Dominique Boeuf takes the Championship

The International Jockeys Challenge was marked this year by the participation of 11 times British Champion Jockey, Pat Eddery, who was to retire after his final competitive rides in Mauritius. With about 4,600 wins, Eddery tasted success in every country he had ridden except at the Champ de Mars, the oldest racecourse in the Southern hemisphere. Eddery’s aim was to score at least one in Mauritius before stepping down.

As the photo nearby shows it, the atmosphere
was excellent at Mauritius.

 

In temperature nearing the 33 degrees celcius, the Champ de Mars attracted an estimated crowd of about 32,000 people. The card promised thrilling races and the entertainment was minutely organised by the Mauritius Turf Club throughout the day. The tenth International Jockeys Day was jointly sponsored by Air Mauritius and Beau Rivage Hotel and 17 overseas jockeys were invited to attend the event. Jeffrey Lloyd, mauritian champion jockey for the second consecutive year, represented South Africa, while Yashin Emamdee was the mauritian representative.

The Mauritius Turf Club invited 9 Young Stars to compete in a Young Star Competition. South African, Marco Van Rensburg, and Nishal Teeha, from Mauritius, finished dead heat in first place with 16 points each. French jockey, Dominique Boeuf, won a double at the close of the day to snatch the title from British jockey, Darryll Holland. Boeuf won a hard fought battle on Atlantic Mist and showed his impressive jockeyship on Moyenne in the final race of the day. 3rd in the French Championship this year, Boeuf who was at his second participation this year in Mauritius, had a pillar to post win on Atlantic Mist. The grey travelled untroubled throughout the race and resisted the 5/2 favourite President Bill ridden by Y. Emamdee to give the Frenchman his first mauritian win. Holland started the day with an impressive finish on Market Research in the second race. In a thrilling finish, Holland just managed to snatch victory from Liszka, ridden by Y. Emamdee. The British Champion Jockey managed a double on Fashion Editor, in the fifth race. Showing great skill and flair, Holland waited patiently for the final straight to quicken his mount. The latter responded admirably and won in comfortable style. Emamdee himself was rewarded for all his hard work with a fantastic win on Boomerang depriving Pat Eddery his much sought win on 10/3 favourite Milad. Despite coming back without a win, Eddery was given a standing ovation by the mauritian public for his outstanding career.

(Yahia Nazroo)

 

Championship Table

International Jockeys Contest
1.	Dominique Boeuf	25 pts
2.	Darryll Holland	24 pts
3.	Yashin Emamdee	18 pts
4.	Kerrin McEvoy	11 pts
5.	Mick Kinane	10 pts
6.	Davy Bonilla	8 pts
7.	Thierry Thulliez	8 pts
8.	Pat Eddery	6 pts
9.	Brett Prebble	3 pts
10.	Pat Smullen	0 pts
11.	Jeffrey Lloyd	0 pts

 

Young Stars Competition
1.	Nishal Teeha	16 pts
2.	Marco Van Rensburg	16 pts
3.	Swapneel Rama	11 pts
4.	Sam Hitchcott	10 pts
5.	Graig Newitt	8 pts
6.	Cedric Segeon	4 pts
7.	Miguel Blancpain	2 pts
8.	Ms Lisa Jones	2 pts
9.	Ms Michelle Payne	0 pts

 

Les courses de chevaux en Suisse sont l'objet d'un engouement constant depuis près d'un siècle en Suisse romande et en Suisse alémanique. Dans les trois disciplines, le programme offre des opportunités intéressantes à des concurrents étrangers en quête d'une notoriété internationale. En plat notamment, on court régulièrement  à un très bon niveau, et des galopeurs de valeur "courses de groupe" viennent de tous pays avoisinants pour tenter de remporter le très convoité Grand Prix de Saint-Moritz en hiver sur la neige, et le classique SWISS DERBY de Frauenfeld de la mi-juin.

ADRESSES ET LINKS UTILES:

Les propriétaires ou entraîneurs intéressés à courir ponctuellement en Suisse peuvent s'adresser aux secrétariats respectifs.

Pour le galop: GALOPP SCHWEIZ Les Longs-Prés CH - 1580 AVENCHES tel. 0041.26.6767640 / 48 fax. 0041.26.6767649 www.iena.ch	Pour le trot: SUISSE TROT Les Longs -Prés CH - 1580 AVENCHES tel. 0041.26.6767630 / 38 fax. 0041.26.6767639 http://www.suissetrot.ch
CALENDRIER 2003
15.06 Frauenfeld DAVIDOFF- 23e SWISS DERBY 24.08 Zürich Prix de Diane 31.08 Lucerne 67e Grand Prix de la Ville de Lucerne 07.09 Lucerne St. Léger 14.09 Aarau Championnat des Trotteurs 28.09 Zürich GP Jockey-Club/ SWISS CLASSIC 05.10 Aarau GP Suisse 16.11 Avenches GP du Trotting/ GP des 4-Ans

 

