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Master Of Hounds – Dubai World Cup
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Any chance the bookies might price it up or are they all waiting for someone else to price it up first?
Entries released 3 days ago. |
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Regarding O'Brien's horses being fit enough to win on World Cup night I have to agree with your comments Viva. There is big money on offer and I can't see Coolmore bringing their horses all the way down to Dubai just to have a look at the desert. They will be cherry ripe and ready to win just like they were last year.
So You Think is grand looking horse and he's ran well in a lot races over the last couple of years but I've always had reservations about him being as good as his connections think he is. His two races at Ascot were ones which he could and probably should have won but he got beaten. When he got turned over by Rewilding that's when the real doubt set in for me, even though Dettori gave Rewilding far too many smacks he seemed to want it more than SYT near the finish and it was the same when Cirrus Des Aigles won the Champion stakes. SYT's win in the Eclipse was a good one but again he beat a 1m 4f horse (Workforce) over a trip which wouldn't have suited them. I do think SYT will run a good race next week and he is a solid favorite but I'm not sure whether he will win. The draw will be critical and It's hard to figure out how this race will be run, tactics will probably win the race again!!! Viva, how do you think the Hong Kong horses will handle going left handed? I like the look of some of the horses they are bringing over, hopefully there will be some odds for the other races soon. |
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That's a good point MrDinos - you can never tell how the HK horses will take to going the other way around.
Am I correct in thinking that Hong Kong trained horses don't have a particularly good record in Dubai with Vengeance of Rain their only Group 1 winner. Joy and Fun won the Al Quoz Sprint two years ago too. |
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I see the Hays have purchased half of Treasure Beach.
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Viva, you're right about Vengeance of Rain being the last Hong Kong trained horse to win at the meeting. It was back in 2007 and he won the Dubai Sheema Classic. VOR was one of the best to come out of Hong Kong and I fondly remember the couple of close battles he had at Sha Tin with the wonderful Pride.
 Going left handed is my only real worry with the Hong Kong horses, a few have run at Tokyo (left handed) over the years and not covered themselves in glory. It will be very interesting to see how they are priced up next week. Info from Dubai Race Night website 22/03/2012 "Three of the six runners for the Dubai World Cup meeting from Hong Kong should be in Dubai as of now after a flight arrived today. Ambitious Dragon, the likely favourite for the Dubai Duty Free, joined by 2010 Al Quoz Sprint winner Joy And Fun and Eagle Regiment, also aimed at the dash. A separate flight will bring California Memory, Xtension, and Lucky Nine, the first two being Dubai Duty Free starters, and the latter a Dubai Golden Shaheen chance". It's deje vu with the Hays! Going down the same path as they did with Cape Blanco. I've attached a link to view the latest 2012 Dubai World Cup likely fields (March 22). http://www.dubairacingclub.com/sites/default/files/Likely%20Fields%20March%2022.pdf |
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Master Of Hounds update from MDK
He has yet to win the Group 1 US$10million Dubai World Cup, though has saddled both Asiatic Boy and Lizard’s Desire to finish second and this year he relies on Master Of Hounds, a winner on Super Saturday in the Group 1 Jebel Hatta (1800m turf). Second in last year’s UAE Derby for Aidan O’Brien, Master Of Hounds filled the same berth behind stable companion Musir in Maktoum Challenge I and was then third in both Maktoum Challenge II and the Group 2 Al Fahidi Fort. His Super Saturday victory was only the second of his career and de **** said: “The Dubai World Cup was the target when we bought him and his first run in the opening round of the Al Maktoum Challenge was very pleasing. His next two runs were ok and that was a good win last time. With Bold Silvano disappointing on Super Saturday Master Of Hounds is the obvious one to take his place in the big race. He has come out of Super Saturday well and should be capable of a good run in what looks an open renewal.†MDK doesn't sound too bullish about his chances and I've had the feeling after MOH's second run that MDK hasn't been that impressed with the Master. In the past when MDK thinks one is going to run out of their skin he normally shouts it from the roof tops and I'm not getting that impression with MOH. Also no surprise with Soumillon being declared as the jock.  Draw for the Dubai World Cup is on Wednesday, fingers crossed for a good draw! |
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Is there any chance that if So You Think was to win this that he'd be immediately retired to head down under for the Australian breeding season?
If it were a possibility you'd think that Aidan would have him at 100% for the race rather than having a little in hand for a long season. |
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Drawn number 1, could've been worse! Soumillon needs to get him out the gates quick sharp.
