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Yep great thread as always. Minding by far the best.
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The point here is that Ballydoyle shouldn't have needed to use her speed up early.
If you had your money on Lumiere, then it was done in the first 50 yards. Buick made an illegal move at the start, so if he'd passed the post first the horse would have been disqualified in the Stewards room. You have to keep your horse in draw order until you reach the marker pole....Buick deliberately didn't do that, and it took out all the horses drawn higher. Lumiere finished last as it was, and Coolmore didn't complain as they had the 1,2,3 anyway. "the bairn 02 May 16 01:15 Joined: 06 Jul 02 | Topic/replies: 2,061 | Blogger: the bairn's blog have you guys thought, that if Ballydoyle had used up her speed early to keep up with Lumiere and Midweek she may not have finished so well. cheers." |
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geoff m, I agree that Ballydoyle looked a bit unlucky, as she fell out of the stalls and couldn't get a good position in a race where it was important to lie handy on the pace. I wonder whether Heffernan deliberately looked for a slow start, he certainly didn't seem to be in any hurry to move forward from the back of the field until it was too late. Maybe he was instructed to ride her for second place, or is this straying into the realms of conspiracy theory?? I've no doubt that Michael Tabor and friends landed a nice touch with Minding, and well done to them for that - it was a perfectly executed plan and Ryan Moore rode the perfect race on the winner.
Illuminate (non-stayer, not developed physically as well as I'd hoped), Lumiere (far too keen in the preliminaries, ran too bad to be true), Nathra (simply not in the same league as the winner, despite the fitness edge) and Ballydoyle would each have netted me a bigger profit than Minding (whom I'd left slightly under-backed due to the perceived lack of value in her odds, bearing in mind the trainer's record with top fillies in the Guineas), but I've absolutely no complaints or regrets. The best filly won. Well done, all backers! |
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Just a note to jamesp to say excellent thread as always- much respect- and look forward to the next one. As for eric_morris- get on yer bike mate with all your tripe. Your ‘researched’ derogatory personal insult is totally haphazard, misplaced and uncalled for. Just confrontational twaddle.
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There's no point in posting up 'some prices' that dont include the ones that supposedly made the profit on your book. Not questioning the discussion side of things.
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Forget about james how the feck did Charlton2005 make a profit !
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Midweek is better than that performance....cheminaud had no luck whatsoever...surprised more was made of his ride and actually despite all this the filly was making decent headway up the rail before a final barging match ended her chance.
Not saying she can reverse form but maybe look out for her when she steps up in trip....maybe something like the Nassau.... |
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layingisthewayforward 03 May 16 13:41 Joined: 08 Sep 05 | Topic/replies: 2,116 | Blogger: layingisthewayforward's blog
Forget about james how the feck did Charlton2005 make a profit ! backed the 100/1 4th in the 4 places market at 11 |