(Mon. Apr. 5th).
Lets Clic Together 2nd in Cork

Cork 3.30pm 6 ran
6 WHICH IS WHICH 7/2
3 Lets Clic Together 4/1
1 Archive Footage 5/4F
__________Win Dist :Shd,2\L

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.........See photos and results below.........


photos are:
(Top left & right) Win at Navan
(Bottom left & right) Win at Galway
...click on photo to see full-size version

Lets Clic Together 4th at Naas over 1m3f (Sun. Oct. 11th).
Let's Clic Together turned in another workwomanlike performance to finish a very
creditable 4th, in a race which was far from ideal in conditions.
While the ground was officially changed from Good to Yielding, it
was definitely not as soft as in Galway, and the combination of a
furlong less in distance and the lack of the Galway uphill finish
made the race probably 1 to 2 furlongs short of her ideal trip.
Plans for the future are not yet decided, but there is the possibility of a return to
Leopardstown for the Leopardstown November Handicap on the
weekend of 7/8 November, which is over 2 miles.
More news as it emerges.



News from Aertel teletext :-

—————————————————————— Yielding
**** NAAS 4.00pm (1m3f) ****
7 Afarad 6/1 Favourite
18 Sunless 14/1
10 Keeping The Faith 14/1
11 Lets Clic Together 14/1 18 ran

————————————————Win Dist :2L,2L

    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    
     4.00 PADDY POWER EXT. HANDICAP (RATED 
                    60-105) 1m 3f £12,000 (21>       
               ______________________________________
               1 608 ARCHIVE FOOTAGE 3         6 10-0
                     D K Weld                        
               2 115 DRAFT OF VINTAGE 9        5  9-11
                     J E Mulhern                     
               3 288 BALIZAC 8 BL              3  9-6
                     J M Oxx                         
               4 801 BALLA SOLA 18             3  9-4
                     W P Mullins                     
               5 805 RIGHT JOB 16              3  9-4
                     P J Flynn                       
               6 121 YUAN 11                   3  9-4
                     A P O'Brien                     
               7 144 AFARAD 15                 3  9-3
                     J M Oxx                          
               8 170 MOVING ON UP 7 BL         4  9-3
                     D K Weld                        
               9 -16 CHAUNCY LANE 17           4  8-12
                     M J P O'Brien            S CRAINE
               10 657 KEEPING THE FAITH 1      4  8-12
                      T Carmody                      
               11 881 LETS CLIC TOGETHER 10    3  8-8
                      M J Grassick                   
               12 210 RAINBOW WARRIOR 14       4  8-8
                      Miss F M Crowley         E AHERN
               13 221 JUST WONDERING 12        3  8-3
                      J Muldoon          N G McCULLAGH
               14 418 JIMMY SWIFT 2            3  8-2
                      N Meade                        
               15 019 CANADIAN VISTA 13        4  8-0
                      J S Bolger                     
               16 726 KING OF PEACE 5          5  8-0
                      H Rogers             S W KELLY 3
               17 323 RED PIPER 4              4  7-13
                      E J O'Grady       C O DONOGHUE 7
               18 437 SUNLESS 6                5  7-13
                      Mrs S Hayes            W J SMITH
                      RESERVES                       
               19 395 TAAKID                   3  7-12
                      K Prendergast                  
               20 220 GYPSY MELODY  BL         4  7-10
                      J S Bolger                     
               21 121 MAZURKA                  3  7-10
                      J M Oxx                        


Lets Clic Together wins in Galway over 1m4f (Mon. Sept. 7th).
Yesterday was a foul wet day at Galway and Let's Clic Together loved
it. After holding a promanent position in fourth place  into the final bend
she kicked on. For a few strides it looked as if Eddie Ahern on No Avail
might get to her but Brian O'Connor, the 16 yr old from Valencia, soon
asserted himself on our filly. She stayed on really strongly up the hill to win
the £5,500 prize by 3 lengths. So Brian and the Blakestown Racing Club both
had their second winners of the season with the same horse.

News from Aertel teletext :-

—————————————————————— Yielding/Soft
4.00 Tom Hogan Motors Handicap (1m4f)
5 LETS CLIC TOGETHER 12/1 10 ran
10 No Avail 5/1
8 Red Piper 4/1F
————————————————Win Dist :3L,4\L

Michael Grassick received a welcome change of luck when Lets Clic Together
provided Brian O'Connor (aged 16) with his second win in the plate when landing
the 1m4f handicap.

1 Le Ciel 2 Samapour 3 Francis Bay
4 Master Cooper 5 Allegedly Yours
6 Candereli 7 Sunless 8 Tidjani
9 Christy Senior 10 Lets Clic Together
11 Tittle Tattle 12 Christiansted
13 Red Piper 14 Silver Eye 15 Malvadilla
16 No Avail 17 Mazurka

4.30 Rathbeggan Handicap 1m 4f £10,000 (Aug. 22nd) - Fairyhouse
Let's Clic Together returned to the fray last weekend. She ran a competitive enough race to finsh 8th, despite the fact that the ground was firm, which wouldn't suit her given the way she has run so far this year. Brian O'Connor rode claiming 10lbs, but the advantage is really gained when the ground has more of a give.

