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I was on Un Sens à la Vie so he grabbed most of my attention. He and those around him were dead beat and were just finishing rather than racing. Wellington Arch made a bit more of a finish, but soon thought better of it. They ran like that because Tutti Quanti put them there, either because he’s...

They might have been proven on heavy that was not as attritional as this, nor having to face flying debris all the time. (Oops, forestalled by Ian :D ). Certainly they looked a desperately sorry sight finishing (those that managed it). It’s true that nothing could go with him, but it didn't...

Pretty much most them then :). But the ticks belie the lifeless bunch of horses that trailed in and stumbled wearily to the comfort of their boxes.

I’ve littered the board stressing the dire going. I can’t speak for the last two races since gone by then, but the winners dealt with it, mostly racing upfront and avoiding the clumps of soggy turf thrown into their faces. Virtually everything bar those winners simply couldn’t cope and finished...

Thanks. Not so bad, sitting up and taking notice anyway :)

Can’t. The handicapper has concluded that he has run a personal best of +13lbs in attritional conditions on Saturday. Really?

fwiw have to agree with that.

Had a bit of a turn so didn’t see the race, but catching up before they whip my iPad away. The market gave the clue as Madajovy drifted to 11/2 from 11/4, but he ran well enough in second by all accounts to give Skelton options and he’ll find a race for him - quite where and when, though .

2:15 Plumpton: Madajovy is running over 3m1f today having made his handicap debut last time over 2m3f when he was a bit unlucky. - 31/12 on handicap debut he was squeezed up and bumped before the last which caused a mistake over the last and loss of momentum. He would have been much closer, but...

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All I can add to that, Desert, is that all bar Tutti Quanti were adsolutely dead on their feet and even he was feeling it late on and just ploughed through the last. Still kept on and didn’t look remotely as tired as the rest. There’s no doubt, though, that he’s a really classy horse if only...

I don’t know if it’s a hobby horse of the writer, or something to do with the ground conditions, but the RP Analysis across the card for each race (which doesn’t cover all the horses) mentions five horses that struck into themselves. My memory is failing fast, but that’s surely a high number?

Not a bit of it, sir :). I find them intriguing, it’s just that I never know how to manage so much data, so I just rely mainly on whether I think a horse is ready to rock. One thing I would have bent your ear about if we’d had more time is trainers - it seems to me that some wait for their...

I must admit to some difficulty in sorting it out today in terms of rating/weight. The class horses (not just in this one) seemed to move majestically through it all with the opposition looking as if they had five pound weights strapped to their hooves. They all looked completely finished...

The ground was dire, amazing that the class horses just coped with it with everything else really struggling. Just hope it hasn’t soured any of them.

Well, that was a nice day, made all the better for meeting up with Chaumi and Pawras. Rolled up the first four favourites, then blew it all on Un sens A La Vie who could only manage fourth. Could have been worse because I was conked out then and we left for home, which meant I avoided a losing...

We’re going if it’s on and not pouring. They seem pretty confident atm, but then it hasn’t rained again yet.

Amazing, I once had eight winners on the trot and that hasn’t happened for thirty years either :p.

That’d be great, Chaumi. We tend to perambulate between members lounge in the Berkshire Stand to the parade ring and back to the BS to watch the race (from the members bit) or the rail. Tell you what, DM your mobile number and if we are there I’ll give you a buzz and we can find each other...

Jasmine Bliss got her black type AND the win. Wish I’d had a full be now. Act of Innocence won pretty impressively. Bit the bullet and took 4/5 and put in a double with Count of Vendome who won easily and also went odds-on. Raffles Nobushowed little, if he does win somewhere it’ll be without me...