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is soumillon confirmed rider?
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sorry i thought you meant so you think!
full draw: 1. Master Of Hounds 2. Eishin Flash 3. Zazou 4. So You Think 5. Smart Falcon 6. Planteur 7. Royal Delta 8. Monterosso 9. Silver Pond 10. Transcend 11. Capponi 12. Prince Bishop 13. Mendip 14. Game On Dude |
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Great draw for SYT
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and Planteur to be prominent
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Trackwork Notes Dubai World Cup Wednesday 28 March 2012
Eishin Flash - Did a fast workout on the all-weather track. Trainer Hideaki Fujiwara had the jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, sit on this horse this morning. Trainer Fujiwara commented, “Eishin Flash galloped very well, which was as scheduled. I imagine that the race will become tough especially in the closing stage, so it was a good preparation for the race. He is very relaxed even in the different surroundings, and this is his talent, and he is the horse who can handle it.What I do is to do my best and keep his best condition until the race.†Game On Dude - Multiple graded stakes winner Game On Dude jogged 1,600m at Meydan on Wednesday morning, in preparation for Saturday. Trainer Tim Yakteen, who is overseeing the Bob Baffert-trained horses, was pleased with how both Game On Dude and Dubai Golden Shaheen contender, The Factor, were doing. “They came out of their works great,†said Yakteen. “They are both doing really well. They haven’t backed out of their feed tubs at all and we are really happy with them.†Jockey Chantal Sutherland, who is seeking to become the first female jockey to win the Dubai World Cup, arrived at the track later that morning and greeted a throng of reporters. Sutherland, also a fashion model and actress, took time to strike a pose in the starting gate for photographers, donning white True Religion jeans and a hot pink flak jacket. The two-time Sovereign Award winner then hopped on a horse trained by Ali Rashid Al Raihe and cantered around the Meydan main track to get a feel of the all-weather surface. Later, Sutherland left Meydan with Bernie Schiappa, co-owner of Game On Dude, to visit Bob Baffert. Planteur – The winner of the Group 1 Prix Ganay last year for Ellie Lellouche, the five-year-old will have his first start for Marco Botti on Dubai World Cup night and will clear quarantine tomorrow morning. Royal Delta - With trainer Bill Mott and owner Benjamin Leon looking on, American champion filly Royal Delta picked up her pace down the Meydan stretch on March 28, galloping at a faster clip than she had been training earlier this week while covering approximately 600m as a sharpener before the race on Saturday. “She was very kind going around,†said Leana Willaford, Mott’s assistant who rides Royal Delta in her morning exercise, after completing a circuit of the track. “We just let her stretch her legs and open up her lungs a little down the stretch. As usual, her ears were pricked the whole way around and she came home to the barn as happy as can be.†While the Meydan reported Royal Delta’s time for the 600m (about three furlongs) at :38.50, Willaford said the exercise was not intended to be a workout for speed. “We felt it was better to do a little less than to do too much this close to the race,†she said. Leon and Mott visited Royal Delta in the quarantine barn area later in the morning. The four-year-old daughter of Empire Maker, who was purchased by Leon for US$8.5-million at auction last fall, has won five of nine career starts with only one unplaced effort, which came in her second career start. Smart Falcon – The Japanese contender stayed at the quarantine stable area this morning. Trainer Ken Kozaki commented, “We have been targeting the Dubai World Cup since last year and planned his race schedule for the race, so we are very honored to be invited to the race. “Smart Falcon is a more talented horse than we think, and what I have to do is to keep his condition. He has beaten Transcend last year, but Transcend is a very good and strong horse, and Eishin Flash is a Japanese Derby winner, and in addition to that, all other members in the field must be very good horses. So I always think my horse is a challenger.†So You Think - The six-strong Ballydoyle contingent emerged from quarantine for their first collective glimpse of Meydan racecourse. Led out by Dubai World Cup contender So You Think, the sextet walked around the outer of the main track for one circuit before turning at the winning post to canter for one circuit the right way round. So You Think led Daddy Long Legs, Await The Dawn, St Nicholas Abbey, Wrote and Treasure Beach. At the conclusion of exercise there was much collective interplay among the riders and their horses, all of which looked spritely. “They had a good look around and we are very happy,†said Ballydoyle’s travelling head lad, Pat Keating. “I'll talk to Aidan (O'Brien) tonight, and he'll decide what they'll do tomorrow and Friday.†Trancend – Last year’s Dubai World Cup runner-up worked with a half-gallop on the all-weather track. Trainer Takayuki Yasuda, who took the Group 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen with a champion sprinter or miler Curren Chan on the previous weekend, arrived in Dubai this morning and watched his horse’s morning work. Yasuda commented, “We gave him a fast breeze on Sunday, so he did only a half-gallop today.In his previous start (Group 1 February Stakes), the pace was too high for him, which made him uncharacteristically fell behind and raced poor seventh. He is in a good condition, as the same time of last year when he finished second in the Dubai World Cup, but I hope he will not be tied to the lost. I would like to have the outsider than middle in the draw, for not to be sandwiched inside.The owner will join and take the draw. The 1,800m or 2,000m is his best distance, and the all-weather, which needs some power, should suit him.†Zazou - The Waldemar Hickst-trained Zazou came onto the all-weather today for a slow canter. He was ridden by regular work rider Radich Hennig who said: “We went out onto the all-weather for a slow canter. Everything is good. The horse is in great form. He has eaten. He drinks a lot and has only lost five kilos.†|
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I am dead against all O`Brien horses at this meeting. He is a great trainer, however he rarely has his horses cranked up early in the season.Looking at the start of the Irish Flat season , most of his horses will come for the run.
