Weights released for the Plate
http://status.hri-ras.ie/entries/Mic...OR205.PDF?id=1
and the Hurdle
http://status.hri-ras.ie/entries/Mic...OR206.PDF?id=1
Weights released for the Plate
http://status.hri-ras.ie/entries/Mic...OR205.PDF?id=1
and the Hurdle
http://status.hri-ras.ie/entries/Mic...OR206.PDF?id=1
The older I get the better I was.
Thanks Archie. Is Shanning one of yours?
Yes. I'm happy enough that she didn't get penalised for her Killarney win but she's also in the big Saturday handicap.
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Perpetual (23rd July 2019)
I'm hoping that Ellison takes Top Notch tonto over again.im sure they have not been trying too hard to get his hcap mark down for one last good pay day.
Entries close at noon tomorrow. Early closing races available via links here:
http://status.hri-ras.ie/race-meetings.aspx
The older I get the better I was.
Latest ground report says good to yielding and the weather forecast is:
https://www.metcheck.com/WEATHER/16d...53.2&lon=-8.6#
The older I get the better I was.
Hope to be ther Galway Plate day again this year; there is a tiny bar behind the Corrib stand where we hang out between (sometimes during ) races beside the tea rooms.
Usually quiet so easy to converse.
Coney Island got no favours from handicapper but could have enough class if he is up for the cut and thrust of such a race.
Outsider (24th July 2019)
I could see Tony Martin having a great week.Regarding tomorrow Innisfree looks badly underpriced at 2/5-in his only race to date he ran against a horse who went to post with his mouth wide open and raced freely -I think he should be closer to even money and will definitely be laying him.
5/1 in running -fml.
The novice chase has an odds on fav. If it isn't good enough to beat the holy one, the bookies really have our pants down on this fella
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Several races tonight were extremely rough, more akin to stock cars or dodgems than horse racing as we know it.
The track is tight and tricky to ride, and if jockeys are going to continue bumping and boring for the rest of the week accidents are inevitable. Has the prize money and prestige attached to winning there made the racing too competitive for what the track can handle?
Outsider (30th July 2019)
For a couple of seconds I thought we had lost Arctic Fire. Thankfully ok (well cantered back) but could be carnage at the turn in before the week is out. The novice hurdle and the 1m4f handicap also borderline dangerous.
Shanning runs on Thursday with Paul T taking the ride.
https://www.racingpost.com/racecards...51/at-a-glance
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Good luck archie. Assume you are travelling over?
archie (1st August 2019)
LUKE (31st July 2019)
I like the look of Snugsborough Benny in the plate. 12/1 6 Places
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
wilsonl (31st July 2019)
Would have been nice if he’d been a bit handier instead of dead last and having ran on better than anything through the field I ended with an “if only” feeling.
Still, I’ll settle for 3rd as while it’s difficult to tell from the camera angle at Galway it looked like he may have still had every chance if good enough.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
Think the winner was a good thing (in hindsight) and while SB made up ground, it was never quick enough, and needed the horses to fall back into him. All did bar one. Never quite looked likely apart from ten strides half way up the hill. Wasn't expecting him to start fav.