Daily Racing Thread Saturday 3rd. August 2019

[Chaninbar]

Nice pick in the Stewards Wooly

 

[Grendel]

King Of Athens was backed but he looked as slow as a barge there. Never looked likely and Ryan Moore was hardly any help in the saddle. In the end King Of Athens was beaten further in this maiden than he was in the Coventry Stakes and his 91 RPR looks rather fanciful after that effort. None of the fancied ones really got into it. Golden Souk was halved to 4/1 from 8/1 and tried to make it but he came down and folded like a balsa wood Jenga stack in an Earthquake. Berkshire Rocco filled the same spot as last time in 4th, while Great Ambassador ran a solid race in 3rd. Perhaps a Nursery will be next for the Beckett horse.

A typical poor Saturday from a results point of view. I'll complete the agony with Mahabra Milliair at 11/4 now.

 

[Leyburnlad19]

Evening all. Khadeem did that nicely, didn't have my money weighing it down.
Couple of late fancies at Donny, 5.15 Springwood Drive, 5.45 Timetodock.
Easterby double.
Enjoy your evening.

 

[Ron]

Two for my (virtual) notebook:
Ornate over 5f on fast ground at Catterick
Open Wide on fast ground over stiff 6f

 

[Pilgrim]

Paul Townend just put his bid in for “worst ride of the festival” on Great White Shark.

Totally agree. I had a double with Mr.Everest.

 

[rudebwoy]

3.40 Goodwood- Khaadem 8/1

A lightly raced 3 year old who has been pitched in at the highest level this year and only ever over 6f Only raced 3 times as a 2yo one of those times including his first ever a race when he was a 11l 3rd behind Calyx but won his final 2 starts last year. Won his first start of the year pretty comfortablyin listed company at Newbury. Before being found out behind Advertise at Royal Ascot. But was a lot better on his last start in a Group 3 at Newbury. Has now dropped down in handicap company for the first time off a mark of 107 (very generous imo) which is the joint top rated (with his stable mate)in the field but also more importantly he is getting weight from some of the field and the stable has the top weight (probably to keep his weight down) as my pick definitely looks like the first string. Stable won with this in 2015 with Magical Memory who had a very similar profile of a progressive 3yo. He has the class edge over the field which is something I like too (similar to Gifted Master last year) where as a lot of the field are just the usual exposed handicappers and 3yo had a good record in recent years in this race. The pace looks to be on his side of the draw and won’t mind the ground either. I am in the hope that he is the famous cliche of a ‘Group horse in a Handicap ‘ and altho his is fav he is a very strong favourite! And altho the lack of a big field is against him he won’t see many horses and not get held up in traffic problems as I can see him tracking the pace being right up there with only a a couple of horses ahead of him, still travelling over 2f then pick it up inside the furlong pole and Kick on and just leave them for dust So no need for the 6 places, just the win will do for me!!

excellent shout mate