Ride of the season already at Hamilton James Sullivan on Sir Chaevalan - written off at half way completely uninterested and yet never gave up and eventually got him interested and picked up the leaders on the line.
Congrats to all on Minding, impressive winner. Great training feat by Aidan O'Brien too. Ballydoyle's run was nothing short of phenominal, stone last early on and finished second.........
Minding could be exceptional - I hope they will not protect her and allow her the challenge the boys.
The last at Sligo looks a match between O'Brien and Weld's charges, but I'll be interested in how Thomas Hobson's half-brother Lazio goes. TH was 15lb better on heavy going and his brother may be the same: the going is heavy today.. Mr Fallon takes the ride.
I know you did not have a dime on but if you had been at Newmarket you would not have touched Midweek. In the pre-parade ring she was getting worked up, on her toes and sweating giving her two handlers a hard time. Going out for the ‘parade’ canter down she virtually bolted to the start with her jockey just a passenger. Maybe she is a home girl and does not like the British food. After the hammering the punters got on Saturday, it was nice of the last four favourites to oblige so the punters had the better of Sunday, although I did not fancy the two-year-old winner but clearly word was out as it was favoured over both the Hannon and Godolphin runners. I knew she would win at half way. Moore sat close to pace-setting Lumiere so that he could get first run and use his filly’s stamina. It is hard to understand what the plan was with Ballydoyle so maybe it just did not go to plan and she will be no sort of price for the Irish 1000. Odds-on for The Oaks, which looks a penalty kick at the moment (after just one trial), versus whatever colts O’Brien has in mind to send to Epsom the following day. Unless the colts turn out to be ordinary by June (in the trainer’s assessment), I think the easy option is more likely. They could then do a Salsabil and take on the boys at The Curragh. It had dried up but Saturday’s tail wind had largely gone and Lumiere hardly set a scorching pace as she was trying to win like the trainer’s Attraction.
