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Tactics all wrong? Seem to have allowed it to develop into a bit of a sprint.
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looked like it hit some false ground there..lucky not to break a leg
Leopardstown - where the seemingly unbeatable get beat ...
we're one winner nearer to not getting one of them 'have you noticed how few 10/1 + winners there are' freds ...
solo run in front at leopardstown = horse hard to peg back
O'Donoghue made a balls of that - on the best horse - get out in front u idiot - worked the last few times what changed today ?
I think a stone below her best and the winner has ran miles better than York. I know it was a longer distance at York but she was hassled for the lead and ran a nothing race.
Everyone hailing Alpha as a wonder horse then you get that. She had won four won a row. People quick to knock Winx but how many has she won?
Everyone hailing Alpha as a wonder horse then you get that. She had won four won a row. People quick to knock Winx but how many has she won?
top ride on laurens-p.j must be gutted+worried he might lose the ride
there is zero chance of pj not being on her again if he's fit
What happened there? Alpha Centauri (AC) gave ground to Laurens (L) a filly that stayed further than 8f; got up to the L's girth but could not go past. Pilot error? I do not think AC will run further than 8f in the future; AC finish for the season; Ascot or America bound?
breeders cup mile is an obvious target for AC
she seems to have done plenty of racing this season,probally thought this was easy money
don't think Laurens was enjoying the ground so all the more meritorious (need to watch again to see what happened to AC)
PAul jacobs pointed out A>Cent ha. not worked well through the week but it looked like it had come to win its race?
The pace was too slow. They really need to introduce a pacemaker for alpha in the future. Cecil never made that mistake with frankel.
i backed laurens , i thought you gotta let ac down a bit if shes going to longchamp and bc
gpz1636, well done. Laurens does deserve a proper Gp 1 win over here. I think Mrs Harrington was not particularly keened on America post AC's win at Ascot because of the travelling involved. Maybe The QE2 Stakes at Ascot against Saxon Warrior (SW) if SW is chinned again by Roaring Lion later today in the Irish Champion Stakes.
i feel the same about roaring lion . whom i,ve trumped up throughout i reckon sw or study of man i,ve bet on s o m . best of luck
hulk23 15 Sep 18 17:35 Joined: 04 May 12 | Topic/replies: 8,039 | Blogger: hulk23's blog
we're one winner nearer to not getting one of them 'have you noticed how few 10/1 + winners there are' freds ...
safe way b4 that race
we're one winner nearer to not getting one of them 'have you noticed how few 10/1 + winners there are' freds ...
safe way b4 that race
if the lion roars again he will head to longchamp imo . in my life of watching horseracing i,ve never seen a colt that has so much "spunk" in my eyes hes the new northern dancer . if you watch the footage of northern dancer you will see the similarity
gpz6316 15 Sep 18 17:45 Joined: 28 Jul 12 | Topic/replies: 720 | Blogger: gpz6316's blog
i backed laurens , i thought you gotta let ac down a bit if shes going to longchamp and bc
Easy game after the race has been run!
i backed laurens , i thought you gotta let ac down a bit if shes going to longchamp and bc
Easy game after the race has been run!
are you that di.ck that claimed summerville boy willie ?
I don't claim it, I ACTUALLY smashed it off the boards!
eh ?
if you dont see the comedy of your post then not a lot i can say
if you dont see the comedy of your post then not a lot i can say
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eh ?
if you dont see the comedy of your post then not a lot i can say
I simply can't be asked to go looking for the threads I posted about this horse months in advance of the race including some of the bets I placed.
eh ?
if you dont see the comedy of your post then not a lot i can say
I simply can't be asked to go looking for the threads I posted about this horse months in advance of the race including some of the bets I placed.
well done to rl . and to whipping picc whom is a sausage jockey
Yeah, I was happy to see the Lion win too. 
Sorry dealer, I thought your post was about me after timing one in response to someone after timing one. 
gpz6316, ignore the wind-up merchant. There always seems to be one busy-body with too much time on their hand to say something constructive and conducive for this forum.
Harrington said of Alpha Centauri, who was found to be clinically abnormal on examination post-race: “She got to the lead and she took a bad step. Whatever happened she took a bad step and then she took another one towards the end.
“She went there and whatever happened she did something, I saw it when I was watching it. She actually got to the front and I don’t quite know what happened then.
“It’d hard to know (if she is sound) as the adrenaline is pumping now. Unfortunately that’s racing and we’ll live to fight another day.”
