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Given the number of times Finsceal Beo’s been talked up on here, I was beginning to wonder if this was a concerted attempt by some to swell their exchange accounts!
Perhaps she should be retired to the paddocks now.
If she was kept to 8f then we’d see the best of her. She doesn’t get 10f, and especially on Yielding ground
If she was kept to 8f then we’d see the best of her. She doesn’t get 10f, and especially on Yielding ground
Summed it up in a sentence DB, she was hardly a major disappointment in two races on better ground behind Duke Of Marmalade and Haradasun.
…and also why run her in a Group 1 race on the wrong ground over the wrong trip just a week after a hard race on fast ground?
That is what sets Stoute apart with these mares – he knows how to campaign them.
Apparently the vet found a problem with Finsceal Beo after the race which could account for the poor run.
Thought the "pacemaker" ran an strange race – totally pointless tactic.
Apparently the vet found a problem with Finsceal Beo after the race which could account for the poor run.
………. and the alarming drift in the market which suggested she wasn’t going to win?
Well done gents.
This thread deterred me from staking on Finsceal Beo – was asleep when they put out a search party in the ring, and the RP tipster declared her a nap. Abnormality or not, it seemed inevitable that she was tasting defeat.
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Can’t buy into this over-raced theory: didn’t she win 2 Guineas and place in another, all within the space of 3 weeks?
Do agree with TDK though, it’s probably her trainer, rather than her, that needs medical assistance.She did Reet, but didn’t her form deteriorate from one classic to the next?
Maybe yes. Maybe no. She hasn’t won since, though. Draw your conclusions as to whether she’s been well handled or not.
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She did Reet, but didn’t her form deteriorate from one classic to the next?
Not in my view, DJ.
She had an easy time of it at Newmarket and had no trouble lasting home, was outstayed by Darjina in France (A run she replicated almost exactly in this year’s Queen Anne), and then just lasted home at the Curragh.
Even in her subsequent Coronation Stakes defeat she travelled extremely well until stamina became the issue.I thought she was incredible at Newmarket, not as good in france (I suspected the ground but to be fair she had won on that ground at 2, arguably in lesser company) but definitely she faced very little in the irish 1,000 and won like she needed a break. IMO of course.
Gd-Fm 1mile thats what shes after, "stick her in the Falmouth and hope Darjina doesnt turn up" would have been my plan, but running her on unsuitable ground on saturday may make that a big ask.
The big lad who owns her likes a day out with his band of merry men. Perhaps thats partly the reason she runs when really she shouldn’t. Hope she’s ok after finishing distressed yesterday.
The big lad who owns her likes a day out with his band of merry men. Perhaps thats partly the reason she runs when really she shouldn’t. Hope she’s ok after finishing distressed yesterday.
I said that to my mate earlier today CR, Jim Bolger had said last year that at the end of the season she would be going straight to be studded with teofilo. Nothing she has done on the track this year has suggested that there was any reason to keep her in training, she was already a dual guineas winner.
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I’d back her to beat Darjina at Newmarket on proper summer ground.
Not that we ever will, given her trainer’s ambitions and the lack of suitable races, but I’d love to see her run over 7f, on any ground.
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