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For the past few years this has had a disappointing feel to it IMO but this year’s entries make for a mouthwatering day’s racing.

Hopefully the weather forecast doesn’t change and all principles stand their ground in each race.
 
Long Distance - Strad probably overpriced for this at 9/2.

Sprint - Rohaan I have at nice prices. Fear Dragon Symbol although he was below form at the Curragh and may have had enough. Art Power is a non stayer over a stiff 6 in top company

F&M. Lost a chunk ap on Free Wind. I wanna be against Snowfall given her run in Paris. Eshaada's Ribblesdale second was franked by the winner in the Royallieu and I can always forgive a horse a bad run at York.

QE2. Might chance The Revenant depending on how much cut is in the ground.

Champion. Two horse race, favour the Derby winner. The Arc might have just put him spot on.
 
Reckon Adayar might only be running in pursuit of the jockey championship, which would cast doubt on his being 'spot on' for this?
 
Euronymous said:
Long Distance - Strad probably overpriced for this at 9/2.

Sprint - Rohaan I have at nice prices. Fear Dragon Symbol although he was below form at the Curragh and may have had enough. Art Power is a non stayer over a stiff 6 in top company

F&M. Lost a chunk ap on Free Wind. I wanna be against Snowfall given her run in Paris. Eshaada's Ribblesdale second was franked by the winner in the Royallieu and I can always forgive a horse a bad run at York.

QE2. Might chance The Revenant depending on how much cut is in the ground.

Champion. Two horse race, favour the Derby winner. The Arc might have just put him spot on.
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This

He hadn't run for 10 weeks before the Arc, he clearly blew up like an 90% fit horse in the final furlong

He'll be spot on on Saturday and i expect him to confirm the KG form with Mishriff

Im going on Saturday, cannot wait:)
 
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He'll be spot on on Saturday and i expect him to confirm the KG form with Mishriff
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My reading of the KG form was that Mishriff was using it to tee up for the Juddmonte.

I reckon Mishriff will be extremely difficult to beat. Whether I'll back him is another matter.
 
7 hours since decs and still no word as to Free Wind's absense. I'm fuming at the wrinkly necked **** who trains her and the racing media in general. Those cunts at the Racing Post are just fully paggering their Twitter account with this jockey title nonsense that most punters give no fucks about.
 
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My reading of the KG form was that Mishriff was using it to tee up for the Juddmonte.

I reckon Mishriff will be extremely difficult to beat. Whether I'll back him is another matter.
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Mishriff had a prep in the Eclipse before the KG. Adayar was too strong over 12 for Mishriff. Back down at 10 Mishriff is running over his optimum here. Mishriff could be hard to beat here.
 
At the current prices there’s only one bet; Mishriff @ 13/8, Adayar @ 7/4 or Addeybb @ 15/2 ? :blink:

Addeybb is 2/2 over Mishriff and while there’ll no doubt be plenty of arguments as to why and how it’ll be different this time, the differential is way off.
 
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Agree it would increase his chances Euro but it was Good to Soft at Sandown when he had Mishriff behind and as I said earlier, it’s possible circumstances that day will allow Mishriff to turn the tables, but 13/8 or 15/2 ?
 
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Yes and there will be different excuses as to why he was well beaten in this last year, ground etc., despite having kicked the Summit and co into touch on heavy at Deauville but the fact is he’s 0/2 against Addeybb, the ground won’t be too quick to inconvenience Haggas’s horse and yet we’re being asked to take a quarter of the price.
 
Not my strongest code but a good day to get involved in what will hopefully be great racing so FWIW...

1:25 Baron Samedi e/w @ 8/1 (4 places). Fav would prefer softer ground and Stradivarius not getting any younger and Baron will be suited by step back up to 2 miles and is still improving.

2:00 Creative Force e/w @ 13/2 (6 places). Hard race to call but he has no questions regarding, course, trip or going. Trainer still in fine form.

2:35 Snowfall @ around Evens. Much better than these as long as not still feeling the effects of a tough race at Longchamp

3:10 One of the two favs win. Hard to say which but should be a cracking race so might just watch it rather than bet.

3:50 Addeybb e/w @ 8/1 (4 Places). Could do with more rain but still the each way value compared to the two favs. Has beaten Mishriff both times they’ve met, including in this last year. True, the ground tomorrow will suit Mishriff more but there shouldn’t be a 400% price differential. Addeybb rarely ever runs a bad race.

4:30 Sir Busker e/w @ 18/1 (7 places). Fav could be tough to beat but is very short price for a race like this and 7+ places available with 365's e/w extra and as long as he's on the right side Sir Busker has been running at the top level and "only" has to concede 10lb the fav who to date as won just a C3 handicap, though admittedly could be anything. But 7/2 is a short price to take on potential in a race like this.
 
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Frankel said:
Hopefully Adayar sticks that up on Saturday! Always debatable when discussing ratings.

What is the best performance in Europe this season?
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'Best horse in the world' is parochial,middle distance, bollox, invariably trotted out by Europeans.
 
Now i'm not steaming my balls off after Free Wind's absence and the lack of info spent more time on the old study.

Boat - Can't see a proper bet in this but there is a chance the front three might by feeling the Cadran in the legs so I'll back the Balding horse place only. He has Ascot form.

Sprint - Rohaan obv but I will cover on the Hamdan horse (re-watched his last race and one can upgrade it, he lost a length or so at the start)

Mares - Eshaada/Albaflora dutch. Gone with the fillies with Ascot form - have to have a go at getting Snowfall beat.

QE2 - Not sure Palace Pier likes the straight track. He was beat in this last year largely due to poor track position relative to the front two and he wasn't that great in the Queen Anne either - the form is rotten with the third actually in the handicap here later on in the card. Not keen on Alcohol Free either to be honest and so I might dutch the Hamdan again with The Revenant (depending on how the ground looks with the latter). The Hamdan is a monster hype horse but I don't think the Moulin suited him and I dunno, I just prefer him to the fav.

Champion - No bet here.

Balmoral - I like Nugget. Think a strongly run mile will really suit him.
 
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