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Highlight: Definitely Caravaggio’s performance in the Commonwealth Cup. European flat racing needed another superstar and he’s stepped up to the plate. Can’t wait to watch him throughout the rest of the season.
Low point: Missing out on a £4k fourfold with Alpha Centauri finishing second.
Also what a shame that we lost Scat Daddy so young as he proved himself this week to be a tremendous sire.Highlight was definitely the improvement on last year. I thought last years meeting was a bit of damp squib, but this year was stack full of outstanding performances, plenty of talking points, and in general just had a good “feel” about it. These could counts as lowlights I suppose, as I didn’t back them when on many other days I would have, but Big Orange, and Oriental Fox winning brought a smile to my face. Not many betting highlights for me sadly, but Raheen House & Lancaster Bomber making the frame probably my betting highlights of the week.
As for lowlights, well obviously the draw issue was ridiculous as already mentioned. One thing which really bugged me was the start times. I can’t get a good signal in my office, so was allowed to go outside to watch on my phone, but I would get outside for start time, and on what seemed like the majority of races, they weren’t even behind the stalls at start time. On more than one occasion, I’m sure they were over 5 mins late. Felt at times I was ripping the p1ss with my boss, as I’d trudge in 10 minutes later after telling him I shouldn’t be away long. It’s no good enough. Betting lowlights were definitely Bossy Guest disappointing, and Big Time not trapping.
I think the Commonwealth has to be the highlight as it’ll be the race from the meeting that will live longest in my memory.
My low point was backing Spirit Of Valor at 66s in the Jersey, shouting like a maniac when he shot clear and having to listen to all the favourite backers standing around me giving themselves a pat on the back.
HIGHLIGHTS
I love brave horses battling it out over a distance, probably why I’m a dyed in
the wool jumps man, so the the lung bursting duel between Big Orange and Order Of
St George in the Gold cup was epic. Also it was heart warming to see Freddy Tylicki
back at the track, and in such good spirits, presenting the trophies for the Duke Of
Edinburgh Stakes. These people are made of stronger stuff than us mere mortals.Low Points
Hats off to Barney Roy, but I was a bit disappointed to see Churchill badly beaten. It’s
nice to have some Superstars around, and I was looking for fireworks from him which
sadly didn’t appear. I suppose from a personal betting point of view, I was willing to
see Librisa Breeze get a bit of daylight before the race was all but run in the Diamond
Jubilee Stakes. He was my biggest bet of the meeting, so whilst I may be speaking out of
my pocket to an extent, I would have loved to have seen that electric pace he has, which
he briefly showed, but only after he had no chance of reining them in. I hope he’s not
destined to be an unlucky horse.High point: the Gold Cup was an outstanding, the race of the season so far.
Low point: the idiot throwing the beer glass.Low point(s) : 1) poor showing of Churchill
2) Ryan Moore’s defeat on Order Of St. GeorgeHigh Point (s) Caravaggio showing why all the hype surrounding him was fully justified . Monster of a sprinter
Personal high point : Having two good bets in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes – backing The Tin Man to win and Tasleet each way .
Gambling Only Pays When You're Winning
BloodHorse article http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2017/06/24/to-royal-ascot-and-the-stayers-thanks-for-the-memories.aspx
Best Wishes
SilkHigh Point – The finish of the Gold Cup – Tremendous spectacle in an important race
Low Point – The finish of the Gold Cup – Ouch!Thanks very much, Silk, for the link to the excellent Steve Haskins article in The Bloodhorse. Highly recommended. Also great to see the super enthusiastic comments of the U.S. viewers of Royal Ascot.
Highlights:
1) Being proven so massively right on the superstar that is Lady Aurelia.
2) Taking the 25/1 on September for next years Oaks before going in at 5/4 for the Chesham Saturday.
3) Making a profit for the week of £500 when I only bet about £350 including two days of £200+ profit.
4) ITVs coverage
5) The track allowing us to take our jackets off when it was 34 degrees on a Tuesday.
Lowlights:
1) Despite being so unbelievably happy when Lady Aurelia flew clear, I couldn’t help but feel a tad dissappinted that she was 0.1 of a second off the track record bet that i had done. In fact, as seen on the Kings Stand thread, I had the bet introduced in the markets.
2) The pint thrown over Atzeni.
3) Scoring such a low score on the racing comp Saturday to somehow throw away my lead after the first four days.
Highlight – 9 winners:
Permian 7/1
Sioux Nation 16/1
Sound and Silence 20/1
Idaho 4/1
Oriental Fox 10/1
Bless Him 25/1
Atty Persse 6/1
Big Orange 7/1
Stradivarius 9/1Hugh Taylor can take the credit on Stradivarius and a mate of mine on Idaho & Sioux Nation, but other than that picks were my own.
Low point – pulling out of a huge lump on Winter/Caravaggio double. Got bitten by a few big doubles during the week so stopped and then both naturally obliged.
