He still hasn't got over Vintage Crop taking the Cup back to Europe, the first time it was ever taken to the Northern hemisphere. He said the handicapper favoured the Europeans to tempt them to bring over runners.

Sad sad man. He never travelled horses to the Northeern hemisphere or Ascot.

typical brash Aussie.

thanks for the horsie.................................BART! baahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah!

C'mon fella

How can you criticise anything this horse has done? He won 2 Cox Plates in Australia which is Australia's weight for age championship race. In the 1st of those he led all the way running them ragged winning by 2 1/2L. He won 2 Group 1s last year before defending his Cox Plate and then a week later hacked up in the McKinnon Stakes.

Since he has arrived in Europe he has won a Group 3 and Group 1 that lacked strength in depth but that is down to the fact that connections of other so called horses are afraid of their lives to take him on. He has won his 2 starts in the Northern hemisphere with the minimun of fuss.

Ballydoyle are talking the horse up but their is substance behind it. He has won 5 Group 1s in Australia and now has won 1 Group 1 in Ireland.

Who do you have to beat him?
I`ve backed been on both Planteurs and Rewildings wins this season but I`m not planning on backing either today. Twice Over!
He might be too short but just like Frankel, he`s still by far the most likely winner.

i think someone said his sire is 0/30 at the track is that true?

having said that they all might have been 100/1 donkeys but a worying stat if it.

i actually thikshes a smashing horse but havent backed it today.

gl

I could end up being wrong but he has done everything that has been asked of him in middle distance races so far in both the Southern and Northern hemisphere and i personally think he is the best middle distance horse in the world and will go through the season unbeaten.

He has been brought to the boil perfectly by AO'B for today....I feel we will see a super display from this animal today........Tip up a lay @ 2/5 and it wins, a sure it was odds odd or the oldest one in the book tip up the second fav. to an odds on shot........the horse wins you are a great tipster and it loses....are sure the winner was odds on...............We will be all the wiser @ 1550.

I am not doubting you for one second..........The piece above refers to a chap that drinks in our local pub.

well done wildman..

Well done...........

What graceless rubbish in that interview.

Protecting the valuation by claiming it was trainer error and the horse was not fit enough.

Take defeat on the chin and admit that the better horse won on the day.

Didn't mention Joseph taking the head off him at the corner either

How can he claim not to have him fit after 2 runs this year and this being Royal Ascot

wd op.

thought ryan went too soon myself.

best horse 2nd imo.

id agree with that.

its so demeaning to AOB other runners too , to hear him essentially talk down the great horses hes had by talking this fella up as the best hes trained.

hate to see that tbh.

I`ve said that ^^^^ a hundred times before ilwab.
That horse wouldn`t polish the boots of his real superstars of the early noughties.

Eclipse next.

Play up your winnings lay again and again.

I saw him twice on The Curragh but would not be the best judge of a horse,leave that to Workrider,he did look a noble beast.I am against him solely on his form,feel he has been hyped a bit and has had a wind operation.

I think Aiden OBrien was unfairly criticised when he gallantly put the blame on himself at Ascot,wrong if you take the blame and wrong if you shirk it.I have read all the posts on here commenting on the amount of times he says listen and sneering at it,dont they realise that is only a stalling method which we all use when you are thinking although we may use different words.
On the subject of beauty,saw a photograph of his daughter,certainly a looker.