The Galway Hurdle

Gone for The  Game Changer , think this quirky sort will be suited by a fast run race , his win as a novice at Punchestown still fresh in the memory...Also fancy Laviniad , well drawn , top trainer , and a good pilot to boot ...Worth a few shekels of my hard earned...

Ridestan should win the 5:35, price gone now though

Gary will be hoping Bayan wins so probably didn't want to tip against it.

His column is posted at ATR now and its very fair. Gleeson could take a lesson from him in honesty.

Fair enough, I hope it wins

In the first I'll have alittle e/w on both Abolitionist and Aranhill Chief

Purple Bay / Darwins Fox for me, GL.

Poor renewal of the Hurdle for the money on offer. Wouldn't like to have to place Purple Bay off of 153 next season, put it that way. Nothing in there that will go onto graded races I don't think. Going back a bit, but Bordoni stayed well in his flat days and was a bit of a street fighter. Looked to be coming back to something like himself at Hexham and I've backed him small win and place for this. He was well-fancied for the Fred Winter the year before last so connections probably think of him as the type to handle the rough and tumble.

Real pity Missunited isn't in this as she'd look to have a massive class edge over the rest off second top weight. Her pedigree has already been 'tainted' by the national hunt game so I can't for the life of me understand what the owner is doing running her somewhere like Goodwood in a possible crawl where there must be a real chance she will get outpaced at this stage of her life. they aren't even running her in the Goodwood Cup, strange.

Northern Rocked for me in the 3.00 - he let me down 2 years ago in the Prem H'cap on the Saturday, only for me to miss the race last year. He's entered in it again, but I'm thinking they feel this might be his best option.
The mover has been the Martin horse 12's into 11/2.

Don't disagree with your points Neill D(34K to winner) but feck what a gutsy mare there.
Be an awful pity if she is injured on that fast ground.

Fair play, great mare but it looks like that is it for her. She's one of everybody's favourites I'd say.

Today's horses for MONEY (EXCLUDING TIPS) WERE -apologies for delay as I got waylaid - but it should be interesting to review the morning markets after the week is out.

3.00 Shalamzar, Sretaw & Hasanour (bloody won! despite Halford being almost negative in RP pre-race comment)

4.15: Desertm Stream

5.35: Ridestan (Hogan punt altho tipped up by Gary OB) & Knights Parade

6.05: That's Nice

I thought they'd run her in the hurdle today and then train her for the Irish Leger and or the Cadran. Then maybe keep her for the stayers hurdle at Cheltenham,leave her off after that. They've left a lot of fun days/money on the table for the sake of the bit of prestige today and you'd imagine she won't get her due in the second career given her NH background which the flat breeding crowd are allergic to.

Don't think it'll matter a jot what the flat lads think Neill , showed herself to be as game as a pebble there , she can go to any stallion they want after her run in the Gold Cup ..Today she showed great courage and her ability to win a good race , beaten an Oaks winner into the bargain will only enhance her value ..Remember she wouldn't have gone to a commercial stallion anyway...

Raqnaq for me,

replied twice but wouldn't let it post so not sure this will.

Nice to add a Gr3 to the Saval Beg and the Gr 1 place but I'm not sure today will have the same resonance as a second epic Galway Hurdle win. (although Edision looks to be finally living up to his bumper form so maybe she wouldn't have beaten him anyway)

From the go of today, I've a feeling they will look to sell her first foal and I'd say they might send her to a commercial stallion but with a proper race record. Something like Camelot or Canford Cliffs. The latter especially would inject a bit of speed and precocity which is a prerequisite if they are selling as the assumption will be any offspring will need time.

Outside of the big non-commercial stallions like Galileo and STS where she was never going anyway, not sure they will want to go to any of the other owner-breeder types as the worry will be they will end up with a big boat. Depends on whether they want to keep the offspring I guess.

I believe the worst thing they could do is go to Canford Cliffs , who was himself an early 2yo ..On all known form its highly unlikely she will produce a speedy type , so their best bet would be to put her to a 1ML 2FUR Stallion , there is plenty of them about and you never know in a few years time we could be shouting it home up the Epsom hill..Camelot is unproven so they'll hardly go near him...

more importantly who is the one who was just on RTE interviewing the best dressed ladies??

asking that myself..used she do the lotto thingy?..wheres marietta when you need her most?!?

Always thought first season/unproven was what the sales Companies pushed unless you are dealing with super stallions. Worst thing you could do is go to a third or fourth season sire who has gone cold if you're trying to sell.

Proven means very very expensive as most stallions fail. Horses like Acclamation & Royal Applause look very expensive now, you'd get a runner but not sure anyone aspires to an 80 or 90 rated racehorse.

Top notch,MrTopNotch, easy winner.

im going to lay this favourite in the bumper..rare for me..but got to lay a shark fav ffs...

Shark bullish with him in an interview on atr, i,m against him on an ew but didn,t like his confidence earlier.

ffs the day I lay him he wins..

Some punt landed on the Hogan one, GOB can certainly pick em out at the festivals.  JP at last got to win the Hurdle, good omen for Limerick in the All Ireland lads!

And PF, your wan is Geri Maye, ex Lotto draw show (well spotted Kavie), one of our own from the Mid West. Off the shelf now though.