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I have to agree with you there Joe.
Seem to be doing that a lot these days
He seems a lovely self effacing humble man who obviously can train horses and has a deep love for them too!!
It is nice to see these days with so much pressure being put on trainers to get winners he genuinely loves them.I don’t think Aidan is being awkward or trying to big up potential stallions. Every horse he trains he seems to think of as one of his children. Who would choose the best among their kids when asked?
His love for his horses might well play a part, maybe a large one, in his genius. Enjoy him while you can. We have enough blowhards who think they are geniuses to last ten lifetimes. Be happy we are living in the same era when this modest master is at the top of his game. I’ll be long dead when his like comes round again.
Spot on, he looks at them all the same, he thinks so highly of them all.
Judge, caravaggios 3yo season has been by no means a failure, his 2yo recorded a fine record, but hes faced much tougher opposition this year than last
I agree with Steve that 6/1 for Harry Angel in next year’s Diamond Jubilee is an overreaction.
I was at Ascot and unfortunately, I had already backed him by the time I saw him in the paddock with his winter coat on. I was pretty pessimistic as soon as I saw him and immediately went and had a saver on Caravaggio but all that did was increase my losses.
Harry’s Europe’s best sprinter by a distance when on a going day and I foresee him smashing it out of the park next year.
As for the Ballydoyle colt; I would love to see him tackle a mile and hope connections do send him to Del Mar to try it but alas I fear we’ve seen the last of him.
Fair play to the owner of Libriza Breeze though. He’s a thoroughly likable chap who loves his racing and I wish him all the best when they travel the world with the gelding; I hear Hong Kong and Australia are on the cards.
I don’t think Harry Angel would have won yesterday in any case but I was watching thinking ‘wait, wait, wait, D’oh’
I think he needs a free hand in front to be at his best, doesn’t seem to settle in behind horses. Coolmore will undoubtedly try to unsettle him like that in future if they have one good enough to take him on with (which is highly likely). I didn’t think he looked as relaxed in the pre-parade either, a bit on edge.
Well done teh Librisa Breezers!
Agreed, or at least I Think Harry either needs to lead or dispute it. Or if not actually disputing it then racing to the side, away from leasders and with a clear view ahead of him. Coolmore will always try and make sure that does not happen. That’s not to say Kirby did anything wrong initially; not as simple as saying he should’ve gone on. If Harry had led he’d have been going far far too quickly considering ground, headwind and pace the leaders were alredy travelling. So best option is to try and settle behind horses. Increasing speed to quarterhorse pace not an option – would’ve been swallowed up even more quickly. Kirby made the mistake of going for home too soon as it is, quickening what was already a fast pace. But even so the damage was done; might have been closer but that’s all.
Value Is EverythingHad to feel for Kirby; between a rock and a hard place but given the chance to ride the race again I think he’d have let Harry stride on from the outset. If you jump off trying to restrain them and they’re fighting it becomes a bit like the application, thought-wise, of ‘sunk cost’ in that he cannot get back the energy expended so how much more should he let the horse expend before abandoning the tactic?
It wasn’t the horse’s form.
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