Johnston

Like father like son.

Filth

Nice distraction what with royal ascot being on  must be thinking not to many will notice

Probably better at Goodwood.

As fooey said ....

did either of them get gifted an easy lead  ??

...... thought not

yesterdays 2 winners -

made all ..

made all ...

Some bollocks talked on here. If he wanted to lose races on purpose I doubt he'd go nearly 300 miles with two of em.

Jury clearly out on how closely Charlie follows the pattern of his head-scratching dad,but let's employ a little Occam's razor here.Horse declared on decent ground for weak maiden,surface changes but declared and committed to the 600 mile round trip.Probably not tried on soft turf at home so,given the above,we,ll suck it and see.Beaten after a furlong;ground likely culprit unless something physical comes out.

Jun 20, 2023 -- 11:20PM, saddo wrote:

Some bollocks talked on here. If he wanted to lose races on purpose I doubt he'd go nearly 300 miles with two of em.

it would be a good way to create the appearance of "trying" - or is that too cynical? Do you think this is a clean game? It's possible - from more than 40 years of doing this, I doubt it. Maybe.

I know horse racing is a game of innumerable variables, any of which can change at any time and alter your chances. I accept this and don't moan when I've picked a loser.

Another odds on beat, under the powerhouse drive of Fanning.

He's leading the jockeys championship,

Some decent stats as well

Someone should intervene ........ anyone else would be hung out to dry by the stewards

Jun 21, 2023 -- 4:45PM, the dealer wrote:

He's leading the jockeys championship,

Many of them nose/sht hd wins?

Bit harsh, riding well imo

25% strike rate, must be doing something right

Yes, steering horses that have plenty in hand maybe? I wouldn't be the only one who would have him in the top 3 jockeys you don't want on your horse who needs a good drive. That's my point regarding him and having seen that last race I've no doubt that plenty of other jockeys would have got that horse up.

I doubt all his 33 winners have been horses with plenty in hand, his profit to a £1 stake, I'm sure the last time I looked it was over £50, would suggest maybe not.

Perhaps. But I doubt if many were down to a strong drive making the difference either

I think it's safe to say he will never be one of the strongest in a finish but from where he was the last couple of years, I think he is riding very well this year and plenty of his winners this year were imo very good rides.

Fair point