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Do your 'take the winner out' thing and the fav Adelaide has won that fairly comfortably. Very exciting horse; Gosden seems ready to drop him into something like the King George.

Every sport other than football is a minority sport. That said, I believe racing is still the second most-attended sport in the country which, whilst probably a bit misleading, is not nothing. Like EC I'd be hugely surprised if changing the presenters makes a significant difference. DO and...

I agree, but I don't think its coincidence that that race was run at a cracking pace whereas both his 12f wins (Derby & Arc) weren't so strongly run and didn't allow him to show his full superiority despite winning both easily (STS not being one to do too much in front).

I would say running Camelot on that ground is high up on the list of decisions AOB wishes he could change.

I think it'll be the Sea The Stars scenario; Irish Derby unless its soft, keeping an entry in the Eclipse the following weekend as a backup. Assuming all is well, a break before the Irish Champion and Arc. I think he'll be their first Derby winner since Galileo to not stay in training at 4.

1) Australia is at least as good a miler as Camelot was. The acid test will be when they take on their elders, but so far this year's Guineas field looks far better than the 2012 version. 2) There were plenty who thought that going for the Leger and the Triple Crown was the easier option for...

Na, can't be that. What's so controversial about running a speedy Danehill miler like RoG in the July Cup that could possibly create a meme that's still being trotted out over a decade later? They were talking about having a shot at the Triple Crown with Hawk Wing, and also that he could be a...

I'm fairly sure it was said about Hawk Wing (who actually was entered in the July Cup when he ran in the Derby).

Irish Derby for Kingston Hill, I think. Would be nice to see him representing the Derby form in the King George, wouldn't it? I'd worry about him on fast ground though.

Which ones?

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Doesn't sound right, does it? This is a story from the Daily Record the next day: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Horseracing%3A+FURY+AFTER+FALSE+START.-a060355194 No mention of any saddles slipping.

By the way, I think its an anachronism now since the concept of 'starter's orders' doesn't actually exist any more (in Great Britain anyway). Edit: or not... http://rules.britishhorseracing.com/Orders-and-rules%26staticID=126338%26depth=3?zoom_highlight=starter%27s+orders

Withdrawn Under Orders So the horse is taken out of the race, but is deemed a runner for the purposes of betting (you've done your money if you backed it, no Rule 4 if you backed something else). Good example is here: http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=269321 (read the...

I'm in the Long Run's Gold Cup win was over-rated (via What A Friend) camp also. Not enough credence was given to how badly out of form Kauto and Denman were at the time (of course Kauto came back just long enough to put Long Run in his place).

Golden highway on the near rail :)

A foggy day, you say? :lol:

Ever get the feeling that the Festival would be much easier if the rest of the season didn't happen?

Well that was tense!

If he had the whip in the wrong (i.e. left) hand, would it not count against him?