What windy ****ers Corals are restricting Dettori multiples. Chapman rightly giving them a kicking on ITV.
Looking at the betting for the later races, I note that there has been a lot of support for Andrew Balding’s Pempie in the last at Sandown (5/1 > 11/4 fav) and money for Lexi The One in the Haydock 3:50 (20/1 > 12/1), Last Page in the Haydock 5:00 (14/1 > 10/1) and Make A Wish in the Sandown 4:10 (8/1 > 5/1). The Haydock 3:50 one is interesting as it is a nursery and Fahey says nothing much about it in his SportingLife.com column other than it wants seven furlongs. Sticking with my Haydock 5:00 pick as they may be each-way thieves but will have to go and have another look at the Sandown closer...
Expect to see more of that in the future from bookies, especially when the big names have three or four short-priced favourites on a card and punters just put them all together because they are not worth backing in singles unless you have big money. In this case it is easy to single out Coral as they sponsor the card! At least Chapman managing to follow on doing something that Big Mac would have done.
I know everything seems to be against Enable - lack of a run, the trip etc but I don’t see that she is up against any superstars, she should win.
Regal Reality has already run the whole distance on the way to the start! Telecaster less than ideal also. Very short Enable now?
The way First Eleven ran in the Old Newton Cup (finished eleventh) suggests that he is yet another Frankel that does not want fast ground. He travelled very well until they came to the top of the straight and they started to quicken up. When push came to shove he was just going up and down on the spot and backers knew they had done their money. I have to say that whilst I was disappointed, it made me laugh that the nag that my friend had done each-way just for an interest finished twelfth, a short head behind but in receipt of nearly a stone.
Oh my Beauty . 85% fit. Looks as though she hasn't had a race. Just look at that conformation, her walk, her temperament. Perfect specimen
Fantastic from Enable. I knew Frankie would just sit off the pacemaker. In running it was obvious that Ryan had decided to follow her and try to pick her off late on but his filly was not good enough to pick up. Just worried that they might now decide to skip the King George and go to York for the Juddmonte so the owner can win back his own money! They surely cannot do both...
First Eleven's tongue was hanging out and flapping like a Blackpool Kipper from quite an early stage in the race. Something seemed amiss there and he was very disappointing after the first leg of the double was landed.
(fast by 0.73s). Not bad for 85% fit, over a distance short of her best on her least preferred ground. Fortunately I don't think she had a hard race
Mate of mine went too Prix de l'arc de Triomphe just to watch Enable, stood next to Dettori he proclaimed that he could have ridden Enable to victory, Frankie looked him up and down and just smiled....My mate is 19+ stone! Maybe Ryan could ride the horse to victory also.....
leicester,4 15: i think,DESERT LAND has a major chance here.he ran quite a good race last time out in salisbury in third,and the winner looks pretty useful,having won a listed contest next time out.so,that is obviously the best form on offer here.
Fast ground, pacemaker doing his job, best horse taking advantage. Quick time no surprise. Enable now odds-on for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes with most layers. She is still available at 3/1 for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in a couple of places but generally 7/4...
He has done that before so I do not think anything was wrong. If you watch Crystal Ocean, he does the same – my King George photos from last year tell me so and he did at Royal Ascot and won.
Great win for Enable but it was pretty much what you would have expected on the form book and the main thing is that she is going to improve from this race. I got my each-way on Regal Reality and I think he has run a big race in the circumstances today. Matt Chapman stated that he had mountains to climb on form but after his pre race carry on and then fluffing the start he has proved his place in the field was justified and no disgrace behind the two highest rated in the field. There is no way that he is 116 and Mustashry 121 on official ratings and those figures need revising by Tuesday. Enable was 11/4 for the King George QE II but is now a best price of 11/8 with Bet Victor and a shade of odds on in places. John Gosden confirmed that the race was the plan for her next. Ladbrokes are best priced at 9/4 for the Arc and she is averaging 7/4 in most proper outlets. I took 7/2 and unless something bad happens we won't see those odds again. As I had suspected Zabeel Prince did not last home. Roger Varian must be dreaming if he thinks his horse is a 10F performer and surely the drop to a mile awaits him now. It's been Varian's biggest balls-up this year eschewing winnable Group 1 races at a mile to run as an outsider in 10F races instead. D- for Hughie Morrison on his trainer's report card as well. He took Telecaster out of the Derby and then put him back in at a huge cost only to admit he had made a mistake. He then said he would give the horse a break and come back in August at Group 2 level in France, only to change tack and take on the best horse on the planet. It was a numb nuts call and he got kicked in the nuts for, AGAIN, going against his own original judgement. Schoolboy errors from my point of view. Danceteria outran his odds by a fair way but a few under-performed there I feel and he will probably end up with a new official rating that flatters him somewhat. Great to see Enable winning it and I hope she can go unbeaten this season and retire as a three time Arc winner. Fingers crossed.
