New Posts For Thread: Figgis and other form gurus please .. the English Oaks 2011https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011And time officienados too ...Just read Nevo's very good book and he mentioned that one year (the horse that Seb won on) Steve Mellish looked through the Oaks field (I'm assumming this time of the year) and identified horses that will stay (irrespectii'll be amazed if blue bunting gets beat in the oaks. by dynaformer and wins the guineas? must be a shoe-in!https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=496325629#496325629i'll be amazed if blue bunting gets beat in the oaks. by dynaformer and wins the guineas? must be a shoe-in!Thu, 19 May 2011 18:46:48 -0500* from her Guineas runhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=496299705#496299705* from her Guineas runThu, 19 May 2011 14:39:06 -0500Actually, the more I look at the race the more I think the Channon filly can win. I took some 7/2 about Blue Bunting but my confidence in her is starting to diminish. I said at the time I didn't think it was a great Guineas and I think even then I ovhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=496299589#496299589Actually, the more I look at the race the more I think the Channon filly can win. I took some 7/2 about Blue Bunting but my confidence in her is starting to diminish. I said at the time I didn't think it was a great Guineas and I think even then I ovThu, 19 May 2011 14:37:58 -0500im on the fav and guineas winners record in oaks is very strong,backed her after the 1000 at 7/2 can see her starting around 7/4 on the day/4https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=495019685#495019685im on the fav and guineas winners record in oaks is very strong,backed her after the 1000 at 7/2 can see her starting around 7/4 on the day/4Sun, 08 May 2011 14:02:56 -0500I've backed Zain at 14s ew with WH. It has solid ew claims at least. It was a good trial and whilst I'm annoyed that I missed out on her pre trial, I think she'd be a lot shorter if trained by somebody else as Dark Destroyer said. Imagine what pricehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=495018873#495018873I've backed Zain at 14s ew with WH. It has solid ew claims at least. It was a good trial and whilst I'm annoyed that I missed out on her pre trial, I think she'd be a lot shorter if trained by somebody else as Dark Destroyer said. Imagine what priceSun, 08 May 2011 13:54:20 -0500I'm on. Thank - you chaps.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=495013957#495013957I'm on. Thank - you chaps.Sun, 08 May 2011 12:58:18 -0500I backed Havant for the Oaks after she ran in the 1000 Guineas.Out the back most of the way and switched very wide she stayed on steadily without ever being put in the race. I thought Ryan Moore gave her a fairly easy time of it and the run had all thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=495007825#495007825I backed Havant for the Oaks after she ran in the 1000 Guineas.Out the back most of the way and switched very wide she stayed on steadily without ever being put in the race. I thought Ryan Moore gave her a fairly easy time of it and the run had all tSun, 08 May 2011 11:46:22 -0500It was a good performance on the clock. I think she's still a bit over priced for the Oaks as a repeat of that would give her great place prospects. However, even though she's made rapid progress I think it's unlikely she will improve enough to beathttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=495003177#495003177It was a good performance on the clock. I think she's still a bit over priced for the Oaks as a repeat of that would give her great place prospects. However, even though she's made rapid progress I think it's unlikely she will improve enough to beatSun, 08 May 2011 10:52:01 -0500FWIW I thought it looked like a terrific trial even if the time appeared to be nothing out of the ordinary. My usual rule of thumb is what would the reaction have been if she was trained by Stoute/Cecil/O'Brien etc etc. You provide the answerhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=495002837#495002837FWIW I thought it looked like a terrific trial even if the time appeared to be nothing out of the ordinary. My usual rule of thumb is what would the reaction have been if she was trained by Stoute/Cecil/O'Brien etc etc. You provide the answerSun, 08 May 2011 10:47:56 -0500What do you think about that one of Channon's that won the trial at Lingers? Time any good. Visibly looked impressive I thought.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26862325/figgis-and-other-form-gurus-please-the-english-oaks-2011?post_id=494997981#494997981What do you think about that one of Channon's that won the trial at Lingers? Time any good. Visibly looked impressive I thought.Sun, 08 May 2011 09:58:08 -0500