My mate De K0ck targets this meeting and will have at least 3 winners.MOH now 20/1 at Billies- have topped up e/way. Draw looks fantastic to me. Also fancy Musir and Mahbooba big time for King Kev.Could be a life changing trixie. |
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Apache, the draw's not bad at all but with no King Kev I'm getting a horrible feeling he might get crowded onto the rail and have no where to go. Soumillon isn't one of the most aggressive riders out there and his super smooth style is not what we need Saturday. He needs to fire MOH out the stalls so he can dictate the pace and not the other punks on his outside. I'm sure King Kev will have a word with him, I just hope he listens!
I think Musir will run a big race in the Duty Free but the Hong Kong trio look strong. Also I'm not sure why Soumillon has deserted Musir, he's supposed to be his favorite horse!!! |
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By the way Mr Dinos , do you think Mahbooba has potential to improve for this trip against opposition who I have big question marks.
20/1 looks the bet of the night with KK on board. |
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Apache, it's looks a wide open race with the leading players having question marks. Will SNA be fit enough and does Cirrus Des Aigles prefer going right handed, his best form suggests he does! Mahbooba has won over 12f so the trip wont be problem, she beat Al Shemali by 6 lengths on fast ground at Newmarket. This trip might be her optimum and all her runs over shorter trips at Meydan appear to have been build up work to this race. 20-1 looks good and even though she might need to improve a bit more to trouble the big guns. She has also got a good draw.
All the best with your MDK bets Apache. |
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sna is unbeaten going left handed which is worthy of note, i do think the tight tracks suit him tho!
cant imagine coolmore sending their horses to this meeting without being ready to win their races if good enough! nice to see them going full stop. its not in their best interest to send their horses that far half fit really is it, theres nothing in it for them if theyre beat! gl with MOH dino! |
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I would judge AOB's runners in Dubai to those running in Ireland. They have completley different targets and you can be sure his Dubai horses ARE fit. I'd just not be sure which one where he has more than one runner.
Does no one fancy Royal Delta for this? She was very impressive at the Breeders Cup. |
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*wouldn't.
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Have followed up on my interest this morning and had a few quid on Royal Delta. Just think 12/1 is far too big for an impressive Breeders Cup winner from a trainer who has won the race before.
Forget the name of the Japanese filly that was well fancied for this last year, Red something, ridden by Ryan Moore, and I did my money on her so hope lightening does not strike twice!  |
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It was Buena Vista last year Sint, rubbish draw and a race which was run at crawl never suited her. Mirco Demuro won the race, he was the only jockey who used his brain and had the balls to make a positive move!!! Red Desire was the Japanese mare I think you could be on about, she ran in the race in 2010 and came no where as well. History looks to be against the females in this race but maybe Royal Delta could be the one to change that. She has got some good form but all her wins have been against the same sex and also in small fields which is a concern for me. Dubai Race Night have done an analysis of every race on the card and they've also gone for Royal Delta, so you are not alone in thinking she can win.
Good look with your bet Sint, it looks wide open and I wouldn't rule any horse out of this race! Link for the Dubai Race Night website is below, some interesting stuff on there. http://www.dubairacenight.com/ |
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Red Desire was 2 years ago. Can't remember who rode.
