Topic: Los Angeles at York |
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Subject: Los Angeles at York Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
He looked a bit like he did at Epsom maybe thats just how he is but to me he looked very big behind the girth, and after the race he was blowing like an old tractor, but he is horse that I find intere ... |
Topic: G1 Quality |
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Subject: G1 Quality Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Well RP you were right about G1 races varying from year to year, and of course we all knew that was the case. I have been working on a way to demonstrate that even so the quality has declined as the n ... |
Topic: Goodwood reprise |
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Subject: Goodwood reprise Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Its not a new topic but I wanted to make sure it was not lost down the page. There were 2 performances at Goodwood that stuck out, both the winners were trained by Aiden O'Brien. Kyprios and the Justi ... |
Topic: The reality of just how bad a shape Racing is in. |
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Subject: The reality of just how bad a shape Racing is in. Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I have to own up to being very lazy and that I have lifted the following from the Racing Post, but those in denial need to smell the coffee. I am not sure that any of my personal gripes and solutions ... |
Topic: Racecourse Attendance. |
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Subject: Racecourse Attendance. Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
There was a very telling article in today's Racing Post about the continuing fall in race course attendance. I find it quite shocking that the average attendance in the first half of the year was as l ... |
Topic: Sprint 3yoDiv. |
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Subject: Sprint 3yoDiv. Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
The July Cup has completely convinced me that the standards of our bloodstock are falling fast, and it is in the sprint divisions that the fall is most noticeable. The winner of the July Cup was Mill ... |
Topic: Gleneagles |
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Subject: Gleneagles Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
In light of recent results I think it would be appropriate to have another look at Gleneagles. He is the sire of the July Cup winner Mill Stream, and of Ambiente Friendly runner up in the Derby. I had ... |
Topic: City of Troy Eclipse |
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Subject: City of Troy Eclipse Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
The reaction to City of Troy's hard fought victory in Saturdays Eclipse is IMO a bit too negative. Clearly he did not relish the ground conditions. Sandown is a horrible track when it gets soft. For m ... |
Topic: Royal Ascot A long hard look. |
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Subject: Royal Ascot A long hard look. Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
The week after Ascot is always a week when you look back at the performances and try to put them into some sort of meaningful context. I have been playing back the races over and over and there is one ... |
Topic: New CEO for the BHA |
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Subject: New CEO for the BHA Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
The current CEO for the BHA has announced she is leaving at the end of the year. Thank goodness! The new CEO will have an even harder job to get the sport into some sort of sustainable condition. Firs ... |
Topic: Mayson Pedigree comments |
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Subject: Mayson Pedigree comments Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I didn't like him much, he appeared to be a mudlark and was very inconsistent, when things were in his favour he was smart but he ran a few really bad races. His pedigree looks OK on most platforms I ... |
Topic: Premier Racing is Dead |
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Subject: Premier Racing is Dead Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Premier Racing is dead. Just as predicted the outdated policy has not exactly worked as the BHA had expected. Crowds are still well down on last year and the future of racing in the UK is looking incr ... |
Topic: Help with No Nay Never |
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Subject: Help with No Nay Never Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I went to look at a potential mare at the sales today. She was by No Nay Never out of a Galileo mare. Nice enough, but quite small and very light framed and turned out on both fore. To me she was ALL ... |
Topic: Inbreeding second time around |
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Subject: Inbreeding second time around Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I am going to revisit a recent post on inbreeding, but with a caveat. I am using my definition of the coefficient of inbreeding, nothing else. I am going to get very grumpy if this starts to turn in t ... |
Topic: Inbreeding could it be this simple. |
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Subject: Inbreeding could it be this simple. Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
It’s a horrible wet and not so warm day here so I am confined to the office for the morning at least. I was thinking about inbreeding and how inbreeding to some horses appears to be very negative ye ... |
Topic: Tattersalls Dec Mares 23 |
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Subject: Tattersalls Dec Mares 23 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Anyone been through the catalogue? I have been through at least 3 times and I have only a very short list of possible lots. My process is fairly strict but I would normally have double what I have so ... |
Topic: Ascot Saturday |
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Subject: Ascot Saturday Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
At Ascot on saturday the going was not bad and it was a cold but reasonable winters day. 7 races 38 runners including the one that didn't start, about 200K in prizes. 5.5 runners per race average how ... |
Topic: Racing Post has become voice of BHA |
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Subject: Racing Post has become voice of BHA Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I am astonished that the Racing Post these days hardly ever challenges the BHA or the ex BHA chiefs. This weeks Front Page podcast is a prime example. They seem unable or unwilling to say this is wron ... |
Topic: Hypocracy |
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Subject: Hypocracy Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I noticed in an article in the Racing Post that former BHA Chief Executive Nick Rust was calling for ‘Bold Change’ to be made in order to turn British Racing around. He warned that the current cha ... |
Topic: Champions Day? |
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Subject: Champions Day? Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Well here we go again, its mid October and this weekend its Champions Day at Ascot. The going early this week at Ascot was Soft. We are expecting a serious amount of rain tonight and tomorrow, some es ... |
Topic: Continuous |
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Subject: Continuous Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
St Leger winner Continuous (Hearts Cry ex Fluff x Galileo) has a pretty classy pedigree, and an interesting one too.
