New Posts For Thread: Godolphin horses & 2000 GNShttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gnsI see godolphin moved back into newmarket yesterday.Have they now had a change of policy in returning earlier as in previous yrs they used to have a trial @ Nad Al Sheba around the time of the craven meeting.For me Poet's Voice needs a pacemaker to try and get him to settle. Frankie said so after the Champagne stakes and why they didnt run one in the Middle Park lord only knows.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160614#422160614For me Poet's Voice needs a pacemaker to try and get him to settle. Frankie said so after the Champagne stakes and why they didnt run one in the Middle Park lord only knows.Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:11:15 -0500Godolphin came back to Newmarket around the same time last year (i.e. 3 weeks before the Guineas) - 2010 is the second year that they have arrived back earlier. However, note that only Suroor's string have arrived back today (Godolphin stables). As fhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160610#422160610Godolphin came back to Newmarket around the same time last year (i.e. 3 weeks before the Guineas) - 2010 is the second year that they have arrived back earlier. However, note that only Suroor's string have arrived back today (Godolphin stables). As fWed, 07 Apr 2010 11:09:58 -0500I agree, Al Zir looks to be their main hope. There was some talk that Poet's Voice might head over the channel for the French Guineas, but that horse's tendency to hang left (he did it in three of his races last year) means he would surely be unsuihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160554#422160554I agree, Al Zir looks to be their main hope. There was some talk that Poet's Voice might head over the channel for the French Guineas, but that horse's tendency to hang left (he did it in three of his races last year) means he would surely be unsuiWed, 07 Apr 2010 07:32:20 -0500The one horse that was mentioned in the recent Godolphin stable tour as a genuine classic prospect was Al Zir. Of course he will need to have progressed since last year, but he looked like a horse that would do much better at 3 than 2.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160546#422160546The one horse that was mentioned in the recent Godolphin stable tour as a genuine classic prospect was Al Zir. Of course he will need to have progressed since last year, but he looked like a horse that would do much better at 3 than 2.Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:23:40 -0500Be nice to see some of the traditional trials get a bit of a boost....Craven/Greenham combo both suffered of late imohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160538#422160538Be nice to see some of the traditional trials get a bit of a boost....Craven/Greenham combo both suffered of late imoWed, 07 Apr 2010 07:12:32 -0500I seem to recall having read somewhere that Godolphin may have one or two runners in the traditional Guineas trials at Newmarket and Newbury. Their normal selection policy for the classics (involving racecourse gallops/trials in Dubai) seems to havehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160534#422160534I seem to recall having read somewhere that Godolphin may have one or two runners in the traditional Guineas trials at Newmarket and Newbury. Their normal selection policy for the classics (involving racecourse gallops/trials in Dubai) seems to haveWed, 07 Apr 2010 06:58:09 -0500Agreed, sensible movehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160530#422160530Agreed, sensible moveWed, 07 Apr 2010 06:55:34 -0500Bout time they looked at it imo Geoff, they have started the last two or three seasons as though the horses legs are tied together...https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160526#422160526Bout time they looked at it imo Geoff, they have started the last two or three seasons as though the horses legs are tied together...Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:54:16 -0500I see godolphin moved back into newmarket yesterday.Have they now had a change of policy in returning earlier as in previous yrs they used to have a trial @ Nad Al Sheba around the time of the craven meeting.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/23572910/godolphin-horses-2000-gns?post_id=422160522#422160522I see godolphin moved back into newmarket yesterday.Have they now had a change of policy in returning earlier as in previous yrs they used to have a trial @ Nad Al Sheba around the time of the craven meeting.Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:21:55 -0500