So then with just 4 days until the commencement of the 2012 turf flat season in Britain what are the memberships top 3 predictions for the upcoming campaign??? Do we think the expected or the unexpected will happen this term??? Will Sir Henryâs Frankel continue to dominate, will Mr Henderson continue to excel whenever he commits one to a major staying handicap, will John Gosden redevelop his bottom paddock and build 50 starter homes, will Godolphin continue to Disappoint with a capital âDâ, will the BBC get so excited by the fashion at Royal Ascot that they forget to show the âRoyal Hunt Cupâ and will Mr OâBrienâs 3YOâs carry all before them this season as those bookie chappies are predicting??? Anyway, Iâve looked into my crystal ball and my âtop 3â are: (i) Top Offer will win at least 1 âClassicâ, (ii) Amy Ryan will win the inaugural âFillies Jockeys Championshipâ, and (iii) Beacon Lodge, who has moved to âDandyâ Nicholls, will win a âtop tableâ race at very lucrative odds.
1. Kauto Star will have a final run in th KG and then retire 2. Frankel will get beaten 3. Winter favourite for each classic will not run in it.
1 - More plots than an Agatha Christie Novel 2 - A lovely name for a filly 3 - something will win the Greenham over the border in Royal Berkshire
1. A Ballydoyle hotpot will get turned over in a Group 1 and AOB will say "We expect him(her) to come on for that, he(she)'ll have learnt alot there". No Aiden, it's a ****ing Group 1, you're supposed to have them ready for the Group 1s. Give it a ****ing prep race 2. Scores of heritage handicaps will be won by horses priced 16/1 or bigger 3. Richard Hannon will have a few winners at Warwick's Monday evening meetings
..."down here in lovely Wiltshire nothing much going on but........" 1) Peter Grayson will have one winner this season. 2) Handy Dandy Nicholls will have a sprint handicap winner or two from his six entries in each race. 3) Frankel will remain unbeaten as long as Sir Henry keeps him out of the Ascot Gold Cup. Ends.
Black Caviar will get beaten in the UK The Queen wont have a winner at Royal Ascot Ryan Moore will be top of the tree of the again in the jockeys championship
1. Noble Mission won't run in a group 1 and Born to Sea won't win one. 2. Black Caviar will win the Golden Jubilee unimpressively at Royal Ascot thus ending all debate over who is the Greatest, and I do mean Greatest with a capital G. 3. Frankel will run more races over 8f than over 10f this season.
Ok my real three - 1 - RP will have the headline - "Shirley not" after S Teasdale wins the Ayr Gold Cup for Dandy Nicholls 2 - Camelot won't win the Guineas and then will go on and disappoint in the Derby, ridden both times by nepotism are us. 3 - Frankel stays 10 furlongs but beats poor horses all season, then retires to stud.
1. Frankel will not win over further than 8 furlongs. 2. Hanagan retains the jockey championship 3. The Queen wins a Group 1
1. Every 3 yr old that wins a decent race will be touted to run Frankel close but will be destoryed 2. My Frankel challenge of accumilating a bet everytime he runs will come in 3. Camelot will not win the 2000
1) All big handicaps, listed and group races will be moved to Ascot and all the other race will be split between Lingfield, Kempton and Wolverhampton. This will culminate in all the flat horses (apart from the top ones who will have either been retired, put away for the winter or have been targeted at the Arc or Breeders Cup meetings) running in one big Champion Stakes in October on heavy ground with So You Think going off odds on favourite only to disappoint once more. 2) In a move to help Channel 4's scheduling all live races will be shown during the Morning Line on Saturday morning's leaving the rest of the week free for black and white movies, Countdown and Come Dine With Me. This will include the Sussex Stakes, run at Ascot, which will be heralded by the Channel 4 presenters and the racing media as the 'Greatest Race Ever' after a walkover by Frankel. 3) Racing For Change announces that the inaugural Virtual Racing Jockeys Title will take place, as well as the Virtual Scoop 6, the Virtual National and Virtual Champions Day.
1. Frankel will win Gr1's between 8f and 10f and will remain unbeaten all year (Banker) 2. Camelot wins the 2012 Epsom Derby 3. Kieran Fallon becomes Champion Jockey again Maybe 3 I hope happen rather than will. I think Frankel is a fair enough punt though doesnt look to be anything in any division to trouble him if he still retains his enormous ability
1. Frankel remains unbeaten 2. Aidan O' Brien will say ''as long as (s)he comes home safe'' before most G1 races his horses run. 3. Harbour Watch to make a good recovery just in time to win the 2000 guineas by 1.5 lenghts..write that down.
1) Jumps trainers will win the Chester cup, the Northumberland Plate, and the 2m4f Handicap at Royal Ascot 2) The Derby winner will not turn out for the Eclipse, and will run like a drain in the King George (or vice versa) 3) Black Caviar will be narrowly beaten at RA before finishing 7th in the July Cup.
It's funny how people think So You Think is the greatest horse ever but Black Caviar won't win in Europe.
