Oh my days!!! Man, that's absolute heartbreak for Goshen. Wow.
Allmankind for a place which returns a nominal amount antepost as it turns out, but... don't really care atm. Gutted for Jamie and Gary Moore. Maybe he shouldn't have pressed him so hard...?
Wow......really feel for the Moores. Had a chore to do and by the time I got money on Navajo Pass he was sweating up and 80s but kept the faith - brilliant e/w pick @PaddyP17 - you still da man!!!!
Wow......really feel for the Moores. Had a chore to do and by the time I got money on Navajo Pass he was sweating up and 80s but kept the faith - brilliant e/w pick @PaddyP17 - you still da man!!!!
They showed the slow mo and Goshen rear left and front left foot got stuck together. Slowed the horse down (he would of carried his momentum if they hadn’t stuck) and Moore carried on the same speed. Desperately unlucky and nothing the jockey could do.
2.10 - Ugh. Throw a dart at the card! You're getting five places with most and six with a handful here, so thievery abounds. Another race for trends and stats - Mullins and Nicholls have historically done well here, with Gigginstown having sent eight runners with zero return. This for me rules out Embittered despite - interestingly - being the sole G-town runner. The top three in the market are all Mullins runners, and amazingly we've seen Barry Geraghty win two handicaps this year (despite historically being terrible in them!), so for the win, it might be worth siding with the favourite in Saint Roi (6/1 or 11/2 generally), who won well LTO and has the benefit of Mullins, Geraghty and JP's colours. But I prefer longer odds. To that end I'm also going to go with handicap master Davy Russell on Gordon Elliott's charge Thatsy (12/1) who can find improvement. I will also chance a third one each-way in the form of Rathhill (28/1 Hills) as he's had a wind op since last run, and Henderson has spoken highly of him. Nico on board, JP's colours - nice price; let's go. Others to keep half an eye on (at the bigger odds) are Oakley, Sir Valentine and maybe Zanza (who's a boom or bust proposition).
Gimme that winner! Shame about the others not getting anywhere near the places but it seems as if they were a tad too far off the pace for just a bit too long.
Having watched the head-on and overhead again, as unlucky as Thyme Hill was, I don't think there's any cause to demote other horses as a result, especially as he finished (just over) a length down.
Townend drifted just over to the right and may have squeezed TH but there's not enough in it to deem it deliberate or to have significantly advantaged/disadvantaged anyone.
Racing incident, and it's really shitty for anyone backing Thyme Hill. A load of mugs on Twitter are complaining, and doing so very poorly. But that's the way it goes - wasn't enough to change anything in there.
If anyone a bit more enlightened on the nitty gritty than me has any thoughts I would like to know.
Love that horse! And a great race: really really pleased for ABP and connections, even though Delta Work was my own fancy.
Mistake very early on wasn't good to see, but the one that really did it IMO was the fence before the water jump - meant very little was ever going to be left in the tank. Ah well.
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Allmankind for a place which returns a nominal amount antepost as it turns out, but... don't really care atm. Gutted for Jamie and Gary Moore. Maybe he shouldn't have pressed him so hard...?
Had a chore to do and by the time I got money on Navajo Pass he was sweating up and 80s but kept the faith
Goshen is a class horse. That'll take some getting over for connections
And then this week he's all over them!
For anyone following this, you're welcome
Amazing stuff. Well done.
Townend drifted just over to the right and may have squeezed TH but there's not enough in it to deem it deliberate or to have significantly advantaged/disadvantaged anyone.
Racing incident, and it's really shitty for anyone backing Thyme Hill. A load of mugs on Twitter are complaining, and doing so very poorly. But that's the way it goes - wasn't enough to change anything in there.
If anyone a bit more enlightened on the nitty gritty than me has any thoughts I would like to know.
Mistake very early on wasn't good to see, but the one that really did it IMO was the fence before the water jump - meant very little was ever going to be left in the tank. Ah well.
mullins 4 from 4 today
as soon as goshen bombed earlier i knew it was going to be one of those days.