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this race proved once again,why i love this sport so much:because small people have the same sporting chance to beat the big boys(and girls,of course..
),if they have the right horse.i cant remember this happening too often in high class flatraces..and what i noted too:i followed her horses in the last few weeks,and they are mostly very well prepared for the job.so sheena,well done,keep up the good work,you have a new big supporter from germany! )andy
What a ride that was by Jamie Goldstein. Fantastic pace judgement. One tough horse.
Gongratulations to Golan Way and his connections. Part owned by a friend of mine. Well done Colin!
Dreaming of Festival glory now no doubt.
They owned a horse a few years back that ran in a novice hurdle at the Festival. Got an infection from the material in the hurdle and sadly never recovered.
The win was thoroughly deserved. As genuine as they come.
Mark
Value Is EverythingEcho all of the above and he looks a real tough little devil, unlike American Trilogy!
Certainly a terrific performance from the front by Golan Way, though I must register a small twinge of disappointment that the duty commentator transgressed one of the unwritten Sprotsnam rules by insisting the gelding “was doing it the hard way”.
No. He. Wasn’t.
Making all is not “doing it the hard way” for a horse whose natural predisposition is not only to front-run, but to front-run sparingly, without the choke out, and with plenty left in reserve for the later fractions.
It was no more “doing it the hard way” than it was when, say, Carvill’s Hill sucked the very life out of all his opponents in making all in the Welsh National 17 years ago. The “hard way” for either horse would have been to be anchored at the back under sufferance and expect them to accept so being as peaceably.
This is not mere semantics. At best it’s just a little ill thought-through. At worst, however, it risks giving a false impression as to how comfortable the horse in question is with the tactics being employed, unless Golan Way was indeed having a really hard time of it out front and was being pasted by Jamie Goldstein from a long way out to maintain a gallop. I must say I didn’t think he was.
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
Certainly a terrific performance from the front by Golan Way, though I must register a small twinge of disappointment that the duty commentator transgressed one of the unwritten Sprotsnam rules by insisting the gelding “was doing it the hard way”.
No. He. Wasn’t.
Making all is not “doing it the hard way” for a horse whose natural predisposition is not only to front-run, but to front-run sparingly, without the choke out, and with plenty left in reserve for the later fractions.
It was no more “doing it the hard way” than it was when, say, Carvill’s Hill sucked the very life out of all his opponents in making all in the Welsh National 17 years ago. The “hard way” for either horse would have been to be anchored at the back under sufferance and expect them to accept so being as peaceably.
This is not mere semantics. At best it’s just a little ill thought-through. At worst, however, it risks giving a false impression as to how comfortable the horse in question is with the tactics being employed, unless Golan Way was indeed having a really hard time of it out front and was being pasted by Jamie Goldstein from a long way out to maintain a gallop. I must say I didn’t think he was.
gc
Jeremy,
“Doing it the hard way” is one of my pet hates too, for the same reason.
I spoke to Simon Holt about it at Salisbury. Though give him his due he rarely says it. He did not seem to know where the term comes from.Possibly more to do with the hard way for the jockey, judging the pace? But for horse it is the easy way.
May be a question for our own Richard Hoiles.
Mark
Value Is EverythingA fabulous result in many ways :
that flat race ability doesn’t always guarantee success over hurdles
that Paul Nicholls ( who I respect greatly) should never count his chickens
but mostly for the family of the recently deceased racing fan who asked for no flowers at the funeral but bets on a horse. Golan Way was selected with winnings to the charity that had supported him in his later years. When Channel 4 related the story before the race I thought no way.
Shows how much I know!Give me a trail blazing front runner any day – the best sight in racing for me.
I remember it winning first time up and meant to follow it….needless to say….
Michale Dickinson set aside every horse he could get to setttle in front and won hundreds of races with them. Martin Pipe cottoned on to the idea although he went over the top a bit on it IMO but had a lot of success nonetheless.
I must say I agree with the lads on his doing it the hard way rubbish. You ride a horse where he settles best and if that happens to be up front then all the better.
The great Dunkirk did it the hard way all his days and made it look easy…that’s because it was.
As far as Golan Way is concerned he really impressed me when he beat Sendani very easily and was an instant selection to beat him again.
It never ceases to amaze me that the bookies are so terrified of PN that everything he send out that COULD be a superstar is so short in the betting. Golan Way was a redicously long price yesterday and I hope the value guys spotted it. Sorry for the after timing but I did as he not only had good form he looks the part.
Must have a great future and sure to win some top races. Horse has it all.
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