Som Tala romps to Plate win

Eurosport - Sun, 28 Jun 08:26:00 2009

Som Tala made all the running in winning the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle, Europe's richest stayers' handicap.

HORSE RACING Jockey Tony Culhane - 0

The nine-year-old romped to the £180,000 contest, eading from the start in the two-miler to win by three-quarters of a length from Wells Lyrical.

"I have had a few rides going into the race with half-chances, but all have bombed out so it is great to have won it at last," jockey Tony Culhane said.

"This is the first time I have ridden Som Tala, but (trainer Mick Channon) is a great man to ride for - he gives you a free rein to ride your race and whatever decision you make, he stands by you.

"I did not want to make sure I gave the advantage of a good draw away so we went on and I knew nothing would get past him in the closing stages.

"I have been riding for 24 years and you need to be riding in these good races on horses with a good chance."

Culhane and Channon added to their success by landing the Maiden Stakes with The Human League.

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  1. cameron . .throw a sprat to catch a mackerel mate ha ha

    From jack torrance, on Wed 1 Jul 1:38PM

  2. safcalsftm
    Oh and at least i had the guts to front you­ and tell you i was reporting you; i didn't go­ behind your back like a snivelling little snitch . . .­ always knew you were a coward.

    From cameron w, on Tue 30 Jun 2:53PM

  3. Jack please behave man!
    It was ashley who got rid of­ Big Sham not the fans; the day he took over, Sham's­ doom was sealed!
    ashley thought he had the other dodgy­ one (Redknapp) all signed. sealed and delivered and­ proceeded to fire Allardyce without actually getting­ him (Redknapp) to sign first; the first in a long, long­ line of catastrophic decisions made by this fool.
    And­ yes you are right, you would've defo been a better­ director of football than Weasel-Wise . . .without a­ doubt!

    From cameron w, on Tue 30 Jun 2:44PM

  4. safcalsftm
    oh i think they did bother; they removed­ your inflammatory remark for starters!
    Jog on boy.

    From cameron w, on Tue 30 Jun 2:34PM

  5. safcalsftm.....what you reporting fella??

    From newcastleian1, on Tue 30 Jun 1:41PM

  6. Jack -
    I'm sure you would have been a better­ Director of Football than Dennis Wise but then I­ can't think of anyone who would have been worse.­ Shearer has little management experience but he does­ have leadership experience and the respect of players,­ staff and supporters. This club needs stability right­ now and most of us believe he will bring that. If it­ doesn't go right I'll bet he will walk away -­ not hang on to pick up a fat payoff like most managers.

    From Hutch, on Tue 30 Jun 1:07PM

  7. but Hutch totally agree with your assessment,I would­ make a very good director of football,certainly better­ than Wise, just pass my name on and I'll expect a­ call from St Shearer,p.s I've had about as much­ management experience as him so we'll both head out­ to Doncaster and scunthorpe together.By the way­ haven't they got pretty crests,never seen them­ before.

    From jack torrance, on Tue 30 Jun 12:34PM

  8. m m m Bolton,Blackburn seemed and seem to do okay under­ him why not NUFC? expectations to high me thinks?What­ you guys fail to realise is that it takes time,Keane­ was given three seasons not 8 or was it 9 months?

    From jack torrance, on Tue 30 Jun 12:29PM

  9. Jack behave, this is the man that gave us the following­ Superstars:
    Barton, Viduka, Cacapa, Smith, Geremi &­ Enrique - they all played a significant part in­ NUFC's demise.
    Tell me Jack, how many of them­ would you take for safc; even for free?

    From cameron w, on Mon 29 Jun 8:33PM

  10. Oh Jack, if only we'd had you employed as a­ footaballing expert to tell us not to sack Sam­ Allardyce - then we'd still be in the Premiership.­ Damn! Was that when we had it good was it? Oh those­ heady days when Big Sam was at the helm and we had the­ nerve to sack him when things were so great. NUFC­ supporters can get anyone sacked you know, we can even­ dictate the colour of the new away strip. In the last­ few games I was personally chanting 'We want a­ yellow away strip next season' it was only me but I­ got what I wanted.

    From Hutch, on Mon 29 Jun 8:25PM

  11. jack....the away support always chanted sams name,even­ his last away game at stoke they were behind him,but a­ few idiots did boo him at home, just like some mackems­ bood keane long before he left, and no i dont think­ allardyce would of kept us up,some of his formations­ were, lets say square pegs in round holes.

    From newcastleian1, on Mon 29 Jun 8:13PM

  12. ha ha no Cameron tend to restrict my evening reading to­ that 'Times' like tome 'The Sunderland­ Echo'

    From jack torrance, on Mon 29 Jun 7:53PM

  13. hutch . . does the name Sam Allerdyce ring any bells?­ put simply if he hadn't been churlishly hounded out­ by the terraces you would have still been in the­ premiership

    From jack torrance, on Mon 29 Jun 7:50PM

  14. Came2kwikalot:?
    Nah, that doesn't work­ JOkeJo!
    It's a pronunciation thing you know;­ 'Cam' and 'Came' sound differently, and­ therefore i cannot see any association with Cameron­ when you use 'Came2kwikalot' - are you­ catching my drift here?
    'Camerot' works tho!

    From cameron w, on Mon 29 Jun 7:37PM

  15. Ha, ha Jack!
    I had to go looking myself; wow, we have­ fallen haven't we - some illustrious company in­ there!
    Like it's already been mentioned tho, no­ problemmo for you lot finding us - you've all been­ here before, haven't you (3 times isn't­ it!).
    Have you read tonight's Chronicle; grim, grim­ reading for us!

    From cameron w, on Mon 29 Jun 7:21PM

  16. safcalsftm
    I am reporting you to Yahoo.

    From cameron w, on Mon 29 Jun 7:13PM

  17. jojo....you come out with comments even your fellow­ mackems squirm at. total goon.

    From newcastleian1, on Mon 29 Jun 5:26PM

  18. Hey Jack (45)

    So Newcastle are 'a lowsy team,­ lowsy club (with) lowsy managers'? Keep us right,­ when was it we had it good?

    From Hutch, on Mon 29 Jun 4:38PM

  19. Came2kwikalot: don't get me started on YOU?­ (comment 19) If brains were hair you'd be Uncle­ Fester. Gimp.
    PS Nice to find your Horse Owners Weekly­ where it belongs in Fizzyland.....:)

    From JojO, on Mon 29 Jun 4:38PM

  20. A lot of mackems visiting us despite this being a horse­ racing article. Still, when the nearest you get to a­ day at the races is a chase from the coppers through­ the streets of Hendon or Pennywell what can you expect?

    From Bob R, on Mon 29 Jun 4:11PM
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