Year	Winner	Sex	Owner	Jockey	Weight	Trainer
2002	GOTO	m	M.Randelli	O.Peslier	58 kg	H.-A. Pantall
2001	MOCCAPRINCE	m	Stall Darboven	T.Mundry	58 kg	U.  Suter
2000	TIGER GROOM	m	R. Collet	S.Maillot	58 kg	R. Collet
1999	BLEU NUIT	m	G. Valin	S. Pasquier	58 kg	R. Collet
1998	COPELAND	m	Sh. Al-Maktoum	G. Toupel	58 kg	H.-A. Pantall
1997	KALDOUN CHOICE	m	M. Clifford	C. Hanotel	58 kg	R. Collet
1996	MONGOL WARRIOR	m	H. Kwiatkowski	D. Harrison	58 kg	Lord Huntingdon
1995	SOLON	m	Gest. Schlenderhan	P. Schiergen	58 kg	H. Jentsch
1994	FIALO BEACH	m	P. Baumgartner	J.-M. Breux	58 kg	R. Collet
1993	SHARPELA	m	W. Wolf	J.-M. Breux	58 kg	R. Collet
1992	MON DOMINO	m	H. Chalhoub	C. Asmussen	58 kg	R. Collet
1991	WACIO	m	P. Baumgartner	J.-M. Breux	58 kg	J. de Roualle
1990	MY STYLE	m	P. Baumgartner	C. Asmussen	58 kg	J. de Roualle
1989	CAPEL MEISTER	m	P. Baumgartner	C. Asmussen	58 kg	G. Collet
1988	PRINCE DISCO	m	P. Baumgartner	C. Asmussen	58 kg	J. Laumain
1987	KATOLEME	m	R.& V. Züger	A.S. Cruz	58 kg	K. Schafflützel
1986	TOSCARINO	m	Stall Weierhof	E. Schindler	58 kg	F. Müller
1985	REMOY	m	E.& HP. Sorg	S. Prou	58 kg	H. Van de Poële
1984	TRYFFOC	m	A. Koch	J.-P. Lefèvre	58 kg	A. Klimscha
1983	MAGANYOS	f	D.W. Samuel	A. Lequeux	56,5 kg	Y. Porzier
1982	MAGNUM OPUS	m	H. Raschle	A. Gibert	58 kg	A. Klimscha
1981	BEYSSAC	m	W. Heimberg	M. Planard	62 kg	E. Lellouche

 

 

High Chaparral (IRE)

3-y-o [1 March 1999] bc
Sadler’s Well (USA)- Kasora (IRE) (Darshaan)
(270,000 gns): second foal: half brother to Irish 1m winner Oriental Ben (by Ridgewood Ben): dam: unraced, out of high class French 1m to 12f performer Kozana. 

Current Owner: M Tabor & Mrs. John Magnier
Current Trainer: A P O’Brien
Breeder: S Coughlan

Most recent win: The Breeders Cup Turf  (26 October 2002)

After winning the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster in 2001, Kevin Darley, rider of High Chaparral said: “I think he’ll improve and he has a very, very bright future.” Darley could not have been more right. High Chaparral has shown on the 26 October 2002 at Arlington Park in the United States that he is an outstanding horse. The O’Brien-trained horse has proven that he has the stamina and class to compete at the highest level and do so in the most dazzling fashion. His trainer did not spare the flattering words he well deserved: “He came out with an awful lot of class and he will be back next year…He has the qualities of a superstar.” High Chaparral was only the 15^th horse to complete the Epsom- Curragh Derby double earlier this year. Jockey M. Kinane who has been associated with the 3 year old for his last two wins, also commented highly of the Breeder’s Cup Turf winner: “He is a very high class colt.” High Chaparral defeated stablemate Hawk Wing in Epsom earlier this year to give Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien a one-two and his second consecutive win in the Vodafone Derby. The 3 year old went on to take third place in the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on the 6^th October.

(Yahia Nazroo)

 

High Chaparral - Derby Epsom 2002

 

ASCOT 28 July 2001 – Near the winning post!

Galileo - Fantastic Light or the duo of the season in Europe, that has just published a new twinning at the arrival of the Irish Champion Stakes (group l, 2000 metres) in Leopardstown, but in the opposite order of the one noticed during the King Georges And Queen Elisabeth Stakes (group l, 2400 metres), in July, in Ascot (our photography).

Galileo certainly intended to take his revenge at the time of their next confrontation, on the occasion of the Breeders'Cup, in the United States 3 months later.

But the Fantastic Light managers that decided with great wisdom for the Breeders'Cup Turf despite a half lower allowance to the winner, prevent the duel from taking place, and Galileo did not succeed in showing off to advantage on the dirt of Belmont Park, arriving 6^th of Tiznow.

Friday 30 November 2001 at the Tattersalls auctions of Newmarket, a own sister of Galileo (Sadler's Wells - Urban Sea) has been sold for 1,1 million guineas (2 millions USD) to John Magnier and his Coolmore stud farm.