Golden Horn

wow take a bow frankie

and Mr Gosden - what a trainer

Not to mention the horse

he's got a thread title on chit chat - what more can he ask?

14:55

Full result

1st    16 Golden Horn    9/2
2nd    1 Flintshire    20/1
3rd    13 New Bay    5/1


Winning Trainer J H M Gosden
Winning Jockey L Dettori
Runners 17 runners
Non runners 4
SF €96.27
Tricast €475.85

Thanks to The Dragon over on the football forum for pointing Golden Horn out.

The Dragon is very shrood.

I'm no fan of Gosden usually but I cheered him when he reprimanded Nick Luck in the interview after the race when Luck was eulogising Dettori's 'comeback' when Gosden said, "I thought you were talking about the horse" and then went on to praise Golden Horn and his 'comeback' from his defeat by Arabian Queen, practically dismissing Luck after he'd finished his appraisal.

Channel 4 should remember: racing is about the horses and not try to turn everything into a tupenny-'a'penny, dumbed-down soap opera about the 'personalities' in the game.

Yes, Frankie gave Golden Horn a beautifully judged ride from his unfavourable draw and said in his interview how he'd  been thinking about it all week - but Gosden had previously said in his interview that a lot of thought had gone into how to ride the race.
My guess is Gosden probably had the biggest part to play in the tactics.

What a horse Golden Horn is though - the main praise should be all about him.

well said Tommy, and of course you're right about the painful C4 muppets. Same old.

Oppenheimer & Gosden not singing the national anthem was a bloody disgrace!

Looked at the prices this week and thought I would not want to be laying a top quality Derby winner at 5/1 and bigger on decent ground.

A stunning and very brave ride by Frankie , a very high risk factor if it went wrong.

Flintshire was a ludicrous price for his consistency.

The first 3 were always the first 3 , bar the pacemaker.

Having lost the ride on Treve due to injury and the horses poor mid season races last season , I am sure he must be delighted to have proved many people wrong this season.

And to think he once picked another horse instead of Golden Horn ......mind it did win the Irish Derby.

Well said Toes, Johnny G just oozes class, i have said this before, he is the dad that we all want. (no offence dad)

I dutched ...Treve 2.38, Golden Horn 6.2 and New Bay 6.8
So nice result !

Good work. Had a similar touch myself on Saturday, smashed into England, Australia and the draw. Well chuffed when I landed one of them.

Well done Roger ...nice to get it right !
Frankie road an absolutely brilliant race despite being hampered by the draw.