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Just got back from Newbury - what a day.

Inglis Drever was pure class, but Denman's win was the kind of performance you see only a handful of times in a lifetime. Certainly the best effort in a major handicap that I have ever witnessed.

The whole way round Denman was pure class and from five out you knew that he was going to put up something mighty. The form can be knocked of course, but you can't do much more than win a race like that off top-weight by 11 lengths.

I went down to the last for the second race, and those horses were legless, so the fact that Denman did what he did on that ground makes the effort all the more meritorious in my view - on a card where no other horse carried above 11st to victory in the handicaps.

Certainly the best weight-carrying performance in the Hennessy since Burrough Hill Lad and although he's not in Desert Orchid territory yet in that respect it was great to see a horse like him do that off top-weight in a major handicap.

As an aside, the winner of the first looks pretty decent too.

<blockquote data-quote="halmahera" data-source="post: 2122381" data-attributes="member: 65216">Just got back from Newbury - what a day.Inglis Drever was pure class, but Denman&#039;s win was the kind of performance you see only a handful of times in a lifetime. Certainly the best effort in a major handicap that I have ever witnessed.The whole way round Denman was pure class and from five out you knew that he was going to put up something mighty. The form can be knocked of course, but you can&#039;t do much more than win a race like that off top-weight by 11 lengths. I went down to the last for the second race, and those horses were legless, so the fact that Denman did what he did on that ground makes the effort all the more meritorious in my view - on a card where no other horse carried above 11st to victory in the handicaps.Certainly the best weight-carrying performance in the Hennessy since Burrough Hill Lad and although he&#039;s not in Desert Orchid territory yet in that respect it was great to see a horse like him do that off top-weight in a major handicap.As an aside, the winner of the first looks pretty decent too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="halmahera, post: 2122381, member: 65216"] Just got back from Newbury - what a day. Inglis Drever was pure class, but Denman's win was the kind of performance you see only a handful of times in a lifetime. Certainly the best effort in a major handicap that I have ever witnessed. The whole way round Denman was pure class and from five out you knew that he was going to put up something mighty. The form can be knocked of course, but you can't do much more than win a race like that off top-weight by 11 lengths. I went down to the last for the second race, and those horses were legless, so the fact that Denman did what he did on that ground makes the effort all the more meritorious in my view - on a card where no other horse carried above 11st to victory in the handicaps. Certainly the best weight-carrying performance in the Hennessy since Burrough Hill Lad and although he's not in Desert Orchid territory yet in that respect it was great to see a horse like him do that off top-weight in a major handicap. As an aside, the winner of the first looks pretty decent too. [/QUOTE]

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