Sunday 23rd May Thread.

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Have now got Lady Springback @24 and @32,place @9,overpriced imo on here [:p]

Springbank f f s

Remember When added @34,gl [:p]

TT good morning, hard to know with these fillies - leaning toward LFDolly, but will wait til nearer race

Nothing for me today

3.10 Curragh

Final Approach(ebor target?)

Morning tel,sands [;)]  got the punch bag,bigger than i thought tbh,great fun though

Hope you enjoy it TT

good work out innit

Mornin Tel, TT - the bigger they are, the harder they fall

Looks like a giant c o ck tbh

Cannot get jiggy about racing atm.

No,me neither tel,not long til ze Derby now,got Derby week off

lucky git

Derby week off,wed thurs and friday off for Royal Ascot,Goodwood week off,wed,thur,friday off for york ebor meet,sad or what

Morning followers

Tel knows!!

Downy [;)] wake Gunny up will ya

DAS

What do I know??

morning

good to see some faces on lady d

anyone fancy zayaan?

I'm on Lady Springbank not lady D [:p]

do I keep the faith in Lady D?

was all over her for the English 1,000.

lady darshaan is a p1g

Gunny,forget about the English version,joke of a race,if you fancied her for that, you got to for this,simple really [:p]

Nibb

post yer massive lay nibber, ta.

willing to forgive lady d as well that race is worth wiping out formwise to a degree

any views on the 3.10? interested in rangefinder ran ok over to far in the chester cup any views on the opposition from the irish boys?

Tel - sweet F A [;)][:D]

i was interested in Rajik in that one, although not sure if the trip might be a bit short. Will love the ground though.

DAS got ya [;)]

TD i like Rajik in that one today

That and Music Show my only plays today. Too many runners in the 1000 to really get stuck into MS, given Channon's luck in these races. Hope she wins though.

Backed Music Show e/w because I'm a pu55y with my bets these days. Wanted an e/w double but couldn't see anything else.

enjbenjy,this is a home for stray cats[;)]

Deep - are you around

Anna Salai!! She is special!

deep text me, he's in the bath td and told me to tell you to gfy [:x]

Hello Gunny

Plat, re: Zayaan = yes

Just got out of bath & now in a better mood

good stuff deep

and all the stuff about tt ill keep schtum, mums the word and all

significant going change for anyone punting at Perth today now good to soft, soft in places with going stick reading of 6.3

ta plat.

Deep - have you read anywhere that Goldie is definitely going to Ascot ?

Matt Chapman interviewed Freddie Head on ATR & said they they wanted to run her in Queen Anne but she needs a run, hence today's race at Longchamp

They showed the interview on Racing News today - you can watch it on the ATR website, it's about 20 mins into the programme

a few dbls whilst sunning in the garden
i believeinmiracles
shintoh
gallileos choice
cutlass bay
anna salai

cant believe i'm going with godawful tbh

had a respectful bet on the lady as a few fdc appear to have backed her

be lucky gayers

thanks mate.

Kite Wood vs Kasbah Bliss over 1m7 is interesting in Longchamp later.

want to see Kashbah back at 12furlongs.

but thats just me.

how much did they pay for Kite wood again? £5m???

At least, was rumoured to be £6m.

curr 210

solent ridge @20
kinglachy @50

gl

Elcanos there at perth....

remember back in the day there were some shrewdies backing that to win the german derby :o

GOLDIKOVA (32) was a warm order to win this race. And on the face of it her short odds seemed justified. After all she'd won three Group 1's in a row, culminating in the Breeders' Cup Mile before tackling the Prix d'Ispahan. But there were a couple of very big question marks about her here. Namely her fitness and stamina.

Last year Goldikova lost an unlisted conditions race on her seasonal debut to a rather ordinary filly called Azabara. In fact Goldikova lost her first three starts. So far she's won six out of six from July onwards and lost four out of four earlier in the year.

After she'd won her first Group 1 in August trainer Freddy Head said Goldikova had improved significantly both physically and mentally from her third start. This is the norm for Freddy Head's best horses. He tends to train them to peak for the big Group 1's in the second half of the season. So far he's blanked with all seventeen of his Group 1 runners in June or earlier but won ten times out of thirty nine in Group 1 races from July onwards.

The question of stamina was equally worrying. Previously I thought that Goldikova might well want longer than a mile. But looking at her physique and the way she runs more closely, I was not at all sure before this race. The pace she showed to win the Breeders' Cup Mile was pretty astonishing. The way she finished out that race was like a sprinter. She's muscular and close coupled too, with rather short legs and a very quick stride, again just like a sprinter.

Goldikova's sire was champion sprinter and her dam never won beyond a mile. Goldikova was tried over a trip longer than a mile just once before the Prix d'Ispahan. This was in the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) where she cruised in third place before kicking into the lead with a furlong and a half to go. She tired from there to get beat four and a half lengths into third. And she would have been fourth in a few more strides.

