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Congratulations to Mick Channon and the owners on the win last night for this wonderful old horse on his 100th appearance on a racecourse.
I’ve been following him for years since a 16/1 touch landed at Doncaster about four years ago.
I had a feeling he might well be primed for a 10th win on his 100th run and a brillaint ride from Hugh Bowman when in a little trouble a furlong or so out got him home comfortably in the end up the nearside Windsor rail.
My biggest bet (probably out of loyalty/stupidity) has brought me a big payday !
The horse is always consistently running good races and often reaches the frame – there’s nothing better on the flat than good consistent year-in year-out 5/6f sprinters who keep reappearing as opposed to the class horses who are retired to stud as 3yo’s.
Agree entirely.
It was a night to celebrate longevity of career all in all, wasn’t it, what with the wonderful teenager Adamant Approach going in again as well – a performance which even managed to elicit a half-interested comment of "belies his age again" from Scahill (see also the "Jumps Racing" thread).
gc
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The horse is always consistently running good races
How did he manage to come down 20 lb in the weights in the past year then?
most 7yo handicappers drop 20lbs here and there dj to get back to their winning rating – did i say he was a group horse ?
Leave Mala alone – he hasn’t harmed you has he or did you just back against him……..
I thought handicappers also take into account age? Hence why older horses drop in the weights quicker…. Or is that just in national hunt once they are over a certain age?
Horsestats,
If you can let me know the secret so that I can convince the handicapper to drop my 8-y-old by 20lbs, I’d be most grateful.
So far as I’m aware, the handicapper takes no account of age at all – if he did, surely Mine would have been bottom weight in the Bunbury Cup last week!
AP
The horse dropped from 86 to 65 over the course of 10 runs Aug 06 to Jun 07 (form 58900666707). He’s pretty well found his level now, 33421 off 65 and 67.
Alan Potts’ Greenwood on the other hand has dropped 3lbs for 6 unplaced runs. Clearly you aren’t speaking to the right people, AP!
Rob
You seem to have a point on 104 dj.
Ive just discovered that according to RP site, he’s had 100 turf runs + 4 all-weather (inc 2 in Dubai)
Sportinglife site says runs: 100. So they are wrong and strangely not including at least the two a/w races he had at Lingfield in 2005
Anyway whatever……my wallet is happy
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