The Horse racing thread

[Donnellys Hollow]

8/1 - worth a small e/w with the 4 places. Yard was in terrible form last year so he could be very well handicapped over fences. Jack Doyle taking over from Christian Williams should also bring about further improvement.

[Bensars]

On the drift

out now to 10's

betfair showing 15-1

[Lecale2]

Stuffed!

[sammymaguire]

DUNDALK 9PM MID MON LADY

[randomtask]

DUNDALK 9PM MID MON LADY

hopeto god your right, u confident?

[the Deel Rover]

DUNDALK 9PM MID MON LADY

hopeto god your right, u confident?

sammy is allways confident 

[randomtask]

DUNDALK 9PM MID MON LADY

hopeto god your right, u confident?

sammy is allways confident 

[sammymaguire]

another one bites the dust  outclassed in listed company this evening

[orangeman]

What abvout the Brreders Cup tonight ??

Any fancies ?

[BennyHarp]

What a performance from Zenyatta!!  Would have loved to seen Sea the Stars up against it! Only Mastercraftsman let me down for a lucky 15 on the last four races at the breeders cup that would have paid £450 - think i'll get about £80 now!!

[orangeman]

What a performance from Zenyatta!!  Would have loved to seen Sea the Stars up against it! Only Mastercraftsman let me down for a lucky 15 on the last four races at the breeders cup that would have paid £450 - think i'll get about £80 now!!

Serious speed coming from another parish to win.

[Donnellys Hollow]

Had an absolute shocker at the BC. Would be looking for homeless accomodation tonight had I not layed Mastercraftsman. 

Aidan needs to seriously consider running his horses on lasix or bute next year. Man Of Iron was the only one to run on medication and he was Ballydoyle's only winner. Rip Van Winkle's chances weren't helped by that horse going mental in the stall two down from him.

Oxx missed an fantastic opportunity to win a Classic when you consider how close Twice Over was to the winner. Sea The Stars murdered him in the Eclipse.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Was anybody watching it on Racing UK? The freeview expired at 12 00 at with the delay at the start, we only got the race in with about a minute to spare before the show went off the air. Was amazed to see Zenyatta winning it - given that a filly had never won it, she looked jumpy going in and the bad start but some performance all the same.

[Donnellys Hollow]

The Canadian lad on ATR said that ESPN (RUK were taking their feed I presume) had to be off the air at 12. Horse playing up at the start caused all the problems.

I didn't fancy Zenyatta at all. I still think Rachel Alexander is a far better filly but her connections bottled it. Some performance by the winner to come from where she did but I think the proximity of Twice Over says that it was a fairly average renewal of the Classic.

[BennyHarp]

The Canadian lad on ATR said that ESPN (RUK were taking their feed I presume) had to be off the air at 12. Horse playing up at the start caused all the problems.

I didn't fancy Zenyatta at all. I still think Rachel Alexander is a far better filly but her connections bottled it. Some performance by the winner to come from where she did but I think the proximity of Twice Over says that it was a fairly average renewal of the Classic.

I know what your saying about twice over but I think that's a bit harsh on zenyetta who gave a supreme performance! On the same scale we could say it was a quality renewal as rip van winkle was comprehensively beaten and he's well regarded as the 2nd best in Europe! Although I do appreciate that he must have had problems to perform so below par!