Well done, PB.
Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......
PlaceBacker (28th June 2020)
So. What happens with racing at Leicester on Tuesday now they’ve locked the city down again? Really it shouldn’t go ahead (potential for locals to be there as staff?) but I wonder if the BHA have clocked it?
tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
This weekend looks very good. As long as most stand their ground I would say Sunday's Sandown card is better than Epsom's on Saturday.
Danny (2nd July 2020)
Indeed. I have scanned the races and Sunday looks a great card to dissect. Will the improving filly from last season (Hereby) run in the Lancashire Oaks?
It must make grim reading for some of the saddos in the lounge who stubbornly refuse to have a bet on horse racing haha.
They are probably still rueing Straw Bear getting beat by Noland in the supreme novices hurdle over a decade ago....
Last edited by Marb; 30th June 2020 at 4:33 PM.
Having good racing in the UK on a Sunday is the way forward. Too often it's the worst days racing of the week.
Danny (2nd July 2020)
Totally agree. I even had a letter about it printed in the Raceform Update when Sunday racing first started, arguing that it needed to be classy stuff to work properly.
Then again, I was also advocating no racing on Mondays, except Bank Holidays, in which case the Tuesday should be a day off, to give stable staff a break.
Illegitimi non carborundum
Desert Orchid (30th June 2020)
Seems that the BHA are rightly getting flak after allowing Leicester to go ahead with several trainers withdrawing horses on principal including Alan King. The racecourse is situated in Oadby which is one of the worst affected areas.
Only 4 stalls handlers have turned up so all starts are flip starts.
This could be a PR gaff by the BHA again. How can they think racing should go ahead in a locked down area?
Last edited by jinnyj; 30th June 2020 at 7:05 PM.
tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Former NZ eventing legend Sir Mark Todd has just saddled his first winner as a trainer tonight at Leicester.
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Didn't see a problem with it myself
Racing resumed on 1st June when effectively the whole country was still in lockdown
Leicester staged a meeting on June 13th which was 2 days before restrictions were lifted on the 15th
Racing has proved all around the world it can continue safely through this pandemic imo
I'm with Truncheon here. As ever, this pathetic government consulted no-one locally in a timely fashion but even they didn't expect the schools to close until Thursday.
The older I get the better I was.
You can't underestimate an unexposed horse who has progressed through the ranks into Group 3 company. This has been my message for the last few months. Later today So Suave and Confidence High both fit the profile in the Group 3 at Leopardstown. The former is trained by Johnny Murtagh and is priced at 6/1. The latter is 20/1. Let's see if they can compete at the higher level.
Last edited by Marb; 1st July 2020 at 1:48 PM.
Cheers Danny. Great to see you back. I don't use the word lightly either.
Colin Phillips (2nd July 2020), Danny (2nd July 2020)
Exceptionally good filly especially as race panned out so strangely. FD ought to have been second I felt but nothing was going to trouble the winner.
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Impressive. Frankly Darling evidently just didn't handle the track.
All comers, all grounds, all beaten!
This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.