Last year’s Derby thread ran to six pages. I started it. I was immediately the subject of unwarranted allegations of aftertiming by one member which cheesed me off to such an extent that I haven’t...
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Last year’s Derby thread ran to six pages. I started it. I was immediately the subject of unwarranted allegations of aftertiming by one member which cheesed me off to such an extent that I haven’t...
Count Calabash in the last interests me. He recorded a good time when decisively winning a nursery here last autumn and ran reasonably well on his recent reappearance. He's well-handicapped on that...
Quite like Rich History in the maiden coming up at Lepardstown. Travelled well last time but didn't get home so this drop in trip should suit.
Sutter County at Hamilton later looks more suited to...
Gut? You must have seen a photo of me...
I did see that Willoughby analysis. I like the bloke but he's wrong as often as he's right. I take the view that what got Cracksman in trouble was a...
I'll have a bit on Cosmeapolitan this afternoon, DO, but he may need the run and I suspect they'll have their eyes on something more valuable further down the line.
I have. Is it a problem? I posted about his outstanding time last October when that 40/1 was available. EC responded in similar terms.
I'm trying to generate debate about the Derby. It's pretty...
Nice edit.
It's my take on the Derby, not a review of all the entries.
Capri? I haven't mentioned him.
I'm interested in Cosmeapolitan as a horse to follow this year and he makes his seasonal reappearance in the first race on today's card. He won over hurdles in December but he wasn't persevered with...
it doesn't include two-year-olds.
The decision on whether Churchill runs will obviously have a huge impact on the Derby market but it could be some time before an announcement is made.
After Churchill, the Ballydoyle colt most...
Totally agree. Churchill is a highly likely non-stayer and my approach to the Derby will reflect this.
Anyone who fancies Barney Roy in the Guineas today should consider backing Via Serendipity in the last at around 8/1. Ran fifth in the Greenham, beaten just over eight lengths at levels and runs here...
It's fantastic value, for me. There's nothing to beat seeing a race with your own eyes.
Can't see it myself, Marble, but good luck with it. Just think he was flattered by the way the Dewhurst panned out. Even if two of the top four in the betting underperformed that would leave him...
The supporting races at Newmarket over the next two days are full of interest.
On Sunday, Mr Lupton is back in handicap company for the first time since last June when he beat subsequent Stewards'...
Churchill's continuing strength in the market is quite striking given the very credible opposition which has come out of the trials. Plenty of punters it seems are happy to draw a distinction between...
Timeform keep their standard times to themselves, I think, for obvious reasons. But I'd kill for a list of them.
However, I'm pretty sure that a few years back Simon Rowlands wrote an article...
Indeed. If Harry Angel ever learns to settle, he's a superstar in the making. There are reasons to be optimistic: Marsha used to race very freely early last season but became more tractable with...
I'm inclined to think that there was a definite track bias at Ascot on Champions' Day last year - basically, the nearer you were to the far side, the better - and that Lightning Spear was...
Agree with that. Eminent looks the weakest of the big four in the betting. I really like Barney Roy but my niggling doubt about him is that at Newbury he had to be pushed along quite vigorously to go...
Blue Point receives 4lbs from Harry Angel and has (on my figures) two 121 time ratings to his credit from Doncaster and York last season, both over 6f which is clearly his trip. If he's straight for...
Theinval a case in point. Cheltenham, Aintree, Ayr last Friday, Ayr last Saturday, Sandown today.
Cunco looks generously priced at 13/2 in today's Classic Trial at Sandown for which his stable-companion, Monarchs Glen, is a warm favourite. His neck second to Coronet in Newmarket's Zetland Stakes...
Cracksman just got up but nobody could have been blown away by his performance. However, Prufrock has put up on Twitter some interesting analysis of the performance from a sectional perspective and...