Great late surge from Bob's Worth. Didn't travel the best, but finished the best.
Irish racing so mickey mouse - 7/8 horses on the bridle at the second last. Why are races never run at adecent pace?
Hmmm - where did the thread go that many of you stated Bob's Worth had "gone" after his last race and I stated if Barry Geraghty was happy that was good enough for me.......... (for which I seem to remember I was slated) - delighted to see the horse make so many look stupid.
Honestly some of you need to realise horses are not racing cars and need the conditions to be right on the day for them perform to their best and even then many will have off days. Too many people will write a horse off way too prematurely.
Irish racing so mickey mouse - 7/8 horses on the bridle at the second last. Why are races never run at adecent pace?
Hmmm - where did the thread go that many of you stated Bob's Worth had "gone" after his last race and I stated if Barry Geraghty was happy that was good enough for me.......... (for which I seem to remember I was slated) - delighted to see the horse make so many look stupid.
Honestly some of you need to realise horses are not racing cars and need the conditions to be right on the day for them perform to their best and even then many will have off days. Too many people will write a horse off way too prematurely.
Some horse that Bobs Worth, I tell thee. Look at how he battled from the last fence.
You want to keep an eye on that Lord Windermere, Dougie made an early move in the back straight from the rear and because he's such a gross horse he was caught out wide and really couldn't find an extra gear to go pass his rivals but stayed in contention.
He wouldn't be at this level but there's a race in him at a big price, talented horsey.
That's a fair point, but until Kauto and Denman rewrote the rule book it was the exception for GC winners not to be 'bottomed' by their Cheltenham exertions, so it's not too unreasonable for people to have suspected that may have happened to Bob's Worth after his lacklustre Haydock showing.
Ted Walsh spoke about that the other day Hamm - wish I had the recording . Basic gist was that pipe era etc got it stuck in English racing mentality that you belt one out in front and the fittest thrive. Suggested that Irish mentality is a bit more always with longer term in mind - different kind of jockey ship. Not doing his point justice without verbatim but he pretty much addressed that issue head on. Mickey Mouse seems a bit strong. They didn't hang about in the champagne fever novice race if yer looking for truly run form. A lot of leopardstown winners still end up winning at Cheltenham so can't say it devalues it
So Walsh thinks that the top Irish chasers stick around longer at the top level does he? Because they are managed for the "long term"
Bollocks
Irish racing so mickey mouse - 7/8 horses on the bridle at the second last. Why are races never run at adecent pace?