Quite good, didn't look like stopping.
What would the dosage say about him, Steve, given the conflicting messages on the topside and bottom of his page?
Edit: just checked.
CARLTON HOUSE (USA) b. C, 2008 DP = 6-2-8-6-2 (24) DI = 1.00 CD = 0.17
That looks like he would be okay at 12f.
Very poor from World Domination, surely won't lineup in the Derby now.
Might it have been that Carlton House was better suited by the test of speed than his two main rivals?
Just a thought.
I prefer my 2/1 Derby favourites to be more certain to stay, or to have beaten Pisco Sour by more than 4 lengths.
Do I expect too much?
I wasn't that impressed, certainly not interested at 7/4, but it is beginning to look like a pretty ordinary will be lining up at Epsom.
I don't think it's going to happen, Steve.
Connections have just stated, again, "no" in no uncertain terms.
A huge change of mind and a certain loss of face if he takes his place.
As does the whip not being used, as does him pulling for quite a while, as does him not getting a clear run. He looks bombproof and all class. Hats off for the Queen!
Seville will have been suited less by the slow pace and the sprint finish. He will be better suited by a good pace and the extra 2 furlongs. He ran green in the last furlong, and wandered around under pressure. He was coming back at the winner when he wandered sideways into him, at which point the jockey eased up completely. O'Brien will have left plenty to work on, so I think there is a reasonable chance he could turn the form around. But I think Recital is the Ballydoyle number one, if they can get him to run straight and true at Epsom.
As does the whip not being used, as does him pulling for quite a while, as does him not getting a clear run. He looks bombproof and all class. Hats off for the Queen!