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Slower time marginally than the Fred Darling incidentally carrying the same weights, similar closing sectionals. Einstein would have dead heated for 4th in the fillies race lol. Interested to hear how they market this one.
He might have had more in the tank, he might not. We can’t be sure he actually stays the trip. I’m not even sure Iroko stays to be honest. You keep increasing IAM official rating and in effect giving Iroko weight, I don’t think it makes any odds. IAM has two Aintree and one Irish Nationals in the bank. He stays all day. Iroko seldom wins even when he’s running ‘honestly’.
Its a unique test in terms of the fences and the trip and I don’t mean the fences being hard to jump, if anything its the opposite but so many horses waste time in the air over them. There are other marathon tests but few of them are weights headed by G1 placed horses who if we are being kind probably could go closer still in those G1s if being honestly run.
Day 3
12.45 Kala Conti NB (Salvator Mundi)
1.20 Get On George (Kakas Cousin)
1.55 Montemares (Lord Byron)
2.30 Cruz Control NAP (Mr Hope Street)
3.05 Take No Chances (Hiddenvalley Lake)
4.00 Champ Kiely & Quai Du Bourbon (Stellar Story)
5.00 The Perfect Poet (One Knight)Wellington on Lecky Watson please in the big one. 🙏 If hes a non-runner could it go on Champ Kiely and then sub in Stellar Story too for Lecky Watson but not the Wellington on Strellar Story if that makes sense?
Thanks for running it again guys.
Friday
1.45 Wellington Arch NB (Favour And Fortune)
2.20 Crest Of Fortune (Miami Magic)
2.55 La Conquiere (Sober Glory)
3.30 Gidleigh Park (Solness)
4.05 Gentleman De Mee & Bill Baxter NAP (O’Moore Park)
4.40 Dalston Lad (Zeus Power)
5.15 Sherminator (Wandering Ego)Just to say I am entering but I am out of the country from tomorrow morning so if I do miss a day or non-runners, its probably bad wifi
Thanks for running as always.
1.45 Selma De Vary NAP (Maestro Conti)
2.20 Koktail Divin (Jax Junior)
2.55 Impaire Et Passe (Protektorat)
3.30 Lets Go Champ & Gaboriot (Barton Snow)
4.05 El Fabiolo NB (Alexei)
4.40 Brookie (Sans Bruit)
5.15 Tiktok Casey (Ti’mamzel)Rushmount sadly passed Ruby. Racing Post race commments refer to him going wrong but I had to do some digging as I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere that a horse had in fact died which I thought was very poor. Timeform reference it in their race comments but you have to dig deep to find it. RIP and commiserations to connections.
Having moaned about JP’s numbers in the race I must confess I’m most drawn to two of his and at the prices it’ll be Sa Majeste and Better Times Ahead for me. Will be fun trying to pick them out of the crowd lol
Haven’t properly looked at this yet but if there was ever a case for restricting owners runners this race might be it. I think a third of the field roughly are either Gigginstown or JP. Commentators nightmare I should imagine. How many different caps needed? I’m sure I’ve made this comment about this race in the past.
My word he was keen. I’d be a tad worried some of these group race staying flat races tend to be very small fields, tactical messy affairs. They may not suit him at all.
Delighted to see he’s backed it up today anyway and even more delighted some of the Twatter celebrities have done their conkers on distance bets. Responsible gambling indeed.
Potential interesting little story to this one on the cards with apprentice Jack Callan pencilled in to ride VTC’s fancy Galeron and his dad Neil down to ride Metal Merchant.
The compressing of the weights is what makes the classier horses come to the fore as much as anything I think. Realistically nothing with a chance gets into the race off less than 10 stone 7 maybe and they have to expose themselves to some degree to get in. This isn’t one of the run of the mill sneak one in at the bottom handicaps. Its basically a limited handicap in effect and the smaller the weight gap from top to bottom, the greater the chance those at the top outclass them. If you run a Grade 2 and Grade 1 horses get penalties, you still back the Grade 1 horses don’t you? This isn’t that dissimilar
Interesting that last years winner Godwinson is entered again, switched yards from Haggas to Channon. The same switch Johan made a few years back and won this race on his first start for the Channons. Same owners.
Checkandchallenge caught my eye in the entries. Hes either never run in a handicap or he hasnt for a long old time. Used to be that the future group class 4 year olds took this but I think the race has changed recently and its been going to older ones.
Almost forgot my favourite bit that didn’t happen in a race with Tom Bellamy’s mum doing her best Cilla Black. Lovely to see the embrace between Tom, his dad and his brother too
I’ve only just got round to watching the final two races from yesterday as I was gutted about Envoi Allen and one of my biggest enjoyments was watching the Foxhunters or whatever they call it now winner given a great ride for connections I’d never heard of before and it was the success of some of the smaller connections I enjoyed a lot this week. Remarkable job done by the Evan Williams yard too in what must have been really difficult circumstances. I’m reluctant to use his name here because hes been convicted of a fairly serious crime but everyone else in the yard deserves all the praise in the world.
Thanks for running again and well done to those on the podium and of course the winner
Thanks for running it. Hopefully next year goes better personally. WD to all in profit and to Grass for that incredible total.
Jesus the person on the BBC live text has had a nightmare.
Jukebox Man, having looked well placed until the penultimate fence, ultimately finished eighth.
A bit Spursy?
This 5 mins after reporting Envoi’s death in the same live text.
I thought it was poor taste even without that context. Harry and the horse shouldn’t be mocked like that.
