Mick Kinane

Nulty

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"..when god made the perfect jockey he decided 2 call him Mick kinane!"

Words of AP McCoy, and I could agree more despite my short years following the game. I'm so glad that I was in time to see Sea The Stars complete his brilliant 2010 season and lucky enough to attend the Irish Champion Stakes but almost more happy that I got to see Mick Kinane fulfill the same achievement on his back.

Have you got anything to say about Mick Kinane? Maybe anecdotes, horses you remember him most on, or any memories to share?

UrbanSea

He's one of a kind. People forget what a great day he had that arc day when Alandi won the Cadran in the next

Hawk Wing 2

Nulty wrote: »

Words of AP McCoy, and I could agree more despite my short years following the game. I'm so glad that I was in time to see Sea The Stars complete his brilliant 2010 season and lucky enough to attend the Irish Champion Stakes but almost more happy that I got to see Mick Kinane fulfill the same achievement on his back.

Have you got anything to say about Mick Kinane? Maybe anecdotes, horses you remember him most on, or any memories to share?

2009 actually

BQQ

*cough*

Breeders cup 2000, 2002

*cough*

Colonel Sanders

How about Breeders Cup Turf 2003

As good a ride as I've ever seen on High Chaparall

You could go on all day picking out mistakes any jockey made

Nulty

Hawk Wing 2 wrote: »

2009 actually

I can't remember my own age most times!

Gringo180

I remember his ride on Montjeu in the King George and he didnt budge in the saddle, best race ive ever witnessed. Montjeu literally pissed all over a high class field on the bridle, just amazing!!!!

Hawk Wing 2

best performance i have ever seen, Fantastic light was a serious gp1 horse in his own right

Gringo180 wrote: »

I remember his ride on Montjeu in the King George and he didnt budge in the saddle, best race ive ever witnessed. Montjeu literally pissed all over a high class field on the bridle, just amazing!!!!

UrbanFret

Fantastic jockey was mick but Like the rest not infallible either.

Isildur1980

I suppose the 2003 Lockinge on Hawk Wing comes to mind. Devastated a top class field. Probably more about the horse than the jockey though!

finbarrk

He rode a NH mare for us once on the flat. Told us to forget about her. A wise €200 spent.

finbarrk

Met him on the plane to Paris the day of that infamous football match involving Thierry Henry's handball incident, I had a spare ticket if he wanted it too.
He was riding one in Longchamp for one of the English trainers. I asked him 'have you a chance'? He said 'I'm not going over for the good of my health ha ha'. Needless to say he won.

finbarrk

My personal punting favourite moment was when he win on Johannesburg in Belmont in the Breeders Cup.
It was my first Breeders Cup and things hadn't been going great but we lumped on him and everything was great after that. Some night in Manhattan afterwards, there was loads of Irish there that evening.

UrbanSea

finbarrk wrote: »

He rode a NH mare for us once on the flat. Told us to forget about her. A wise €200 spent.

And was she any good?

hucklebuck

I was delighted that Mick got to bring the curtain down on his career riding Sea The Stars, he really deserved to go out like that, I thought he gave him a peach of a ride too.

tryfix

Perhaps his finest ride was on Belmez in the 1990 King George, breaking my heart because I thought Old Vic put in an unbelievably gutsy front running performance and hated seeing him denied.

The ride that launched him into the big time, winning the 1989 Arc on Carroll House, cool as a breeze and strong as well, a masterful ride.

finbarrk

UrbanSea wrote: »

finbarrk wrote: »

He rode a NH mare for us once on the flat. Told us to forget about her. A wise €200 spent.

And was she any good?

She had a few handicap hurdles won for us but had gone up too much to win any more because she was only about 15.2hh. She was sold to England for around €15k and raced unsuccessfully there and then put breeding.