Friday Dec 7th Daily Thread

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If I didn't know better I'd suspect the infamous "butt plug" <laugh>

Amazing how a horse can suddenly do that. Something clearly bothering him,
 
I must say I've never been a fan of Fingal Bay but something was clearly amiss today...as RJ said he should have pulled him up.

He would have faced severe abuse after such a course of action from the shorty players.
 
OddDog said:
If I didn't know better I'd suspect the infamous "butt plug" <laugh>

Amazing how a horse can suddenly do that. Something clearly bothering him,
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Heres me thinking I'm just drunk when I zig zag...I need a new circle of friends...
 
Christ this Warsteiner is going down well. Our friends just called to say they are running late, I think I'll be bladdered by the time they get here <laugh>
 
Dexter said:
Well done Oddy...nice return...more dollars for SS tomorrow!

Nothing for me today.

Have been waiting for Manuka to run in a 10/12f H'cap but Tommy Carmody has him entered in a rated event tonight in the 7.30 at Dundalk.

He is well drawn and the trip is ideal but this race looks trappy and 3 places at 1/5 odds not in the least tempting.Shame.
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As I said,shame this fella wasn't running off 67 in a h'cap....cat out of the bag now!!
 
ROTO said:
9.25 Dundalk

Circus Act 12/1

Pretty annoyed about the price given it was forecast to be 25/1 but I feel Circus Act is a horse that could absolute bolt up tonight. This 4 year old gelding was formerly with Mahmood Al Zarooni and Godolphin and after not achieving the heights needed for their high class operation in 4 runs he was sold to current connections for £10,000 last year. I think it is interesting that Godolphin kept him for his handicap debut and although pretty disappointing overall I certainly think he showed some ability. On his 2nd career start over 10f he shaped as if he was a horse that needed a trip to be seen to best use even though he was well beaten that day. He made his handicap debut for Godolphin off a mark of 70 when a well beaten 6th before being sold to Douglas Taylor and moved over to Ireland to Vincent Ward. For Ward to date, he has had 6 runs - 3 over hurdles and 3 on the flat and after analysing all the runs he seems to have been given extremely tender handling in all cases. His 3 runs over hurdles saw him never put into contention as he was allowed to come home at his own pace on each occasion and its clear that these 3 runs that occurred over a 21 day period in March were to get him a decent handicap mark.In relation to his flat runs, he was campaigned at Dundalk over 7/8f with his last start coming over 7f at Gowran Park in May. Again, in each occasion he was dropped out the back over a trip that was clearly too short and was tenderly handled on all 3 occasions. Resultantly, he's plummeted down the weights very quickly from a mark of 67 to 47 and given he is a Darley bred former Godolphin horse its very hard to envisage that he couldn't be competitive off this basement mark.

Circus Act's owner is now listed as MCR Bloodstock but after some investigation it appears that Douglas Taylor is the managing director of the company and the colours appear the same so it may simply be him maintaining ownership under a different name. Nevertheless, Douglas Taylor is a very interesting character as back in 2010 he landed a major punt on one of his horses called D Four Dave and reportedly picked up over €200,000 from the coup. I find this very interesting given that Circus Act appeared to be handled very tenderly in all his starts for his new yard. In relation to todays race, he comes here on the back of a 204 day absence and he is now back up in trip to just shy of 11f and the return to further looks sure to suit. Moreover, his best run to date came on the back of a 6 month absence so I think he'll be fit and ready to go for this race. In this apprentice contest, Leigh Roche takes the ride and he looks a very encouraging jockey booking - especially as his handler Dermot Weld has a runner in the field that doesn't yet have a jockey so I'm hoping that its a definite sign that Circus Act is fancied. This unexposed 4 year old has only had 8 starts on the flat to date and although he has yet to show a great deal I'd be very surprised if he didn't have enough ability to be competitive off this basement mark of 47 and although he clearly comes with a fair few risks attached I think that is most definitely factored into the price. Although the draw in stall 12 could have been kinder, I'm hoping Circus Act has indeed been laid out for a race and I'm hoping he can break his maiden at the 9th time of asking on the flat to improve his trainer's already impressive 22% strike rate at the track.
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Nice EW ROTO esp with the drift.........how easy was the winner...should follow up you would think
 
Big ass gamble landed on the winner who sauntered in.

Circus Act ran a belter in 3rd. He was keen early on and considering he couldn't have been any less fancied in the market drifting out to 20/1 speaks volumes about that run. He'll come on an awful lot for that and his winning turn won't be far away at all.
 
Sehwag dismissed by the big under bite face...arm ball did nowt..off the pitch imeo.
 
Run out.....at test match level.....again...ridiculous...great fielding.

Should have been 3 down but Trott cheating in the last match bit him there...
 
great ball from Finn!!.....LENGTH...it's simple!!...full and drift....and a bit of reverse..
 
Bostonbob said:
Glad I'm not alone in the 4am start Dex. Going very well this afternoon session.
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Lol Bob...i'm afraid I was seeing it through from a night on the tiles!

Doubt I'll be up that late tomorrow....curing my meat with a big bottle of Lagunilla Reserva at the mo.

How good does Al Cook look now that he plays down the ground...class act...think we have this one in the bag..great team effort.
 
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