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Wonder if McManus and Henderson might throw Epatante at the race now? Young, improving and she will get the mares allowance. Worth a go in a weak looking race that might not take much winning.
That was a shocker. Sheer complacency. Even if he had won it would have been bad ride.
I am not an odds on punter but the horse got backed from 1/4 to 2/13 in the minutes before the off. Plenty of people must have got their fingers burned and are entitled to feel very aggrieved.
Reckon McManus will give Mark Walsh the job soon. He is far better than Geraghty now.
I will be backing OK Corral and Cabaret Queen if they both run. I suppose they are obvious selections but sometimes they are the best. I would also be interested in Mister Malarky if he is back to his best but I thought he ran very poorly at Ascot last time.
Cannot have Yorkhill at all. He looks gone at the game.
With Cheltenham in mind, will Cyrname act left handed? He has not before but he is a better horse now. Having said that, all his best performances have been at Ascot. Not sure he should be favourite for the KG on a different track and stepping up in distance.
I still think Altior will end up in the Champion Chase.
That was sweet revenge for Capeland! Good to see he was certainly none the worse for last time.
I doubt Altior would have won over 2 miles today. That finishing kick just was not there. Difficult to see how they can go for the King George on the back of that – but if they do it will be a rare chance to back him at odds against.
Sad to hear that he has gone but he had a good, long life and it sounds like he had an enjoyable time after his racing career was over.
If we are talking about winning from impossible looking positions, what about Davy Russell’s ride on Larquebuse at Fairyhouse on Tuesday? He was so far behind he was not in the TV picture until a few strides before the post when he managed to dead heat for first place.
I like Battleoverdoyen but I can see him getting beaten at Cheltenham but then winning at Punchestown.
Anyone remember when Stuart Machin had to commentate on a race at Haydock when the fog was so thick you could not see the winning post?
I thought Battleoverdoyen won well enough but the race was spoiled by having to miss out six fences. They know low sun can be an issue this time of year. Why can’t they run the feature race earlier?
My concerns are he looked like he was out on his feet after the last. He was also badly affected by the travelling over to Cheltenham last year. Maybe it was a one off but it has to be a bit of a worry.
Thought he did really well to win after a bit of an iffy jump at the second last. Looks like it is the Tingle Creek next. He will make a great sight over the railway fences.
I had the first two winners for small money but stupidly did not double them. Magic Saint scraping into a place dragged me into profit but it might have been so much better if Slate House had stayed on his feet.
It was still an enjoyable day of racing. It is one of my favourite meetings of the year.
I backed Slate House. It was frustrating but I am not 100% convinced he would have won.
The only “good” thing about it was it allowed my each way saver Magic Saint to scrape into a place but I think I would still have preferred Slate House to have stood up and took my chance on the win!
Any thoughts on Blue Sari? I suppose it was satisfactory enough but it looked a bit underwhelming after what Envoi Allen and Andy Dusfrene did on their hurdling debuts. It might have been interesting if the other horse had not hung across the track.
