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The Bryan Cooper thread

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the boy is back :)

GIGGINSTOWN House Stud's retained rider Bryan Cooper will return from seven months out of the saddle at Limerick on Sunday.

The rider, 22, severely broke his right leg when coming down with Clarcam in the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March and had an injury described as "the worst fracture I have ever seen in a lower limb" by Adrian McGoldrick, chief medical officer for the Turf Club.

Cooper is set to partner the Grade 1-winning four-year-old Guitar Pete in Sunday's Dunraven Arms Hotel Hurdle for trainer Dessie Hughes, former employer of the jockey before his high-profile switch to Gigginstown in January.

Gigginstown's Clarcam and The Plan Man run in the same race on Sunday, but Hughes, Cooper and his owners felt that Guitar Pete was a more suitable comeback ride for the Kerry jockey.

Cooper said on Friday: "The boss [Gigginstown's Michael O'Leary] is very kindly letting me ride Guitar Pete on Sunday. He is keen for me to come back with a nice ride, and hopefully a winner, and he advised me for that reason to ride Guitar Pete.

"He is a horse I know very well and one of our two runners, Clarcam, is the horse I had the fall off, so all in all we just felt riding Guitar Pete might be the best choice for a comeback ride."

Guitar Pete is Cooper's only mount with Gigginstown not represented in any other races.
 
Good to see he is back in the saddle. Was limping last time I saw him :( which was within last month. Hopefully he will get a clear run at it for a while.
 
Aftertiming I know but the decision to ride Guitar Pete and more precisely lose on a Guitar Pete won't have won Bryan many brownie points with the O'Leary's. Don't bite the hand.
 
Morning Glory said:
Aftertiming I know but the decision to ride Guitar Pete and more precisely lose on a Guitar Pete won't have won Bryan many brownie points with the O'Leary's. Don't bite the hand.
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I seen an interview with Bryan before the race(few days before). He said it was O'Leary who told him to ride Guitar Pete as 1) it was his best chance to return with a win for his confidence (only ride) and 2) they discussed that it perhaps wasn't best for him to return on Clarcam as that was the horse he fell off and shattered his leg.
I think if O'Leary had wanted him on the horse he would have been on it. More important to him to have their no1 back on the saddle with a clear round.

P.s I am back to 0 posts and all my previous posts have been deleted as I was mistakenly banned lol. They were clearing out spammers and I got threw out by mistake. email to the website and a tweet to fatjockey sorted it but all my previous drivel is gone :)
 
KingSprinterSacre said:
I seen an interview with Bryan before the race(few days before). He said it was O'Leary who told him to ride Guitar Pete as 1) it was his best chance to return with a win for his confidence (only ride) and 2) they discussed that it perhaps wasn't best for him to return on Clarcam as that was the horse he fell off and shattered his leg.
I think if O'Leary had wanted him on the horse he would have been on it. More important to him to have their no1 back on the saddle with a clear round.

P.s I am back to 0 posts and all my previous posts have been deleted as I was mistakenly banned lol. They were clearing out spammers and I got threw out by mistake. email to the website and a tweet to fatjockey sorted it but all my previous drivel is gone :)
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Apologies again KSS - a fat finger moment from me.

definitely not all drivel either ;)

For those that weren't around KSS won last years Mullins festival targets challenge. :)
 
KingSprinterSacre said:
I seen an interview with Bryan before the race(few days before). He said it was O'Leary who told him to ride Guitar Pete as 1) it was his best chance to return with a win for his confidence (only ride) and 2) they discussed that it perhaps wasn't best for him to return on Clarcam as that was the horse he fell off and shattered his leg.
I think if O'Leary had wanted him on the horse he would have been on it. More important to him to have their no1 back on the saddle with a clear round.

P.s I am back to 0 posts and all my previous posts have been deleted as I was mistakenly banned lol. They were clearing out spammers and I got threw out by mistake. email to the website and a tweet to fatjockey sorted it but all my previous drivel is gone :)
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welcome back KSS :)

Bryan won for his boss yesterday so all is well with the world.

I could be misjudging them but have impression of O'Leary's like lots of rich men of bing tough taskmasters.
 
Cuaght napping today I think but ...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Bit of a system emerging with Giggy multiple entries... back against the Cooper-ridden entry.</p>— Matt Bisogno (@MattBisogno) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattBisogno/status/555722251426070529">January 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>McKinley 33/1 bt Tell Us More 4/5
Chatham House Rule 12/1 bt Petite Parisienne 9/10
Measureofmydreams 4/1 bt Milsean 1/4
All since 31/12/14</p>— Matt Bisogno (@MattBisogno) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattBisogno/status/555723858175864832">January 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I think Brian Cooper is a brilliant talent for such a young age but I feel that the most important part of race riding is the ability to judge the pace of a race.In the above examples where these 3 horse were beaten in 2nd I think had Ruby been aboard the results wud have been different.This is not to knock Brian Cooper as he will get even better with more experience but I think he would hold his hands up and say if he judged the pace better in each of these races then he wud hav won on at least the first two if the races were to be run again.
 
Bryan Cooper looks like Ruby on a horse in my opinion. Gets a better tune out of chasers than Ruby but would have to agree not the finished article from the front. Jonny Burke will be some jockey in time. Mark Walsh also much improved this year.
 
Another good day for the back the Gigginstown outsider theory yesterday &#55357;&#56848;
 
Good to see Cooper atone for his previous ride on Petite Parisienne today,always had a good position through race, will give his supporters a run for their money in jockeys title at Chelts.
 
iainmcf said:
Good to see Cooper atone for his previous ride on Petite Parisienne today,always had a good position through race, will give his supporters a run for their money in jockeys title at Chelts.
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Great each way bet.
 
Another couple of Grade 2s yesterday.

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Bryan Cooper: Banned for 15 days
Bryan Cooper: Banned for 15 days
Bryan Cooper will miss the Aintree Grand National meeting after picking up two separate bans totalling 15 days on the final day at Cheltenham.

Cooper first fell foul of the stewards in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle when he finished third on No More Heroes.

He was adjudged to have used his whip above the permitted level and was banned for four days, March 28-31.


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In the same race winning jockey Adrian Heskin on Martello Tower was found guilty of the same offence and banned for two days.

However, it was Cooper's ride when third on Road To Riches in the Betfred Gold Cup that was deemed to merit the biggest ban.

He was suspended for another 11 days, April 1, 2, 4-6 and 9-14 meaning he will not be in action in Liverpool where he could have looked forward to the ride on First Lieutenant. He will also miss the Irish Grand National meeting at Fairyhouse.

Cooper declined to comment on the bans.


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