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A busy day with lots of quality racing. Here are my bets:
£25 win Samoot – 3-1 – 2.05 Newmarket lost
£50 win Dhabab – 15-8 – 3.15 Newmarket lost
£50ew Starman – 4-1 – 4.25 Newmarket winner
£25ew Creative Force – 11-2 – 4.25 Newmarket lost
£30ew Spirit Mixer – 6-1 – 5.00 Newmarket lost
£25ew Astro King – 5-1 – 4.05 York lost
£25ew Sir Busker – 9-2 – 3.00 Ascot lost
£1 win 5 and 4 folds + trebles -£66
£15rev f/c Samoot and Kingmania lost"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
I said there was more to come! Wow – a Group 3 6f winner in Light Refrain followed by yet another Group 1 in the shape of the gorgeous Snow Lantern. I think she’ll be even better over further and could be her sire’s best filly so far.
Frankel is absolutely flying right now and leads Galileo by a few hundred thousand in the race to be top sire. A long way to go but he certainly has the fire power to upset his daddy this season. In the meantime today he became the fastest stallion to 50 Group winners in history!
So chuffed that he is coming good now. It took a little while but, reading about it more over the last few months, those disappointing couple of seasons were far from unusual as breeders tend to hedge their bets waiting for those first 2-year-olds to come out. So his third and fourth books were down on his first and second. Now of course the numbers and quality are back up there and breeders are working out which mares are best suited to a stallion who invariably passes on that incredible stride, that ability to gallop at full tilt just that bit longer than other horses and, of course, that naughty streak! Right now the future looks bright… And I’m sure he WILL produce a point-to-point winner soon Ian!
To coin a popular current phrase, “Frankel’s Coming Home!!!”
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Great stuff guys and can’t wait to see the photos Jac!!
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Thanks Mark! The interview with Sean Levy was very good after as well. He has put so much into this horse and I am really glad it paid off today. He seems a very genuine guy too.
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Get in you absolute beauty!!!! I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a winner more! I so hope you are there to see it Jac? And good old Sean Levy. I’ve been very critical but he did brilliantly there as I thought she was trapped with nowhere to go. What a horse – she’ll be even better over further as well..
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
A small profit yesterday and it looks a great card today. Haven’t got time for a long post but hoping that Snow Lantern can do the business in the big one though I’m concerned about the filly that beat her at York… Fingers crossed!
£25ew Inigo Jones – 8-1 – 1.50 Newmarket lost
£25ew Primo Bacio – 6-1 – 3.35 Newmarket lost
£50ew Snow Lantern – 4-1 – 3.35 Newmarket winner
£25ew Inveigle – 4-1 – 4.10 Newmarket lost
£1ew Yankee the above with Vadream -£40.70
£1ew Super Heinz – Light Refrain, Stormy Ocean, King Frankel, Sadmah, Amtiyaz, Fabilis and Snow Lantern -£41.70"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
And an early one for tomorrow.
£50 win Vadream – 11-4 – York 2.40 lost
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Would have been a great day for one of my Frankel bets! 20-1 and 8-1 winners so far..
I have one more bet for tonight:
£50 win Iowa – 13-8 – Leopardstown 7.40 lost
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Hope you have a fab time at Newmarket Jac and that the rain stays away. Unfortunately Sean Levy rides again tomorrow and it looks a seriously hot race BUT she looks a decent price now and I’ll probably have a few quid tomorrow depending on conditions.
A couple for today:
£50 win Stowell – 2-1 – 1.50 Newmarket lost
£25ew Dingle – 8-1 – 4.45 Newmarket lost
£25ew Path Of Thunder – 4-1 – 4.45 Newmarket winner
£50 win Poet Of Life – 9-4 – 7.50 Newbury winner
£5 win Trixie +£28.25"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Good article in the RP today about our boy and the phenomenal success he is having at stud – https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/members/insight/frankel-hes-very-much-the-peoples-horse-hes-very-special/499309
More to come this week I think….
