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“Wasn’t DADDY LONG LEGS underwhelming after being earmarked as a leading prospect?”
Won a novice hurdle at Ludlow on Wednesday, adding a vital £4,000 to Willie Mullins’s prize fund.
I think Alabama could actually win today in the first at Dundalk
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In fairness to the lads air force blue looked superb in the same week as minding was tremendous. Hard to predict who will be top at 3. Try my best broke my heart. Magnificent looking horse and had the world at his feet. Not to be.
The hitherto unbeaten Try My Best’s flop in the 1978 2,000 Guineas (he went off even money favourite but trailed home last) remains a complete mystery. A dope test revealed nothing, and Vincent O’Brien claimed that the horse had been incubating an illness at the time, but it was never revealed what that ailment actually was. The soft ground on the day would definitely not have suited the colt, who had a marked top-of-the-ground action, but the fact he ran so abysmally suggests that something else may have been wrong and that he never ran again supports this hypothesis.
I had a poster of him on my wall and really loved the horse. Fortunately the good doctor had plenty other fantastic horses but he was the first horse I really fell in love with and was devastated when he flopped in the guineas. I always treat 2yo sceptically since as just a learning period. Horses like Paddington and warm heart improved by stones in their 3yo careers and I love horses that get better the older they get. John cherry was one of those and celeriac another. Loved these horses.
I remember backing Celeric when he won a minor handicap at Nottingham. I would never have guessed he would go on to win a Gold Cup.
“The best horse Aidan has ever trained”, has a stable companion currently with a higher Timeform rating.
Value Is EverythingLove how a daft post about Alabama this morning turned into a very good read
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Fascinating which horses we remember fondly. I’m sure will be talking about blackbeard for many years to come. What a dude.
Waterville who was going to win Derby a few years back strolled around Caulfield week or two back , I’d say he’s on his last prep with Chris Walker at his training fees , he will be in online sale after that .
Was at Randwick today and saw the mighty Waterville (Mr Waterville) in the flesh ,mind boggles at what he showed on gallops to be unraced Derby talking horse , hes very very slow . Good money after bad paying Sydney training fees for him .
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