Michael Chapman

Quoted from Davec

In the last 5 seasons his record stands at 164 races, 3 winners and 7 placed.

makes him eminently suitable to be sat on the Board of a football club which has had  a similar level of success

Bye Bye dead wood (hopefully)

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Think Holloway would have made a good jockey for Chapman, right build and height and used to not winning

Holloway runs faster than the horses!!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Who?

Who is M C Chapman?
Mr Michael Christopher Chapman is a race horse trainer (according to company house) and is located at Market Rasen just across the road from the course.
He his held in very high esteem by the biggest bookmakers in the country as being a guaranteed profit maker for their companies.
The last horse that he sent to the races and won with was on the 8th Nov 2018 the time before that was 24th June 2016. If my memory serve me right on both occasions it was on the eve of a blue moon.
More recently he has had little success with 200 runners and not a winners to show for it.

He had a very strange way when sending out the training invoice to the owners that the cheque had to be made out to M Chapman and not M C Chapman and I believe there where three M Chapman's living at the address during the time of my dealings with him.
He made the local press a number of years ago when he had one of his lunar winners that the horses success had been achieved by feeding it with Royal Jelly capsules!
It is said that before becoming a race horse trainer he was well known for being an insurance salesman although wikipedia cannot confirm this hence (unconfirmed).
With not wanting to go on any more I hope this clarifies who our small shareholder (£500 in 2002) on the board his, that being, a race horse trainer with no known ability of being a horse whisperer.  

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Think Holloway would have made a good jockey for Chapman, right build and height and used to not winning

He’d have refused the first hurdle. Due to Covid.

Quoted from paul1717

Who is M C Chapman?
Mr Michael Christopher Chapman is a race horse trainer (according to company house) and is located at Market Rasen just across the road from the course.
He his held in very high esteem by the biggest bookmakers in the country as being a guaranteed profit maker for their companies.
The last horse that he sent to the races and won with was on the 8th Nov 2018 the time before that was 24th June 2016. If my memory serve me right on both occasions it was on the eve of a blue moon.
More recently he has had little success with 200 runners and not a winners to show for it.

He had a very strange way when sending out the training invoice to the owners that the cheque had to be made out to M Chapman and not M C Chapman and I believe there where three M Chapman's living at the address during the time of my dealings with him.
He made the local press a number of years ago when he had one of his lunar winners that the horses success had been achieved by feeding it with Royal Jelly capsules!
It is said that before becoming a race horse trainer he was well known for being an insurance salesman although wikipedia cannot confirm this hence (unconfirmed).
With not wanting to go on any more I hope this clarifies who our small shareholder (£500 in 2002) on the board his, that being, a race horse trainer with no known ability of being a horse whisperer.  

great first post. looks like paul could become a welcome addition to the board!

Chapmans training record is as good as my betting record

Quoted from paul1717

Who is M C Chapman?
Mr Michael Christopher Chapman is a race horse trainer (according to company house) and is located at Market Rasen just across the road from the course.
He his held in very high esteem by the biggest bookmakers in the country as being a guaranteed profit maker for their companies.
The last horse that he sent to the races and won with was on the 8th Nov 2018 the time before that was 24th June 2016. If my memory serve me right on both occasions it was on the eve of a blue moon.
More recently he has had little success with 200 runners and not a winners to show for it.

He had a very strange way when sending out the training invoice to the owners that the cheque had to be made out to M Chapman and not M C Chapman and I believe there where three M Chapman's living at the address during the time of my dealings with him.
He made the local press a number of years ago when he had one of his lunar winners that the horses success had been achieved by feeding it with Royal Jelly capsules!
It is said that before becoming a race horse trainer he was well known for being an insurance salesman although wikipedia cannot confirm this hence (unconfirmed).
With not wanting to go on any more I hope this clarifies who our small shareholder (£500 in 2002) on the board his, that being, a race horse trainer with no known ability of being a horse whisperer.  

I know someone who bought a ‘race ready’ horse off him that didn’t make it round one circuit of Market Rosen before being consigned to the glue factory.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I know someone who bought a ‘race ready’ horse off him that didn’t make it round one circuit of Market Rosen before being consigned to the glue factory.

I had one like that but it was at Southwell on a New Years day.
Don't think it went to the glue factory though, could have finished up in Tesco burger for all I know.
Alas, I still got one of those invoices.
Do we have any other board members who have an interested in the equine world?
To use a local saying, "Bit of a rum lad is our Michael".

Last time i had a bet on the horses  bloody thing fell in the paddock  

Had quite a few minute shares in different horses over the years, but now shares are way too expensive.

I was at Southwell one day with a runner, got chatting to Michael, when he suggested that we transfer the horse to him, 'I'm a good trainer I am ' was his remark.

I made a lot of friends through ownership's, and notably a Newmarket trainer now retired, who still remains a very good friend.