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There's a search box where you can find horses jockeys and trainers instantly on the Racing Post website

As far as I can see there is no such animal on the Sporting Life website........unless I am missing it??

If there is please someone post the URL and directions it's driving me nuts:blink:
 
Tanlic said:
There's a search box where you can find horses jockeys and trainers instantly on the Racing Post website

As far as I can see there is no such animal on the Sporting Life website........unless I am missing it??

If there is please someone post the URL and directions it's driving me nuts:blink:
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https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/my-stable/search

Not sure if you need to login first
 
Don't need to log in first to search on Sportinglife site. Think you may need to if want to 'track' horses as such? I watch replies on there for free but that requires a log in. Think I registered when a bookie advertising free GN bet if etc years ago and I get in from that.
 
The Racing Post just woke up to the conclusion that I came to and have been touting for the last 9 months

That Honeysuckle they are now comparing to Istabraq might be one of the best we have ever seen. Where's my commison you copycats?:lol:

However Richard Johnson goes on to start comparing her to some of the worst IMO winners like Sublimity and Co.......For me she is up there with Night Nurse and co.

They even refer to her as Brave Inca with an Allowance.a horse that lost 20 races???? He and Hardy Eustace were tough horses but among the high class hurdle since the 60's
not even close.

I certainly don't see her retiring like others do if she wins this year and none of the Fab Four stay hurdling.

She's already as low as 11/4 for next year race.

If she does go on to win another Irish and UK Champion Hurdle the temptation to be the first in history to win 4 will IMO be too much to resist.
 
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I thought before this weekend that they would retire her after her third win. I now think that she will be retired this year. I didn't like how she finished, I think she is thinking about things and de bromhead will be doing a great job for her to run to last year's form in march.
 
He finish the other day is understandable given the effort she put in from three out to the last. As I said before, delay that move until turning for home and there will be nothing weak to see.

But she was only a couple of lengths faster than Sir Gerhard over the same stretch after he had gone faster through the race (not by too much, granted).

Whether that's a negative for Honeysuckle or a positive for Sir G we'll need to wait and see.
 
Desert Orchid is correct - this was my feeling watching the race in real time and I watched back side by side to confirm.

The gap between races from the second hurdle to the sixth hurdle remained constant in the region of 4.5 seconds.

Gap at the rail before 2 out was below 4 seconds while there was c 0.5 second between them at the last.

Blackmore's move from the third last hurdle to the last hurdle used up a lot of gas.

A stronger run race in the Champion will enable her to sit a lot longer but she's had a harder race than was necessary.
 
You would have wanted her to run through the line, rather than needing to be slapped down the shoulder, carrying her head high. Rachael a lot more concerned that she was stopping than ordinarily she should be given that she was 8l clear. Those holding that view can remember her doing something similar at Punchestown last year where she went clear "to win her race" only for Sharjah to threaten to reel her in. She picked up then. She is so far clear of the rest its unlikely to matter.
 
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You would have wanted her to run through the line, rather than needing to be slapped down the shoulder, carrying her head high. Rachael a lot more concerned that she was stopping than ordinarily she should be given that she was 8l clear. Those holding that view can remember her doing something similar at Punchestown last year where she went clear "to win her race" only for Sharjah to threaten to reel her in. She picked up then. She is so far clear of the rest its unlikely to matter.
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Yes, but she just clambered over the last hurdle and lost all momentum at Punchestown, didn’t she? Rachael’s always kept her up to her work at the finish and it didn’t seem that much different to me.
 
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Yes, but she just clambered over the last hurdle and lost all momentum at Punchestown, didn’t she? Rachael’s always kept her up to her work at the finish and it didn’t seem that much different to me.
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She slowed down dramatically coming into the last at punch, and needed galvanising after. Here, she looked reluctant. Maybe if a horse is good enough to come to her, she would have kicked on again. I dont think she will lose at cheltenham, but I don't know how many more times you'd want to be fishing in that well.
 