Did my dough on Buena Vista last year, maybe that's who you're thinking of? Pretty sure Moore rode. |
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Soumillon was on Red Desire, I backed her and wasn't impressed. Peslier wasn't great on Buena Vista in the Sheema Classic either, it was one of those nights for me back in 2010.
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cheers for the link Mr Dinos, will read that tomorrow, off now.
It was whatever Moore rode last year I did my cash on, was a 12/1 chance or 10/1. Laters. |
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Trackwork notes Friday 30 March 2012
Group 1 US$10 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline Eishin Flash - “He did a brisk canter at the end of this morning and I wanted to check how his form was after the gallop yesterday,†said trainer Hideaki Fujiwara. “I talked to my assistant work rider with the small wireless telephone during the work and listened to him how the horse was, and he said he was very flexible and performed well like at home. I think he is 100% fit at this point. I do not know how the race will go until it starts, so all I have to do is to keep the horse’s best condition and entrust the jockey with my horse. Christophe Lemaire is a very good worldwide jockey, and he must handle the race. “ Game on Dude - Dubai World Cup contender Game On Dude, who drew the ominous post of 14 cantered 2,000m on Friday morning at Meydan. The tidy bay, however, was not accompanied by his regular exercise rider George Alvarez. Alvarez did not arrive at the stables on Friday morning. As a result Tim Yakteen, who is overseeing the Baffert horses while Bob Baffert is recovering from a heart attack suffered early Monday morning, phoned jockey Chantal Sutherland to fill in. “He called me early this morning and, by the sound in his voice, I knew that he needed help. Georgie (Alvarez) didn’t show up, so they needed me to come in and get on the horses,†said Sutherland. Sutherland exercised both Game On Dude and The Factor, a contender for the 1200m Dubai Golden Shaheen, sponsored by Gulf News. Yakteen, however, suggested this had been the plan all along. “We wanted Chantal to test the track on the inside with Game On Dude and on the outside with The Factor,†said Yakteen. “This was our plan from the start.†Planteur - Continued in routine mode with a steady canter on the main track. Trainer Marco Botti is looking forward to saddling the Group 1-winning five-year-old for the first time. “The horse came to us at the end of last year and has done well since he arrived,†Botti said. “I have been happy with his work at home. We took him to Wolverhampton racetrack (in England, which has an all-weather surface) for a spin 10 days ago and he handled it really well. “We are happy with is condition here. The only question mark is the (all-weather) surface, but that’s the same for many other horses in the race.†Royal Delta - Capping her week of training for the Dubai World Cup with another strong gallop on March 30, Besilu Stables’ American champion filly Royal Delta gave her Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott the best feeling a trainer can have. “You couldn’t ask a horse to look any better than that,†Mott said as Royal Delta virtually swaggered off the racetrack, her ears up and her coat gleaming in the sun following her exercise. “She went great.†Mott had contemplated letting Royal Delta pick up a little speed down the stretch, but his assistant and exercise rider Leana Willaford opted to keep the filly in a strong gallop as she had taken hold of the bit and was moving powerfully enough. Royal Delta’s condition and preparations for the Dubai World Cup are very similar to the way she worked prior to her career-best victory in the Group 1 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic at Churchill Downs, Mott said. So You Think - The already intense scrutiny of former Australian star So You Think was heightened this morning with the appearance at Meydan of Coolmore Australia’s team headed by Tom Magnier. T Magnier, son of John Magnier, Racing and Business manager of Coolmore Australia, was accompanied by general manager Michael Kirwan and Duncan Ramage, Racing Manager for So You Think’s original owner Dato Tan Chin Nam, who still retains a share in the horse. The trio eagerly awaited the appearance on the track of So You Think who led out the six strong team of Aidan O’Brien in his biggest onslaught yet on the world’s richest race day. The general consensus was that So You Think was looking as good as at any time in the 15 months since he joined the Aidan O’Brien stable. “I wish some of the critics in Australia who have said he was a different horse since he went to Aidan could see him now,†Kirwan said. Ramage said he would be happy to report to Chin Nam that the horse that won him two Cox Plates in Australia when trained by Bart ****s still was ready to take on the richest race in the world. Magnier said O’Brien would be arriving in Dubai Friday night. Transcend - “Transcend did not come out on the all-weather track yesterday, so he did a routine canter on the track today,†said trainer Takayuki Yasuda. “He was very relaxed and had a very good feeling, which may bring a 100% performance. He was a runner-up last year, but we are always challenger. Smart Falcon and Game On Dude will likely set the pace, but the best way is that Transcend follows the pace and keep up from just behind them turning for home. He is a very durable and has lots of sharper when he is on the lead in the closing stage of the race. The all-weather, which needs some power, should suit him and I hope to gain what we did not get last year.†|
