Laid Enable at 2.4 today -easy trade.
Have sent you a PM.
Cracksman definitely out.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
The draw
1 - Clincher 2 - Patsacoy 3 - Nelson 4 - Capri 5 - Tiberian 6 - Enable 7 - Salouen 8 - Talismanic 9 - Cloth Of Stars 10 - Way To Paris 11 - Neufbosc 12 - Hunting Horn 13 - Waldgeist 14 - Kew Gardens 15 - Sea Of Class
No surprise to see Cracksman miss the race. No way he was ever going to run I reckon unless Enable missed the race.
Capri and Enable, reverse exacta.
"And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.
And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."
I reckon Ryan is on the right one in Kew Garden but if John Gosden didn't think Enable was spot on like Cracksman she wouldn't be going.
The very fact that Sea of Class is 2nd fav makes me think Enable is already past the post barring accidents.....Also Kew Gardens at around 6/4 to be in the first 4 looks a good bet to me
I would say there must be less taxing even money bets out there but there is only one Arc
Formely Fist of Fury
The Japanese have the best 'long shot', 'each way', or back-to-lay in running horse, in the shape of Clincher. His best runs abroad have tended to be in valuable Group 1's, as opposed to Group Two's and Three's. He can place on firm or soft ground, so conditions somewhere in the middle, like good or good to soft should be perfect. I'd forgive and forget the last run, as it was unlike his usual consistent self. He made most of the running before stopping a furlong or so out. However, I fancy he will run a storming race tomorrow at Longchamp and out run odds of around 66/1.
Last edited by Marb; 6th October 2018 at 5:43 PM.
English jockeys spoke of variation of going between back and home straight today.
Any more rain could give a funny result.
Salouen each way for shades of Solemnia ?
Outsider (6th October 2018)
Possibly not up to the standard of last year's Arc, and it's unlikely any of these will trouble Enable. Bound to be plenty of pace though, with the Coolmore clan trying to set the race up for Kew Gardens - who has a more than reasonable chance of placing,imo.
Agreed looks like a walk over for Enabled but then better horses have been beaten when looking past the post.
This time of year can see horses improve out of all recognition
Last edited by Tanlic; 7th October 2018 at 8:27 AM.
Formely Fist of Fury
I like the money coming for Pink Dogwood in the first today: The antithesis to an uneasy favourite.