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    Avatar photoBigG
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    It’s hard to separate Alpine Star and Peaceful and I think they will be fighting it
    out at the 1m mark, but I’ve got great hopes that Fancy Blue will appear on the
    scene late on and the extra couple of furlongs is what she is crying out for. She
    was beaten fair and square by Peaceful last time out in the Irish 1000 Guineas,
    but she was finishing better than anything in the race. I can’t see her being
    out of the 1st 3 and I think that the 10/1 is a very generous offer.

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    Best of luck with Fancy Blue Graham :good: Both our fillies sent across the Channel to compete here and take on Alpine Star but this is a much more exciting race than the Oaks in my opinion and you get paid 3 places .. Jac :good:

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    greenasgrass
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    Could be the race of the weekend, and the race of the season so far.

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    Yes, I’ve seen the German version of it, but thank you very much Green :bye:
    Sea The Moon is the only horse doing Germany proud, but of course we couldn’t keep him at home doing his business. Hard to accept, but Germany is drifting away to becoming a banana republic of racing :cry:

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    Mike007
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    3rd. That’ll do. Wd winners.

    #1492911
    Mike007
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    Another 50 yards and Peaceful likely gets up.

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    Yes Mike I thought Peaceful got bustled about in the early stages losing her place..if anyone able to rewatch would be interested to know if that was the case… Jac

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    Well done to BigG and all winners.. :good: Now can Ghaiyyath save the day..big ask :bye:

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    ham
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    She stayed on powefully! Wd winners

    Step back for alpine star seen it out well but the mile is more her bag! No excuses! Seen it out well just not as good at 10 as at 8

    Peaceful got caught for speed and stayed on, she could very well end up in a leger also

    Delighted for DOB, what a training feat so soon!

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    I don’t envisage Peaceful being sent to the Leger.

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    Thanks Jac, that makes up for my lost ante post on her in the Oaks. I’ve got
    to hand it to the young French jockey, I thought she had been collared, but he
    got everything out her on the line :good:

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    FinalFurlong91
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    Race replay triptych

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    ham
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    Probably not mike, especially not if love or serpentine ended up there fit, but she definitely got done for speed and then motored home, 12f she would have won, so see no issue with poss going upto 14, but he has an array of options for the leger, a good few who havent really ran in anything yet also.

    All that aside amazing result for donnacha, the front 4 are smart, but alpine star is different over 8f. Doubt she will go above that again.

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    Thanks for the link FF :good:

    I’m going to have a much closer look later but it was an exciting race. :good: Jac :rose:

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    I was hoping they’d run Raabihah in the Oaks as I thought she would be better over further. Still fancied her for this (though didn’t have a bet in it). Least experienced horse in the field, she was stuck 4 deep for the whole race and fought her jockey all the way but still only beaten by about a neck. Better passage and she might have won and I reckon she’ll beat all of these over a mile & a half

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    I agree the trip got a bit wide for Alpine Star, a very good run from her though :good:

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