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That race is on youtube,if interested.
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He once said that if you've got a great horse, you should send it to Henry Cecil, but a good horse would do better with Sir Mark Prescott.
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Going from the memory banks here so I might not be 100%...but I think Anita's Prince was the first horse who punctured the seemingly
impenetrable armour of the great Habibti after her dominance of the sprint division in 1983. It was in the King Stand Stks at Royal Ascot and Habibti had to be forcefully ridden to just get up in a photo from the unconsidered Irish trained outsider Anita's Prince so the chínks were there for all to see before she was ransacked by Chief Singer ...and alas as what seemed to happen a lot back then with fillies, she'd definitely regressed at 4yo and despite still running to a high level in the G1 sprints she was probably about 10lb short of her best. I always remember professional hit-man Alex Bird believing she was a cert that day...and he also said the deputising pilot (a certain L.Piggott) was actually an advantage as 'The Pig' was a 3 lbs better jockey than Willie Carson who'd partnered the filly in all her G1 wins. What we didn't foresee was the much underrated Chief Singer transferring his excellent mile form so comfortably to 6f and it was such a pity he was never given the opportunity to replicate that superb form when annihilating the next season's outstanding undisputed champion Never So Bold. He really could've been one of the immortals of the turf in the sprint division. |
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Very nice write-up there, Herbie!
Interesting stuff. Those were the days, eh?  |
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Thanks bud - makes a change for informative posts to be appreciated on here nowadays
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Sir Mark in top form.
He and Rod Millman's are running very well. |
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Spot on lief.
13/2 for millman with Oisin on board. |
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What Sunlit sea for Sir Mark straight after?
yep |
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Went easy on it and nearly got collared late.
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Thought the opposite.
Was holding the second . running on. |
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Of course. Won on the snaff, just had to give it a shove and held it with ease, but just before that looked like it might get collared (other horse went 1.15)
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Did you lay the winner, perchance
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Nope. Was surprised the other horse hit 1.15 though as thought it would only go past if the jockey didn't ask for anything, which they didn't until the very last moments.
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Winner won cosily if you care to watch the replay.
Jockey on winner hands and heels passing the line with the runner waving the shelailgh. |
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Up*
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Won on the snaff dude, just had to be given a lil reminder as other horse was closing, watch the replay. Hope you layed the 1.15 on the runner up.
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Whatever. Gl
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Indeed. GL
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I wonder whether his dry humour was involved with entering what looks a good thing in the first at Brighton today.
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Won't be laughing when they arrive @ Brighton.
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Honest Punter can't spell Pontefract!
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I have an unusual form of dyslexia
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Dyslexia Rules,KO
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Can't say I like the bloke but that's only from his persona on the television. However, not that many have trained over 2000 winners.
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Guy craves not a popularity award, or approval from anyone.
Admirable traits. F4ck em all. |
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Close but no cigar
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