New Posts For Thread: Weakest Hardwicke ever ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever5 runners, featuring 1 group 1 horse, followed home by 3 listed / group 3 horses and a regressive stayer in last.Has there ever been a weaker Hardwicke.Where were the best 12f horses ? That is the race Cracksman should have run in.I personally wouldn't have looked at it as a negative myself. I just don't get why there isn't a Group 1 12f race at the meeting.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554836273#554836273I personally wouldn't have looked at it as a negative myself. I just don't get why there isn't a Group 1 12f race at the meeting.Sat, 23 Jun 2018 09:45:36 -0500Cracksman would have been considered the best middle distance colt in training in Europe (probably still is). Opting for a group 2 in the middle of the season at the most prestigious meeting just wasn't ever going to happen!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554836203#554836203Cracksman would have been considered the best middle distance colt in training in Europe (probably still is). Opting for a group 2 in the middle of the season at the most prestigious meeting just wasn't ever going to happen!Sat, 23 Jun 2018 09:42:58 -0500I agree in many ways, but he is already 2 times Group 1 winner at 10f, and his Group 1 win at Epsom over 12f was far from impressive. A runaway winner at Royal Ascot over 12f would have boosted his L'Arc and King George claims and increased his valuehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554836117#554836117I agree in many ways, but he is already 2 times Group 1 winner at 10f, and his Group 1 win at Epsom over 12f was far from impressive. A runaway winner at Royal Ascot over 12f would have boosted his L'Arc and King George claims and increased his valueSat, 23 Jun 2018 09:36:18 -0500There's zero value in running him in that under a penalty, unless they were desperate for a RA win. 10F is preferable for the breeding sheds. They would have expected to have won the PoW comfortably anyway, hindsight is a wonderful thing!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554836073#554836073There's zero value in running him in that under a penalty, unless they were desperate for a RA win. 10F is preferable for the breeding sheds. They would have expected to have won the PoW comfortably anyway, hindsight is a wonderful thing!Sat, 23 Jun 2018 09:33:19 -0500He's not a 10f horse ideally though is he Cider, he looks like he wants 12f these days. One could argue would upgrading the Hardwicke to Group 1 make it attract better horses. Given there is no older horse 12f Group 1 at the meeting, it seems strangehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554835983#554835983He's not a 10f horse ideally though is he Cider, he looks like he wants 12f these days. One could argue would upgrading the Hardwicke to Group 1 make it attract better horses. Given there is no older horse 12f Group 1 at the meeting, it seems strangeSat, 23 Jun 2018 09:25:33 -0500Multiple group 1 winning Cracksman should have instead run in a group 2 as an alternative to the premier race of the week for which he was long odds on forhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554835917#554835917Multiple group 1 winning Cracksman should have instead run in a group 2 as an alternative to the premier race of the week for which he was long odds on forSat, 23 Jun 2018 09:18:44 -0500quite a few races this week have had a thin look to them imohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554835867#554835867quite a few races this week have had a thin look to them imoSat, 23 Jun 2018 09:14:15 -0500Chesham rarely is a good race pre Ascot, full of a number of unknown unexposed horses, however often the winner is decent.The winner is now a 2 times Group 2 winner and easy Group 2 winner at that, and was a decent 2nd in the St Ledger, that would suhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554835849#554835849Chesham rarely is a good race pre Ascot, full of a number of unknown unexposed horses, however often the winner is decent.The winner is now a 2 times Group 2 winner and easy Group 2 winner at that, and was a decent 2nd in the St Ledger, that would suSat, 23 Jun 2018 09:13:26 -0500werent a great chesham eitherhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554835833#554835833werent a great chesham eitherSat, 23 Jun 2018 09:11:57 -0500Who was the group 1 horse ??https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31422697/weakest-hardwicke-ever?post_id=554835823#554835823Who was the group 1 horse ??Sat, 23 Jun 2018 09:11:23 -0500