New Posts For Thread: Did Barney and Eminent leave their race behind...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behindin the Trials?I mean seriously, this day in age, why give a horse a hard race days before the main event, Aidan (the race record holder) didn't!couldnt believe I was listening to the 5hit peddled by John Ferguson today over why a pacemaker wasn't put in for Barney Roy.....stating because he took a few strides to warm up in the greenham, they were worried, he wouldn't be able to go a quick pahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551857847#551857847couldnt believe I was listening to the 5hit peddled by John Ferguson today over why a pacemaker wasn't put in for Barney Roy.....stating because he took a few strides to warm up in the greenham, they were worried, he wouldn't be able to go a quick paSun, 07 May 2017 18:18:49 -0500spot on wallis...i don't think churchill will ever finish in front of Barney again...mind you , its job done with Churchill tbf..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551857515#551857515spot on wallis...i don't think churchill will ever finish in front of Barney again...mind you , its job done with Churchill tbf..Sun, 07 May 2017 17:23:46 -0500well said, churchill smashes into barney at the start. look at the start againhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551849073#551849073well said, churchill smashes into barney at the start. look at the start againSat, 06 May 2017 20:45:48 -0500Personally I dont get all the plaudits for Churchill. It was a slowly run race , the AOB camp let Churchill drop out and follow the pacemaker and then use it as a blocker to keep in front of the main dangers. About halfway Heffernan slows on Spirithttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551848515#551848515Personally I dont get all the plaudits for Churchill. It was a slowly run race , the AOB camp let Churchill drop out and follow the pacemaker and then use it as a blocker to keep in front of the main dangers. About halfway Heffernan slows on SpiritSat, 06 May 2017 18:01:41 -0500I'd have thought the bigger factors today were that Barney needs a pace to aim at, and everyone and their cat seemed to know that Eminent will need further against the top notchers.Churchill was ideally positioned up in the van to use his 7f speed, shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551848481#551848481I'd have thought the bigger factors today were that Barney needs a pace to aim at, and everyone and their cat seemed to know that Eminent will need further against the top notchers.Churchill was ideally positioned up in the van to use his 7f speed, sSat, 06 May 2017 17:58:11 -0500It looked like Barney put in a huge effort to run down the Godolphin horse in the Greenham, wonder if that just took the edge of him enough today, say a length or two?Mind, not sure how anyone can say Barney ran his race, we simply don't know enoughhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551848215#551848215It looked like Barney put in a huge effort to run down the Godolphin horse in the Greenham, wonder if that just took the edge of him enough today, say a length or two?Mind, not sure how anyone can say Barney ran his race, we simply don't know enoughSat, 06 May 2017 16:52:18 -0500Barney Roy ran his race. Eminent just not good enough.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551848003#551848003Barney Roy ran his race. Eminent just not good enough.Sat, 06 May 2017 16:13:06 -0500They talk (usually of NH Horses) about the 'bounce' factor after a lay off.Barney ran a blinder in the Greenham, and with just 2 weeks rest before this toughest of assignments he ran another blinder.Hopefully some big days ahead for him.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551847485#551847485They talk (usually of NH Horses) about the 'bounce' factor after a lay off.Barney ran a blinder in the Greenham, and with just 2 weeks rest before this toughest of assignments he ran another blinder.Hopefully some big days ahead for him.Sat, 06 May 2017 15:01:53 -0500Barney was unfortunate to take a dodgy step 2f out but apart from that it was down to Coolmores tactics. They got Churchill a free run up the rail and then Donncha moved out and deliberately came across Barney and the French horse to ensure the resulhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551847399#551847399Barney was unfortunate to take a dodgy step 2f out but apart from that it was down to Coolmores tactics. They got Churchill a free run up the rail and then Donncha moved out and deliberately came across Barney and the French horse to ensure the resulSat, 06 May 2017 14:53:15 -0500Car stairs is right....the others followed Coolmore's lead....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30871169/did-barney-and-eminent-leave-their-race-behind?post_id=551846861#551846861Car stairs is right....the others followed Coolmore's lead....Sat, 06 May 2017 14:06:05 -0500