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Tony Hamiltons ride on Collettes Choice today cant be far away, insisted in going up the rail when it was clear to see bt he keep insisting in going for it. Into the bargain Pat Cosgrave got the ban for careless riding. Hughes has been a liabilty for the past 3 years now imo.
He tries to win too cleverly or if he’s beat he doesnt ride as hard as he should for places and also gives horses alot to do at times. Stoute had the right idea and told Abdullah Hughes would be riding the ones he trained for him and i think as Trackside reffered to Home Affairs was the last straw. I think he’ll go back to jumps as he’s a big lad and he wont dont 8-7 forever or he’ll be dead.
Richard Hills is another who comes in for alot of stick but at times he does deserve it and it bewilders me to how he holds on to the no1 job with Hamdam Al Maktoum. I’d rather have Martin Dwyer over him any day and would also have had Supple when he was no 2.
2.00 Cara Sposa<br>2.10 Splitthedifference<br>2.20 Neven<br>2.30 The Crook<br>2.40 Prunes<br>2.50 Sahara Legend<br>3.00 Like a Lord<br>3.10 Gulf Coast<br>3.20 New Perk
Also They ripped me off last year as i paid 200 and 110 up front for RUK and Setanta seperatly. Now u get both for 180. oh well :biggrin:
The premiership football isnt availible to uk and irish subscribers, the channel goes blank at 3.00 on sat as its for North American subscribers. Also i can’t believe any1 who loves horse racing won’t fork out a mere 180 for the best uk racing.
I think Eagle Mountain is the main contender to Autorized for the derby. His 2yo form is outstanding and surpasses any of the other O’ Brien runners. His head defeat to Teofilo and he also beat the guineas winner a short head and finished half a length to the guineas second. He then was sent off 8/11 for the RP Trophy and sufferd a bad passage although he would never of beat Autorized. He did have a long season and the trophy may have been 1 too many for him last year. His 5th in the Guineas was a very promising run as O Brien quoted he wasn’t 100% fit and the step up in distance will be ideal and the making of him. It will be interesting to see riding arangements and i hope Souillimon keeps the ride as he rides Epsom well enough.
Rifleman is another who cost me a fortune, was beaten over 9 lengths by My Way De Solzen in a novice hurdle and went on to be beaten 17 times including selling hurdles before popping up at 25/1.
I notice he has got a few horses into trouble but that stat shows he is a good jock no matter how good the bookings were. It is nice to see more foreign jockeys coming over and i believe he is over for 3 months. On the other hand for every ride he has he’s taking it from some poor lad who is driving up and down the motorway everyday to try and scrape a living together, saying that it is a dog eat dog world. BTW Freddy Johannsen can stay in Sweden as he is a shocking jock imo.
I may actually correct myself a little, come to think of it Kalaman dissapointed a little but was surely the most overated animal in training and his supposed bad luck in the st james refelected his price for a long time afterwards.
Mingun was a little flattered in his 4th placing as i think Norse Dancer and Kalaman underperformed. He reached a peak of 113 but id say he was a true 102-105 horse and would of picked up the odd weak group 3 had he of stayed around.
im shocked Dark Angel was 1/2 on BF about 30 mins b4 the race was a comfortable victory in the end
