Basically that the horse shouldn't have run but they felt obliged to support the fixture anbd needed to run him before the BC.
Bloody annonying that with the cricket - only needed 25 more runs for a highly unlikely victory. Were the umpires from Pakistan by any chance? Small e/w dabble on Racing History to take advantage of the huge draw bias
If Gleneagles goes to Keeneland and wins, it was a nice pipe opener for a horse that has not run since Royal Ascot; otherwise, it was a mistake. As the man from Timeform wrote, “as a rule it’s best to treat Aidan O’Brian’s post-race assessments of his best horses as marketing sound-bites”. As I said before the race, the bookmakers were always going to want to lay the horse because they were running him on the wrong ground. Two easiest ways to get a horse beaten: run on the wrong ground and run over the wrong distance. Now listen...
Well done Fascinating Rock backers. The Master of Rosewell with another masterstroke. Cracking effort. Sad Found didn't get there but that's racing.
The bookmakers’ chorus: “I’m Alright Jack!” Saved them from the multiple bets on the big three. No excuses. He had the run of the race behind the pacemaker. Soon as the pacemaker folded, he stopped in front and was there as the target for the rest of the field. Well done to Dermot Weld on yet another winner at this fixture from very few runners.
Great run by Found, no need for Moore to have her out the back of the telly was there. Jack Hobbs beat fair and square. Gleneagles not as good as the lads make out. Solow is top class. #beefysthoughts
Well done Ste...I didn't that one was good enough even in a weak G1. Buick was riding to orders to take a position and it possibly did cost him.
