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Secondly, the man who consisitently writes the most tediously mind numbingly dull columns and who doubted Frankel for an eternity, Nick Mordin, last week gave us 5 very good reasons why Frankel would get beaten at York. What has he said about it this week?………………………………Nothing.

And some people think the bloke is a genius.

Since day one, I have referred to the man you mention above as :-
"Nick Morbid"

Never felt the need to alter that!!

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Stevielad you just got to watch more races.

Not sure what you are getting at here andy. I have been watching racing since 1973, my first bet ever was on The Dikler in Red Rum’s first winning National. I was 10 years old and had to wait outside the bookies for a helpful "mannie" to place the bet on my behalf. "It’s not for me, it’s my Auntie Jean’s bet" was the accepted cover story. The Dikler finished fifth and it would be another six years before I lost my National virginity with an each way bet on Rubstic at 25/1, still underage but tall enough not to need to bother "mannies" any more. Since those days there has hardly been a big race I have missed:- Oh So Sharp, Dancing Brave, Reference Point, Mtoto, Pebbles, Nashwan, Generous, Montjeu, Sinndar, Galileo etc have all given me that excitement factor but Camelot has left me relatively cold. I don’t think that racing has been any less exciting for the lack of a Triple Crown winning colt for over forty years and I don’t see it being any better for the sport if it happens this year, when the form has brought a whole new appreciation of the word "mediocre"

If you were to ask the average UK citizen what they thought about Camelot, they would probably say "Well, the lottery isn’t paying the Jackpots it once did"

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Not convinced by Camelot myself, the form isn’t really working out, he’s obviously a very good colt but think odds of 4/9 are ridiculous.

Great Heavans would have a real chance of beating him if it’s on the soft side and 14/1 represents far better value.

Good luck Pants.

I won’t be betting on the race, but I’m considering going to see it.

I have waited for years to see a Triple Crown winning colt. I must admit -perhaps in part due to Frankel being around- Camelot thus far has seemed a less than astounding prospect for that honour. In normal racing years the chance of a TC horse would perhaps merit even more excitement.

Still it will be something to see if Aidan’s horse does come good.

I am not at all excited by the prospect of Camelot winning the triple crown. He won the worst 2000 Guineas I have seen and the worst Derby I have seen. I don’t think it is the Frankel factor at work regarding the luke-warm reception from the general public towards Camelot. The horse simply hasn’t done enough to endear himself to the nation. I spoke to non-regular punters before the Derby and they could not believe the small field and the odds regarding the favourite. It was a huge non-event for anyone outside the racing circle and winning the St Leger will not propel him into the National consciousness in my opinion, particularly as the horse will have gone off odds-on in every outing bar one, when he scraped home by a neck from a bunch who have managed to collect 3 wins in 39 attempts since. Someone said to me recently, "I would love to see Frankel take on Camelot!!"

I haven’t managed to stop laughing yet.

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Unlucky EF every change just beat for speed, Hope you backed him EW.. I thought Willie Wagtail would have won had Fallon kept a straighter course on the winner.

I thought Willie Wag Tail was going to win. I backed him the time before and he got no run after William Buick decided to try for a miracle run behind a wall of horses. I backed him this time in singles and a double with Ortensia. Sometimes these hold up horses look unluckier than they really are and he will probably go off way shorter than he ought to be next time. Caution advised!!

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Bachelors dear boy , it must be the copious amounts of lager consumed.

please do 100 lines

Ricky

Is that wise on top of all that lager he has already had?

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Ginger, it’s all well and good applying normal logic to races (keen horses might expend too much energy early on), but the simple fact with Frankel, is that you can allow for that and safely know he will still be too good for his rivals.

The horse would, without any doubt whatsoever, stay a mile and a half strongly. He is just a unique specimen blessed with almighty speed, tremendous strength and raw power.

We’re talking about a horse who won a very strong maiden as a two year old, on very soft ground, finishing full of running over a mile. If you want to point out other races as proof that he wouldn’t have got a mile and a half as a three-year old, I’d be happy to offer my reasoning as to why he would have.

Normal logic doesn’t apply to Frankel.

Shaun

If it is as clear cut as you claim, then why have connections kept him to a distance half a mile shorter for nearly all of his career? If Henry Cecil and the owner’s Racing Manager have only just worked out that they have a mile and a half certainty in their hands, then they have not been very good at doing their jobs. It is all very well saying that the horse settles better now but I don’t buy into that alone giving him an extra half mile of stamina that he didn’t have to allow him to compete in big 12f races before now. I think we need to trust Sir Henry’s judgement on this.

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With Rolf Harris now in his 80’s, there’s a chance he could have amnesia and mistake an equine phallus for a didgeridoo.

Or, for Jake the Peg’s "Extra Leg"

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What might we have been saying had the field boxed him in as happened a few years back with a very good Irish filly of Oxx’s whose name I can’t recall? I think it was at Goodwood. She was a short price and the others effectively just kept her in.