1st place went to Space Trucker (11/2); 2nd to Afarka (16/1); 3rd to Really Chuffed (8/1)
The favourite, Christy Senior, came home 5th at 9/2.
Ground was Good and 13 ran.

1 330 KEEPING THE FAITH 3 4 10-0 T Carmody E AHERN
2 341 SPACE TRUCKER 7 7 10-0 Mrs J Harrington
3 31 BIG TIPPER 12 3 9-11 J M Oxx J P MURTAGH
4 251 THE BONGO MAN 2 5 9-6 A Mullins M J KINANE
5 314 REALLY CHUFFED 6 4 9-4 W P Mullins P J SMULLEN
6 508 SHERABI 5 4 9-4 D P Kelly
7 656 SUNLESS 8 5 9-4 Mrs S Hayes P SHANAHAN
8 166 TARBAAN 1 3 9-4 K Prendergast S CRAINE
9 208 LETS CLIC TOGETHER 11 3 9-0 M J Grassick B M O'CONNOR 10
10 -81 CHRISTY SENIOR 13 3 8-13 J S Bolger K J MANNING
11 146 CHAPARRAL LADY 10 4 8-12 A P O'Brien
12 657 AFARKA 4 5 8-10 S J Treacy S W KELLY 5
13 401 VOODOO LILY 9 3 8-3 N Meade D P McDONOGH 3


Lets Clic Together not placed in Roscommon on Monday evening !
Moday evening, July 6th'98, at 8pm, Lets Clic Together ran in the "P.Burke & Associates" Ext.Handicap (rated 0-80) over 1m 4f.
Scratchings included Just Little, Sherabi, Call My Bluff, Dabtara, Master Cooper, Lets Clic Together, Canadian Vista, Ortelius, Star Defector, Lady for Life, Simple Ideals, Magical Lady, Kildare Chiller, Prediction, Cryptic Lady & Experimental (a field of 16 horses).

Only 9 ran over Good ground.
Results were as follows:
3 Canadian Vista 10/1
7 Magical Lady 4/1
1 Call My Bluff 10/1

The favourite, 6 Lady For Life, 3/1, was 9th.
Lets Clic Together was a disappointing 2nd-last.


1998 NEWS
June 27th'98: Great Disappointment at the Curragh as the saddle slips !
The club was hoping for a good performance from Lets Clic Together following a recent 2nd place at the same track. Unfortunately the saddle slipped in the first furlong and we saw our prodigy drop back from 2nd place to last place over the rest of the course.
The race was shown on TV incidentally ; it was the Curragh 2.30pm H'CAP (1st race on the card) over 1m4f for 10,000 pounds in total prize money.
Our jockey was Ed Ahern again and we stood at 8-13 (min 7-10, max 10-0)
Saturday's winners were No Avail, Alleged Aggressor and Celtic Lore.


2nd place at the Curragh June 5th !
At an evening meeting at the Curragh on Friday June 5th, Lets Clic Together finished a very creditable 2nd to Christy Senior in the 8.30pm 1m3f H'CAP.
Ed Ahern rode for the club at 8-5 compared to 7-10 on Christy Snr ridden by K.T.Cooper, trained by J.S.Bolger, and running with the colours of Niall Quinn's Sporting Quest Racing Club.
Notable names in the race from previous races attended by the club were Royal Midyan, Draft of Vintage and Zankle.


Good performance at Naas on May 17th !
Lets Clic Together finished 4th in the 4.30 Handicap at Naas on Sunday May 17th.
The race ws 1m3f for 3-year olds with 8,000 pounds total prize money.


Disappointing 5th place at Leopardstown !
With Tertia on maternity leave and retired from racing for the rest of the season, we had our 2nd outing with Lets Clic Together at Leopardstown today (Sunday May 10th).
She ran in the 6th race of the day, The Doyle Burlington Handicap worth 12,000 pounds, and finished 5th after holding 2nd position for most of the race. She lost her place on the last bend of this 1m2f race.
Winner was 'Moving On Up' and 2nd was 'Blue Stockings'.
'Imprevue' came home 3rd and the favourite 'Beamish Boy' finished 4th.


Disappointing 4th place at the Curragh !
Tertia had her 2nd outing of the season at the Curragh Sat.May 2nd in The Mooresbridge Stakes (a listed race) with a field of 6 horses.
After a commendable performance in the first 5 furlongs, she dropped back from 2nd to 4th place in the final 5 furlongs (1m2f total).
She shared the lightest weight with 'Sense of Honour' and was ridden by Ed Ahearn.
The winner was 'Stage Affair' who beat Tertia at the end of last year in a listed race in Leopardstown.
Fort Morgan came in 2nd and Code of Honour was placed 3rd.
5th & Last places went to Sense of Honour and Celtic Lore.


