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Well done with Minding guys, I got her totally wrong.
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Agreed – she is no Bosra Sham, Miesque or Indian Skimmer, let alone Zarkava (who is the best European-based filly I’ve seen in many a year). But, to be as successful as she has been this season over 8 – 12f marks her out as durable and versatile. Even more impressive is that she can come back from 10f to 8f at G1 level. Very, very few middle distance horses are even asked to compete again against specialist milers, let alone are able to do it. Most increase distance with age, from 8 to 10f (12f), and then stay at that distance, or mix 10/12f. I am trying to think of the last horse who was asked to do this kind of range at G1 level – the only one I can think of off the top of my head is The Brigadier, who left off at 3 with the Champion, and then returned at 4 with the Lockinge before going back up to 10 and then 12f and back to 10 again.
Perhaps this tells us something about the quality/depth of the QE2 field (although I think Ribchester is a good colt) and yes, I agree she was well placed. But she is some race mare, and I for one hope she stays in training next year. It is so refreshing to see Coolmore/Ballydoyle campaign their fillies/mares as racehorses!
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