Daily Racing Thread Saturday 8th. Dec. 2018

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stick said:
Apparently on the advice of Richard Johnson. Inexperience on the part of the trainer.
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Johnson was riding as if he was sitting on Altior. The horse never had a prayer from so far back in those conditions.

Thanks for the info.
 
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Trainer Kayley Woollacott:-

"It was the same problem we had at Newbury," she said. "He couldn't get into the race on the ground.

And the winner of the 2018 No S**t Sherlock Award is....................

Anyone wonder why no jockeys were involved in sending the InSight Lander to Mars?
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About 10 mins ago I was going to put up LAUBALI at Wolvers as the sportinglife gave it a good write up, only just gone and won too.
 
Busy day today so didn't get to see the racing live but just caught up on the action and what a great performance from Altior. Just awesome..so strong at the finish in pretty poor conditions.:emoticon-0148-yes:
 
just back from Sandown, what a day . You might have a aftertime whinge but it started off like it was gonna be a long day but Venetia came good and returned a nice 16/1 winner in eminent poet who led from start to finish. Was chatting to one of my Irish cousins who put me onto orauna who was backed ew with a nice return. Altior was awesome in despatching un de sceaux who I thought put up a mammoth performance . Lalor I thought suffered from inexperience from the yard in running in the first place but massive respect to them for turning up, and I think they’ll have a big day when they wise up, but that’s what we love about small operations. They step up. On apples shakira what a load of bollocks, one of my more esteemed friend observed that gerahty is a fraud and on that performance it was hard to disagree. Overall a top day out courtesy of paddy power , and spurs won as well.
 
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Sir Barney Chuckles said:
Hello, all. Hope everyone well. Good, good. I’ll nominate, to the regular readers, a filly with a lovely name re the morrow.

APPLE’S SHAKIRA’s last 2 races have both been at Grade 1 level and she started at odds of 11/10 and 7/4 in these 2 contests. Ran respectably in both as well finishing 4th in the Triumph Hurdle and then 3rd in Aintree’s ‘Anniversary Hurdle’. The old girl though takes a step down tomorrow to handicap level (for the first time) and is set to run off a more than fair mark of 142.

Prior to this pair of Grade 1 defeats Apple’s Shakira had won 3 out of 3 for the forum’s favourite trainer (including twice at Grade 2 level by a combined total of 25 lengths). She didn’t simply defeat ‘trees’ either, in those heats, as left in her wake were such types as Gumball (subsequently Grade 1 placed), Eragon De Chanay (won 2 subsequent races and runner-up in £40k handicap), Speedo Boy (dual winner since) and Look My Way (has gone onto win the £50,000 Chester Plate, on the level, off 93).

Apple’s Shikara’s opponents look a noble bunch but you would have to say if there is one animal, in the field, with the potential to being capable of being a lot better than their current marks then it would be the Lieutenant’s representative. That great man also knows what it takes to win this prize having been victorious in the event in 3 of the previous 6 runnings.

You do, of course, have to take her fitness on trust but I’m sure that the Lieutenant, ably assisted by his Privates, will have sufficiently prepared the old girl on the gallops at Seven Barrows. In Lieutenant Henderson we trust and all that.

So then, pilgrims, I think Apple’s Shikira can commence her term with a win, of the morrow, and believe her capable of conceding weight all round.

Good luck old girl and good luck, team.
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What a load of ****e !
 
Ticquer in the last at aintree finished like a train , he was the 40/1 outsider but ran a real stormer , next time out he won't be anywhere in double figure odds .
 
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