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Diamond Geezer

Diamond Geezer

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5)- AGREEMENT (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

51- AMRALAH (IRE) Prince A A Faisal Mick Channon

0333- ANOTHER COCKTAIL Michael Kerr-Dineen Hughie Morrison

ARBELAN (FR) H H Aga Khan Alain de Royer Dupre FR

114- ASHDAN Khalid Abdulla John Gosden

26121- ASK DAD Andrew Tinkler Richard Hannon

ATARAXIS (FR) Niarchos Family Sir Henry Cecil

4- AU REVOIR (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

BALMORAL MILLS (IRE) Ecurie Wildenstein Elie Lellouche FR

3-1 BARADARI (IRE) H H Aga Khan Jean Claude Rouget FR

3111- BATTLE OF MARENGO (IRE)Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

2- BRAVODINO (USA) Niarchos Family Jonathan Pease FR

(1)162- CAP O'RUSHES Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

4(1)(1)- CAT O'MOUNTAIN (USA) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

(4)- CHIEF EXECUTIVE (IRE) East Wind Racing Ltd Jo Hughes

021310- COUNT OF LIMONADE (IRE)Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

0- CYCLONE Andrew Tinkler Richard Hannon

3- DALGIG Ken Gundlach Jamie Osborne

5- DANCE KING Bjorn Nielsen David Lanigan

6- DARE TO ACHIEVE Bernard Kantor & Markus Jooste William Haggas

(4)- DEMONIC Khalid Abdulla Sir Henry Cecil

DENOTE Mrs E A Bass Paul Cole

DESERVING HONOUR Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

ETERNAL RAY (IRE) George Strawbridge Freddy Head FR

0- EVERGLADES ISLAND (IRE)Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

34- EXCELLENT RESULT (IRE)Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

120- EXCESS KNOWLEDGE Khalid Abdulla John Gosden

13- EYE OF THE STORM (IRE)Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

FEEL LIKE DANCING Lady Bamford John Gosden

5(1)- FESTIVE CHEER (FR) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

120- FLYING THE FLAG (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

32- FORTIFY (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

1- FOUNDRY (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

GALEB WARRIOR Tony Bloom William Haggas

15- GALILEO ROCK (IRE) Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor David Wachman IRE

GENIUS BOY Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

GOLD MEDAL (IRE) Julie Wood Richard Hannon

23(1)- GREATWOOD Highclere Thoroughbred Racing - Archer Luca Cumani

GROUNDBREAKING Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

(6)- HEIRLOOM Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

41- HILLSTAR Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Sir Michael Stoute

23- IMPROVISATION (IRE) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

2- INDIAN CHIEF (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

JAMMY GUEST (IRE) John Guest Racing George Margarson

351- KINGDOM (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

11- KINGSBARNS (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

2134- KINGSTON JAMAICA (IRE)Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

LAKE MICHIGAN (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

LAKE NOVA (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

41- LEADING LIGHT (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

23(2)132- LEITIR MOR (IRE) Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE

40- LLAREGYB (IRE) Anne Coughlan David Elsworth

5(1)- LORD PROVOST (IRE) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

0(2)10- MAGICIAN (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

MANNDAWI (FR) H H Aga Khan Alain de Royer Dupre FR

(1)- MARS (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

(1)- MIGHTY YAR (IRE) Tony Evans Sir Henry Cecil

001- MOMBASA Wis Green Partners Ralph Beckett

1- MUTASHADED (USA) Hamdan Al Maktoum Roger Varian

NELSON'S VICTORY Victory Bloodstock Limited Jane Chapple-Hyam

416- NEVIS (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

NEW LOOK (IRE) Sheikh Mohammed No current trainer

231- NICHOLS CANYON Rachel Hood & Elaine Lawlor John Gosden

(4)(3)04(6)(4)- OCEAN APPLAUSE Bill McLuskey John Ryan

1- OCOVANGO Prince A A Faisal Andre Fabre FR

PARKER RIDGE (FR) Wildenstein Stables Limited Luca Cumani

10150- PASAKA BOY RWH Partnership Jonathan Portman

51515- PEDRO THE GREAT (USA)Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

