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I thought it looked a poor performance, not a ‘this will tighten him up and blow out the cobwebs for the Guineas’ performance.
He did sort of stay on a little towards the end, but if he was trained by another lower profile trainer and hadn’t been hyped up as the return of Pegasus, then most wouldn’t have give him much hope for top class success and definitely not noted his performance for the future.
Must be a prerequisite for nomination……..that or the whole system is corrupt, not sure which.
“Hall of Fame horse trainer Bob Baffert has faced numerous medication violations and suspensions, most notably the 2021 Kentucky Derby disqualification of Medina Spirit for a banned steroid. Baffert, known for over 30 violations in his career.”
Along with that CAS……do a quick Google search on the trainer and you’ll find endless references and articles around this issue.
“Steve Asmussen, one of North America’s all-time leading horse trainers, has faced numerous medication violations and allegations of improper drugging throughout his career. While he has been accused of fostering a “doping culture,” many of his sanctions have been contested, overturned, or fined rather than resulting in long-term bans.”
“he ended up in India of all places”
What’s wrong with India, they have a strong racing community?
The stud have or have had standing….
Territories
Excellent Art
Mutasaabeq
Chindit
Placerville
Alnasr Alwasheek
Roderic O’Connor
AceMultidimenstional, Razeen Order Of Australia and Asymetric also stand in India.
Canadians would support anybody not heading over and spending their money in the US, but we’d also encourage you to not buy American goods back home if you have a choice.
The more pressure put on this regime the better.
Not in any way being critical of the jockey, but if he’d gone at the last fence like Bowen did on Bainbridge, he’d have won by even further.
The three pretty much jumped the final fence in unison, yet he was last away and still got up on the line. He was the least experienced chaser in the field and this was only his fourth run over fences.
“Very true Glad, but the knuckle draggers will never believe it.”
Come on Purwell, you can do better than that……..can’t you?
I don’t believe I am a ‘knuckle dragger’, does it refer to somebody who disagrees with you?I don’t read the Sun, Express, Mail and Telegraph, and do not participate in that cesspit of social media.
Besides, while we can and should be concerned about our environment and do our best to look after it, the climate is cyclical and we can’t change that. Much of this fear of global warming is driven by the media and various governments.
“Immigration is a “problem” manufactured by the right. People should actually be concerned about the environment, the NHS and education.”
I think people are concerned about all of those points Gladiateur.
I also think that you are wrong to say that immigration is a problem manufactured by the right. I don’t think immigration itself is the problem, after all, I like many am an immigrant, I know many other immigrants, it’s the culture of the particular immigrants that seems to be the main issue.
AND, before you jump up on your little platform Richard, no, it isn’t about ONLY allowing in white immigrants.
They would regret it Gladiateur, but they are acknowledging and discussing out loud what the majority of people are concerned about and saying they will deal with it.
It’s doubtful they would actually deliver and would probably end up like the present government with a ‘deer in the headlights’ approach.
It’s understandable why the right wing/nationalists are gaining popularity throughout Europe, people are very frustrated with various circumstances, especially with immigration, and their respective governments are unwilling to do anything about them.
“for a start it’s not, never has been and never will be an Islamic country”.
Can we return to this in 30 years time Richard and see if you’re correct?
The responsibility and funding should lie with all benefiting from the sport. The burden shouldn’t be solely with the owner.
Can’t agree with you on that Blackcountry.
As long as it’s properly regulated, then it’s quite a civilized approach to quality of life.
We’ve had it since 2016 and it’s been a huge relief to those instances I know of. It’s inhumane for somebody to live a life of serious pain and indignity, while knowing there is no cure and only a lingering death awaiting them.
“perhaps someone should point out the Royal College opposition to this bill”
Perhaps as a college, but don’t think for one moment decisions aren’t made discreetly under certain circumstances to ‘allow’ people to die.
If a person was to keep a dog or horse in those conditions, they’d rightly be arrested and charged…….and I would suggest you’d be in agreement with that.
I actually like Chapman, probably because he’s a little unpredictable and always has people on their toes or out of their comfort zone with their standard answers.
It’s not always been like that, I also found him loathsome, but I think he’s improved with age.
I wonder sometimes who is actually offended.
Are many things offensive to the majority, or simply the most vocal.
I have friends who are Muslim, but not one has ever been offended by Christmas trees for example. In fact those with children participate in a non religious aspect of ‘Christmas’ with presents for their children. As they point out, they and other cultures celebrate certain events throughout the year, so why not western culture with their religion and symbols?
Last Saturday I went to see Jim Jefferies.
Now Jim Jefferies wouldn’t quite hit the guidelines for being politically correct and in part of his show, there was a section on disabled people and who would qualify to meet him back stage. Looking in front of where we were seated was an easy accessibility section for disabled and wheelchair users and I noticed they were laughing as hard as anybody at his comments and observations. If anybody has the right to judge the content of his show, it would be those people.To me it’s very simple.
1. It’s comedy and should be treated as such.
2. If you are of a sensitive nature, then don’t go, but leave others to decide for themselves.I saw this on the BBC website and it’s long overdue.
“Speaking directly to students, the director for free speech said: “You should expect to face views you might find shocking or offensive, and you should be aware that’s part of the process of education.”
He added that students should be able to express any view, no matter how offensive it is to others, as long as it is not outside what is generally allowed by law, such as harassment or unlawful discrimination.
The guidelines also make clear that the OfS expects universities to support and protect academics whose views might provoke protest from students, and not to delay speaking up in their defence.
Dr Ahmed told the BBC universities could not sack a lecturer “simply because that person expresses views students find offensive, shocking, controversial or disturbing – and that’s essential to academic freedom.”Cheveley is a little different to the Royal Family though Cork, they don’t have the same ‘relationship’ with the UK as Chuck and Cams.
Are there no suitable dual-purpose trainers in the UK that could get the best out of the horse…….or any more than Willie Mullins, as good as he is?
It was interesting, with a late run from Road To Oz to take it up halfway up the run-in.
It’s basically a 4m Point-to-Point, but over wooden post and rail fences, where the top rail appeared to simply fall off if hit and easily demolished if hit harder…….and there were some far from fluent jumpers!!
All carried 11st 11lb.
All but one in the field were on Lasix.Besides the ‘fences’, the main difference to a UK Point-to-Point would be the prize money of £75,000. I think the total prize money for the Lady Dudley Cup is around £1,500!!
I think the starter had been reading the Robbie Supple book on how to start a horse race, because it was very much in keeping with what we witnessed at Cheltenham.
