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The admirable Djakadam was second again today; making it 4 seconds in the Punchestowm Gold Cup, + twice second in the Cheltenham Gold cup. Any other similar records come to mind?
Youmzain: 3 times a 2nd in the Arc (which is far more competitive than the Punchestown Gold Cup), twice a runner-up in the Coronation Cup and a KG 2nd and also twice 3rd in that race.
Over the jumps there is one horse that comes a bit into consideration: Deep Sensation.
Superb horse to own, but a big one would be the cherry on top!
Thought at one stage yesterday he was getting it, Bellshill looked to slow slightly, and jump a couple sticky. In the end it wasn’t to be!
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Hindsight is 20/20 so make the most of it!The formbook says that, at top level, he’s a 20f horse. If he’s flinching toward the end of these long races, you can forgive him on the basis that his first Gold Cup must have put huge strain on him. He was only 6 then. It would have been very interesting to see what would have happened had they delayed a year, although I’d never blame connections for running a young horse when he’s well and in top form.
There’s a price to pay for everything, although in racing it’s usually after the event you get to find out what it is.
Getmeoutofhere was always 2nd at the Cheltenham festival
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Alydar not only finished runner up to Affirmed in all three legs of the US Triple Crown, he also finished runner up to him in the Hopeful Stakes, Belmont Futurity & Laurel Futurity.
You could forgive him for being sick of the site of Affirmed as they raced against each other a total of 10 times with Alydar managing to win only 3 times.
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