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V satisfactory from KS, but SE performed much better than I expected. Jumped slowly on first circuit, was taken wide all the way round, shold do bettr on good ground; maybe I wrote him off to soon
I’m a great admirrer of McCoy, but his ride looked inadequate. I can understand him not driving from halfway, with a view to the future, but at least he could have made an effort from 2 hurdles out
I wa there that day as well, incredible day, in the replay you can see my hat sailing up the air after JJ passes the winning post.
Paddy’s forbearance with difficult owners should also be mentioned. Any other owner and Dawn Cup would have won the next three Gold CupsChina Rock seems a good thing, has run twice and should have a significant fitness advantage. Looked pretty sharp when beating Sizing Europe (tho I think SE is over-rated and didn’t stay)
so many of them, from premature death (Killiney, Golden Cygnet, and worst of all Dawn Run), to not living up to tall reputations (BJK, MYD Solzen).
But the pleasant surprises, thoogh infrequent, keep me in the gamesuperb performance, but unsure of the quality of the opposition; keep the powder dry
you should only include mile and a half horses in this list. If Canford Cliffs stayed he wouldn’t be running as a miler. 12 furlongs is the real classic distance.
Thanks a million, blueman; that was Derring Rose at his best/worst, absolutely brilliant to see it again.
Alos great to see Dawn Run’s Templegate hurdle win again, I had presumed that was lost forever, as are so many of her races.Astral Charmer; as I remember he even tried to run out during the race, and lost a huge amount of ground in the process
That is really sad, I remember seeing her win the Cheltenham bumper. As her form deteriorated after that, I was surprised she hadn’t been retired for breeding
