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Ghanaati
She’s on the crest of a wave, has a smart turn of foot and will be a very tough nut to crack if the ground is firm.Paco Boy seems more reliable than Rip Van Winkle but, to me, he’s still a 7F specialist and might be found wanting in the last half furlong. RVW looks like a genuine 10F horse. I think that Ghanaati will be too sharp for these two.
How the hell is a very good horse supposed to achieve greatness if it won’t run in the best races?
I do wonder about some of these owners and trainers!
Canford Cliffs appeared exceptional in winning the Coventry at Royal Ascot, but Three Valleys and Rainbow View have proved how misleading runaway juvenile successes can be and it remains to be seen if he can continue to dominate over a longer trip.
I agree that runaway juvenile wins can be misleading and that many great 2 year olds never fulfil their promise at 3 … Gorytus being the biggest disappointment by far!
In the past, I’ve been excited by 2 year olds such as Raven’s Pass and Celitc Swing but there’s something more appealing about the way Canford Cliffs travels, the style he shows and his turn of foot that makes me believe he’s the real mccoySilver Grecian is another I’ll add to the list
The newcomer I’m looking out for is the Michael Bell trained Syrian.
Sea The Stars reminds me of Sir Ivor. The horse is class, he has that air of knowing he is good, he stands out a mile in the paddock, he is the top horse in Europe this year, period.
Sea The Stars also reminds me of that NH horse Viking Flagship who had tremendous battling qualities.
Sea The Stars looks
the
3 Y O of the season. OK, he doesn’t steam ahead and go 3, 4, 5 and 6 lengths clear like some classic horses but, as Mr Kinane mentioned, he does enough when he hits the front. STS is one of those horses who saps the stamina and takes the sting out of other horses.
Just think though, if Zarkava would’ve been kept in training and clashed with Sea The Stars. We can all dream eh?
I think Sea The Stars should win but it is Twice Over who’s slowly but surely got my attention and looks a cracking each-way bet. He’s had a couple of near misses of late and might just keep up the gallop this time
I’m beginning to wonder if humidity could be a factor why Dubai horses are flopping over here. Over in Dubai, I’d say that the humidity is quite low compared to the humidity that is rather high here.
Would humidity affect their lungs in some way? Is that a possible reason why Gladiatorus flopped maybe?
"Plans are on hold for Crowded House at the moment. There are no problems with the horse and he is in tremendous form, but he won’t going for the Eclipse."
So, essentially we’re being told Crowded House is not good enough in top-class company. Yes? No?
Mr Meehan & Co appears to be p*****g about too much! They should just put him in the damn race for God’s sake!
I can understand that but the weather and going at Ascot appeared pretty even to me over the meeting. Also, the fact that CC carried more weight than HS and AC says a lot about the potential of the 2 Y O Coventry winner.
Well the Wokingham was faster than the Jubilee for the first time since 2003.
And I believe the Coventry that Canford Cliffs ran was faster than both the Wokingham and the Jubilee
Nothing can ever take away all the Gold Cups that Yeats has won because that is an excellent achievement in itself. It’s just that, in my opinion, greatness is measured by a combo of what a horse beats, the style of the win and the races it’s won.
From what I see in Yeats’s case, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
Right, I’m off to play some Meatloaf!
And if Patkai wins next year’s Gold Cup?
Then we might see Sir Michael Stoute doing handstands in the winner’s enclosure
I’ve got mixed feelings about Yeats.
Yes, he’s won a lot of races and four Gold Cups in a row is a fine achievement. For a horse to come back year after year to successfully defend his crown and reign supreme is wonderful. He was
the
genuine stayer of his era.
But then, the competition he faced wasn’t that strong. For the last three years he, more or less, beat the same horses – give or take a couple of new yet average ones who appeared to be thrown in just to make up the numbers. He was strong odds-on in many of his races which, to me, reflected the tender opposition. Yeats the greatest? … not in my eyes because he isn’t a champion of champions.
Having said that, Yeats has proved what a horse
can
achieve on the Flat when it isn’t retired to stud at the age of three!
She’s on the crest of a wave, has a smart turn of foot and will be a very tough nut to crack if the ground is firm.