Watching the race again Rachael has decided to put the race to bed and gone for home race over I doubt if times mean much in what was anothing race.

One thing was noticable was Rachael looked a but worried and was probably aware that the stable horses weren't exactly on fire so she kept pushing and shoving all the way to the line.

The good thing is it's out of the way and they can now concentrate on letting her down and briniging her back nice and fresh for the Champion Hurdle and hopefully in the top of her form.

As for her retiring at the end of the season goes if she wins doing handstands again there is no way they will retire her. Too much money at stake to be killing the gooses that is already laying golden eggs every time she runs,
 
A well known trainer once told me sometimes mares get to a stage where they have just had enough.
A well known vet told me that ideally it's better if mares have their first foals before they are 10. If they don't retire her this year, she'll could be 11 by the time the first foal is due/born. Not that that's a disaster but better for her if not possibly.
I wouldn't be surprised win/lose or pull up in next possible 2 runs, if they come to Aintree possibly with last seasonitis in mind, they retire her at the end of this season.
 
She always stumbles over the last, it's kind of her thing and if we consider how most of De Bromheads have been running it was a fine performance, she has a stone in hand imo
 
G-G said:
A well known trainer once told me sometimes mares get to a stage where they have just had enough.
A well known vet told me that ideally it's better if mares have their first foals before they are 10. If they don't retire her this year, she'll could be 11 by the time the first foal is due/born. Not that that's a disaster but better for her if not possibly.
I wouldn't be surprised win/lose or pull up in next possible 2 runs, if they come to Aintree possibly with last seasonitis in mind, they retire her at the end of this season.
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Well all I can say is a well known trainer was still running Quevega when she was 10 and she has produced what Willie said was the most impressive of all his winners at the DRF.

Probably wishful thinking on my part.....There's always the chance a Horse like Constitution Hill could win the Supreme stay over hurdles and blow her out of the water next season.

Even my old pal Persian War who won 3 Champion Hurdles despite beating his old rival the brilliant Major Rose in his 4th attempt was destroyed when Bula came along.

Right now we can't be sure if it's because the rest are shyte or she is brilliant but my vote goes on the latter till proved different.
 
Tanlic said:
Well all I can say is a well known trainer was still running Quevega when she was 10 and she has produced what Willie said was the most impressive of all his winners at the DRF.

Probably wishful thinking on my part.....There's always the chance a Horse like Constitution Hill could win the Supreme stay over hurdles and blow her out of the water next season.

Even my old pal Persian War who won 3 Champion Hurdles despite beating his old rival the brilliant Major Rose in his 4th attempt was destroyed when Bula came along.

Right now we can't be sure if it's because the rest are shyte or she is brilliant but my vote goes on the latter till proved different.[/QUOTS

Sometimes. Not always. Sometimes. On occasion. Not all of them. Sometimes.
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The way it has been described to me is that sometimes a point comes when a race mare decides they’ve had enough of the track. No one can do anything about it and it’s best to move them on to the next phase in their life.
 
Grey said:
The way it has been described to me is that sometimes a point comes when a race mare decides they’ve had enough of the track. No one can do anything about it and it’s best to move them on to the next phase in their life.
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I experienced this in a professional sense this week and had to move on an old dear who had decided she had enough of the track too
 
Article today on “festival quotes of the week”

I backed him for the Champion Bumper at odds of 25-1 and 20-1 – I did it as soon as he was introduced in the betting after he was named.
Ger O'Brien, part-owner of staggering Leopardstown bumper winner Facile Vega, on his high expectations

Great for the owner but surely one of the most useless, aftertiming pieces of information I’ve read.
 
Ref: Racing Post. My instinct is that the product has improved recently and I am considering paying for a subscription. Am I misguided? (Again!)
 
Just my view, but I find its comprehensive database the best in the business, and the site generally easy to navigate.
 
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