Since Indian Skimmer won the Prix d'Ispahan back in 1989 there have been 24 fillies that have contested it. They all lost. Eight started favourite. And in recent years we've seen smart fillies such as Six Perfections, Darjina and Banks Hill all go off at odds on in the Prix d’Ispahan and get beaten. So there was plenty of precedent for Goldikova's sub-par run.

With major doubts about her fitness and stamina it has to count as one the biggest own goals of the season by Goldikova's connections to put in a pacemaker for her here in the form of Celebrissime. She chased that one and Curtain Call hard, running a close third till emptying in the closing stages. If the pacemaker hadn't been in the race and the gallop had been slower who knows what would have happened. But she might well have lasted home and maybe even won.

I wouldn't go writing off Goldikova after this race. Her record and that of her trainer suggests she may well need another run or two before hitting her peak. But by the end of the season I'd bet on her being back at Santa Anita with every chance of taking the Breeders' Cup Mile for a second time.

I've mentioned before that Freddy Head seems to train his top runners to peak for the big Group 1's in the second half of the season. So far he's blanked with all eighteen of his Group 1 runners in June or earlier but won twelve times out of fourty one in Group 1 races from July onwards.

french stewards had a mare there with Starfina. shouldve demoted her under their rules.

Kauto...did u catch Bamma3 as yet?

was on bravo last night. on again tonight...11.30ish

GSP was cornering Kong Watson and typical bamma tried to make a big thing of it...loads of interviews etc...you'd have thought GSP had quit the UFC for them hahaha

...

Yes mate, seen it

Look on Reid's face when Georges walked out was hilarious

Watson could be getting a call from Coker or White soon imo

On Byword in the D'Isphaan

progressing nicely, unbeaten this season, third run off a break, trainer and jockey in hot form.

think if he's going to beat goldikova and stacelita then it has to be today cause theres no way he's doing it when they're race fit.

Laid Goldie @1.91,gl [:p]

wow

that was impressive from JV

Goldie doesnt want to race

Jan Vermeer...nice. travelled sooooo smoothly on the firmer ground.

didnt need that :(

zayaan green as fck

Mikey Barcelona [smiley:crazy]

love that name...hope he becomes a superstar jockey imo

goldie

Ooops

Nice shots of Goldikova in the last furlong there.

yes goldie

good to see a top horse winning a top race

wasnt at her best but hey ho

best horse won.

but fancy spotting her 8 lengths headstart ie byword and guyon.

[smiley:crazy]

curr 310
final approach @8
gl

3.10,Rajik @18 and Bashkirov @18 gl[smiley:crazy]

baron de ' l

place as good as a win for me at the moment

chinese white 7/1

cutless - fooked by the arabs
F&g will need another 1/2 fl on this ground


the rest also rans?

what am i missing?

the cutlass bay thing is hilarious...its only been with Saeed 2/3 weeks haha

Plat, a stone out at the weights? This thing was backed to beat STS.

plenty of time to acclimatise to underperformance

Laid Cutlass E/W

GL all

cant resist a little on hali

just incase he slips the field

Cutlass looked such a good horse with Andre, lets see what Godawful have done to him.

Holy F*ck Cutlass Bay

thats REGRESSION at its best.

well done c2

What does Bin Suroor put in the feed iyo

good shout Charlton. :)


Cutlass Bay - you have been GOLDIPHINED.

TY Plat, TD

poor horse

:(

23 May 10 15:33 
plenty of time to acclimatise to underperformance

I hold out little hope for my Anna Salai bet now, although she's with Al Rooney, so might not have regressed quite as much.

Be fair lads, at least Cutlass bay made a racecourse. Most of the Godawful transfers never run again. Group 1s to Ginsters, its a gift that they have.

Well done C2 [;)]  now for the biggie

Correct Fuzzy - Shawanda for example. Is Fast Company endurance racing iyo

music show @9/2
adding famous w/pl 75,14
gl

Laid Music Show E/W
Backed Atasari and Blue Maiden both E/W
GL all

adding atasari as well tied closely enough with channons and best two runs on firmish ground

laid anna here for a bit

her and a small lay of stacelita only plays of today on the horses

remember when godawful were very good?

i yearn for those days again

Laid GnG E/W
Ignore last run of course.

had a dream last night music show won this

but had a dream kauto won a 3rd gold cup

so best ignore

phew.....................

[:o]

nice return from LL there....hope she runs the oaks now

Glad thats over with,had a mare this weekend tbh still,it happens [:p]

Good call TD, unlucky

FFS, I thought that high draws were BAD!! Backed two outsiders drawn 3 and 5. :(