Kinane to retire

chinguetti

See that the Racing Post seem quite sure that Kinane is going to retire before the week is out.

So folks what was his best ride/performance? He's been the pilot on some of the best horses in the last 30 years so we've many to choose from.

May him and Sea the Stars have a good long retirement if its true.

Whyno

Confirmed today. GG Mick

His ride on Azamour in the irish champion stakes was one of the best i`ve ever seen at a racetrack.
Any of the rides he gave to sea the stars were pure class with the Arc being the best.

dodzy

Whyno wrote: »

Confirmed today. GG Mick

His ride on Alamshar in the irish champion stakes was one of the best i`ve ever seen at a racetrack.
Any of the rides he gave to sea the stars were pure class with the Arc being the best.

+1

A legend.

cson

It'll be interesting to see who takes Oxx's rides now. I'm not a great follower of flat and I don't know if he's retained already but Fran Berry would be the one to spring to my mind.

premierstone

cson wrote: »

It'll be interesting to see who takes Oxx's rides now. I'm not a great follower of flat and I don't know if he's retained already but Fran Berry would be the one to spring to my mind.

Would he take a chance on Fallon perhaps??

Hoffmans

he had some year going out on a high fair play to him....

Rio 2016

Whyno wrote: »

Confirmed today. GG Mick

His ride on Alamshar in the irish champion stakes was one of the best i`ve ever seen at a racetrack.
Any of the rides he gave to sea the stars were pure class with the Arc being the best.

I think you may mean Azamour

My favourite was High Chaperal in the 2003 Iricsh Champion Stakes. The way in which he managed to keep Daryl Holland and Falbrav tight on the rail all the way up the straight was truely unrivaled IMHO. He surely came within a whisker of being disqualified that day.

Fran Berry will surely get the job and in the off chance that he doesn't I'm sure that he will leave the stable to take another job. The only reason why he has remained with Oxx is so that he would get the job when Kinane hung up his boots

bit of a bogey

Fran Berry is a certainty to become Ox's first jockey

Shan75

So many great races and it is hard to pick a "best ride" but winning the Belmont Stakes on Go And Go for Dermot Weld was fantastic as it was the first and only European winner of a US Triple Crown race and of course they just hate being beaten as do the Aussies and Kinane won the Melbourne Cup on Vintage Crop to become the first European winner of that race also.Giant's Causeway was one of my favourites and Kinane was on board for a lot of his wins.High Chaparral in the Irish Champion Stakes is another highlight and of course Montjeu who won a superior Arc in 1999 than that won this year by Sea the Stars, not that I'm saying STS couldn't have won the 1999 race.

Kinane is a legend and retires at the very top.Happy retirement Mick.

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Colonel Sanders

Kinane - Ten of the best courtesy of the sportinglife

Must say Montjeu's arc is a shocking omission. Montjeu's King George seems to be there for the sheer class of the horse's performance rather than the ride

Whyno

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Kinane - Ten of the best courtesy of the sportinglife

Must say Montjeu's arc is a shocking omission. Montjeu's King George seems to be there for the sheer class of the horse's performance rather than the ride

Ten of us on here could have sat on montjeu that day. How can they not include that ride in the arc

Morgans

Kinane has been Ireland's top jockey for as long as I can remember. Not many get to be stable jockeys for the three foremost irish trainers spanning at least generation - Oxx, O'Brien and Weld. There was a time (around the Carroll House arc win) where he was the best jockey in Europe. There appears to be no mention of Treble Bob's win at Tralee where he gave an unbelievable ride!! Top class jockey consistently reliable over the years. Johannesburg in the breeders cup was a work of art.

Though I'm afraid I do remember a couple of stinkers from him. Rock of Gibraltar in the breeders cup being possibly the worst. A little unlucky to lose his reins on Giants Causeway in the finish with Tiznow (one of the greatest races Ive seen)

And im not sure the horse (Montjeu) rescued Kinane a bit in his Arc. By a long way the best horse in the field and looked to have lost his chance by getting boxed in 3 out. Super finish from a super horse. Not sure it was a great ride though.

Shan75

Morgans wrote: »

And im not sure the horse (Montjeu) rescued Kinane a bit in his Arc. By a long way the best horse in the field and looked to have lost his chance by getting boxed in 3 out. Super finish from a super horse. Not sure it was a great ride though.

I wouldn't argue that Kinane was boxed at rail similar to this year but Montjeu, in my opinion, was not the best horse in the race.Daylami was and achieved a higher rating than Montjeu but there wasn't much between them at their best and in their own optimum conditions.If the race had been run on fast ground Daylami almost certainly would have won.Two seriously class animals with Fantastic Light not too far behind.

Morgans

Yes. I'd have Montjeu a couple of pounds ahead that their best but Daylami was the one main challenger that day, and it was clear in the ground that half way through he was never going to be a factor. Not quite as sure as who would win on good ground. Daylami was probably a tad better over 10 rather than 12f. Shame we didn't get to see them at their best together. Just as the next year, Montjeu flopped against Sinndar. That day though, It was a great sight seeing him mow down El Condor Pasa, but it probably should have been easier.

Rio 2016

No one has mentioned Alexandrova in the Yorkshire Oaks. Sat and sat and sat until the last instant when he knew she would be able to mow the entire field down in a matter of strides.