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Jodami
Racing silks of John Yeadon
SireCrash Course
GrandsireBusted
DamMasterstown Lucy
DamsireBargello
SexGelding
Foaled1985
CountryIreland
ColourBay
BreederEamon Phelan
OwnerJohn Yeadon
TrainerPeter Beaumont
Record39: 18-12-3
Earnings£478,360
Major wins
West of Scotland Novices' Chase (1992)
Peter Marsh Chase (1993, 1997)
Irish Gold Cup (1993, 1994, 1995)
Cheltenham Gold Cup (1993)
Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase (1993)

Jodami (6 April 1985 – 1 December 2008) was an Irish-bred, British-trained

Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown Racecourse
. Jodami's racing career was ended by injury in 1997. He died in 2008.

Background

Jodami was a bay horse bred at Ballinabanogue,

Esha Ness and Maid of Money (Irish Grand National).[4]

Eamon Phelan sold Jodami as a foal, but bought him back three years later and returned him to Ballinanaogue for another year[1] before sending him to the Tattersalls sales where the horse was sold for IR£12,500.[2] He was later purchased privately by the Yorkshire based trainer Peter Beaumont on behalf of John Yeadon. The exact price was not made public, but according to Beaumont, "he wasn't dear (expensive) at all".[5] Beaumont trained the horse at his Foulrice Farm stable at Brandsby near York. Beaumont had originally established himself as a trainer on the amateur point-to-point circuit and at the time of Jodami's greatest success his stable housed approximately twenty horses.[6] Yeadon named the horse after himself and his two sons: the names of John, David and Michael combining to make "Jodami".[7]

Racing career

1990–1992: early career

Jodami began his racing career as a 5 year old by running in

33/1 outsider[8] before finishing fifth at Aintree and second at Ayr. In all three of his bumpers, he was ridden by Peter Beaumont's daughter, Anthea Farrell.[9]
The Aintree race was the last time that Jodami would finish a race in lower than third place for five years. After his run at Ayr, Jodami did not appear on the racecourse for nine months.

Jodami returned in January 1991 to compete in novice hurdle races and over the next three months he won five of his six races, ridden by Beaumont's son-in-law Patrick Farrell. Most of his wins were in minor races at tracks in Scotland and Northern England but on his final appearance he carried 151 pounds to a twelve-length victory in a novice handicap at Ayr in which his opponents included the Mersey Novices' Hurdle winner Shannon Glen.[10]

In the 1991/1992 season, Jodami began to compete over larger obstacles as he ran in novice

South of England for the first time when he started odds on favourite for the Reynoldstown Novices' Chase at Ascot Racecourse. His unbeaten run of seven races came to an end as he jumped erratically and was beaten fifteen lengths by Danny Harrold. He was beaten in his two remaining novice chases, but showed better form when finishing second to Bradbury Star at Aintree and third behind Second Schedual[sic] when carrying top weight at Punchestown
.

1992/1993 season: Gold Cup campaign

Jodami's first race against experienced chasers came at

Esha Ness. After the race he was identified as a potential Gold Cup winner, and Beaumont reported that the Jodami's owner had turned down several "tempting"[12] offers for the horse. Two weeks later, Jodami and Run For Free met again in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock, where the field also included the Grade I winner Gold Options and the course specialist Twin Oaks, who had won eight steeplechases at the track.[13] Dwyer tracked Run For Free before challenging at the last fence, and Jodami took the lead in the closing stages to win by two lengths.[14]

In February, Jodami was sent to

Northern-trained winner since The Thinker in 1987. The Independent described the performance as a display of "awesome power" and Dwyer confidently predicted that Jodami would win the race again.[3]

1993–1997: later career

Jodami took time to reach his best form in the 1993/1994 season. On his debut at

Wetherby racecourse he fell for the only time in his career and then had to be driven out record a narrow success over Cab On Target in the Edward Hanmer Chase. He then started 2/7 favourite for the Rehearsal Chase at Chepstow but was beaten twelve lengths into third by Party Politics, before finishing third again, behind Zeta's Lad and Run For Free in the Peter Marsh Chase. At Leopardsown, however, Jodami re-established himself as one of the best chasers as he won the Hennessy Gold Cup for a second time, beating Deep Bramble by seven lengths.[17] Despite his inconsistent form, Jodami started 6/4 favourite for the 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup on 17 March. Dwyer employed tactics similar to those employed in 1993, but despite finishing strongly Jodami was unable to catch The Fellow and finished second, beaten one and a half lengths. Dwyer admitted that he was beaten by a better horse on the day, commenting that he was "fighting a losing battle" in the closing stages.[18]

Jodami again ran disappointingly in the early part of the following season. He unseated Dwyer at Haydock before being pitted against the six-year-old

