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Hughes is riding Presvis in Singapore on Sunday as Ryan Moore has opted to ride for O’Brien in Ireland. Is anyone aware of what Fallon is riding , or has he simply been jocked off Presvis totally ?
Presvis?
Is that still running? The guitarist out of the Manics is more visible than Presvis.
Ne’er mind. That sneakily campaigned blot which hacked up at Kempton this afternoon with a billion lira on its back will soon be taking over.
And then, alas, after Filthy has exploited the flawed British handicap system till it bleeds, he’ll be off to the South China Seas…
Yeah, he only won the Dubai Duty Free two months ago… the most expensive mile to 1800m race in the world.
A shame Ryan Moore can’t make it but Richard Hughes will do fine. Fallon only failed on him because Cumani was still experimenting with trying to have him handier back then but Presvis resented it. The instructions will be to drop him out
But the race is very competitive, on sectionals I have trouble rating Presvis’s finishing burst above that of the HK horse California Memory. Of course Wigmore Hall isn’t far away on that front, and Irian (2nd to Snow Fairy in HK Cup) is flying.
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I’d be certain Max is aware of Presvis’ form, and alluding to his infrequent appearances in this country.
It was KF’s own suggestion (early last year) that Luca found another jockey for the horse, as he felt he wasn’t doing him justice.
Imo, Presvis runs his best races when there’s a half-decent early pace and he can be dropped out completely. Richard Hughes should be absolutely ideal, but I doubt anyone could win on him if the horse takes an interest early. Otherwise, the horse has a world-class turn of foot and will take a deal of beating. He’s almost certainly better at 10f than 1m also, but runs more at the latter because of his idiosycransy.Coggy,
As RH says, I was being facetious.
Presvis is possibly my favourite horse and the fact Cumani isn’t in the slightest bit interested in running him in races such as the Eclipse, the Juddmonte and the Racing For Change Stakes at Ascot, is something of a bone of contention.
Cumani used the British handicap system unmercifully with Presvis. Remember Haydock? Possibly the biggest non-buzzer witnessed in this country since Old Rowley spat out his bridle on the Heath because Nell Gwyn was getting all the attention.
All that chicanery and then British racegoers don’t even get the benefit of a good horse. *sigh*
So, as far as I’m concerned,
Dessie
Hughes can ride Presvis for all I care…
If i remember correctly after a ride in England on board Presvis Fallon said he and the horse didn’t get on at all and he would be advising Cumani to get someone else to take over in future!
If i remember correctly after a ride in England on board Presvis Fallon said he and the horse didn’t get on at all and he would be advising Cumani to get someone else to take over in future!
I remember that race. And goodness knows how but I’ve been confusing Presvis with Divinsky ever since.
Presvis?
Is that still running? The guitarist out of the Manics is more visible than Presvis.
Ne’er mind. That sneakily campaigned blot which hacked up at Kempton this afternoon with a billion lira on its back will soon be taking over.
And then, alas, after Filthy has exploited the flawed British handicap system till it bleeds, he’ll be off to the South China Seas…
I’m very offended by this post. Some of us still haven’t gotten over the Manics guitarist going missing.
And Presvis tried to carve 4REAL into his near fore but he kept dropping the razorblade.
Does the fact that Dick Turpin runs in the Prix D’Ispahan in France today (Group 1) and has apparently been discarded by Hughes, mean that the Presvis camp are really confident ?
Does the fact that Dick Turpin runs in the Prix D’Ispahan in France today (Group 1) and has apparently been discarded by Hughes, mean that the Presvis camp are really confident ?
I think it means that Richard Hughes knows that it is £860,000 to the winner in Singapore where Presvis is 7/2, and commensurate place money. While the Prix D’Ispahan is £123,000 to the winner and Dick Turpin is 7/1. Of the two options, I know where I would invest my time and effort if I were a jockey.
Plus Presvis is a hold-up ride … pity the same couldn’t be said for the Irish 2000 runner-up, unlike his jockey.
I take your point guys but it still strikes me as odd that you would get off one trained by your major employer to go half way around the world to ride one for Mr Cumani, who I only have records of Hughes riding for 9 times before.
Hughsie is NEVER going to get that horse across the line first. This is like a match made in hell. Going to leave it too late like always! If I was a gambler I would make this my first lay…
I’ve often wondered why jockeys don’t seem to suffer from jet lag like ordinary people. They seem to pop up in races all over the world. I can understand the Irish jockeys taking the plane here on a regular basis, but all this USA, Dubai, Singapore stuff confuses me.
Much of the effects of jet lag are psychosomatic. If you just act normally as if you have been in that country forever you can ignore the fatigue. Adrenaline helps with this.
i think jet-lag simply wouldn’t have had time to kick-in.
he rode the 15:45 yesterday in Ireland, so say he then got a 20:00 flight which would take about 13 hours to reach Singapore, so plane touches down 09:00 today UK time.
the race is four and a half hours after that.
within hours after that he’s back on a plane to UK.
its no different to many business travellers, who commonly reckon on jet-lag not kicking until 36 – 48 hours into such a trip.
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