Big Timer in New York

[davidjohnson]

Although not live, the race is likely to be shown on webcast approx. 5 mins after the race. This is the url you need.

NYRA Race Replays

Setting up a free account with them is literally a two-minute process.

Edited to add the race is due off at 10.15 UK time so should be there around 10.20, and I’m pretty sure it is race 9.<br>

(Edited by davidjohnson at 8:21 pm on Oct. 14, 2006)

[davidjohnson]

Tailed off. Played up in the stall, caught wide and soon in trouble. Pretty disappointing for connections really.

[Grimes]

Thanks for the info. It’s in my Favourites now.

[Grimes]

Thanks for the info. It’s in my Favourites now.

I tried to get ythe live Keeneland race with Vague, too, but am still waiting for e-mailed reg. no.

[jackane24]

Don’t bother making an account. Go on http://www.ntra.com and you can get free replays. Click on one of the menus at the top and then on video archive.

[Grimes]

Thanks, Jackane.

[Lingfield]

Finishing last on dirt (should have suited it) most unlikely either to secure an invite to Breeders Cup or interest a potential US purchaser.

[davidjohnson]

The horse has changed hands since the Acomb. Previously he ran in the colours of David McKenzie whilst yesterday he ran in the colours of Gordon McDowell, whose orange and dark blue silks can often be seen in the winners enclosure at Hamilton.

[Lingfield]

Quote: from davidjohnson on 6:21 pm on Oct. 15, 2006[br]The horse has changed hands since the Acomb. Previously he ran in the colours of David McKenzie whilst yesterday he ran in the colours of Gordon McDowell, whose orange and dark blue silks can often be seen in the winners enclosure at Hamilton.

Didn’t realise that. Previous reports indicated they wanted to sell to an American.What now I wonder? Back to Hamilton for the gelding? <br>

(Edited by Lingfield at 6:31 pm on Oct. 15, 2006)

[Grimes]

I know Eaves is a very good jockey, but if I ran such a horse in the US, I’d put up a top American jockey.

I don’t understand why very wise and clever trainers don’t do it. It must be such a new scene for the horse, not to speak of the journey and new accommodation, etc, then the track and its atmosphere.

Heck, it would be a little bewildering to most if not all our jockeys, wouldn’t it? The tracks, the way the races are run, the start, the middle and the finish?

Surely, an American jockey, as well, as having a particular familiaritywith the track and they way they race there, would have a certain instinctive confidence because of it. And presumably, to some extent, it would be conveyed to the horse.

(Edited by Grimes at 7:47 pm on Oct. 15, 2006)

[Bulwark]

The fact that Big Timer was beaten is not the point to note, but who beat him. Ive mentioned SCAT DADDY before on the Stud fees topic. He has class coming out his ears bred to be a monster and i think he is still unbetaen, and should be a super bet for the Breeders cup juvenile, possibly even the Kentuckey derby. Watch this horse….

[davidjohnson]

Scat Daddy was beaten over 4 lengths by his stablemate Circular Quay in the Hopeful Stakes. Circular Quay was in turn beaten a length and three quarters by Great Hunter in the Futurity at Keeneland last weekend.

[Bulwark]

My apologies, I cant log on to the racing post site at present to check so just have to put the word "think" beside such statements. Nevertheless, its good that hes been beaten by another horse, because then he should be a good price for the breeders cup juvenile.:biggrin:

[Grimes]

I should have added that the horses performance might not have been a matter of inexperience of horse and rider in relation to the track. It’s just that it’s always something that strikes me as likely to be significant.

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