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I thought I’d have a look as I saw a lot of negativity around it on X, I don’t frequent the site very often now as I’m only really following the ‘big’ meetings/festivals this season, too busy sadly to do more. Its very bad and I doubt I’ll be using it again until they sort it. I gave up after 15 mins, felt like too much work. I know from my own kids that anything that takes too long for them they will give up on quick so good luck trying to attract that market with this change.
11 lengths back to 3rd nearly lol. Thats 22lbs over a mile. Classics arent supposed to end up like that.
A gap that big back to 3rd either means the front 2 are Frankel or the rest aren’t that good over a mile. We’ll see but law of averages probably says its the latter
I think it probably panned out how it looked on paper. Appleby horses not running great so write off them but the rest behind the front two won’t win much this season
Unlike the 2000, this looks stacked with quality if they have all trained on and I don’t have any issue with the one at the top of the market. Aidan O’Brien still does well in this and one with the profile of Precise being a Moyglare and Fillies Mile winner normally goes very well but it is interesting that she wasn’t their number one heading into that Moyglare and Venetian Sun was shorter in the betting for it. True Love is interesting too if she stays having all that form at Group 1 level over sprint trips, her mum ran in Enable’s Oaks so maybe there is untapped stamina there. Fabre sending anything over has to be interesting too.
Despite all of that I do think there’s a Group 1 filly somewhere in Touleen, whether she will show it here having hung in the Rockfel I’m not sure but she looked a bit overpriced to find out. Huge field of course, which is good to see but also creates a bit of an unknown regards the draw and where you want to be too.
Very keen to oppose Gstaad. Partly because Aidan just doesn’t seem to be able to train them for this these days. Partly because hes very quick on his pedigree and I think some of these others have more stamina without being slow themselves, if they have the requisite class. Won the mile in America but that is much more speed favouring than the Rowley Mile.
Thesecretadversary was the one I liked. Obviously loads of these are beautifully bred but St Marks Gleanagles mare cross caught my eye, seems to be improving with each run. Feels very open without the 2yo UK/Ireland Group 1 winners from Dewhurst, Racing Post Trophy, National Stakes. Can’t recall any renewals in the past where that happened.
Having taken out the Scottish National last weekend Livin On Luco interests me, maybe they split them up to try and take both prizes. Token interest anyway.
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.