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
£50 win Double Or Bubble – 3-1 – Chelmsford lost
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Should be a good race today. I’m glad the rain hasn’t arrived and I’m even happier that Mishriff has drifted to such a god price as he is a proper Group 1 horse and will take all the beating. Later in the card I’ve heard good things about Third Kingdom and I think he’s go well too.
£100 win Mishriff – 9-4 – Eclipse 3.35 Sandown lost
£50ew Third Kingdom – 11-2 – 4.45 Sandown placed
£20 win double lost
£20 rev f/c Third Kingdom and Run To Freedom lost
£25ew Valaryian Steel – Haydock 3.15 non-runner
£2ew Lucky 15 Valaryian Steel, Hello Zabeel, Harlem Soul, My Frankel, Alpinista +£23.05"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
I’m desperate to have a bet on the Eclipse but I can’t yet be sure of how much rain they’ll get before the big race. If it continues to dry then you must be on Mishriff but any significant rain brings in St Marks and of course Adeyebb. There’s a big lump of rain due to hit at some point. Timing will be everything…
I’m looking forward to seeing John Leeper back over 10f today and he is a confident selection providing he settles.
£100 win John Leeper – 13-8- Sandown 4.05 lost
£2 win Lucky 15 – John Leeyer, Indignation, The Grand Visir, Moshaawer -£12"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Will do Jac! Frankel is having an incredible season but I keep choosing the wrong one in races where he has two. Last night was another case in point! I won’t make that mistake today with another fun bet…
£5 win accumulator, trebles and doubles – Fall Of Rome, Magical Land, Side Shot, Triple Time, Nuance, Chase The Dollar all lost -£145
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
A couple of small bets this evening just coz I’m a bit bored more than anything else (though I have been reading nice things about Beautiful Scenery..)
£25 win Alambrista – 11-4 – Thirsk 5.00 lost
£25 win Beautiful Scenery – 7-2 – Kempton 6.35 non-runner
£25 win Taqareer – 4-1 – Kempton 7.05 lost
£3 win patent -£18"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Great photos Jac! Logician is such a beautiful horse isn’t he? I think that might be the last we see him of him unfortunately as JG was talking of retirement yesterday. He’s just lost that kick hasn’t he? Still, he had that great season at 3 and will always be a classic winner..
On Snow Lantern, I still think she is the best 3-yr-old filly in training (with the possible exception of Snowfall) and potentially Frankel’s best filly so far BUT they have made a bit of a pigs ear of her and I do worry about Sean Levy. Time for Richard Hannon to be ruthless I think…
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
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Fab photos Jac and I’m so glad you had a great day and were on those Frankel’s! I was going to back that Sayida but missed the decent price so let it run but, yes, she looked impressive. It must be so good to be able to go racing again! I hope to get there at some point but weekends are mad at the moment with cricket and kids..
I caught up with all the racing last night after me match (we won by 2 wickets for those that are interested but I only got 12 🙁 ) Firstly – what an amazing win by Hurricane Lane! Like everyone else I thought Frankie had pinched it but HL never gave up and was a worthy winner. Watching the race again it was interesting that William Buick pushed HL into a handy position from the start but then clearly thought they were going too quick and reined him back giving Frankie quite a start. I think he would have won even easier if he had stayed handier and he must be a strong fancy for the Leger now.
As a sire, Frankel goes from strength to strength. I had a sneaky feeling he’d have a good day yesterday hence my silly accumulator bet but I didn’t think he’d get 5 winners. As usual I managed to make a bollox of the bet by ignoring the lesser fancied ones in the races he had two runners! So as happy as I am, I’m left again thinking what might have been. Still, a profit is a profit and I’m made up to see Frankel back in front of his dad in the Sires rankings. That will go to the wire I’m sure.
Today the Pretty Polly looks a Pretty Weak race to me so I’ve had a little bit on Cayenne Pepper who is a proper Group 1/Group 2 filly and a f/c just in case SB finally proves herself the second coming..
£30 win Cayenne Pepper – 7-2 – Curragh 3.40 lost
£10 rev f/c Cayenne Pepper and Santa Barbara"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
