Daily Racing Thread, Friday June 3.

dont worry - very soon you will become an unknown quantity like me

 

thanks for antara - nicely done

 

And Frankie does it again. Come the huge purses, come the man.

 

Get in ANTARA


What a ride FRANKIE

 

2.35 Amno Dancer

Two reasons - firstly Greatest Dancer won for me yesterday, so I am following the dancers!!! However more importantly the yard are in great form and this one has gone close over CD prior to a poor run at Newcastle. 8/1 is a fair EW price

 

Onya Bucks.

 

I see

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won

 

Very good Nass

 

Cheers Cyc and Antid.


Come on BLUE BUNTING now.

 

Good afternoon Gentlemen.

My thought on the top two races at Epsom today: http://tmarchhorseracing.blogspot.com/

 

Dance And Dance.

Tamerlo. Won 15-2.

Heyyou. Won 15-2.

And the winners just keep rolling in.

 

Not madly impressed with St Nicholas Abbey there. I think Midday should have won but Tom Queally went to the front too soon. And St Nicholas Abbey still made hard work of getting there. If Tom had held onto the mare a furlong longer then i think he could have quickened clear and stayed there. By going so soon he allowed St Nicholas Abbey time to get going and get past her.

 

I would have to agree with you there Zen.


Well done Tam and Heyou.

 

And Cyc on St Nic.

 

The race time was a little outside the standard so nobody can really complain about it being a falsely-run small field affair; however, I do not think that St Nicholas Abbey handled the descent around Tattenham Corner at all. Ryan Moore was having to scrub at him and he did hang away towards the middle of the course in the straight, possibly because of the camber.

The slight uphill last hundred yards are what won the favourite the race. Tom Queally had committed Midday early but I did not see that he really had much option in such a small field. At that point it looked like St Nicholas Abbey had shot his bolt but he was able to rally once Ryan got him levelled out and running. It was no help to Midday that her opponent was far enough wide of her that she could not get into a proper battle.

It is a shame that Henry Cecil has not been able to break his Coronation Cup hoodoo today as I did think that Midday represented a fantastic chance. Hopefully they do not give up on giving her chances against the colts although I do expect that she will target some fillies-only races like the Yorkshire Oaks and the Prix Vermeille.

 

Epsom 4.05 - Dancing Rain 16s now looks great ew value

 

Although it was a pity for Midday, and particularly HC, I thought it was a very exciting race and probably good for racing that SNA is back. Memories of Alcide. It would be fantastic if he could win the Arc. Any views on his chances?

 

I have to have a go at the Oaks. If I pick the favourite it's bound to lose so I'm going for Wonder of Wonders, Beatrice Aurore and Zain al Bordan, in that order.