Bouguereau runs in the 4.40 at Goodwood, and anything other than a win will be a disappointment. His came fourth last time in the Criterium du Fonds, a listed race at Deaville which is a group race in all but name. The prize money for this race is greater than that for the Flying Childers yesterday which is a group …
Bad day
A frustrating day. A few bad selections and some bad luck as well – two losers in photo finishes, both of which traded long odds on in running and one that had no luck in running. The good news is that I’ve gone through the cards tomorrow and I can’t find a thing I like. I’ve had a big backlog …
Winker waits
Pete called us after Winker‘s work this morning and said he is still running a bit flat and needs more time. We could have run him over the weekend in group company but he’s too good a horse to take liberties with. The Middle Park is only three weeks away and that is his next target – he should be …
Catch up
I’ve been short on time and have a fair bit of catching up to do. No runners last week but a few this week. I’ve been to Newmarket, and the Comic Strip Heroes have bought another three yearlings (possibly four) in the sales. The main event at the WSOPE starts today, and I’m playing in it. Shepherd’s Warning was targeting …
Men with cats
Ultimately a disappointing week horse wise, but a good break with the family. We took the quick ferry over to France on the Monday – around 3 hours from Portsmouth to Cherbourg and a 2 hour drive the other end. It was fairly uneventful – my one observation was that although I wasn’t driving that fast in France I wasn’t …
French double
I had a long chat with Pete today. It’s all systems go for Winker on Sunday week in the Prix Morny, and he’s working extremely well. I don’t see anything beating him – if he wins we may go for an extremely aggressive 2yo campaign with him. The best news he had concerned Bouguereau. Pete was on his way to …
Boogie blues
On the face of it Bouguereau ran pretty disappointingly – seventh out of 18 is nothing special and given the form of his trainer and my general expectation it was a poor result. He did show a lot of promise though, taking the long way round and moving up pretty smoothly before coming to a halt. Michael Hills said that …
Bouguer off
It’s a big day today as I find out how good Bouguereau is. He’s been working very nicely at home, but is still immature in a number of ways. There are three possible concerns about today’s race; There may be better horses in the race He has a bad draw He’s a big baby and he may run in snatches …
Captain my captain
After yesterday I’m really going to struggle to ignore Ryan Moore’s rides. I watched his face after a couple of his wins – he seems to show no trace of emotion and he reminds me a bit of Lester Piggott. It’s a fairly obvious comment but I think he’ll turn out to be pretty special. Captain Hurricane goes again today, and …
Jockey trouble
Following my good day yesterday I’ll be coming back for more today, and the race I like is the King George Stakes. I’ve been planning to back Wi Dud all day. Our lawyer at Betfair knows some of the owners (similar connections to Amadeus Wolf) – the horse is apparently very well and the conditions look ideal for him to …