Breeders Cup Meeting

Soldier Of Fortune isn't running on medication. Are they selling him to a German stud or something?
 
Murtagh... not quite Spencer on Powerscourt but he went way too early. Great performance from Conduit. 4 European winners, fantastic.
 
Eagle Mountain done at 1.54 in running. Stalked them turning in. Conduit driven from the turn.
 
Gareth Flynn said:
Murtagh... not quite Spencer on Powerscourt but he went way too early. Great performance from Conduit. 4 European winners, fantastic.
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Agreed but credit to the winner...did not think he was good enough.

All I can say is DeKock is a master trainer....to get Eagle Mountain to run races like that at the end of the season back to back after such a lay off is a wonderful training achievement.
 
Went way too fast upfront. Terrible ride on SoF. I think EM stays 12f well enough, might just be that he was too close to the pace as well.
 
Master ride and horse looked a million dollar beforehand! G8 training performance; and what blistering times this track produces.
 
It wasn't Murtagh's fault if the pacemaker went too fast. The pace was self-defeating and set it up for the stamina horses - Conduit has won a Leger and like any such was a late developer - and is still improving hand over fist. He will be a *great* horse next year

Imo Ballydoyle should have got a local jockey to ride the pacemaker. Murtagh was cleary told to sit on the pacemaker's arse and not lose him and get boxed between horses - but it wouldn't have mattered, the ground is very firm out there and was never going to suit him
 
have to say that this american commentator is really good; he spots them early and calls very good races, AND does not have this deep american accent.
 
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