Was that Ridgewood Pearl by any chance?

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In recent days there have been a fair few Stoute horses going off short in handicaps and getting stuffed, for example:-

Sir John Hawkwood 2/1

Ladyship 2/1

Commend 5/4

Grandiloquent 15/8

I never rule anything out but backers of the above had Great Expectations before falling on Hard Times

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Hear hear! I had her down as the Guineas winner.

PMSL.

Why would that be?

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From the lesser know Musical:-

Joseph Andyod the Amazing Technicolor Jockey Silks

Go, Go, Go Joseph:-

"Joseph’s luck was really out,
His spirit and his fortune low
Alone he sat, alone he thought
Of happy times he used to know

Hey dreamer, don’t be so upset

Hey Joseph, you’re not beaten yet

Go, go, go Joseph you know what they say
Hang on now Joseph you’ll make it some day
Don’t give up Joseph fight till you drop
We’ve read the book and you come at on top"

Reproduced entirely without the kind permission of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

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I have backed Ortensia at 7/1 and again at 6/1. The rain that fell at York today was only exceeded by the tears that were streaming down my face as I saw her chance possibly being washed away down the Knavesmire drainage system.

Given proper quick ground I was confident she would win this and was going to cover with Bated Breath in a "Don Revie" forecast, as I saw him very hard to imagine out of the frame on fast ground.

Pearl Secret could be anything but at fav or near fav with most bookies now, I must question his class thus far and his value.

If you see someone at York with large tarpaulins and the world’s biggest dehumidifier, do not be alarmed!!

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[b:1xwykg3m]COMING INSIDE THE FINAL TWO FURLONGS AND IT’S WAS GOING ON WITH SHRIOCCO STAR BATTLING UPSIDES, THESE TWO GOING AT IT, OH HERE COMES COQUET DOWN THE STANDS RAIL AND IT’S COQUET POWERING ON FOR HUGHIE MORRISON AND IT’S A FANTASTIC 1-2 IN THE YORKSHIRE OAKS.

[COQUET] 12/1 £250 EACH-WAY.[/color:1xwykg3m][/size:1xwykg3m][/b:1xwykg3m]

[b:1xwykg3m]THEY’VE GONE HARD OUT IN FRONT, MISPLACED FORTUNE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE ALL BUT HERE’S INSTANCE FOR THE IN FORM NOSEDA STORMING DOWN THE CENTRE, INSTANCE STILL IN FRONT BY HALF A LENGTH BUT FRANKIE DETTORI IS ABSOLUTELY SWINGING ON LADYSHIP, SHESASTAR STAYING ON WELL, IT’S INSTANCE IN FRONT INSIDE THE FINAL FURLONG, FRANKIE HASN’T EVEN ASKED LADYSHIP FOR AN EFFORT YET AND NOW SHE GOES! ITS ONE, TWO, THREE LENGTHS FOR THE CHEVELEY PARK FILLY WHAT A PERFROMANCE

[LADYSHIP] 3/1 £1000 WIN.[/color:1xwykg3m][/size:1xwykg3m][/b:1xwykg3m]

Gosh, those tips are hard on the old eyesight!!

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Well done to those who backed Shareta. Got the forcast round the wrong way!

Did the rain make all the difference come 3:40?

Maybe I am wrong but I don’t think The Fugue would win many war medals. She seems one of those horses who looks good when everything drops right but falls short when the going gets tough. She was either outstayed or out-battled today and I would think it folly to keep chasing 1 1/2 mile races, as their are better animals out there than today’s winner (no disrespect Arsehat)

Shirocco Star, for all her great placed efforts, still has only a Four Grand Newbury Maiden in the win column. Hughie Morrisons other runner is still reported as unsighted by the judge at the time of writing.

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Shareta seems short enough given her Gp 3 winning form. If she had not been 2nd to Danedream in the Arc, I think her odds would be bigger than they are. She also falls under the little known, but so far 100% successful, theory of never backing a horse whose name is an anagram of Arsehat.

Johnny G was adamant that the Fugue stays, citing trouble in running and the ground as reasons for her failure at the trip so far. He admitted that 1m 2f might be her optimum though. If I can get 2/1 I will back The Fugue, if not, I’ll just watch the race.

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Couldn’t enjoy Frankel’s win today after seeing Sir Henry in that condition, very sad.

It was a stark contrast indeed. A horse in his prime and a trainer who could barely raise a whisper. Heartbreaking, but Frankel paid as fine a compliment to his trainer as one could ever imagine. Two legends of the sport.

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Great preview and selection. I thought John Francome had put the kiss of death on when he stated that he fancied Thoughtworthy to make the running and perhaps catch them out.

I was waiting on Main Sequence for a double with Dundonnell but, as usual recently, it was not to be. I thought the favourite had enough time to reel the winner in but watching him trying to quicken was so painstakingly slow a process, he looked like a merry-go-round mount.

My overall feeling is that Great Heavens remains the biggest danger to Camelot in The Leger if she gets her ground.

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