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my points system
142 kite wood
136 mastery
133 mourayan
133 father time
131 changingofthe guard
130 monitor closely
117 von jawlensky
117 above averagewill back kite wood
and mastery ewI’d like to know who the other three jokers are
Who is going to win the English St Leger 2009 ?
Kite Wood
10%
10% [ 1 ]
Age Of Aquarius
20%
20% [ 2 ]
Changingoftheguard
0%
0% [ 0 ]
Monitor Closely
10%
10% [ 1 ]
Father Time
10%
10% [ 1 ]
Mourayan
10%
10% [ 1 ]
Mastery
0%
0% [ 0 ]
Above average
0%
0% [ 0 ]
Von Jawlensky
40%
40% [ 4 ]
Total Votes : 10A
Von Jawlensky could do a bit of a Hindu Kush here, I’ve seen stranger things happen!
Mastery, he has the backclass, he wont get caught in a pace battle upfront with Monitor Closey, Von jawlensky and Kite Wood.
I would love too back Father Time but he ran like a drain at york on really fast ground and i think the ground will be the same at Doncaster.
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Peter Chapple-Hyam has his horses in decent shape and conditions should suit
Monitor Closely
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He’ll do at 9/2.
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Peter Chapple-Hyam has his horses in decent shape and conditions should suit
Monitor Closely
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He’ll do at 9/2.
Me too, Equi.
Can’t see why people keep knocking his form; the next 3 horses in the Voltigeur are all gp2 winners, and Mastery, whom he thrashed, isn’t rated far behind the favourite according to Godolphin, and the very fact he runs here supports that view.
Strange breeding for a Leger winner, but the way he powered away at York gives a strong pointer to his chances of staying, and he’ll absolutely love the fast ground. It isn’t much of a race this year imo, and there’d be far worse 9/2 chances.- Total Posts 17716
Very easy to knock the form but difficult to knock the horse Reet. The race he won was just one of those days that for some reason the 2 horses most people expected to fight it out fill the last 2 places.
What you can’t take away from him, despite the 2nd being fairly moderate, is he’s a cracking looking horse,looks the pert, has won very easily in a very good time and has his ground today.
My worry with him is his trainer freely admits he was shocked and running him in this was an afterthought. He crealry thought the horse wasn’t good enough before the GV.
My old mate TENBOB do be a good chap and send that computer programme to Equi…he’s an account and will fix the glitch in the spreadsheet
……Mastery 6 pts higher rated than Monitor Closely but only 3lbs better off for 4 1/2 lengths? Something gotta be wrong there Statistically it appears that Father Time is the most appropriate winner of the race, so I will side with him.
I think Changingoftheguard is just about the one here. The trip and ground should be alright. In heindsight the Ebor was just an exhibition of his potential Ledger credntials, which have heightened now that AOA is an absentee.
I’ve backed Mastery win and place. The only blot on his resume is that he ran in the Queen’s Vase. Take that run away (Johnston runs every horse he has in the Queen’s Vase) and statistically he has a superb chance. We know he definitely gets the trip and he’s getting his ground too.
I’ve also backed Above Average for the win since that’s all he’ll have to be to win it.
Well done Zarkava and everyone else who backed Mastery. That was a good race and a fine training performance by Suroor. Little to say really, a nail biter for the Godolphin backers. Mastery deserved it.
Thanks, Graeme. Really I deserved that, I’ve had such miserable luck in the past 3 weeks. Not been down much but been very unlucky with stuff like Age of Aquarius being pulled out, Changingoftheguard letting down a 15/1 double, Benbaun getting beat in the Nunthorpe, etc.
Congrats to all other Mastery backers but I can’t wait to see Kite Wood next year over 12f. Get your King George punts on now and congrats to Bin Suroor for a superb training performance.
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I’m still trying to work out why Monitor Closely had to come from behind, given that he made all and hammered Mastery last time out.
Fell asleep. I’ll have to watch the race on Channel 4+1. Can’t recall ever having a bet on the St Leger.
Well done Zarkava.
I’m still trying to work out why Monitor Closely had to come from behind, given that he made all and hammered Mastery last time out.
I don’t think MC’s win was a true run race, and it was over a shorter distance. With a couple of front runners today, MC would’ve stood little chance running another race from the front over an extended distance. My opinion though.
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