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have been looking forward to seeing Aljamaaheer when he gets his favoured fast ground, rain forecast most of this week at Newbury, which would suit Declaration of War. Fencing made a pleasing return at Ascot lto and is a decent price.
 
backed cityscape at the 4/1 he was yesterday

beauty parlour an interesting dec
 
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Dec of War is the sort of Ballydoyle hype thing that I always oppose. Problem is a lot of them win.

Farhh has the best form so I've taken 4/1. He's a 10f animal at best but none of these would have run a top of her game Moonlight Cloud so close in the Moulin.
 
Euronymous said:
Farhh has the best form so I've taken 4/1. He's a 10f animal at best but none of these would have run a top of her game Moonlight Cloud so close in the Moulin.
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debateable. cityscape's two seconds behind excelebration (ahead of MC in the marois) and close third behind crack milers canford cliffs & goldikova rates as the best form in the book imo.

i won't disagree farrh is a decent price though and i can't see why DoW is the favourite for this.
 
Im on Fencing e/w at 12's.

Cityscape is a certainty to place. Around the 9-2 mark on Betfair at the moment, albeit for peanuts. If that can hold up then even money a place would be a knocking bet.
 
He may well improve a stone on his official rating but Declaration of War needs to do so to beat Farrh and Cityscape . Absurdly short IMO .
 
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Farhh has the best form so I've taken 4/1. He's a 10f animal at best but none of these would have run a top of her game Moonlight Cloud so close in the Moulin.
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Doubt Moonlight Cloud was at the "top of her game" as she never really was a miler; her only other decent run coming on very fast ground around a sharp Deauville. By that same token, Farhh's 1m form is overrated, and I can't see him beating Cityscape - unless the ground becomes testing.
Be surprised if Declaration Of War turns out to be anything special either. AOB knows this is generally a sub-standard gp1, and runs what is probably one of his lesser lights in the hope of nicking it. His only previous winner being Hawk Wing, who was under a cloud at the time, anyway.
Cityscape to win a poor race - by default.
 
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Doubt Moonlight Cloud was at the "top of her game" as she never really was a miler; her only other decent run coming on very fast ground around a sharp Deauville. By that same token, Farhh's 1m form is overrated, and I can't see him beating Cityscape - unless the ground becomes testing.
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I've cooled a bit towards Farhh mainly because of his stable's form and have added Cityscape. DoW's redonkulous price means there is a huge amount of juice in the market.
 
2 horse race for me

Farrhh and Cityscape
preference for the former, as he is younger and lightlier raced
 
Declaration Of War.......keeping it simple stupid (as one wise man once said to me) and a score on the nose to boot. :)
 
I was a bit concerned that Farrh tended not to win but he was taking on Frankel and I don’t see many 1s next to Cityscape’s name either. I reckon whichever of these two turns up fittest on the day will win but the 5/1 on offer about Farrh is screaming value. Beauty Parlour takes on male opponents for the first time so I’m prepared to watch on this occasion to see if she’s up to it on her first run since coming from France. Trumpet Major looks exposed as short of top class. Declaration Of War's place in the market makes it a betting race if you fancy anything bar him.
 
Farhh goes well fresh

His seconds were behind frankel, so You think and moonlight cloud


5/1 looks really good


Amaron is an interesting long shot for the minor placings.


Cityscape the one for the exacta.
 
Isn't Aljamaheer a big price for this at 20/1?

DOW is a laughable price, he might be something else but they didn't think that much of him before his last run, he didn't even go off favourite against Sweet Lightning. These things get beat as much as they win despite people saying otherwise and whilst he might turn out to be a top class miler, I couldn't back him at the price.

Cityscape doesn't have his ground but went well fresh in Dubai last year and Farhh's injury last year was worse than publicised IMO. They've only mentioned he has had surgery in the past week, I don't trust Saeed to get them back quickly. Beauty Parlour is interesting, she looked a superstar before losing her way and if anyone is going to get her back it's Cecil but that's in her price.

Therefore, I think a boilover could be heading our way and I like Aljamaheer. I think he's a miler and he loves fast ground. I'd forgive his runs at Goodwood because, well, it's Goodwood and I'll forgive any horse not enjoying that place. He was very impressive second time up last year so I suspect the Leicester run will have put him spot on for this. It's interesting that Varian throws him in here rather than a lesser race elsewhere and 20/1 is big, especially when you're getting 5/1 a place with some firms.
 
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Can't not back Farhh at the prices. Saw Crisford comments, but Suroor more positive in Post. Best ignore them all!
 
I'm resigned to Farrh not being ready so have, in desperation, taken the 10/1 place only about Amaron. Probably well overpriced in the win market at 40/1 so worth a pop.
 
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