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Couldnt agree more with you Steve. Solow has been brilliant for me and I just have such a bad feeling that he wont return to race action.
The first and only time ive seen him live was at Meydan and he was an absolute machine. Maxime Guyon destroyed the field in a canter and from that moment I realised he was a good thing. He followed up for me at Ascot and Goodwood as well, albeit the prices werent great from what I remember.
I was devastated when he was ruled out through injury as I had a decent price for a repeat in the 2016 Dubai Turf.
Like others, I saw the betting for the QA and saw Solow towards the top, tried Googling any news about Solow but nothing. I therefore decided to leave it just in case and its a shame what Freddy has said about him not performing well at home.
I fear like Annie Power, at the ripe age of seven, he may have lost his zest and he may well be retired. Appreciate hes a gelding but hes already amassed £4m in prize money, so owes nothing to his owners.
Fingers crossed we see him back.
Solow unfortunately, has today been officially retired. A shame that we never got the chance to see him again.
With Alice Springs looking an unlikely runner, I might shift my allegiance to Mutakayyef at 16/1. The ground went completely against him out in Dubai and he still managed to run respectively in 5th just behind Ribchester.
My gut feeling was right unfortunately and the wonderful grey gelding has been retired. Very sad for racing indeed but sounds like the correct decision.
In an interview a couple of days ago, Aidan said that Alice Springs wouldn’t be out again until the second half of the season.
Seems to be getting backed now Sunspangled.
Galileo Gold has been retired due to a soft palate issue.
They are falling like flies here.
Ribchester could be seriously short for this.
Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.
In an interview a couple of days ago, Aidan said that Alice Springs wouldn’t be out again until the second half of the season.
Seems to be getting backed now Sunspangled.
There was no confirmation of a setback, so maybe they are reshuffling the pack. With Minding out, Somehow is now a possible for the Prince of Wales, so maybe Alice Springs is being brought off the subs bench. Aidan said that she has improved a lot physically from 3 to 4, so maybe they just wanted to give her more time. On fast ground, she might put it up to Ribchester.
In an interview a couple of days ago, Aidan said that Alice Springs wouldn’t be out again until the second half of the season.
Seems to be getting backed now Sunspangled.
There was no confirmation of a setback, so maybe they are reshuffling the pack. With Minding out, Somehow is now a possible for the Prince of Wales, so maybe Alice Springs is being brought off the subs bench. Aidan said that she has improved a lot physically from 3 to 4, so maybe they just wanted to give her more time. On fast ground, she might put it up to Ribchester.
Good point that SS
I was hoping to back Alice Springs for this, but in her absence I’m giving Qemah a chance. Dual Group 1 winner over a mile last year, she disappointed on her reappearance this season but she can build on that. With the 3lbs allowance I think she can at least run into a place. Hills are out on there own at 16/1 compared to a general 12/1, so I can see her going off around the 10/1 mark on the day.
Ribchester is a point it and press the button winner of this!!
Non of the European horses have the form or even the likely improvement to beat it for me.
The only possible danger is American Patriot who may improve for the pace and layout of Ascot and will be staying on when others have cried enough and as far value is concerned this may be it at 25/1 each way.I was hoping to back Alice Springs for this, but in her absence I’m giving Qemah a chance. Dual Group 1 winner over a mile last year, she disappointed on her reappearance this season but she can build on that. With the 3lbs allowance I think she can at least run into a place. Hills are out on there own at 16/1 compared to a general 12/1, so I can see her going off around the 10/1 mark on the day.
I thought Qemah was going for the Duke Of Cambridge Voleur?
She’s not in the Queen Anne betting now.
Looking at American Patriot, all his form is on concrete like ground. Maybe if it were ultra fast he might cope better than most. Conversely, any rain would surely sink him?
Happy with Ribchester at 7/2 and just hoping that for once, one of these ante-post shots will actually go out there and win the damn thing.
Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.
Unfortunately looks that way steve. My thinking was if they were going to bother running her as a 4yo to increase any stud value she might have, they’d at least want to run her in Group 1’s. Especially in what looks like a Group 1 lacking any depth.
I’m a subscriber to your philosophy of “stop worrying and accept the non-runner.”
