Superb ride by Johnny Murtagh .

My tribute appeared on a hores racing thread .
The Coolmore begrudgers out in force already . Could be a tooth-grinding w/end for these patheticos.

if he judges the race as well on Rip, go and collect

Agree with the ATR panel though , second horse would have won with Johnny( or Frankie ) on board .

or mickey mouse

Dont know what bearing if any it will have but read somewhere that Man of Iron was the only OBrien horse on lasix. Certainly didnt do any harm anyway

Correct ^ ;)

TRAINERS of some of Europe's leading Breeders' Cup hopes have revealed differing approaches to medication for this year's meeting and which contrast to their policies last season.

Man Of Iron will be the only one of Aidan O'Brien's seven Cup runners to run on lasix, a diuretic also known as salix and banned on racedays in Europe but permitted and extensively used in North America.

However, both Sir Michael Stoute's Conduit and Freddie Head's Goldikova, lasix-free winners of the Turf and Mile respectively at Santa Anita last year, will be racing on it this year.

O'Brien's three Breeders' Cup winners, High Chaparral in the 2002 and 2003 Turf and Johannesburg in the 2001 Juvenile, all raced on lasix and many of the stable's other runners have been given the medication, which is an anti-bleeding treatment that results in weight loss and, arguably, can enhance performance.

O'Brien explained: "We always used lasix. Our attitude was, when in Rome do what the Romans do. Some of our horses won on lasix, and we went along with it, but just because horses won on it doesn't mean it was necessarily a good policy."

Both the European winners tonight were on Lasix --Man of Iron and Mid-day . Who says substances dont improve performance ?

Great ride by Tom Queally on Mid-day . Kept to the inside all the way , seems to be the place to be .

**ing tampering ****s should all be banned from racing. "When in Rome................" FFS Aidan you're in the States!!!!

PS If you think that ride from Murtagh was good, watch last weeks win on Russian View at Dundalk again. The best ride for a long, long time from a shocking draw. Pure class, he is simply THE BEST .

Superb jockey.

:-)