Poor Asterion Forlonge, he jumped so well until the last. He wouldn't have beaten Tornado Flyer but would have got second.
Most disappointing King George my beer ladled head can remember
They've all been bad since Cue Card. It's like Vautour put a hex on the race.As I was saying Perhaps the worst King George in years
but little enough on ratings between them all .
Will be interesting to see what De Bromhead makes of Minella Indo's 'run' today, was just too bad to be true. He just was never comfortable at any stage in the race and never looked going one bit. You knew pretty quickly it wasn't going to be his day and he folded like a pack of cards.
I've lumped on at 10s for his repeat bid in March.
Could read too much into it and think the cheek pieces went on as he has showed no spark at home
Not Blackmores finest day ever either
For a race that is an "easy" 3m, it is some race to incapacitate the field and see most of them legless year after year
Could read too much into it and think the cheek pieces went on as he has showed no spark at home
Not Blackmores finest day ever either
For a race that is an "easy" 3m, it is some race to incapacitate the field and see most of them legless year after year
I couldn't understand what Blackmore was thinking tbh. I understand competing for the lead at the start Vs Frodon - then she eased off as the pace was too hot. Fair enough.
The second move to take the inside line up the bend made absolutely no sense unless she was planning to stay there. Almost as if she was so focused on making sure Frodon didn't get an easy lead rather than riding her own race. Minella Indo has never been a front runner - if not giving Frodon an easy lead was so important why didn't they run a stablemate as a spoiler?
I thought Clan Des Obeaux ran as good a race as could be expected on that ground. Frodon actually did very well to finish that close given the pace and going, I suspect on good ground he would have been very hard to beat.
I suspect we won't see Tornado Flyer troubling the judge too many more times at the top level, though it was a very well judged ride by Mullins the way the race developed
The bald fact is Kempton's a flat track with a regular finish, and no way the same test as the Gd1 3m tracks with a stiff climb at the finish.Could read too much into it and think the cheek pieces went on as he has showed no spark at home
Not Blackmores finest day ever either
For a race that is an "easy" 3m, it is some race to incapacitate the field and see most of them legless year after year
Ratings are meaningless in graded races.