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“Inothewayurthinkin will end up running in the Cross Country race and the Grand National, as Minella Indo (another mediocre Gold Cup winner) did.”
Thought at the time they missed their golden opportunity with him in National last year, when he was so well handicapped due to the farcical handicapping system. Think he was 7/4 or 2/1 just prior to his withdrawal.
Slack Alice
Maybe with it being her last day before her 6 month summer break her mind wasn’t quite on the job.
Why would anyone think Thistle Ask was a mare but looked quite masculine? Very odd and two geldings out of the four she looked at in the 1.45 she described as fillies.
I do remember sometime ago she described a horse as looking really well in the paddock despite him/her being withdrawn 6 hours earlier.Well done Racing TV. First 4 races at Sandown plus a further one at Leicester split screen with a mediocre meeting at Limerick.
Maybe I should have put potential millions. Not sure how relevant the quality of the race should be to a judge.
With all the betting outlets are you really saying there aren’t millions at stake on every race Gladiateur?
As Greg Wood said when Dave Smith got fired for a similar offence.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/jul/07/kempton-dave-smith-bha-al-zarooni
A lazy, poor mistake at best, made in exceptionally quick time. How do we know corruption is not involved with millions of pounds at stake?
Can we expect a lengthy suspension for the judge Fraser Perratt as happens when jockeys make a “mistake”? Maybe he should just hold his hands up and resign.“Agree with Griff, who’s post has had a massive response (not).”
Maybe because you both appear to have posted on the wrong thread. This one is about Racing TV not ITV Racing.
Regarding those annoying, distracting positional graphics that are neither use nor ornament, I’ve yet to hear from anyone who likes them.
In fact from the multitude of presenters and pundits on Racing TV I’ve yet to hear from just one of them what a great addition the graphics are to their coverage and why?“I would have much rather Hendo just came out and said we are going to wait until the Autumn when the ground should be easier for him and then we will make up for lost time by giving him an agressive campaign of three or even four races (rising through the various grades) to find out just how good he could be on the flat.”
Can’t see him doing that, nevermind saying it.
Could be he intends waiting for the September Stakes, if he’s well beaten in that where do they go from there?How disappointing has Michael Buckley been in this whole saga?
How much do we think Constitution Hill would make if he was sent to the sales?
Chester should be suitable if they do the same as last year. It had been warm and sunny, with little rain for weeks but they still managed to produce good to soft ground.
It’s pathetic, Good ground at Newbury (watered) with a going stick reading of only 4.9. A nine year old and they don’t want to run him on that ground.
How come Racing TV’s IQ Data didn’t pick up on this on the day? They know how many miles per hour each horse travels at, how long each horse’s stride length is, how much each horse gains or loses at a fence, how many times each horse breaks wind in the final furlong etc but they don’t know how many times an individual jockey uses their whip. Angus & Josh need to up their game.
Having said that the whip rules where they are dependent on a number are rubbish. Jockeys should be concentrating on riding a horse not counting. How many people have said they were offended by the rides?
Newbury going Good to firm (Going Stick 5.9) Watering as required. Putting 8 to 12mm on today.
Yet Ayr is currently Soft (good to soft in places) Going stick 6.6 hurdles, 6.7 Chases.
Don’t understand these going stick readings anymore, good ground used to be 8.0.
No reason to be despondent with a 9yo handicap chaser who has only run 17 times, won over half of them and nearly half a million in prize money. How many 9yo handicap chasers have done that? He should come down a few pounds for Saturday but obviously Gold Cups etc should be out.
I would think they will aim at the Welsh National first. I would do that unless the half million bonus is offered again, in which case I would go for the Becher first followed by the Haydock trial and have a fresh horse for the Grand National. If winning the Becher wouldn’t need to bother with the Haydock race unless it was needed.
“But aside from all that – It was a fantastic race yesterday, defying doubters who said the course is too easy now .”
That was the case until yesterday. Hopefully it wont be a one off and further changes aren’t made to make the fences any easier. As apracing says in the other thread, maybe the rain on watered ground was a factor in the number of fallers. I agree with Ruby Walsh that the loose horses added interest and tactics to the race.
“He will know he went too soon he won’t need anyone to tell him that.”
“If he had hung onto him, he would have been beaten by further. There is no way he would have matched the finishing burst of the winner.”
I agree with that, he took the bull by the horns when the opportunity was there and went for it.
If he’d been a short price favourite it may have been a fair point but he was an outsider and wasn’t beaten far.“Actually I did watch it back and the graphics were as inaccurate as ever, but it’s not about accuracy, it’s about the viewing experience!”
Unfortunately it appears those responsible are too thick to understand that.
Despite what some have suggested it looks like split screens are not compulsory. The 4.17 at Bellewstown today was not shown live as was the 4.50 at The Curragh on Dubai World Cup day.
