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If the field holds up it looks a cracking race , good mix of all different formlines , ages . Would love to see CH bolt up . It will be tough though. If CH dont win id like to see Al Aasy or Burdett Road pick it up .
Looking forward to the race .Couple of ex Ballydoyle horses go round in The Chairmans at Randwick tomorrow , Changingoftheguard and Star of India .
Both gone ok in their time in Oz, Star of India had the better results overall.
Its the second horse called Changingoftheguard from Ballydoyle to end up in OZ , the first one ran 2nd in the Ebor , had one run at Caulfield in 2009 but is now listed as deceased .I had Private Life at 66 to 1 last year four months before his Caulfield Guineas win , my wife recorded me and my mate cheering it home , memory will last a lifetime ,just lasted .
Not a winner but i backed The Refrigerater in the Cesarewitch at 100 to 1 each way , Jopanni ran out first sight of running rails , left it lead from there until under furlong out , run out of it late into 5th !! .Double Dutch won .
Both times my involuntary instinct was to start banging my fist onto the floor to make the horse go faster.Just had look on you tube at Towcester and various uploads from Espmadrid came up , had to turn it off or my night be gone , so good watching old races back , that’s such a brilliant channel Espmadrid.
Strange i find the horses that stick in the mind as you age , the one horse i can remember backing there in all my visits with my Dad was a horse called Christian Soldier in a seller , I think it was first race of the day on a mid winter Saturday .
Didnt win . Why i remember it ive no idea at all , but it was a grey old day .Hope it dont close , always saddens me when a course closes , but the viewing situation does look odd .
Used to enjoy Towcester ,was doable for an evening meeting from London . Good viewing . Super Sausage Cafe near by was good too .
“The world is his lobster” , Arthur Daly one of the greats of British Industry .
How did the computer flash up Guineas instead of Dante , there would have been a confirm button , are you sure kind of thing , most systems do when cancelling something important .Couple of turf bred did well in WC , i think that dirt at Meydan bit easier than the US dirt .
I had a 100 to 1 futures ticket last Melbourne Cup on Meydaan , he run well until stamina gave out , he ran a cracker last night . Crisfords gotbthe horses peaking perfectly on WC night .The difference is as pointed out above Ballydoyle have a commercial reason to hype a horse , Henderson does not . Bar advertising his stable that is .
Ombudsmen and Calandagan just so good , but also great effort to get West Wind Blows back so good .
Victoria Road got his first win since Breeders Cup today , top weight Doomben race 2 , led out and stuck on very well .
Presenters remarked how well he looked in paddock . Paid 9s .Bit off subject , but what ever happened to The Nice Guy , has he been officially retired now ?
Flemington and Rosehill tomorrow ,2 mill Aust Cup 2000 metres , 1.5 mill Tancred Stakes over 2400 and a couple of 200k races at Grp 3 open age at 2800 and 2000 , 42 horses , 25 Euro bred , and for Tancred its only 2 non Euros and Neville Selwood Stakes 1 non Euro .
Thats why the John Porter turns into a veterans race , the young legs are sold and gone .Be interested who goes and who dont , whoever goes really should be on their own and not exoect any govenment or tax payer help if it goes bent .
I hope it works out , but this next few days could be chaos if no one backs down with Trumps deadline .
I cannot work out if these racing people are mad , brave , or blinded by cash . A mix of all three maybe .
