barjon
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What with the going and the way the track was riding you’ve got to be a bit circumspect in drawing any firm conclusions, but there’s two I want to take out of the race.
Valadero looked all over the winner into the last furlong, but ran a bit green and faltered allowing the winner to collar him at the death. I don’t think that would happen again.
Old Chums 6th. Raced in the rear and couldn’t have been helped by that bumping up and down style of riding (God, I do hate it). Seemed to get the hang of things quite late on and finished strongly.
And later in the 3:00 no-one was going to catch Vadream, but I thought Ehraz ran a super race in third, particularly as Richard Hannon said he didn’t think he had him quite there. He’s been gelded (not RH
) since last season and has had his troubles leaving him lightly raced. Shadwell have persevered with him despite their downsizing and I think he’ll be one to watch out for this season.
Valadero looked all over the winner into the last furlong, but ran a bit green and faltered allowing the winner to collar him at the death. I don’t think that would happen again.
Old Chums 6th. Raced in the rear and couldn’t have been helped by that bumping up and down style of riding (God, I do hate it). Seemed to get the hang of things quite late on and finished strongly.
And later in the 3:00 no-one was going to catch Vadream, but I thought Ehraz ran a super race in third, particularly as Richard Hannon said he didn’t think he had him quite there. He’s been gelded (not RH
) since last season and has had his troubles leaving him lightly raced. Shadwell have persevered with him despite their downsizing and I think he’ll be one to watch out for this season.