coronation cup epsom friday

Midday for a sixth group 1

Await the dawn does not run which leaves St Nic to bolt up with Midday chasing him home with the rest knowhere,11/10 looks a very fair price

Will Cape Blanco run?

He ran Scorpion and Septimus that one year.

Due to it being a Fitri Hay horse, i'd say 'definitely, maybe, Rishi.'

11/10 about St Nick will do for me.

AWD waits for Ascot.

As an Irish Derby winner Cape Blanco is a crazy price for this.

I think midday will see of the other Irish plodder, but Cape Blanco is a high class colt and will not be so easy for the filly to out speed.

If cape blanco runs he'll be running as a pacemaker for St nicholas abbey, though connections will say it is to
make sure its an even gallop and that he likes to front run.

tinkler

I am nor sure the new owners of Cape Balnco would be thrilled to have spent all the money on buying the horse, only for Aiden to use him as a pacemaker for the former owners.

I think it's a pretty good renewal.
Realistically who else could run in it to make it any better?
Workforce ducked it for a G3, Rewilding or Behkabad would obviously have made it a little better. O'Brien can't really be expected to run more than 2 of his.

Still with St Nicholas Abbey, Cape Blanco and Midday in there its plenty interesting.

Seems an above average renewal to me - often the race is won by a real plodder. Midday is a mare of the very highest quality, Cape Blanco has had some real highs and SNA was champ 2 year old/could be anything this season. Looking forward to this one.

TheFormMan
This is the last time I will. doscuss anything with you.

You are just rude.

The antepost forum is mercifully free from the desperate bragging and dogmatic folly of the hose racing forum and i would do nothing to encourage this changing, certainly not swapping pleasantries with the likes of you.

Cape Blanco wouldn't be used as a pacemaker, but if he runs he would ensure an honest pace as Im sure he would run similarly to his Irish Champion win. I'd say he would be a good bet, but I dont think he will last home over 12f against these.

Ye saw your post after, so disregard all that haha!

Thats a bit disappointing.
Where is the likely pace going to come from? Strange that Ballydoyle haven't got a pacemaker in there when you'd think that St Nicholas Abbey's best chance of winning would be off a pretty decent gallop.

Must admit to being mystified how SNA can be fav over Midday on racecourse achievements. An awful lot being read into a GP3 win, however impressive as it may have been.

Cape Blanco's a non-runner, Tinkler.

Clowance won't go there unless there's plenty of rain, I'd assume.

Four runners, then: SNA, Midday, Dandino and Indian Days. Given wouldn't want a crawl, for Dandino in particular.

I think Midday at her best, with the allowance, would be difficult to beat. What bothers me though is her latest run. The general opinion is that as it was her first run of the year she'll come on for it, but I have her running right up to her very best there. It was a fast run race and she had to battle, there is a big chance she'll need a longer recovery time from that. SNA's latest run is difficult to weigh up, he looked impressive but the time was slow, so it's difficult to tell how good he is right now. I rated him very highly as a 2yo, even if he only runs to that mark he'll also be hard to beat but I wouldn't want to take a short price.

It looks like I'm alone here but I don't think Dandino is a forlorn hope. He showed he was a much improved performer at Ripon. Admittedly he didn't look very impressive when winning last time at HQ but the lack of early pace in that race was against him. I have doubts about his 2 main opponents, but even if they run well I reckon Dandino is capable of giving them a race.

I think the Yorkshire Oaks last year showed that her best trip is now 1m 4f - that's what the stable think as well. The thing about her is you KNOW she will run to her usual consistent mark - something around the mid 120's - it is then up to us to decide if SNA or any other will run to higher than that given the allowance.

Would disagree with Figgis that last run was a fast pace. Trainer stated immediately after that they didnt go quick enough for her and it was a typically canny Dettori ride I thought - almost nicking it from the front. Perhaps it has taken too much out of her but would be more likely to have brought her on imo.

I can't see any reason why Midday would need more time to get over her York run. There are 22 days between the two races which seems fine to me. Cecil's an old-fashioned type of trainer who doesn't rev them up at home and whose horses you'd expect to come on for their seasonal reappearance.