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MDK on Master Of Hounds World Cup bid
De **** did not sound overly confident in the chances of Master of Hounds in the $10 million Dubai World Cup, saying he believes Master of Hounds is better on the turf. Initially, De **** and Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum were pointing Bold Silvano to the World Cup, but that horse has disappointed in two starts this year and instead is running in the $5 million Sheema Classic on turf. “With the flop of Bold Silvano [this] season there wasn’t really a back-up for the World Cup,†De **** said. “Sheikh Mohammed really wanted a World Cup runner and [Master of Hounds] was the only horse we could switch back knowing he’s probably going to be competitive on the surface. But I still feel he’s a better turf horse than he is an all-weather horse, so it’s going to be a tough one.†I could tell the vibes weren't good from the way MDK had been speaking about MOH the last couple of months! De **** believes his best chances for success are with Mutahadee and Musir in the $5 million Dubai Duty Free on turf and Mickdaam in the $2 million UAE Derby on Tapeta. Mutahadee has gone 2 for 3 this season at Meydan and is coming off a third-place finish, beaten two lengths, in the Group 1 Jebel Hatta by the slow-pace-setting Master of Hounds, who is running in Saturday’s World Cup. “If we have any chance of getting some sort of speed there he’ll be right there at the finish line,†De **** said. Musir owns a win on both Tapeta and turf at this meeting but is coming off a third-place finish in the Burj Nahaar, run on Tapeta. “He did disappoint," De **** said. "He didn’t have an ideal preparation. We had to back off him a little. He needed a bit of time off.†De **** expects Musir to be among the early leaders and said, “If he gets to the front and gets it soft they’re not going to get past him.†Musir is the one for me now in the the Duty Free, there isn't much pace in the race by the look of it so he might get that soft lead he needs. He's got the right jockey onboard and a good draw as well. |
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good luck with m o h mr dinos ,think i will have a smallish dabble on this fella , a decent price with the right trainer ,keep the faith .
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Cheers Foyleswar, I was contemplating going in again but I'm not sure now!
Hopefully he might surprise MDK and run a cracker. |
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well mr dinos you its a catch 22 situation and one all punters face if it gets beat then we say fair enough, but if it wins then we have never had enough on it . good luck.
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Yep, your right Foyley.
The thing I really like about MDK is his honesty, he really is a top bloke IMO and says it how it is. You always know where you stand with him and his horses, there is good video of MDK talking about his horses that run tomorrow. The link for the website is below. http://www.drf.com/news/dubai-de****-sees-best-chances-world-cup-night-duty-free-uae-derby All the best with you punting tomorrow, it should be a great day with the flat racing racing back at Donny as well. |
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cheers mr d i will give it a look , have gone in and had some of the 26s on here and may go in again if he gets a bit bigger .good luck.
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Planteur for me and been lucky to get on at 200 when he was 1st reserve before Gitano Hernando pulled out.
His winning form first time out over the last 3 seasons, in particular his win in the Prix Ganay over Sarafina, Cirrus Des Aigles and Cape Blanco suggests he will be right there in the mix. Drawn in 6 Ryan Moore will be able to get a good position and sit prominent before the first turn, and with luck will be able to poach enough lead once he takes it up in the straight, to hold on for a great win for Marco Botti's team. |
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My strategy will be to stick with battle hardened race fit Carnival perfomers which does offer some cracking value.
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gl dino
ive had a small bet on monterosso for interest. |
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MOH 27 on here.
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Great shout Bus, won it easy!!! Well done mate.
I knew the writing was on the wall for MOH a while back. Not a great day for me to be honest, that's horse racing. |
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well done if you had the winner .. busses etc.
RD got hampered at everyturn. |
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Anyone got a link to re-view yesterdays race, please?
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Anybody who backed PLANTEUR in the WORLD CUP, must be fuming at MOORE seemingly to fall asleep in the stalls, particularly as it happens MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, personally I would not employ him at any price, he does the "patiently ridden" as a matter of course, it is totally , disgustingly overdone, yet he NEVER learns, just two or three lengths nearer at the start would have won him several group 1 wins than he has, to me he is lackadaisical to the enth degree.
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