Her rider Colm O’Donoghue said: “She did everything right. She quickened up and went half a length up, but then she lost her action and half-knuckled over for a stride or two.
“When she recovered she did it a second time. Fair do’s to the winner, though, as she’s a top-class filly in her own right as well.”
“She went there and whatever happened she did something, I saw it when I was watching it. She actually got to the front and I don’t quite know what happened then.
“It’d hard to know (if she is sound) as the adrenaline is pumping now. Unfortunately that’s racing and we’ll live to fight another day.”
Her rider Colm O’Donoghue said: “She did everything right. She quickened up and went half a length up, but then she lost her action and half-knuckled over for a stride or two.
“When she recovered she did it a second time. Fair do’s to the winner, though, as she’s a top-class filly in her own right as well.”
Did Sizing John and/or Our Duke from the same stable not found to be clinical abnormal after a race last season? If so, it is scary this unnatural and unexplained phenomenon is happening again at the stable, and Ireland.
Hope she recovers fully prior to her next run.
Hope she recovers fully prior to her next run.
stumbled ,lost action ,lost race.
you can only go to the well so often
you can only go to the well so often
Best horse won under a great ride.
AC stumbled becasue she was in the red zone and under maximum pressure - nothing unlucky about the defeat imo.
AC stumbled becasue she was in the red zone and under maximum pressure - nothing unlucky about the defeat imo.
unclepuncle 15 Sep 18 22:09 Joined: 16 Feb 03 | Topic/replies: 5,740 | Blogger: unclepuncle's blog
Best horse won under a great ride.
AC stumbled becasue she was in the red zone and under maximum pressure - nothing unlucky about the defeat imo.
AC was found to be lame after the race .
Best horse won under a great ride.
AC stumbled becasue she was in the red zone and under maximum pressure - nothing unlucky about the defeat imo.
AC was found to be lame after the race .
Has gone to Fethard Equine Hospital in Tipperary.It looked as though she may have hurt herself when she faltered at that crucial stage of the race inside the last furlong.Could be making babies sooner that the owners thought.
All things considered Alpha Centauri ran a sterling race to be a close 2nd to Laurens. Hope she's not too seriously injured, and could come back for another race prior to retirement, if connections choose to.
Shame, would liked to had seen her at the breeders cup
Alpha Centauri and Saxon Warrior have both been retired, their connections revealed on Sunday afternoon.
Jessica Harrington said on Sunday afternoon that her stable star had chipped a bone in her fetlock when suffering a shock defeat at thenhands of Laurens in the Matron Stakes 24 hours earlier.
“They X-rayed her last night and redid her this morning and she’s got a chip in the front of her fetlock joint,” Harrington said. “No decision has been made yet whether she’s going to get surgery.
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Coolmore said Saxon Warrior, the 2,000 Guineas winner, had suffered a tendon injury when a neck runner-up to old rival Roaring Lion in a pulsating Qipco Irish Champion Stakes.
Jessica Harrington said on Sunday afternoon that her stable star had chipped a bone in her fetlock when suffering a shock defeat at thenhands of Laurens in the Matron Stakes 24 hours earlier.
“They X-rayed her last night and redid her this morning and she’s got a chip in the front of her fetlock joint,” Harrington said. “No decision has been made yet whether she’s going to get surgery.
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Coolmore said Saxon Warrior, the 2,000 Guineas winner, had suffered a tendon injury when a neck runner-up to old rival Roaring Lion in a pulsating Qipco Irish Champion Stakes.
Sep 15, 2018 -- 8:05PM, punchestown wrote:
Harrington said of Alpha Centauri, who was found to be clinically abnormal on examination post-race: “She got to the lead and she took a bad step. Whatever happened she took a bad step and then she took another one towards the end.“She went there and whatever happened she did something, I saw it when I was watching it. She actually got to the front and I don’t quite know what happened then.“It’d hard to know (if she is sound) as the adrenaline is pumping now. Unfortunately that’s racing and we’ll live to fight another day.”Her rider Colm O’Donoghue said: “She did everything right. She quickened up and went half a length up, but then she lost her action and half-knuckled over for a stride or two.“When she recovered she did it a second time. Fair do’s to the winner, though, as she’s a top-class filly in her own right as well.”
Thought I was seeing things first time, but there's no way the horse was in front, let alone half a length up as Colm says.
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