New Posts For Thread: Cotton wool Dermot at it again.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-againRite of Passage now a non runner.Horse wins gold cup a few year ago on good to firm ground, by Giants Causeway whose progeny have no problem with fast ground, horse is a 9yr old gelding so has no stud future to protect, so win or lose nobody is goingKeeping it for a Galway Handicaphttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533267767#533267767Keeping it for a Galway HandicapFri, 21 Jun 2013 09:21:08 -0500Fair enough the horse had its problems but Dermot seems to take the cautious approach to the extreme.Many of us thought Unaccompanied was the only conceivable danger to Quevega in the Mares hurdle but alas Unaccompanied met with a slight set back andhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533262367#533262367Fair enough the horse had its problems but Dermot seems to take the cautious approach to the extreme.Many of us thought Unaccompanied was the only conceivable danger to Quevega in the Mares hurdle but alas Unaccompanied met with a slight set back andFri, 21 Jun 2013 05:45:39 -0500Listen lads why don't ye give DKW a break, give him a big break.........https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533262221#533262221Listen lads why don't ye give DKW a break, give him a big break.........Fri, 21 Jun 2013 05:36:45 -0500Dont know all the ins and outs of that particular horses career , cant ever recall backing it , possibly because of its relative fragility . But its the trainers / owners call , the horse is in their care , and even if its not going to found a dynahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533262047#533262047Dont know all the ins and outs of that particular horses career , cant ever recall backing it , possibly because of its relative fragility . But its the trainers / owners call , the horse is in their care , and even if its not going to found a dynaFri, 21 Jun 2013 05:23:07 -0500Hughes has played the bloody fool all week as well. He is a great jockey no doubt, but I reckon being out manned by Manning got in his head. narrow margins, no one exceeds him for talent, but if your life was on it, you'd have Moore, or even someonehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533257999#533257999Hughes has played the bloody fool all week as well. He is a great jockey no doubt, but I reckon being out manned by Manning got in his head. narrow margins, no one exceeds him for talent, but if your life was on it, you'd have Moore, or even someoneThu, 20 Jun 2013 22:13:23 -0500bets and all of it aside, the Ascot Gold Cup is an anachronism that lost all relavence years ago. Right of Passage couldn't even win a 2 and a half mile hurdle at Cheltenham, different weights and all I understand to consider, but Simenon getting thahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533257843#533257843bets and all of it aside, the Ascot Gold Cup is an anachronism that lost all relavence years ago. Right of Passage couldn't even win a 2 and a half mile hurdle at Cheltenham, different weights and all I understand to consider, but Simenon getting thaThu, 20 Jun 2013 22:02:44 -0500The Greaser's question is a valid one, he might have won that there today and whatever he has been through, he is an animal, and that is the attitude most real stock men take. Weld is in a position of comfort to have taken that call. The everyday manhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533257719#533257719The Greaser's question is a valid one, he might have won that there today and whatever he has been through, he is an animal, and that is the attitude most real stock men take. Weld is in a position of comfort to have taken that call. The everyday manThu, 20 Jun 2013 21:53:33 -0500horse had 1 run on 2011, 1 in 2012, yet to run in 2013..........he does this with a lot of his horses. they are always resting.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533255603#533255603horse had 1 run on 2011, 1 in 2012, yet to run in 2013..........he does this with a lot of his horses. they are always resting.Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:31:15 -0500should read 'finishing'https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533253253#533253253should read 'finishing'Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:39:25 -0500Must have been a difficult decision for Dermot as the horse worked really well at Fairyhouse last week but I wonder did the memory of green screens around Media Puzzle at the finising line of the Gold Cup play a part in it ?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29975317/cotton-wool-dermot-at-it-again?post_id=533253185#533253185Must have been a difficult decision for Dermot as the horse worked really well at Fairyhouse last week but I wonder did the memory of green screens around Media Puzzle at the finising line of the Gold Cup play a part in it ?Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:37:50 -0500