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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Ascot 29th July 2017

Discussion in 'Horse Racing' started by Bostonbob, Jul 19, 2017.

  1. Ron

    Ron Well-Known Member
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    I AM NOT ****ING TOUCHY



    <laugh>
     
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  2. QuarterMoonII

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    I will bet you every penny you have that you cannot find “the actual post” because it does not exist. You are living a delusion.

    Go to the top right corner of this page, click in the Search box and then select the “More...” button to go to the Advanced Search.

    In ‘Keywords’ type ‘Enable’. In ‘Posted by Member’ put ‘King Shergar’. In ‘New Than’ select 2 June (Oaks day). In ‘Search In Forums’ select ‘Horse Racing’.

    That search returned 17 posts this morning – one on the Eclipse thread and the rest on this thread. You have not used the word Enable on any other post since Oaks day. The post on the Eclipse thread on the 10th July was the earliest.

    Try changing the ‘Keywords’ to ‘Oaks’.

    That search returned 13 posts this morning – the one on the Eclipse thread and the rest on this thread.

    In the 57 days (“months”) between the Oaks and the King George, you posted on the Eclipse thread about how if Highland Reel and Ulysses clashed in the King George you would “be firmly in the Highland Reel camp”. That is the oldest of 6 posts where you used the words “middle distance”. The word “Europe” only appears on 5 posts, all on this thread.

    Stop digging – you already cannot see out of this hole.
     
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  3. Ron

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    Timeform update

    "Nyaleti posted a big figure in the Princess Margaret – only Russian Rhythm (2002) has run to a better rating in the race this century – and Enablein the King George later on the card was similarly impressive both visually and in terms of ratings. She ran to a Timeform rating of 130, 3 lb above the one that Taghrooda posted when winning the race (also as a three-year-old) in 2014. In fact only Novelist (ran to 132 in 2013) and Harbinger (140 in 2010) have run to bigger figures in the last 10 years, and Enable ran to 1 lb higher than her sire Nathaniel achieved when he won the race as a three-year-old in 2011."
     
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  4. Ron

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    Timeform top rated 3yos
    THREE-YEAR-OLDS
    130p
    ENABLE
    129
    HARRY ANGEL
    128
    CARAVAGGIO
    127+
    BATTAASH
    127
    BARNEY BOY
    126p
    CHURCHILL
    125
    AL WUKAIR
    124
    BLUE POINT
    124
    WINGS OF EAGLES
    123p
    BRAMETOT
    123p
    LE BRIVIDO
    123+
    CRACKSMAN
    123
    CLIFFS OF MOHER
    122p
    WINTER
    122
    CAPRI
    122
    LANCASTER BOMBER
    122
    THUNDER SNOW
    122
    WALDGEIST
    121
    BENBATL
    121
    EMINENT
     
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  5. QuarterMoonII

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    That must have been some performance in the Prix Djebel for Al Wukair to be rated the top 3yo in France, having been beaten twice since by Churchill and Barney Roy at Newmarket and Taareef in a Group 3 at Maisons-Laffitte; whilst Brametot has won two Classics and is still inferior.

    Whilst Battaash was visually impressive at Sandown, he beat a load of old sprinters that day so I guess he will be odds-on if he contests the five furlong King George Stakes at Goodwood on Friday at levels with Marsha.
     
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  6. Black Caviar

    Black Caviar 1 of the top judges in Europe

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    those ratings are an abomination
     
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  7. Ron

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    There usually are a few weird ones. But you can say the same about the official ratings. To be fair, Brametot does have the "p" but he hasn't beaten much has he. Scraped home against Waldgeist who was comprehensively beaten by Capri
     
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  8. King Shergar

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    You really need to get out more <laugh>
     
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  9. SaveTheHumans

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    It was the manner of victory Ron. Nothing short of a minor miracle how he won that day from his early position. That is why the p is applied, they assume had he a normal run around then he was good for a few lengths success. All pure speculation of course.
     
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