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MINELLA CLASS 

• Minella Class was an impressive winner of the Grade 1 Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown last Saturday. He beat his nearest rival, Megastar, by 7L's in the 2m 110yds contest on heavy ground. 

MAGNANIMITY

• Magnanimity put in a great performance to win the Grade 2 Tote Pick Six Killiney Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday. He was given a great ride by Davy Russell to beat the well fancied Jessies Dream by just under a length.

PANDORAMA

• Pandorama put in a great performance to win the Grade 1 Lexus Chase at Leopardstown over 3m, at Christmas. He was unlucky in his last race in the Hennessy at Newbury, but Paul Carberry looked after him that day and pulled him up.

 
Check out the EBN (European Bloodstock News) interview about ParadeRing.ie in their latest issue.
 

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EBN ParadeRing 21-12-2010.pdf

OSCARS WELL

• Oscars Well was a very impressive winner of the Grade 1 Navan Novice Hurdle over 2m4f in Navan at the weekend.  The 5yo who is trained by Jessica Harrington, settled nicely and was produced by Robbie Power two furlongs out and easily took it up to coast in for an easy victory.

Mossey Joe

• Mossey Joe put in an impressive performance to run away with the Grade 3 O'Connell Group Cork Stayers Novice Hurdle at Cork at the weekend. The 7yo son of Moscow Society pulled hard and Andrew Leigh couldn't get him to settle but it made no difference as he was much too good for his rivals and won as he liked.

Jack The Bus

• Jack The Bus won the Ladbrokes.com Troytown Handicap Chase over 3m at Navan on Sunday. He was held out the back patiently before gradually making his way through the field to join the leader at the second last, before taking it up at the last and staying on well to beat the talented Glenquest by almost a length.

Shinrock Paddy

• Shinrock Paddy won on his first start of the season in the Tipper Road Hurdle at Naas on Saturday over 2m 4f, beating the well regarded Son Amix by over a length, while giving him 20lb. It was an impressive performance and could be the start of a great season.

The Shepherd King

• The Shepherd King won on his first start over hurdles at Galway on Sunday and would be worth keeping an eye on over the next few months. He was up against some well fancied runners and the race should produce plenty of winners in the near future.

Golden Kite

• Golden Kite won the Munster National at Limerick on Sunday to record the biggest win of the horse, jockey and trainers' careers - so far.

• He beat Noel Meade's Fisher Bridge by the narrowest of margins in a photo finish, off the feather weight of 9-11. He led from pillar to post and showed great heart and determination to fend off the challenge of Meade's inmate.
  • The 8 year old was following up his Midlands National win earlier this year and his unlucky in running Kerry National run a few weeks previous.
  • He is bred by Mrs Cora Cronin in BROWNSTONE STUD near Midleton in Co. Cork and currently has around 10 mares there.
  • He is owned by Anthony Calnan, a doctor from Bandon in Cork, who is described as a patient gentleman and a dying breed amongst owners, according the horses' trainer.
  • The trainer Adrian Maguire, keeps going from strength to strength and has proven time and again that he can train them for the big day. He is a shrewd judge of a horse and always puts the horses' well being first. Thanks mostly to Golden Kite, he has now won over half of the total prize money he won in the whole of last season. It could be a very good season indeed, for the Cork based trainer.
  • Golden Kite, who is an Anshan gelding out of a Miss Nee mare, started off his career by winning his only point to point at Inch by no less than 12l on good to firm ground in April 2007 - not bad for your first outing in public!
  • In spite of his obvious love for good ground he managed to win his maiden hurdle at Limerick on soft to heavy going over 2m3f. In the summer of last year he then won a 3m hurdle at Cork and on his next start he won his first chase at the 6th attempt in a 3m1f Novice Chase at Killbeggan.
  • He then went on to win a 3m novice chase at Clonmel on his prefered fast ground. On his second start in April this year he won a handicap chase over 2m6f at Tramore. In July he went on to win the Midlands National at Kilbeggan over 2m6f with a little cut in the ground.
  • After that he ran in the Kerry National in Listowel but was hampered early on by the fall of Oscar Looby. His rider Brian O'Connell looked after him after that and he got his turn on his next start in the Munster National.
  • There are no immediate plans for him but he could be an Irish National horse come next April. Whatever he does, he's an exciting prospect for the future.