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Th value of this Derby is that we will again find out as we did with Sea the Stars whether DA will stay the trip or not.If he was by Galileo as Frankel was there would be no doubt!
I recall there being stamina doubts about New Approach before he lined up in the derby, as he was a free-going sort who had to learn to relax.
I must admit initially I was rather doubtful about the chances of Dawn Approach staying but when you think about his relaxed way of racing and how easily he got the stiff mile at headquarters, no easy task for a three year old so early in the year, you start to wonder. He wasn’t exactly stopping at the end was he…
I’d love to see a race thread just solely with your own posts EGS as you seem to be your fiercest rival.
Dawn Approach gone from being a non-stayer to a stayer in a matter of days.
Lee
Telescope out of the Dante now so must be considered a doubt for the Derby.
If it weren’t for the Irish the French horse would probably get a walkover. Pathetic from the Brits.
I’d love to see a race thread just solely with your own posts EGS as you seem to be your fiercest rival.
Dawn Approach gone from being a non-stayer to a stayer in a matter of days.
Lee
Telescope misses Dante due to blood infection caused from a grazing to a hind leg and ‘slight’ doubts as to his Derby participation.
Dawn Approach no bigger than 6/4 which surely he’ll go out from on the day with the Balldoyle and Fabre entries.
Lee
I’d love to see a race thread just solely with your own posts EGS as you seem to be your fiercest rival.
Dawn Approach gone from being a non-stayer to a stayer in a matter of days.
Lee
It’s called tipping for schizophrenics
Ohh for frick sake!!!! now we know why
GREATWOOD
was taken out of the trial the other day!!! no way he will be going to the derby oh well Irish 1-2-3 then
I’d love to see a race thread just solely with your own posts EGS as you seem to be your fiercest rival.
Dawn Approach gone from being a non-stayer to a stayer in a matter of days.
Lee
El Gran Senor on one side of the brain and Secreto on the other
As for Dawn Approach…St Leger anyone?
Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.
Looks like the whole of Europe have spotted a weakness in the British challenge this year. Even the Germans are sending one over……
Looks like the whole of Europe have spotted a weakness in the British challenge this year. Even the Germans are sending one over……
Well they say you never know but I would think Chopin has a
minute
chance of
waltz
ing home at Epsom.
Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.
Are there any more trials with the big derby contenders?
I was really hoping to see Telescope run in the Dante and BOM’s run was not as convincing as I was hoping.Time to lay my cards on the who will win The Derby table.
I have already said that the horse I have been following since last summer, Dawn Approach, will not, in my opinion, win The Derby.
I will probably repent in leisure, bedecked in sackcloth and ashes.
No folks, my idea of the 2013 Derby winner is < drum roll >… Magician.
A real classy, well balanced sort with a fine turn of foot. My guess is that Ryan Moore will ride this particular son of Galileo at Epsom.
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According to the racing post he grazed his pastern (the bone connecting the fetlock to the hoof) in the horsebox. Thing is, that is such an avoidable injury. My horse always wears protectives boots in the lorry which cover the leg completely from the hoof to above the knee. I know from experience that racehorses often travel without them. Considering it is a potentially valuable 3yo colt (presumably with an insurance policy) you would think they’d take the trouble to put some flipping boots on it!!
Sorry rant over
Jseph will ride the Ballydoyle selection; if that be Magician then Joseph will ride it.I fancy whatever Heffo or Colm rides.The last great Derby loser from Ballydoyle was Dylan Thomas.
Time to lay my cards on the who will win The Derby table.
I have already said that the horse I have been following since last summer, Dawn Approach, will not, in my opinion, win The Derby.
I will probably repent in leisure, bedecked in sackcloth and ashes.
No folks, my idea of the 2013 Derby winner is < drum roll >… Magician.
A real classy, well balanced sort with a fine turn of foot. My guess is that Ryan Moore will ride this particular son of Galileo at Epsom.
The stable have said that Magician is a different type of horse to Ruler Of The World, in that he is well suited by 1m 2f compared to the latter being a true 1m 4f horse. Unless they feel that Battle Of Marengo is not that solid a contender and they therefore need to go in all guns blazing at Epsom, it would seem ideal to let Magician tackle the French Derby and leave Epsom to the stayers.
At this stage of the game the punters seem to be latching on to any horse that has four legs and a pulse. Ocovango in particular seems ridiculously short on what he has achieved in the mud in France. There was a big hoo-hah about What A Name based mainly on one run behind Olympic Glory, but she went flat on her bosoms at Newmarket.
Right now I would be worried about Mars and Telescope even turning up on the day and will not be surprised if the usual 11th Hour 59th Minute announcement, that does nothing to help the punter, is made for one or both of these.
Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.
Part of the reason i’m leaning towards Dawn Approach winning the derby is that no one has put forward a genuine reason why he shouldn’t (I certainly didn’t when I tried
)All of the O’Brien lot look the typical sort of Galileo clones he throws at the race mob handed,seemingly year after year, very good horses but lack the brilliance to trouble the winners enclosure.
You know you are getting desperate when you start to think of horses like Ocovango and Chopin as an alternative to the favourite. If a horse with the horrible name Ocovango wins the race i’ll give the game up.
Magician is off to France and probably wouldn’t get the trip anyway, Telescope is a crock, this race is falling apart. Short of Indian Chief streaking home by 12 lengths on thursday, I can see Dawn Approach going off 4/6 on the big day.
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