Cannot complain, 9/30 for Royal Ascot and 11/28 for Cheltenham is what I call one hell of a year (shame about an abysmal Punchestown with 0 winners)
Highlight – 9 winners:
Permian 7/1
Sioux Nation 16/1
Sound and Silence 20/1
Idaho 4/1
Oriental Fox 10/1
Bless Him 25/1
Atty Persse 6/1
Big Orange 7/1
Stradivarius 9/1Hugh Taylor can take the credit on Stradivarius and a mate of mine on Idaho & Sioux Nation, but other than that picks were my own.
Low point – pulling out of a huge lump on Winter/Caravaggio double. Got bitten by a few big doubles during the week so stopped and then both naturally obliged.
Cannot complain, 9/30 for Royal Ascot and 11/28 for Cheltenham is what I call one hell of a year (shame about an abysmal Punchestown with 0 winners)
Very impressive stats
just back one in each race did you?
perhaps you’d be kind enough to tell us about these winners in advance in future
I mean forgive me for being sceptical but don’t see you tipping any of them up beforehand and just aftertiming them now, once the meeting has finished.
I remember you aftertiming ways from the Neptune thread last year, another slimy aftertiming cockroach, forums are rife with them.
Took 16’s before the race on Finians Oscar – into 5’s now. Pretty happy with that
again, no mention of a bet on finian’s beforehand.
noticeable by your absence on royal ascot threads BEFORE the race- yet after these races have been run you’re firing in winners at big prices like it’s shooting fish into a barrel. Amazing stuff.
Never understood the motivation of these aftertimers- presumably they have low self-esteem and have to prove to people they’ll never even met that they’re doing well.
I mean forgive me for being sceptical but don’t see you tipping any of them up beforehand and just aftertiming them now, once the meeting has finished.
I remember you aftertiming ways from the Neptune thread last year, another slimy aftertiming cockroach, forums are rife with them.
You didn’t see me tipping any up beforehand because I haven’t been on the forum. Simple. That mystery solved then.
(It is also difficult to contribute to “Ascot Highlights” before the meeting has taken place).Re the Neptune, at 13.20 on March 11th I said – “think Willoughby Court is going under the radar here. Backed at 16’s and 14’s and half tempted to go in again”. Last time I checked the Neptune was run on Wednesday 15th not Saturday 11th, so no aftertiming. I also cited Willoughby Court earlier in February after he won well at Warwick, but let’s just ignore that as well.
Did you back any winners at RA Judge or do you just harbour scepticism and resentment of those of us that did? I wouldn’t know as I haven’t been on the forum for a while.
I don’t understand why you let these so called ‘aftertimers’ get under your skin? Most are probably lying and that’s just sad for them. Has it escaped you that we live in a digital age where most bets are placed online? It has never been easier to call out artertimers and I would be happy (for want of a better word) to send you my winning slips (PM your details). The one condition, and this is purely for my own amusement, is I insist on sending you one screenshot per day, for nine consecutive days. This will give you sufficient time to go back and read threads like the Neptune so you will learn to make well informed posts, and not ones that are factually incorrect and make you look ill informed.
I mean forgive me for being sceptical but don’t see you tipping any of them up beforehand and just aftertiming them now, once the meeting has finished.
I remember you aftertiming ways from the Neptune thread last year, another slimy aftertiming cockroach, forums are rife with them.
You didn’t see me tipping any up beforehand because I haven’t been on the forum. Simple. That mystery solved then.
(It is also difficult to contribute to “Ascot Highlights” before the meeting has taken place).Re the Neptune, at 13.20 on March 11th I said – “think Willoughby Court is going under the radar here. Backed at 16’s and 14’s and half tempted to go in again”. Last time I checked the Neptune was run on Wednesday 15th not Saturday 11th, so no aftertiming. I also cited Willoughby Court earlier in February after he won well at Warwick, but let’s just ignore that as well.
Did you back any winners at RA Judge or do you just harbour scepticism and resentment of those of us that did? I wouldn’t know as I haven’t been on the forum for a while.
I don’t understand why you let these so called ‘aftertimers’ get under your skin? Most are probably lying and that’s just sad for them. Has it escaped you that we live in a digital age where most bets are placed online? It has never been easier to call out artertimers and I would be happy (for want of a better word) to send you my winning slips (PM your details). The one condition, and this is purely for my own amusement, is I insist on sending you one screenshot per day, for nine consecutive days. This will give you sufficient time to go back and read threads like the Neptune so you will learn to make well informed posts, and not ones that are factually incorrect and make you look ill informed.
I’m just sceptical mate as you never put up any of these royal ascot bets beforehand, and just aftertimed them.
Personally I find aftertimers the scum of humanity. I agree that’s a weakness in me.
Perhaps I’d find your posts more valid though if you actually put up winners beforehand. Well done with willoughy court- but it seems like you are giving away your modus operandi here- backing more than one horse. Your royal ascot book would look a lot less impressive if you’re not just backing one horse per race.
If you would take the time to check some of the royal ascot threads that weren’t aftertiming threads you’ll see I tipped up Atty Persse and Big orange BEFOREHAND- and only one tip.
As for the screenshot thing I’m sure it would rather lose it’s validity as you’d probably conveniently forget to send the losing bets that you placed on each race as well. And I’d have no way of knowing whether you were telling the truth or not.
I have you down as a cockroach and a liar. Like all aftertimers.
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