Ribchester is a solid Group 1 miler, but apart from him this looks like a weak year. I was sleeping when good old Stevecaution snaffled 7/2 earlier in the thread and have to make do with 15/8.
If poor old Lightning Spear is top price 5/1 for a premium Group 1 like this, it does look like a bit of a marshmallow pit. They’re trying to make a strong pace for him by adding a pacemaker, but Ribchester himself stays further than a mile so I just can’t see the Lockinge result being turned around.
Next in the betting is Mutakayyef. For me, he was the moral winner of the Juddmonte International last season – given one of the string of abysmal Hanagan rides that saw the jockey binned by Sheikh Hamdan. In theory, a stiff mile with a rattling pace is exactly what he wants. The vibes have been iffy all year though. An intended runner in the Winter Derby, niggling injuries, ran ‘half fit’ in Dubai and surprisingly not seen since with the Lockinge and eminently winnable Tatts Gold Cup both plausible targets that went begging. Willie Haggas hasn’t even confirmed whether Mutakayyef will run in the Queen Anne so even our top price 8/1 is a bet reserved for the brave.
If not Lightning Spear or Mutakayyef, then who are the each-way angles? American raiders Miss Temple City and American Patriot carry some appeal, but neither are out of the top drawer. Miss Temple City ran a blinder behind Usherette on unsuitable ground at the meeting last year but must cope without a prep run this time, while American Patriot won a weak (even by US standards) G1 recently.
I think Oh This Is Us could be the one. He has been around the block and earned his stripes in the handicaps but does look like a genuine group horse now. I was particularly impressed with his Spring Trophy win. Repeatedly denied a run and forced off balance, he cantered all over good horses like Absolutely So and surged through when the gap opened. Though only able to win by a neck, he looked about 10lbs superior. Absolutely So went on to be an assertive winner of the John Of Gaunt Stakes. Oh This Is Us then ran OK despite again being denied a run all the way up the straight at Epsom, looking ill-at-ease on the track but still running well up the backsides of Sovereign Debt and Gabrial. A stiff mile with a strong pace and plenty of open space could be the making of him. Richard Hannon has confirmed he’ll run, so I’ll lap up a bit of the 40/1 each-way.
Bets:
Ribchester 3pts WIN 11/8 (antepost)
Oh This Is Us 1pt e/w 40/1
Agree with Oh This is Us, Hannon plans on running him but you can’t always trust which way the wind might turn with him but at 40’s is worth a few quid, he certainly should be shorter than Kool Kompany
I think along with a few drop outs there is deadwood floating in there too, I mean Ennaadd, really.? Dutch Connection needs 7f to be seen at his best and Deauville will be getting pushed along from yard 0.1Blackbeard to conquer the World
I was just planning on doing some multiples with Ribchester in Tuesday but as it’s money back as a free bet with Skybet and Betway, I’ll bet him for the stakes of what I would’ve done for my later bets on the card.
Ahoy all! Just thought I’d throw in my meaningless two pennies worth.
I’ve long been of the opinion that this is the weakest set of (older) milers we’ve had in many a year. Ribchester’s form puts him miles clear of any of the Brits to tbe extent you could almost pin him as unopposable. It’s not just Wesley Ward that interests me from across the Atlantic this time around though. Frankie’s got the seat on American Patriot who, admittedly, I don’t know a great deal about aside from him being a grade one winning miler Stateside in pretty good time. There seems to be a good bit of confidence from connections about him. I just wonder if he were from the Wesley Ward Ascot Factory what price he’d be
25/1 is good enough for me as an each-way poke.I think that at a big price (33/1) OH THIS IS US has a very realistic
chance of landing this. Ribchester is obviously the class act here, but at about even
money in a 16 runner tough race, I won’t be lumping on him. OTIU could have been coming
into this on the back of 2 wins, when things didn’t go well in either. The former of those
2 was at Haydock, where he did win despite finding trouble in running with a furlong to
go. In the latter at Epsom in the Diomed Stakes, he again he didn’t get a clear run, and
then got hemmed in before running on and going down 3/4 length 3rd. Hopefully, with a bit
luck in running this time, he could just take this.
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