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Britain has it all mates. Godolphin know it and so do i.
Why do you think all their good stuff is based over here and not in America ?
All their good stuff??? I believe the British stable of 190+ has nine Group I winners compared to the US stable of twenty-one horses’ eight Grade I winners. Take out all their US stats for the past two years, and Godolphin sucks big time. The US stable is what has been keeping the boat from hitting the iceberg, and I say that as a Godolphin fan.
As for American racing, I’ve heard quite a few American fans say that they’d rather watch grass grow than Euro racing.
No real surprise here, but one of my favorites would be Tam Lin. The majority of the time he’s tossing his head around, blowing turns, and flashing the tail as he runs to the line.
Well Armed came out of his race with a bone chip that will require surgery, so that should explain why he ran so poorly.
I edited this.
He did get a winner in a very short field @ Belmont today–
Not sure if it was TamLin or Colony?It was Tam Lin with Colony a fast closing third.
What I do think has been to their detriment is that they have refused to use Coolmore Stallions.
At least
usually
they’ve refused. Today I noticed that Sheikh Mohammed’s Claremont, the nice winner of the Prix du Lys (Group 3 at Chantilly), was bred at Darley out of Godolphin’s admirable filly Mezzo Soprano – but by no less a sire than Sadlers Wells!
Is this a new initiative, or have there been occasional Coolmore contracts?
She was bred to him before Sheikh Mohammed announced the boycott. With the purchase of the Stonerside farm in the US last year, Darley will be listed as the breeders of a number of foals by Coolmore stallions, but it of course wasn’t by choice.