Regular voyeur (as I'm sure thousands must be) but yes will try to get on to post more. In the spirit of seeking a quickfire hat trick I finally settled on what I believe could be the derby winner last night, and my selection is: BEST SOLUTION. Such an awkward race to assess this year, with not much between a lot of the field on form. With that in mind, I found a formline that puts Best Solution at least on a par with Cracksman. Factor in that Best Solution is 12/1 as opposed to 4/1 for Cracksman (who I think is a doubtful stayer), and also that Best Solution's yard are bullish that he's coming on plenty and I think that's my each way play for the race. Out of O'Briens I'd favour Cliffs Of Moher (as I'm sure Moore will) but just got a feeling that when he throws a few darts at it like this and there is no stand out his are very beatable. Good luck all.
Keiran Fallon was very keen on that one David. On pedigree I would have dismissed the horse myself but, as it is so open, and we know he will act on the course, he could pull it off. The ground may be key as I doubt he will stay the full 12f is the going has the word soft in it.
Agree entirely that's the only question mark, it's got to be stretching his stamina (though he handles soft ground as shown by his beating of Capri and Douglas Macarthur over in France that year, so at least that's one positive). Banking on it being Good (Good to Soft at worst) looking at the forecast
Best Solution has already won over twelve furlongs – that is the distance of the Lingfield Derby Trial. Granted he was not being pressed very hard for most of the last furlong. I think that on the ratings, Saeed bin Suroor’s charge is joint top rated. The problem may be that he has run ten times already, so there must be some amongst his more lightly raced opponents will are going to find significantly more improvement than him. As it is I will probably be sticking by him as my selection because too many of the others have question marks against them.
Every 12f race has to have a winner QM. Just because he won over 12f doesn't mean he can win a race that will probably be run at a faster pace. He might win as the field appears to be pretty average but I wouldn't bank on him staying in a truly run 12f, especially if it is softer than good. If it's fast ground and the pace isn't that strong he will have a very good chance. At least we know he will act on the course.
I thought they went too fast that day and he was the only one who saw it out. Couldn't knock him for how he won it but I'd be surprised if that was good enough form to win this.
I'm going to put my neck on the block here. If Best Solution wins this it will have been a very sub standard year and he will have no chance in the Arc. Almost certainly won't even attempt it.
