New Posts For Thread: wtf was that Shoemark?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemarkWhy bother with the entry fee?No, didn't miss it at all. But it's relevant as that was intentional if that makes sense, to implicate luck in the tactics. Get a duff draw, roll the dice on a big outsider ie it wasn't rank bad luck as that was inherent in the preordained tactics (whttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565548827#565548827No, didn't miss it at all. But it's relevant as that was intentional if that makes sense, to implicate luck in the tactics. Get a duff draw, roll the dice on a big outsider ie it wasn't rank bad luck as that was inherent in the preordained tactics (wSun, 23 Aug 2026 07:50:44 -0500Cider...no, he did nothing wrong in the Nunthorpe. But have you really understod my point? The trouble is that Shoemark does seem to encounter a fair bit of misfortune in big races. Some sportsmen are, quite simply, lucker than others. Greg Norman inhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565548799#565548799Cider...no, he did nothing wrong in the Nunthorpe. But have you really understod my point? The trouble is that Shoemark does seem to encounter a fair bit of misfortune in big races. Some sportsmen are, quite simply, lucker than others. Greg Norman inSun, 23 Aug 2026 07:27:39 -0500Walker bumped Osbourne for KS, so he's probably got plenty of leeway. Would probably take the owners getting disgruntled. Didn't do too much wrong in my opinion, obviously if you try to go last to first in a 5f with a likely pace collapse, trouble irhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565548783#565548783Walker bumped Osbourne for KS, so he's probably got plenty of leeway. Would probably take the owners getting disgruntled. Didn't do too much wrong in my opinion, obviously if you try to go last to first in a 5f with a likely pace collapse, trouble irSun, 23 Aug 2026 07:15:51 -0500Matter of time before Walker shops around for a rider….https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565548777#565548777Matter of time before Walker shops around for a rider….Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:02:07 -0500Me thnks that Shoemark is looking more and more like the Greg Norman of golf from the 1980's and 1990's. Loads of ability but often fails to produce at the critical moment, sometimes due to sheer bad luck and sometimes due to slightly choking. Shoemahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565548769#565548769Me thnks that Shoemark is looking more and more like the Greg Norman of golf from the 1980's and 1990's. Loads of ability but often fails to produce at the critical moment, sometimes due to sheer bad luck and sometimes due to slightly choking. ShoemaSun, 23 Aug 2026 06:52:33 -0500obviously was perceived to be a 7f horse until ascot this year. so I think some people at least felt that a 7f that required staying due to tougher going that he has handled before would suit him more than NS. moot in the end as NS ran away with thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565548065#565548065obviously was perceived to be a 7f horse until ascot this year. so I think some people at least felt that a 7f that required staying due to tougher going that he has handled before would suit him more than NS. moot in the end as NS ran away with theSat, 22 Aug 2026 11:07:19 -0500Gosden was right to P45 him tbfhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565548047#565548047Gosden was right to P45 him tbfSat, 22 Aug 2026 10:59:57 -0500Only a blind cretin couldn't see that the horse couldn't lay up,step forward,jinxy and shoodahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565548019#565548019Only a blind cretin couldn't see that the horse couldn't lay up,step forward,jinxy and shoodaSat, 22 Aug 2026 10:51:52 -0500People guessing what the going was going to be. Probably the one thing that can be held against York.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565547995#565547995People guessing what the going was going to be. Probably the one thing that can be held against York.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:37:52 -0500I KNOW - I took the bait - and that's why there's only ever about 3 people on this forum at any one time - shame thathttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31909521/wtf-was-that-shoemark?post_id=565547987#565547987I KNOW - I took the bait - and that's why there's only ever about 3 people on this forum at any one time - shame thatSat, 22 Aug 2026 10:35:47 -0500