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I made Sea The Stars 111.70 and Fame & Glory 110.29 for his Irish Derby. However, STS was carrying 4Ibs less and would adjust to 109.47 off 9.0 (there is an issue of trip of course making the comparison questionable). I'd probably make F&G about 0.75L's faster, but that is likely to prove immaterial given that the Arc is their only conceivable meeting.

I tried posting some thoughts up on RVW earlier but lost connectivity. Suffice to say, I thought Sandown would suit him better, given that he seems to get easily unbalanced, and where as Sandown has an uphill finish, the ground starts to rise from about 2.5F's out and remains steady(ish) in terms of gradient. Alright there's a slightly flatter part on the hill before it rises again, but I reckon it's sudden changes that unbalance him. I've suspected that with a flat, uncambered, and straight finish of about 5F's which would allow him to 'crank up', York would be his ideal track, but for such time as STS remains healthy and campaigned at this trip, it's difficult to see him making any inroads into a 3-0 scoreline. I'd still be thinking Juddmonte for RVW, and taking a chance that the ground comes into a play a bit

<blockquote data-quote="Warbler" data-source="post: 2206158" data-attributes="member: 65228">I made Sea The Stars 111.70 and Fame &amp; Glory 110.29 for his Irish Derby. However, STS was carrying 4Ibs less and would adjust to 109.47 off 9.0 (there is an issue of trip of course making the comparison questionable). I&#039;d probably make F&amp;G about 0.75L&#039;s faster, but that is likely to prove immaterial given that the Arc is their only conceivable meeting.&nbsp;I tried posting some thoughts up on RVW earlier but lost connectivity. Suffice to say, I thought Sandown would suit him better, given that he seems to get easily unbalanced, and where as Sandown has an uphill finish, the ground starts to rise from about 2.5F&#039;s out and remains steady(ish) in terms of gradient. Alright there&#039;s a slightly flatter part on the hill before it rises again, but I reckon it&#039;s sudden changes that unbalance him. I&#039;ve suspected that with a flat, uncambered, and straight finish of about 5F&#039;s which would allow him to &#039;crank up&#039;, York would be his ideal track, but for such time as STS remains healthy and campaigned at this trip, it&#039;s difficult to see him making any inroads into a 3-0 scoreline. I&#039;d still be thinking Juddmonte for RVW, and taking a chance that the ground comes into a play a bit</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warbler, post: 2206158, member: 65228"] I made Sea The Stars 111.70 and Fame & Glory 110.29 for his Irish Derby. However, STS was carrying 4Ibs less and would adjust to 109.47 off 9.0 (there is an issue of trip of course making the comparison questionable). I'd probably make F&G about 0.75L's faster, but that is likely to prove immaterial given that the Arc is their only conceivable meeting. I tried posting some thoughts up on RVW earlier but lost connectivity. Suffice to say, I thought Sandown would suit him better, given that he seems to get easily unbalanced, and where as Sandown has an uphill finish, the ground starts to rise from about 2.5F's out and remains steady(ish) in terms of gradient. Alright there's a slightly flatter part on the hill before it rises again, but I reckon it's sudden changes that unbalance him. I've suspected that with a flat, uncambered, and straight finish of about 5F's which would allow him to 'crank up', York would be his ideal track, but for such time as STS remains healthy and campaigned at this trip, it's difficult to see him making any inroads into a 3-0 scoreline. I'd still be thinking Juddmonte for RVW, and taking a chance that the ground comes into a play a bit [/QUOTE]

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