Authorized was truly awesome, and won exactly as Pete told me he would some time ago. I’d backed him at the start of the season – I thought about having an enormous bet when the price drifted close to the off, but decided not to burden him further with my money. The papers focussed on Frankie. It’s interesting that he broke his …
Major disappointment
Major Eazy looked good for a while but when the going got tough he fell away. I think he got there far too soon and could have done with more cover. Frankie was very positive after the race – he said he had a lot of speed, should go for the Windsor Castle and if he did he would like …
Thoughts – 31/05
A couple of small bets for today. I like Atabaas Pride in the first at Ayr. Johnstone’s horses could be going better, and I think if they were this one would be shorter than it is. Montaquila is an obvious favourite and the form looks pretty solid, but at very short odds I’d rather be against him. In the 4:30 …
Major steps up
Major Eazy goes for the National Stakes at Sandown tonight. We still have a fair bit to learn about the horse. On balance it feels as if the conditions of the race are a small negative – the draw looks moderate, we think he’ll go on the ground but it’s an imponderable we could do without. On the other side …
Mon Michel rides again
Mon Michel goes at Fontwell today having run up a string of three second places. He really should go in today – he’s a classy animal – although I wouldn’t want to take too short a price on him as he isn’t always the easiest ride. AP takes the ride for the second time. The rain we are seeing will …
Good days racing
There’s a lot of good racing today and I won’t be around to watch it. There are a number of horse going that I’ve been watching. Cockney Rebel goes for the double in the Irish 2,000. I won’t be having a bet in the race, but with so many dark horses in the race I’d be against him rather than …
Master reverts to the flat
Master of the Race has not been a resounding success over hurdles, so we’re taking him back to the flat hoping for a bit more luck – he runs in the 5.30 at Goodwood today. He’s one of those horse who is good on the home gallops but hasn’t done it on the racecourse. When he was bought he had …
Disappointing hurdle
A very poor show from King’s Head. Having spoken to Gary I was feeling pretty confident before the race, but he ran badly again and there could be no excuses this time. I’ve had a long chat with Gary – he says the KH is throwing away his chances by racing to keenly, and even on the right ground he …
French Claim
I claimed a horse from Saint Cloud yesterday – Etoile Argentee. She ran a close third in a 1 mile 3yo fillies claimer on heavy ground – the provisional rating from the Racing Post for the run was 73. She was in for E26k – I bid E31k and I was the only bid (hence I wasted E5k). She was …