Rowland Meyrick Chase at Wetherby.[19] The event proved anticlimactic as One Man unseated Tony Dobbin at the fifth-last fence and Jodami falling two fences later. He was remounted to finish a distant second to the surprise winner Cogent.[20] The highlight of Jodami's season came at Leopardstown where he won his third Hennessy Gold Cup, beating the Irish seven-year-old Merry Gale by three lengths.[21] In this race he rallied on the flat to overtake the younger horse after looking beaten at the last fence. Dwyer received a seven-day ban for excessive use of the whip in the closing stages.[22] At Cheltenham, Jodami looked impressive before the race but failed to cope with the exceptionally heavy ground and finished eighth behind Master Oats in the Gold Cup.[23]

Jodami won one race (at Kelso) from five starts in his 1995/1996 campaign. At the end of the season he ran two notable races in defeat in two of the year's most valuable handicaps. In April he carried 166 pounds when second in the

Whitbread Gold Cup.[25]

Jodami began his final season by finishing second to The Grey Monk at Ayr in November. He appeared to be in decline, but his last two races, in early 1997 showed that he was still competitive at the highest level at the age of twelve.[26] In January, he conceded weight to his five rivals in the Peter Marsh Chase and won by a neck from Unguided Missile, a victory which saw him made favourite for the Grand National.[27] A month later he contested the Hennessy Gold Cup for the fourth and last time. Ridden by Norman Williamson, he finished second, three lengths behind Danoli and twenty ahead of Imperial Call in third. The performance was achieved despite the fact that Jodami broke down in the closing stages and finished lame. Examinations revealed a ruptured tendon in his right foreleg, bringing an end to his racing career.[28]

Retirement

Jodami spent his retirement at Beaumont's stable.[9] He took part in hunting and spent most of his time acting as a companion for young horses at Brandsby- "nannying the babies" in Beaumont's words.[29] Jodami died on 1 December 2008 at the age of twenty-three after being injured in his stable.[5]

Assessment and honours

Timeform rated Jodami's Gold Cup win as the best performance in the race since Burrough Hill Lad's victory in 1984.[2]

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Jodami an "average" Gold Cup winner.[30]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Jodami (IRE), bay gelding, 1985[31]
Sire
Crash Course (GB)
1971 		Busted
1963　 		Crepello Donatello
Crepuscule
Sans le Sou Vimy
Martial Loan
Lucky Stream
1956　 		Persian Gulf Bahram
Double Life
Kypris Victrix
Phinoola
Dam
Masterstown Lucy (IRE)
1978 		Bargello
1960 		Auriban Pharis
Arriba
Isabelle Brand Black Devil
Isabelle d'Este
Lucille
1969 		Master Owen Owen Tudor
Miss Maisie
Pretty Show Ossian
After the Show (Family: 8-a)

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Cheltenham Gold Cup Winner 1993 Jodami". Timeform. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b Edmondson, Richard (19 March 1993). "Jodami power fuels northern Gold rush". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Crash Course Stud Record". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Gold Cup winner Jodami dies at 23". Horse & Hound. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b Edmondson, Richard (15 February 1993). "Jodami closes on rich harvest". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  7. ^ a b "A look back at Peter Beaumont's finest hour". The Press (York). 22 January 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  8. ^ "March Bumper". Racing Post. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Gold Cup hero Jodami put down after accident". Retrieved 29 July 2012 – via Free Online Library.
  10. ^ "Scottish Farm Dairy Foods Novices' Handicap Hurdle". Racing Post. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  11. ^ "West of Scotland Pattern Novices' Chase". Racing Post. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  12. ^ Hayward, Paul (4 January 1993). "Coral reveals glint of Gold". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  13. ^ "Haydock king Twin Oaks is put down". 4 September 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2012 – via The Free Library.
  14. ^ "1993 Peter Marsh Chase". Racing Post. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
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  18. ^ Edmondson, Richardson (18 March 1994). "The Fellow wins a first for France: Doumen's delight". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  19. ^ Cobb, John (23 December 1994). "Jodami opts to meet One Man". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  20. ^ "Rowland Meyrick Chase". Racing Post. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  21. ^ "1995 Hennessy Gold Cup". Racing Post. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  22. ^ Wood, Greg (6 February 1995). "Jodami battles back to win third Irish Gold Cup". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  23. ^ Edmondson, Richard (17 March 1995). "Master Oats gives Bailey memorable double". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  24. ^ Wood, Greg (9 April 1996). "Gale has too much puff for Jodami". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  25. ^ "Whitbread Gold Cup". Racing Post. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  26. ^ Edmondson, Richard (29 January 1997). "Jodami talking a good fight". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  27. ^ "Dwyer keen to partner Jodami". The Irish Times. 20 January 1997. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  28. ^ "Imagine if he had chased with four legs". Retrieved 29 July 2012 – via Free Online Library.
  29. ^ Marcus Armytage. "Death of 1993 Gold Cup winner Jodami". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  30. ISBN 0-85112-902-1
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  31. ^ "Jodami pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
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