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My main three bets for the meeting ( following extensive study
) are Drefong , Gun Runner , and my nap of the entire meeting – Bolt Doro , the proverbial flying machine .Good luck to everyone with their bets .
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Gun Runner for me . He will have to step up in order to lower Arrogate’s colours , but he is improving with every run and has looked mightily impressive in his last two races , albeit against lesser talented opposition .
With Arrogate struggling to recapture his form , I fancy Gun Runner to steal a march on the rest and outstay them up the stretch .
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I’ll eat my head ( not hat !
) if Big Orange manages to finish in front of Order Of St. George this time roundGambling Only Pays When You're Winning
I promised myself that if John Gosden and Oppenheimer took the decision to forego the Arc with Cracksman in favour of The Champion Stakes , that unless the ground turned into a bog , I would definitely back the horse at Ascot .
Fresh as a daisy and ready to win : Cracksman
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Not the best racecourses in the British Isles but these two are my favourites . Ayr and Hamilton ( beautiful scenery and atmosphere , especially on a warm summer’s evening ) .
My least favourite : Yes , it’ll take a lot to knock Chester off this particular perch . Just don’t like the course full stop .
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Sea Bird’s contemptuous disdain for the opposition in the ’65 Derby . Arkle’s electrifying brilliance in the Gallaher Gold Cup at Sandown when conceding 16Ibs to his great rival , Mill House . Foinavon’s Grand National , Nijinsky’s triple crown , Humble Duty’s 1000 Gns win ( still the easiest winner of this race I’ve seen ) Crisp’s brave and heroic effort in ’73 National . Secretariat’s Belmont . Little Owl’s Gold Cup . Burrough Hill Lad’s Gold Cup Arazi’s breeder’cup win ,EL Gran Senor’s Guineas . Frankel’s Queen Anne .
All very memorable and close to my heart , but my overall favourite moment has to be DENMAN beating Kauto Star in the 2008 Gold Cup . Id been talking up the horse’s chance on this very forum for months prior to race , in the face of much derision from the K auto fan club members , like ” Fist ” , former forum member . I even predicted how the race would be run and won by Denman . Having backed the horse with hard cash in numerous bets , with bookies and friends , I was naturally thrilled to bits watching Denman run Kauto Star and the rest of the field ragged in the manner I foretold . The tanks victory paid for the summer holiday and more . A racing memory that will live with me forever .
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For Expert Eye , read Gorytus .
Lesson : Ignore Aidan O’Brien at your peril when a Group One race is up for grabs .
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She looks very good indeed . Will be very interesting ( and exciting ) should she travel to England next year , and maybe take on Enable , who looks to be staying in training .
Ladbrokes have already priced up a potential match-up for either horse to finish ahead of the other if they race before 2019 .
They go : Enable 8/13 , Winx 6/5
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I backed Roly Poly to win @ 9/2 , in the belief that when push came to shove , Ryan Moore’s strength and determination in the saddle would see his filly prevail .
In the event , I thought Moore rode like the champion he is : but for his brilliant assistance , I’m less convinced that Roly Poly would have got her head in front . For me , one of his best rides of the season thus far .
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Well done to those who backed the winner , whose jockey took full advantage of the conditions and Will Buick’s eccentric handling of the favourite .
Johnny Murtagh more or less said that Buick made a complete a*se of it . Hard to disagree with that assertion .
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Wise decision to pull Churchill out of the race ; he would have floundered in the mud anyway .
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This will be the first time that I bet against Churchill . Usually , I favour the good 3 year old in the Sussex .
However , in the belief that Ribchester is the best miler in Europe and appears to be improving with every race , I have confidently wagered a few shillings on Fahey’s favourite .
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As I was the person who started the Sir Peter O’Sullevan sometimes made mistakes debate , it is therefore only right that I should tip the scales a little in his favour .
If you watch and listen to his commentary of the 1975 King George & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes , you will soon appreciate why he was so lauded by fellow professionals and pundits . His whole delivery from start to finish was flawless , as it was exciting .
For what it’s worth , my favourite racing commentator was radio stalwart , Peter Bromley . I loved listening to his commentaries.
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And now Chapman getting Royal Gait confused with Bold Gait. These people are meant to be professionals… how do they make such elementary mistakes?
To be fair to Chapman , on this occasion ; even much greater men than him have become tongue-tied at times , and have been prone to getting the names of horses mixed-up . A man who has probably been more guilty of this than most – quite astonishingly – was the peerless grand master of commentating himself , the late , great Sir Peter O’Sullevan .
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Having watched and reviewed this year’s Derby quite a few times since its running , I am now totally convinced that the best horse won the race and will take all the beating in this Saturday’s Irish Derby .
Wings Of Eagles came from a long way behind after being bumped and forced to weave his way into a position where he could unleash his challenge . He finished very strongly in a true run race and looked every inch a class mile and a half Group 1 horse .
If anything , he appeared not to have handled the Epsom undulations and camber; yet in the end , he won with authority in spite of that .
Hopefully , there is a good gallop set from the off , and thereby I can only envisage another victory for Wings Of Eagles .
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Whilst I don’t particularly like the mob handed approach and sometimes dubious tactics of Aidan O’Brien’s runners in certain big races , I am not against the use of pacemakers . They are often a good thing , especially if a fancied runner requires a true run race and test of stamina .
The use of pacemakers is not new by any means ; Dick Hern used two of them ( Highest and Kinglet ) in the 1975 KG & QE Diamond Stakes as a means of utilising Bustino’s stamina , while trying to negate Grundy’s speed . The plan nearly succeeded in the so called ” race of the century ” In fact , Hern had planned to use three pacemakers in the race , but an injury to Riboson scuppered that plan .
So , do I think they should change the rules for pacemakers . Yes , I do , but limit their use to one pacemaker only .
That would eradicate any nefarious and hindering tactics from the likes of O’Brien’s less fancied , mob handed bully boys .
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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 .
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) are Drefong , Gun Runner , and my nap of the entire meeting – Bolt Doro , the proverbial flying machine .
) if Big Orange manages to finish in front of Order Of St. George this time round