New Posts For Thread: Nico.....Oh dear...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dearFinished like a train. Cost the horse the race. A job jockey on good horses. Beggars belief.We have to make allowances for Facts. He's a leftie. And it shows.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563025027#563025027We have to make allowances for Facts. He's a leftie. And it shows.Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:25:37 -0500A 9 year old NH horse is past it's best ??Are you having a laugh !!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563024813#563024813A 9 year old NH horse is past it's best ??Are you having a laugh !!Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:25:21 -0500At some point any horse is going to be past its best. It can show in several ways. In Shiskin's case it was that race against Emnergumene where he was getting beaten for speed all up the straight, until after the last where the eventual second calledhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563024613#563024613At some point any horse is going to be past its best. It can show in several ways. In Shiskin's case it was that race against Emnergumene where he was getting beaten for speed all up the straight, until after the last where the eventual second calledSun, 19 Mar 2023 06:59:23 -0500Horses are all different Dr Crippen (which is kind of the whole point of the sport). Some can't, or won't, go back to the well.Sage - quite so.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563024581#563024581Horses are all different Dr Crippen (which is kind of the whole point of the sport). Some can't, or won't, go back to the well.Sage - quite so.Sun, 19 Mar 2023 06:37:42 -0500All the hype about Galopin Des Champs winning 2 or three Gold Cups is remarkably similar to what we thought and read about A Plus Tard last year. GDC might become a multiple Gold Cup winner but history tells us that he probably won't. Bravemansgame ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563024571#563024571All the hype about Galopin Des Champs winning 2 or three Gold Cups is remarkably similar to what we thought and read about A Plus Tard last year. GDC might become a multiple Gold Cup winner but history tells us that he probably won't. Bravemansgame aSun, 19 Mar 2023 06:33:53 -0500This hard race stuff needs some understanding. So Shiskin had a hard race which has finished him, but the second Energumene, had just as hard a race but won its next three races.I get it now.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563024569#563024569This hard race stuff needs some understanding. So Shiskin had a hard race which has finished him, but the second Energumene, had just as hard a race but won its next three races.I get it now.Sun, 19 Mar 2023 06:33:25 -0500Yes, a hard race bottoming a horse is quite common. Altior at Ascot was another. I think one of the things that defines the really great horses is that they can come back from such races and do it again and again (e.g. Desert Orchid, Kauto Star).Incihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563024527#563024527Yes, a hard race bottoming a horse is quite common. Altior at Ascot was another. I think one of the things that defines the really great horses is that they can come back from such races and do it again and again (e.g. Desert Orchid, Kauto Star).InciSun, 19 Mar 2023 06:11:44 -0500I should know being a horse psychologist. Had several sessions with them all to discuss this.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563024231#563024231I should know being a horse psychologist. Had several sessions with them all to discuss this.Sat, 18 Mar 2023 19:08:32 -0500Shiskin is a faster ground horse he struggles to travel on slow ground. There is often a race that pushes a horse to it’s limit after which they are not the same again.Coneygree the Gold CupShiskin the Tingle Creek really hard race to beat Energumehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563024229#563024229Shiskin is a faster ground horse he struggles to travel on slow ground. There is often a race that pushes a horse to it’s limit after which they are not the same again.Coneygree the Gold CupShiskin the Tingle Creek really hard race to beat EnergumeSat, 18 Mar 2023 19:07:12 -0500Read on here he's going to the Bowl at Aintree. HdB also thinking about it for A Plus Tard. Could be an interesting race, especially if Nicholls has got something for it too.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31796053/nicooh-dear?post_id=563023907#563023907Read on here he's going to the Bowl at Aintree. HdB also thinking about it for A Plus Tard. Could be an interesting race, especially if Nicholls has got something for it too.Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:50:15 -0500