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Kraken Power 15.35 Thursday Newcastle
Kraken Power 15.35 Thursday Newcastle
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Duke Of York Stakes?
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See you all again soon for the next episode of your favourite show Kraken Power.
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https://youtu.be/mHmSlgy_Liw
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As my uncle pat from deepest darkest Donegal would always say about trainers and there excuses …..what a load of old c r a p
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Two wins in 24 hours.
Ring any bells ? Clearly been reading Sir Skid-Mark's playbook. But it still begs the question : why ?! |
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Not sure why....Has a good chance of going in again....When next out.
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Only just watched it...some dodgepot???, again under pressure a long way out, and again knuckled down and saw it out
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Anyone had a reply from the BHA?
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From past experience.
Dont expect anything apart from the basic acknowledgment. Things may be going on without them needing to be made public yet. |
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The horse labelled a complete dodgepot by some on here has started showing amazing battling qualities, should really be 3 wins from last 4.
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It ran a very good race given the amount of daylight it saw.
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Tell me about it guys (see my post)
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I was one swifty and on present form, for whatever reason it certainly can't be called that.
Still a mystery how long it took for it to win again but a full apology to the horse from me. |
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swiftynifty21 Feb 23 11:11Joined: 16 Jan 07 | Topic/replies: 7,312 | Blogger: swiftynifty's blog
The horse labelled a complete dodgepot by some on here has started showing amazing battling qualities, should really be 3 wins from last 4. Going purely on the numbers (which I rather lazily am usually happy to do), he doesn't quite qualify as a dodge-pot by my numerical definitions. Against a backdrop of 3 lifetime wins, he has been beaten at 1.07, 1.33, 1.80 and 1.51. However one of the wins and the 1.07 (beaten) were too early in his lifetime profile to include in my numbers. For the folk that are less lazy than me, If you combine just the pure qualifying numbers (above) with visual impressions, I'd say he was a dodge-pot - but might not be any more. Interesting that Jardine had a few goes with cheek-pieces (made no difference imo) before he went Goldie - and that Goldie hasn't resorted to any headgear despite it looking to be worth a try (imo). |
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TM, I wasn't singling out you , the general consensus when a horse has such a poor strike rate is that he must be a dodgepot. In this horse's case he was handicapped to the hilt as a 2yo, ran plenty of solid races as a 3yo without winning, then was swithced to Goldie and has been oddly campaigned ever since , dropping around 25lbs in the 'process'. He has been close to winning 5 of his last 7 runs off the lower marks and has barely run a bad race at Newcastle this winter over 5f and 6f. That run yesterday , he settled better than ever and finished very strongly from a bad track position. Hopefully he can transfer this form back to turf (6f will suit better, maybe with a headgear try again but kept in the back pocket for now!)
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* and in higher grade with a faster gallop I think he could well be up to winning in the high 60s or higher.
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swiftynifty21 Feb 23 12:48Joined: 16 Jan 07 | Topic/replies: 7,314 | Blogger: swiftynifty's blog
TM, I wasn't singling out you No worries swifty, I didn't think you were, I don't think I've even posted on this thread previously. Just pointing out some facts and horses can/do (imo) become dodge-pots (having not been previously) and also get straightened out (having previously been dodge-pots) imo. Otherwise my lazy numerical approach would be a goldmine (and it's not!). Unfortunately you can use the numbers as a foundation - but there is no substitute for repeatedly watching over and over and forming an opinion. I agree with you opinion on this one!  |
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That's the nature of the game I guess, trying to find the horse that has really gone sour to oppose and to identify the freshly sweetened up one who starts their new life, usually off 30lbs lower for a new stable!
tbh I've wasted far too much of my winter on this horse! And despite his wins I'm still down on the deal! |
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Yes - his excellent 2yo campaign has pretty much guaranteed that his 3yo campaign would be a pattern of disappointment imo - and then (later on) obviously there's a big difference between a mark in the mid 80's and a mark in the low 50's. GL.
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Running again tonight 20.00 Newcastle -Mulrennan on board -about 7/4 .Timeform verdict "KRAKEN POWER has started 2023 in fine style and can race off the same mark as when an excellent second here on Monday so is fancied to bag a third C&D success"
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I agree with Management's assessment - just looked back - in Sept 21 it stepped up from 5f to 2m - WTF??!!! - I've never seen that before :D .... surprisingly finished last ;)
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Mulrennan can get it beat if he wants to,usual tactics ,slow away,find a horse to get interference,but today I reckon it will win
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2.62 No thank You
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Trident a man of little faith, Mulrennan just the man to be riding for u in a life or death situation
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Must be a lay
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