His sire Hearts Cry (Sunday Silence) was a high level performer in Japan and trave ... |
Topic: Race Distances |
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Subject: Race Distances Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Don’t you all think its about time that race distances were run and published over proper distances. Ever since the BHA or whoever was administering racing decided to make the racecourses re measure ... |
Topic: Shergar Cup. |
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Subject: Shergar Cup. Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I saw a headline on the Racing Post website today 'How to make the Shergar Cup Pay', obviously some know it all pundit with a tipping service. More pressing however is 'How to make the Shergar Cup INT ... |
Topic: CITY OF TROY |
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Subject: CITY OF TROY Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
What an impressive performance from City of Troy in the G2 Superlative Stakes at Newmarket yesterday. His demeanour was just a little 'spooky' he was completely unfazed by everything about him and the ... |
Topic: Israr |
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Subject: Israr Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
What a very good performance yesterday from a progressive horse that looks to be going into the very top grade soon. He is an extremely attractive horse too he looks a lot like Sea The Stars (his dam ... |
Topic: Mostahdaf (smart performer?) |
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Subject: Mostahdaf (smart performer?) Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
The performance that has impressed me the most so far is that of Mostahdaf, (Frankel ex Handassa). Firstly the race was very solid the runners were relatively closely matched and 5 of the 6 runners we ... |
Topic: Maximum Respect RP |
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Subject: Maximum Respect RP Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Mawj was a good winner of the 1000 gns and she was picked out by RP 9 or 10 months ago so RESPECT. She had definitely been given the Dubai treatment and looked a completely different filly from last y ... |
Topic: Cheltenham 2023 |
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Subject: Cheltenham 2023 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
The supreme festival of Jump Racing is going to run on a bog again. The track have been watering all 3 courses for at least a month and now we have just had a lot of rain and snow with more forecast f ... |
Topic: Dry January |
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Subject: Dry January Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Is anyone here doing a dry January, in Newmarket everyone seems to be doing it and some are also going through February. Personally I think its starting to drag! |
Topic: Meeting to discuss the strucural reform of racing. |
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Subject: Meeting to discuss the strucural reform of racing. Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I am deeply disturbed by the fact that there is currently a meeting discussing the changes to the structure of racing. Why am I concerned? because in none of the preamble to the meeting about increasi ... |
Topic: 2022 Sales Season |
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Subject: 2022 Sales Season Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
I am off to Italy for a few days and taking my Tattersalls catalogues along for some serious research. This year I am adding a new metric. For mares with progeny there is a very telling line in the en ... |
Topic: Best (or worst) Named Horses |
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Subject: Best (or worst) Named Horses Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Just something that took my eye from the Tattersalls August Sale Catalogue. A gelding that has been named Limited Ability. Last 3 starts 8/9 class 6 handicap at Yarmouth, 9/11 class 5 WFA Wolverhampto ... |
Topic: Attendance at Racecourses. |
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Subject: Attendance at Racecourses. Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
Did anyone spot the crowd at Newmarket last week, I understand that on Saturday the crowd was down about 14% on pre covid levels. I think Ascot was down nearly 24% and even York was slightly down. Gen ... |
Topic: This really surprised me! |
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Subject: This really surprised me! Posted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:33 pm |
In a recent paper comparing the breeze times of horses in the Breeze Up Sales over the past few years and the relationship between times and racing performance I was very surprised by one major statis ... |
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