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are you sure sagacious will stay the oaks trip ?
her full sister shreyas struggled to win a 1m4f racezaynar is running in the wrong race for me
he is too slow for the Champion hurdle and he is very lazy i think he has a great chance of winning the world hurdle i will back him for 2011 world hurdle when he ll finish unplaced in Champion hurdle 2010
go native and starluck are very good horse , but i m afraid they will find nothing off the bridle in a stiffer track
the most likely winner at this stage is VLV
Shalanaya would be a possible – she destroyed the fillies in the Opera and wouldn’t right off Ashalanda just yet either.
these 2 fillies are retired
any good filly from aob yard for next year ?
they seem to have top class colts but poor fillies at the moment
nick mordin
ZAYNAR IS NO CHAMPION HURDLER
One of the first lessons I learned about jump racing was that there are two kinds of top class hurdler. The first is the sort that wins tactically run trial races like those ZAYNAR (27) has mopped up this season. The second is the sort that beats a huge field off a scorching early gallop to win the Champion Hurdle.
Zaynar certainly looked good winning the Relkeel Hurdle. But he only beat five rivals, one of whom fell. And the pace slowed down in the middle of the race which enabled him to use his superior turn of foot to beat the proper national hunt sorts he was racing against in a sprint finish.
I really can’t understand what all the fuss is about with Zaynar. Not one of the horses he’s beaten into second place in his five hurdle wins could be considered anything like a Champion Hurdle candidate. He’s never earned better than a Listed class speed rating from me. And he’s hardly a great physical specimen, being only medium sized and rather light framed. He’s built and bred for flat racing, which explains that great turn of foot he has.
The clincher is that Zaynar will only be five years of age when the Champion Hurdle comes around. Since See You Then won the Champion Hurdle back in 1985 only one horse that young has taken the big race even though 72 have tried. This was Katchit in 2008.
Katchit had massively more experience than most five year old hurdlers. He’d started racing at two and had racked up 28 lifetime starts before winning the Champion Hurdle.
Katchit had run in a dozen hurdle races before taking the Champion Hurdle too, just one less than the record for a five year old in the last fifteen years.
Zaynar didn’t start racing till he was three. He’s had just eight lifetime starts and only five hurdle races. So he doesn’t have the seasoning to overcome a lack of maturity like Katchit did.
ok thanks irish stamp
think conduit failed to repeat his breeders cup turf 2008 form this year , maybe the race was too hard , i remember they went a suicidal galop and soldier of fortune hasnt run sincesedate pace ruined conduit chances here , anyone know if conduit stay in training next year
oxx has a 2 yo who finished only 2 l of jan vermeer despite having a poor draw, when this horse will step up in trip he ll very good imo
presious passion is a very brave horse , hope he ll be in the money but it will be hard to make all
