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What were the distance requirements of Lone Wolf’s sire, dam and dams sire? And the stamina index of the sire and dams sire?
What do you mean, exactly? How does one determine these, Ginge? Where can I find out?
And we truly hope so down here. None of those internationally knowledgeable in the racing scheme of things recognise the King’s Stand wins of Takeover Target and Miss Andretti to be anything on par with their Newmarket Handicap victories or other Group 1 triumphs in Australia.
Look at Choisir and the 2003 King’s Stand. He defeated Middle Park Stakes, Prix Morny first-past-the-post and Queen Mary Stakes winners at 2, an awesome Hong Kong Sprint winner in Firebolt and the previous year’s Prix de L’Abbaye and July Cup winner Continent.
Add the Cheveley Park winner Airwave to the Golden Jubilee mix later in the week and it was some sort of double Choisir was able to achieve. I still wonder if he is better than Miss Andretti and Takeover Target in this instance of international competition.
That will help plenty Seabird. Thanks!
If there is more information about horse conformation determining horse traits then please fire away. I think the size and lengths of the shoulder, neck and back are important, too?
IMO – course it would!
A horse will sense if you are fearful or positive, and they will react accordingly. My stints in the stables included a few lessons on this from the trainer.
All that matters is Sacred Kingdom, a graduate from Melbourne’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, thumped Absolute Champion, formerly raced as Genius And Evil in Sydney and a Group 2 winner at Rosehill; the pair ran their own race. The remainder were a class below.
Who was the goose of a writer that proclaimed Youmzain was heading for the Dubai Duty Free? He arrived today and Mick Channon announced he was aiming for the Dubai Sheema Classic – seemed like it was always the plan.
Majestic Roi the sole Channon candidate for the Dubai Duty Free.
In other news, the Group 1 King’s Cup winner Joe Louis will now not be targeting the Dubai World Cup in order to tackle the major races in Saudi Arabia instead.
3YO sprinters in the King’s Stand/Golden Jubilee are becoming a rarity. It’s unfortunate.How old is The Tatling now?
That could not be the only trait of a coltish horse, no? Any whinnying or snorting, flinging of the tail that should be made aware of?
A big rangy two year old may not run that well early on in its career, often taking time to get muscled up. They often show abnormal improvement from 2yr old to 3yr old and sometimes from 3 to 4.
How do you determine if a 2YO is big and rangy? I really cannot determine which horse is bigger than the other sometimes!
The size of its backside is important, especially for sprinters. I look for Muscle definition in its quarters, what the Americans call “the racing dimpleâ€
Ramonti is definitely not aiming for the Dubai World Cup. Godolphin are setting their DWC sights on Literato, who gets his chance in the Maktoum Challenge Round III on Super Thursday.
Coolmore were certainly selling a few of their own last year. Anton Chekhov is now with German interests and Admiralofthefleet will eventually land in stud duties in India.
I don’t think there needs to be any specifics here – Sacred Kingdom is the best sprinter in the world.
Gold Ediion retired after the Lightning Stakes, by the way.
Actually, funny that this thread was created because immediately after the Australia Stakes, some bloke behind us roared that Apache Cat was the best sprinter in the world. I wanted to grill him for 5 minutes about it but felt he probably had won a stack and the adrenalin was rushing through him to mutter that moronic statement.
News out of the Middle East is that Eagle Mountain, the Vodafone Derby second with Aidan O’Brien and now with Mike de Kock, has fractured a pelvis in trackwork and will miss the Dubai Sheema Classic (not the Dubai World Cup as I first thought).
The Group 1 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (or King’s Cup) was run and won by Joe Louis, an Argentine-bred with a Group 1 record to his name in his homeland. He was able to win the biggest race in Saudi Arabia with the highly fancied Premium Tap disappointing in fourth.
The winner is Dubai World Cup bound. The latter has suffered an obvious setback.
Idiot Proof, second in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint behind Midnight Lute, is also eyeing off the Dubai Golden Shaheen but was beaten in Arizona on the weekend by a complete freak speedster named Tribesman. :21.30, :43.17 and :54.96 up front and won by 1 3/4 lengths. Watch out!
Forgive me for the ignorance – I read in an online Racing Post about PN being more excited about another horse other than Kauto Star and Denman. Was this simply media propaganda or is there something bigger to come in the PN yard?
Mounting yard … parade ring … I know I know. I have to keep my Australian in me, unlike Harry Kewell
That’s true regardless, seabird, that sometimes when you look at a horse it somehow just looks the winner.
My first bond of horseracing between my father and I was the 2003 Golden Slipper (world’s richest juvenile race – this could also explain why we blood so many sprinters!). I had backed the second favourite and my father was keen on the fifth favourite, but when the horses were loading in, we both noticed Polar Success being loaded up. We looked at each other and immediately agreed, that’s the horse to win the race. And it sure did.
When you talked about horse eyes … it quickly reminded me that any mucus around the eyes or nostrils ain’t a good thing either. Frothing at the mouth, too.
He really beat a poor field for a Group 1 but Apache Cat was a class above in winning the Australia Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths.
Some enthusiastic punter roared "best sprinter in the world!" behind me … ooh I could have grilled him for 5 minutes straight but he obviously had backed the horse for a motza so we’ll leave it at that.
He will now go for the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on March 9. With the Sydney Autumn/Easter carnival delayed due to EI I think they will spell again if Royal Ascot is on the cards.
Does anyone here play http://www.horseracingpark.com ???
Not really a game "if you’re bored" … very addictive!
