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The 2025 York August Meeting Day 1 (Wednesday) thread

Ian_Davies said:
It was a ritual before each York August meeting that this bloke used to suddenly shout out: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well."

This is YOUR meeting - have a good one.

Along with everyone else.
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I think the low numbers had it but not sure Squealer had any excuses, are you?
 
There is no doubt in my mind that Danon Decile’s price is being heavily influenced by the World Pool.
 
Ian_Davies said:
7, 4, 10, 8, 14, 20, 17, 15 - first eight home.

If anything the advantage looks low, but I don't think it's overwhelming tbh.
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Tbh think the better horses were drawn low anyway. Think they came fairly central rather than trying out Yorks golden highway.
 
What's the point of a pacemaker going so far ahead.i thought it was to make it a true pace.so far in front the others just raced together as if there wasn't a pacemaker.

Put me right if I'm totally wrong.
 
Outsider said:
What's the point of a pacemaker going so far ahead.i thought it was to make it a true pace.so far in front the others just raced together as if there wasn't a pacemaker.

Put me right if I'm totally wrong.
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There is no point. The jockey with the best head in the main pack who doesn't panic wins. Oisin panicked.
 
The Jap jockey ruined that race for me by dropping off the pacemaker. Regardless of who won, I found it an unsatisfactory race in that it didn't make for a good race. The pacemaker nearly held on again which would have not been good. Even Havlin is saying it was a strange race and he did nothing wrong.
 
Dancing In Paris cost Alphonse Le Grand his race. He messed up his run when it was time to get rolling and Buick had to take back and switch around one horse. You have to get stayers rolling — they can’t win when having to do anything like that.
 
I would be more critical of the tactical ride, trying to come from too far back. The clear leader stayed on for a place and the one that ran a clear second was only just edged out of the places. Same goes for DIP and Artisan Dancer. Not great tactical rides to my eye but the ATR sectional analyses grade the efficiency of the rides so I'll be checking to see if they back up that opinion or cause me to rethink.
 
Desert Orchid said:
I would be more critical of the tactical ride, trying to come from too far back. The clear leader stayed on for a place and the one that ran a clear second was only just edged out of the places. Same goes for DIP and Artisan Dancer. Not great tactical rides to my eye but the ATR sectional analyses grade the efficiency of the rides so I'll be checking to see if they back up that opinion or cause me to rethink.
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I wouldn’t worry about the sectionals. If you get rolling on the outside, you have the whole straight to go by after conserving a lot of energy. Alphonse could have won that if Buick hadn’t had to switch outside Dancing In Rain. To find trouble in that instance was deeply frustrating.
 
Slim said:
I wouldn’t worry about the sectionals. If you get rolling on the outside, you have the whole straight to go by after conserving a lot of energy. Alphonse could have won that if Buick hadn’t had to switch outside Dancing In Rain. To find trouble in that instance was deeply frustrating.
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Yes, but if ALG had been a length in front of DIP turning for home he wouldn't have found the trouble.
 

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