Lonsdale Cup 2022

[Gladiateur]

Still a Stakes to me.

Anyway, Stradivarius is out and Trueshan may yet be pulled on account of the going, which appeared to be riding much faster yesterday than it had on the opening day. Alan King has said that the withdrawal of his horse’s main rival will not sway his decision.

Does that make Coltrane a good thing? 🤔

[FinalFurlong91]

If trueshan gets pulled out I may back Quickthorn to beat Coltrane as he could get an easy lead and it could get tactical which will inconvenience coltrane

[IanDavies]

Wasn’t this race originally a Handicap on the first day?

Pretty sure I was there to see Heighlin win it on the day High Line sired four winners on the card.

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[Gladiateur]

Heighlin won it in 1980, Chezza, and it does appear to have been run as a handicap, judging by the essay on that horse in Timeform’s Racehorses of 1980.

[LD73]

Donegal Prince and Lester won it in 1981 and before it went to G3 in 1998 and G2 in 2004 a host of top stayers also won it like:

Valuable Witness, Weld, Further Flight twice, Double Eclipse twice and the last 3yr old to win it in 1995, Celeric twice and good old Persian Punch twice.

[IanDavies]

Cheers, chaps – 1980-1983 were the four years I went to Benson & Hedges Day at York and four cracking days racing they were too.

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[Cork All Star]

Very fast time in the first. Might not be looking good for Trueshan’s participation.

[Mike007]

Coltrane for me.

[Mike007]

Blimey. Thrashed em.

[LD73]

That was shockingly bad riding from the other jockeys who basically give their mounts no chance of winning – not like it was a surprise move tactically what he did and they just let him go….Stewards should be having a word.

[Gladiateur]

Hope you backed the winner, FF91. Your interpretation was spot-on! 👍

[LD73]

Eased down last half furlong and still won by 14L

[Cork All Star]

It looked poor but I am inclined to think he was in a different league to them on the day. They were all off the bridle before the home turn.

[Cork All Star]

I wonder if dual purpose trainer Morrison would ever give him a run over hurdles?

[Mike007]

I’m inclined to think Coltrane has run below par compared to his run behind Kyprios. Taking that race literally, Quickthorn is the best stayer on the planet.

[LD73]

HIghly unlikely it would have made any difference to the result but at the start of the race they gave him far too much rope and pretty much any chance was gone before they even got halfway.

[LD73]

Would have been real interesting to see what Strad and Trueshan would have done tactics wise if they had of run in the race, as both tend to be held up.

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