
Colt: 72 Kahal X Vin Fizz
Colt: 161 Ap Arrow X Guest Gallery
Filly: 132 Brave Tin Soldier X Dhlala
Filly: 193 Danehill Dancer X Love Unlimited
Filly: 196 Western Winter X Maritime Mist
Filly: 82 Kahal X Winter Wish
Filly: 87 Pure Prize X Aliysa
Graeme Hawkins
Colt: 172 Brave Tin Soldier X In Style
Colt: 144 Trippi X Escapology
Colt: 104 Encosta De Lago X Bella Princess
Colt: 159 Hussonet X Get Around
Colt: 204 Dylan Thomas X Miss Ichi
Colt: 215 Admire Main X Nadira
Colt: 233 Seventh Rock X Pepper Belle
Filly: 108 Trippi X Blushing Summer
Filly: 132 Brave Tin Soldier X Dhlala
Filly: 36 Trippi X Snooty Lady
Filly: 222 Silvano X Nontanda
Filly: 176 Admire Main X Ithala
Filly: 38 Var X South Sea Lady
Dean Kannemeyer
Colt: 142 Captain Al X Encircle
Colt: 154 Western Winter X French Sun
Colt: 159 Hussonet X Get Around
Filly: 223 Kahal X Nordic Air
Filly: 206 Rock Of Gibraltar X Miss Moguls
Filly: 196 Western Winter X Maritime Mist
Simon Vivian
Colt: 159 Hussonet X Get Around
Colt: 104 Encosta De Lago X Bella Princess
Colt: 163 Admire Main X Haifaa
Filly: 206 Rock Of Gibraltar X Miss Moguls
Filly: 97 Silvano X Alyesbury
Filly: 221 Way West X Noma India
Filly: 222 Silvano X Nontanda
Joey Ramsden
Colt: 104 Encosta De Lago X Bella Princess
Colt: 215 Admire Main X Nadira
Colt: 142 Captain Al X Encircle
Filly: 36 Trippi X Snooty Lady
Filly: 222 Silvano X Nontanda
Filly: 206 Rock Of Gibraltar X Miss Moguls
Sean Tarry
Colt: 104 Encosta De Lago X Bella Princess
Colt: 4 Western Winter X Rambo’s Love
Colt: 170 Mullins Bay X Icy Thunder
Filly: 109 Muhtafal X Bohemian Rhapsody
Filly: 36 Trippi X Snooty Lady
Filly: 222 Silvano X Nontanda
Gareth Pepper (Floor)
Filly: 110 Mullins Bay X Bridge The Gap
Filly: 206 Rock Of Gibraltar X Miss Moguls
Scott Kenny (Floor)
Colt: 159 Hussonet X Get Around
Filly: 44 Antonius Pius X Starzene
Sharon Patterson (Floor)
Colt: 200 Muhtafal X Mediterranean
Filly: 44 Antonius Pius X Starzene