1st win of the season ..... Lets Clic Together's 1st race for the club
Our new 3 year-old filly 'Lets Clic Together' had her first race of the season on Saturday Apr.25th.
She easily won a 1m2f handicap at Navan.
Number 8 and drawn 12, ridden by young Brian O'Connor, 16, from Valentia, Co.Kerry, and carrying 131 pounds (less Brian's 10 lb allowance), Lets Clic Together took the lead in the final 5 furlongs and raced home with a 3 length lead on a miserably wet Saturday in Navan, County Meath.
Today's win was in the Dunboyne Handicap (rated 0-75).
All 17 ran and the favourite 'Major Ballaby' was 11th.

The filly is by 'Don't Forget Me' out of 'Mombones' and was bred by Mrs. Vanessa Hutch and is trained by Michael Grassick at the Curragh.
Recent performance is now 2nd,1st & 8th in '97 and 1st in '98.


1st race in 1998 for the club ..... Tertia
Tertia's first run of the 1998 season was Sunday April 5th at the Curragh. She ran in the 2nd Race at 3pm, The Bank of Ireland Handicap (rated 0-95), and unfortunately didn't perform at all. She came last in a field of 7 losing to Archive Footage (1st), Bolino Star (2nd) & Le Ciel (3rd). Tertia carried the top weight in the field (10-0) and was ridden by Ed Ahern.

Welcome from committe member, Mark A. Barrett :-





Salve homines!!,        (Latin for: hello people!)


   Welcome to the Blakestown Racing Club's Home Page.
The club began its short existance in the Spring of '96. We had a
few meetings to decide how best to get it started and proceeded to
elect a comittee etc. ;  we had a few keen race-goers who had been
interested in organising something like this and I had also been
toying with just such an idea. 

   Previously I had worked at Derrinstown Stud which is just outside
Maynooth and this Arab-owned Stud along with a real love for the
sport had opened my eyes to just such a thing as this. Of course we
needed other similarly minded folks to get it up and running; so with
Brenda Finn, Neil Morris, Frank Turpin & others we were destined to
get it going.

   Our first venture through the Summer of '96 was with a
Michael Grassick trained two-year-old filly, 'Peig Sayers' by 
'Royal Academy' out of 'Dingle Bay' ... she was a slightly built filly
but we were hopeful that through the year she'd fill out.  We also
decided that we might aswell start somewhere so...we went for it. 
Peig was not that keen on the job and ran three moderate efforts that 
year, but we did enjoy the days out and the bug definitely bit some of
the members.

   The past season of '97 can only be refered to as a season 
to remember, another filly in training with Michael Grassick,
but this time she was a three-year-old, Tertia, by 'Polish Patriot'
out of a German mare called 'Traumerei'... she provided us with a year
to remember: three wins, two seconds, a third and a fifth...it has been
remarkable!  She was a very good second first time out at Tipperary
then she was a decent fifth in a hot race at the curragh on ground
she didn't like,and amazingly she came out two days later and won
the Derrinstown Apprentice race by 11 lengths!!!
 ... well we couldn't believe our luck.

   Following this she won impressively at the Curragh again
before coming a decent third to'Renge' a very decent horse.
Her next engagement at Naas in the Autumn Handicap she confounded
us again with a spectacular performance, winning by 4 lengths from
a good field so we decided to go for a listed race at Leopardstown
in October - she ran her heart out to be an excellent second to a
smart Dermot Weld trained horse called 'Stage Affair'.
At this time it was decided to try our luck in France in a decent
race worth a good few pounds ($12,000) but we were beaten by the
weather and she didn't get to sail for France.

   So there you are, after a nice quiet opening season we had 
an exeptional second season,and who knows!!! ... with another
Michael Grassick trained filly 'Let's clic together' ready to roll
for this year, 1998, and Tertia running for us in April & May, we
are looking forward to another interesting season.

   The club is also interested in visits to top class Studs 
in the country aswell as all things equine ... Goffs sales etc.

The committee???...well what can I say?
The four commitee members are the legendary Frank Turpin, the
equally legendary Neil Morris, definitely legendary Andy Tyrrell
and me??....well myself I have been a fan of racing since I was 6 !
...that's not long ago..when I still remember my first race..(1967
Grand National)..where they all fell at one fence; and luckily I 
remember all the great National Hunt horses from the seventies:
Captain Christy, Pendil, The Dikler, Lescargot, Red Rum...to name
but a few..and also great flat horses like Nijinsky, The Minstrel,
Brigadire Greard, Bustino..etc etc.  Of course I was just a
wee bit too young to remember the greatest of them all Arkle!!
..but have watched so many video's of him and read so much that
it's obvious that there will never be another like him....

So don't forget to cheer us on this year and here's the treble I
recommended back in February for Cheltenham: 

  - Florida Pearl in the sun alliance chase
  - Istabraq for the champion hurdle
  - Grimes each way in the champion hurdle

         .... not too far off the mark !

Right, stay lucky ..now where did I put that betting slip ?? !!
     
                      Mark A. Barrett

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