New Posts For Thread: Great Idea Sir Mark But How Does It Happen?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happenWants to restrict strings to 70.https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/too-many-are-in-one-kennel-sir-mark-prescott-on-why-the-derby-isnt-the-same/491065It would at least sort out the glorified dart throwers.I stand corrected A_t.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973591#560973591I stand corrected A_t.Sun, 23 May 2021 11:36:51 -0500Hard to believe it is nearly 12 years since See the Stars won it, but he was the last really good one.Golden Horn?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973533#560973533Hard to believe it is nearly 12 years since See the Stars won it, but he was the last really good one.Golden Horn?Sun, 23 May 2021 11:29:08 -0500I find it hard to believe that even trainers considered to be relatively ordinary couldn't produce Grade 1 winners given Aidan's ammunition. He has a massive comfort blanket. Whenever one looks a complete dud another one just replaces it. It's nothinhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973289#560973289I find it hard to believe that even trainers considered to be relatively ordinary couldn't produce Grade 1 winners given Aidan's ammunition. He has a massive comfort blanket. Whenever one looks a complete dud another one just replaces it. It's nothinSun, 23 May 2021 10:50:34 -0500I used to be able to string off a series of Derby winners but not anymore. Just seems an endless stream of mediocracy nowadays. Hard to believe it is nearly 12 years since See the Stars won it, but he was the last really good one.Salmon Spray is righhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973279#560973279I used to be able to string off a series of Derby winners but not anymore. Just seems an endless stream of mediocracy nowadays. Hard to believe it is nearly 12 years since See the Stars won it, but he was the last really good one.Salmon Spray is righSun, 23 May 2021 10:49:31 -0500I remember Tony Morris once writing about some Derby winner that was supposedly sub-standard, on account of its victory being unexpected Morris pointed out that the purpose of the Derby isn't to confirm or reward the horse we knew was best anyway - ihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973265#560973265I remember Tony Morris once writing about some Derby winner that was supposedly sub-standard, on account of its victory being unexpected Morris pointed out that the purpose of the Derby isn't to confirm or reward the horse we knew was best anyway - iSun, 23 May 2021 10:45:57 -0500O'Brien has kept the Derby going tbh.The problem is 12f used to be the championship distance but now it's 10f. Partly because breeders don't want stallions that stay.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973141#560973141O'Brien has kept the Derby going tbh.The problem is 12f used to be the championship distance but now it's 10f. Partly because breeders don't want stallions that stay.Sun, 23 May 2021 10:24:53 -0500funny I'm reading Davod Copperfield at the momentI was Vincent's biggest fan but young Aiden would eat himdon't be sillyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973097#560973097funny I'm reading Davod Copperfield at the momentI was Vincent's biggest fan but young Aiden would eat himdon't be sillySun, 23 May 2021 10:16:28 -0500You can argue all day about who is better than who - fact remains I'm bored stiff with Coolmore, and enough people feel the same, and thats killing the game.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973063#560973063You can argue all day about who is better than who - fact remains I'm bored stiff with Coolmore, and enough people feel the same, and thats killing the game.Sun, 23 May 2021 10:10:34 -0500Prescott, that bastion of honesty. Will you all get a grip ffs.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560973017#560973017Prescott, that bastion of honesty. Will you all get a grip ffs.Sun, 23 May 2021 10:04:06 -0500I was Vincent's biggest fan but young Aiden would eat him...You old timers really have to move on.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31708187/great-idea-sir-mark-but-how-does-it-happen?post_id=560972983#560972983I was Vincent's biggest fan but young Aiden would eat him...You old timers really have to move on.Sun, 23 May 2021 09:59:24 -0500