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You lucky, lucky boy
Came within a whisker of a career defining ride for all the wrong reasons … Did he really mistake the winning post or was that the most ridiculous show of arrogance ever ? .. To stand up in the saddle and take a pull like that was just outrageous
Well, according to Mick Fitz he’s done it before whilst riding in Dubai … so we are left to assume it was cockiness as opposed to an error of judgement !!!
Mind you, I’m still indebted to him for finally managing to get Light From Mars’s head in front earlier this season
I think it is nonesense…the horse won the Derby…he is such a professional he knew exactly where the winning post.
He didn’t mess up he rode the perfect race…lets concentrate on this instead of that garbage
I see it as youthful madness, not arrogance. If he’d been the horse…. now that would have been arrogance. I thought Ovett debased track events and athletics, generally, with those waves of his before the finishing line.
I thought I detected a distinct coolness towards Mickael on the part of the connections, including the people leading Mickael and Pour Moi in. I imagine the owners must have come close to a heart-attack. Fabre didn’t want to spoil the occasion obviously by commenting on it while they were on air.
Still, I’m astonished to read that he did it before, and no-one got a grip of him. But, hey, he won, and we could do with more madness of that kind. Now being too serious that is mad. Really serious people are seem to have a lively sesne of humour. But if I was Fabre…
Fantastic judgement and a wonderfull piece of showmanship from the young prodigy. He has just won the derby by a head stood up in the saddle with his chest puffed out waving to the masses (Hopefully sayin to himself "ave it" lol ). Magnificient
What a race, and what a wonderful ride by Barzalona, 100% class.
And that celebration, magnificent theatre, a stride early but what the hell, Pour Moi was travelling so fast by then he’d have won even if all four legs had dropped off.
Oh, the confidence and exuberance of youth!
If Barzalona misjudged where the line was, he also misjudged his position. Treasure Beach still infront with Barzalona stood up celebrating, pulling at the horse’s head which could have put Pour Moi’s brakes on.
I’ve said before Barzalona is a brilliant young rider. However, it is not the case that every winning ride is a good one. Looking at it subjectively; I think the horse won despite the jockey in this case. He will learn and it isn’t a major critisism. As I said brilliant young rider.
Pour Moi a length or two better than distances suggest.
Value Is EverythingHis comment about Frankie was a bit ugly I thought,but I could be wrong.Frankie needed fourteen attempts to win the Derby I won on my first.
The Coolmore people let the trainer train ,remember Montjeu himself!Hypothetically speaking, if he had fallen off the horse just as he was crossing the line would it still be counted as the winner?
Fantastic judgement and a wonderfull piece of showmanship from the young prodigy. He has just won the derby by a head stood up in the saddle with his chest puffed out waving to the masses (Hopefully sayin to himself "ave it" lol ). Magnificient
The icing on the cake, Joe, was that he hadn’t yet just won it by a head!!!! He was in arrears at the time, and the post was rapidly approaching, just as Frankie orders it to when he’s in the lead! When he can fit it in between bursts of "Come on me!"
His comment about Frankie was a bit ugly I thought,but I could be wrong.Frankie needed fourteen attempts to win the Derby I won on my first.
The Coolmore people let the trainer train ,remember Montjeu himself!I think he was saying how lucky he was, Andy, not how superior he was to Frankie.
Great ride, great finish, great spectacle, just what the sport needed after it’s lucky participants keep selfishly damaging the reputation of racing.
The Queen having a real chance of winning it and the masses hoping to follow it in making the news, an almost runaway winner from gate to post, the queen’s horse looking like it would get up and make history and a super horse coming from the very back to nail it in the line in style, with some showmanship thrown in for good measure.
What was looking like a lacklustre derby has turned into a great one.
Must agree with the "Lucky, lucky boy" comment. If you freeze frame the replay he’s still a good neck down when he starts to celebrate. He clearly didn’t see Treasure Beach.
Call it what you like, but I’m still staggered and in disbelief.
It’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen – whether for the right or wrong reasons I don’t particularly care. It was just brilliant to see him standing up in his irons, arms aloft in celebration, before the horse had even hit the front.
I’ve done it myself on G1 Jockey… but this was real life, and it was absolutely brilliant.
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