Wait, I am detecting a slight hint of optimism there. Have you got a temperature today?
Daily Racing Thread Friday 21st. August 2015
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Wait, I am detecting a slight hint of optimism there. Have you got a temperature today?
Optimistic as I assumed that the ‘free bet’ punters can put their free bet on somewhere other than York. They should leave York well alone. Yes, it is quite muggy today in scumbag Yorkshire so I am a bit sweaty.
A lot is made of Katie Walsh as a jockey but I have just watched the first race at Salisbury and she was all over the place like a rag doll in the last half a furlong, the winner however who was called Miss B Hampson (no idea either) was organised, streamlined and had really good shape, needless to say she got her horse up to beat Katie. I get the impression there are some really good Jocks out there that just need a chance.
Princess, your information is spot on, I've just paid a chap for decorating my bathroom and I've still got a whole nights beer money. Just wondering how much to invest on Birmingham City as the mighty rams haven't got a fit midfielder in the squad. It will be like watching Wimbledon tonight.
Liz Doyle puts first time cheekpieces on Shaiyzar in the next at Killarney, had a small e/w dabble for a laugh
Should've just backed Walsh & Mullins
Soz Oddy
Really thought Modem was well ahead of his mark, but not so much! I had a good wager on that winner at Galway too FFS 
Well done any winners today, shout out PN with her juicy priced Gorgeous George descendant.
Not pocket talking as I didn't have a bet, but is there a case the jockey on Acalupo got his fractions wrong on her, especially considering it was rain softened ground? Interesting to hear people's views on it. I personally thought she just emptied out on the ground, but there must be a chance if she was held on to longer she'd have won or I'm a chatting more nonsense.
Not pocket talking as I didn't have a bet, but is there a case the jockey on Acalupo got his fractions wrong on her, especially considering it was rain softened ground? Interesting to hear people's views on it. I personally thought she just emptied out on the ground, but there must be a chance if she was held on to longer she'd have won or I'm a chatting more nonsense.
Gwan Tulsa Jack,saved my day.My mate has been backing Rupert Lamb all season and ran like a pig then hoses up today,he's not a happy chappie
So Willie had an 8/1 winner in York at 2.30 and an 8/1 winner in Killarney at 7.30...I've a question....is that an across the card double?!!
It's known as an across the pond double but some bookies don't recognise it beefy
Greatest of all time 
Trainer. Nobody holds a candle to him, we're in an era of proper greatness people. Jumps, Flat, you can't keep the great man down. He's going to rewrite the history book with what he's doing
Trainer. Nobody holds a candle to him, we're in an era of proper greatness people. Jumps, Flat, you can't keep the great man down. He's going to rewrite the history book with what he's doing 
I'm inclined against you, Beefy, and I didn't have a bet either. My view is that when a F1 car runs out of petrol in the last half-lap, it's always the driver's fault, and the same applies here. I know there'll be arguments along the lines of how far the first two were in front of the rest, but the fact remains that she practically stopped in the last 100 yards. I'd say that view was reinforced by the state of the filly afterwards; in the brief sighting you got on RUK, she seemed falling-down knackered and it was interesting how promptly connections took her away to the empty end of the enclosure. If the ground had been desperate, you might make more allowances for the jockey, but it really wasn't that bad, and my diagnosis is pilot error.
Won't go on about karma, because I don't really go with Bluesky about the wickedness of the jockey in the Beverley D last week (if you hang out a leg in the box, Diego Costa will happily fall over it - they're programmed to react theatrically to contact). And my impression of the stewards at Grade A US tracks is that they decide on the facts and not on the histrionics - they've seen all this before, particularly from Latino jocks. I accept the argument that it's generally sensible for a horse away from home to be ridden by its regular jockey, but you can't help feeling that a good English or Irish jockey would have won on Acapulco. Possibly even an elderly Italian.
Won't go on about karma, because I don't really go with Bluesky about the wickedness of the jockey in the Beverley D last week (if you hang out a leg in the box, Diego Costa will happily fall over it - they're programmed to react theatrically to contact). And my impression of the stewards at Grade A US tracks is that they decide on the facts and not on the histrionics - they've seen all this before, particularly from Latino jocks. I accept the argument that it's generally sensible for a horse away from home to be ridden by its regular jockey, but you can't help feeling that a good English or Irish jockey would have won on Acapulco. Possibly even an elderly Italian.