Clever Cookie 11/2....

why not?

Now 5-1.....Are you serious broadsword?

My sole bet of the day! Rapid improver even at his age, genuine, strong traveller, going suits, stiff track will suit, race looks more of a G2 in quality than a G1. Surely there are better lays at shorter prices today?

Already layed at 7/2

7/2 is a lay price, I'm on at 6s and I wouldn't want to lay such a genuine horse at that price.

Dont get me wrong i am a big fan of the horse but nope, not Today.

Just looks outclassed to me over a trip short of his best against better horses in a race that is unlikely to be set up for him.

Acey, if you think its too short then you have to lay it.

Layed to the hilt Wp and then some.

I'm sorry but a horse like this should not even be allowed to run in a race like this. It's for proper horses.

Easy Johny.

Come on the Cookie.

Surely not good enough - they should rip up the pattern if this jumper wins a King George. Maybe one or two of the genuine class horses will fail but surely at least one of them still stand up and beat him home.

I'm actually really bloody angry the more I think about it. What's next, shall we expect a few Arkle winners to turn up next year?

Tbh if you gave me UDS at 10/1 I'd have an EW nibble

. And surely Ballydoyle should have sent some thing over?

Would love to see him win for connections, and the north, but cannot see it tbh. There surely must be something with more class in the race that can handle the ground well enough.


Bet the trainer never ever expected in his wildest dreams to see CC 2nd fav for a group 1...

Madame Chiang 7/1 in a King George - christ! I hope Snow Sky and Eagle Top clear out or the Italian bolts in

I hear Nicky Henderson is gutted he never put a couple in.

Dutched Postponed and Madame Chiang. Reverse forecast too.

Would take a match bet of the Italian against CC if you could get it

It gets worse. If the unthinkable happened and he won then we'd have all of this nonsense about a 'northern-trained' winner. All the North is good for is Class F sh1te handicaps and unemployment.

:D

Had to lay him at 4/1. Truly shocking price imo. I would have him sixth or even sixth of the 7 runners in the market.

2 soft ground horses running in a group 1

I horse is unbeaten on soft, has already won a group 1 and is also a c+d winner but is actually twice the price of the other

Like i said the world has gone mad ffs.

Dylan Mouth stalk the pace and draws clear

Thank f*ck for that.

First one beat

THANKS FOR THE EASY CASH

COOKIE MUGS

nice pipe opener for the Goodwood Cup

Yep, miles too slow. Could not possibly win on all known form and ran as expected.

surely a 3m hurdle available somewhere in the next few weeks

If I wasn't such a coward I'd be Croesus-rich laying that. There was more chance of me playing pick up sticks with my butt cheeks than it winning.

still got £32k for 5th though

Big Respect to the Cookie but that was about right.

Great call lads well done.

Calm down JM, the connections had to see how good he is, CC can still win a G2 over a longer trip so all is not lost.

Which Group 2 is he going to win?

I've nothing against the horse WP, but Ascot, today, is not his place.

might win an Irish StLeger

make op right did not play but if clever cookie had won would have gone down as the worst king george that i can think of

Irish St Leger not a bad race to have a crack at. Though I doubt he would be quite good enough in an average renewal. Have they shelved hurdling for good now?

wouldn't be out of place in an Ascot Gold Cup, if it turned up soft (very unlikely I know).
but never a 10f horse in a million years.

Barton Bank I just had a look at the entries and CC is entered in the Goodwood Cup and the Irish St Leger Trial, a group 3 in August!!

Should have won the G2 I mentioned here. I backed it win & place but but still....

beat by the draw, winner and 3rd both drawn on the rail

If Lee hadn't switched in behind horses turning in he might have got there.

Agreed Applewine. Story of my Flat season, yet another 2nd.

He'd have won if Atzeni hadn't let Dettori nick his posi 5f out too!

Great to see her back on top form over the right trip.

Dan, I would have liked to see Graham stay out wide off the bend, would have got there if he had.

Agreed. He did the same thing on Trip To Paris in the gold cup tbf, but he's gone 3 wide for 90% of the bend, might as well make it 100% and get a clear run!

Exactly! He was out wide for most of the race so might as well have stayed there in the finishing straight.