5(2)- PERSEPOLIS (IRE) Highclere Thoroughbred Racing - Sloan Sir Michael Stoute

3- PIET MONDRIAN Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

PLINTH (IRE) Anne Marie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE

5- POINT PIPER (USA) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

04(3)- PORTMONARCH (IRE) Robert V LaPenta David Lanigan

QAHIR (IRE) H H Sheikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Thani Freddy Head FR

13- RACE AND STATUS (IRE) Jackie & George Smith Andrew Balding

35211- RESTRAINT OF TRADE (IRE) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

ROYAL FLAG Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

RULER OF THE WORLD (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

SAINT AND SINNER (GER)Gestut Karlshof Andreas Wohler GER

SARDINIA (IRE) Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

SASKATCHEWAN Wildenstein Stables Limited Luca Cumani

SATWA STORY Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

114241- SIR PRANCEALOT (IRE) Andrew Tinkler Not in training

(1)- SIR WALTER SCOTT (IRE)Derrick Smith Aidan O'Brien IRE

SLEEPING GIANT (GER) Wildenstein Stables Limited Luca Cumani

0- SMOKE SCREEN Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

SPESSARTINE (IRE) Edwin Phillips Robert Eddery

SUGAR TRAIN Khalid Abdulla David Smaga FR

010- SUPERPLEX (FR) Stall Eivissa Michael Figge GER

(2)20(1)-(1) SWING EASY Mrs B B Mills, J Harley, T Jacobs Robert Mills

42- TABLEAUX (USA) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

(6)- TAKAATHUR (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

21- TARIKHI (USA) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

TEKTITE Niarchos Family Jonathan Pease FR

21- TELESCOPE (IRE) Highclere Thoroughbred Racing -Wavertree Sir Michael Stoute

114230- THA'IR (IRE) Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

6- THATCHMASTER (USA) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

1- THE UNITED STATES (IRE)Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

3- THE VATICAN (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

(2) THE WELSH WIZARD (IRE) John & Barbara Cotton, Sir Alex Ferguson, J Hanson Charlie Hills

(2)- TINGHIR (IRE) Bjorn Nielsen David Lanigan

111- TORONADO (IRE) Carmichael Humber Richard Hannon

2115- TRADING LEATHER (IRE) Jackie Bolger Jim Bolger IRE

410- TWILIGHT ZONE (IRE) Michael Tabor Aidan O'Brien IRE

23- VAYAKHAN (FR) H H Aga Khan Alain de Royer Dupre FR

VICTORY SONG (IRE) Sue Magnier Aidan O'Brien IRE

WAVER (IRE) Anne Marie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE

WINGED FOOT (IRE) Ecurie Wildenstein Elie Lellouche FR

40- WINTERLUDE (IRE) Godolphin Mahmood Al Zarooni

0- WOODSTOCK (IRE) Julie Wood Richard Hannon

64- ZAIN EAGLE Asaad Al Banwan Gerard Butler

111 entries after March 5 scratchings deadline

38 Irish-trained

12 French-trained

2 German-trained
 
I heard some rumours last year that Ataraxis had been impressing at home and then had a setback .
 
The front three in the betting - Telescope (6s), Kingsbarns (13/2) and Mars (7s) - are priced up as if they've already been out this season and impressively won a recognised trial. Times have changed and not for the better: Shergar was 10/1 immediately after winning the Sandown Classic Trial by ten lengths and he was still available at 8/1 on the Monday morning.

If Battle Of Marengo defies his penalty this afternoon in any sort of style, we'll have four shorter than 8s by tonight.
 
Stoute's Telescope has attracted a lot of the hype, but I am chipping away at Hillstar. His maiden win at Leicester looks strong enough given the exploits of the runner-up in handicaps, and he looks a well treated horse off a mark in the 80s.

He's Stoute's only entry in a 10f handicap at the Craven meeting that usually proves a good race. It was won last year by the Derby runner-up Main Sequence, and Stoute has targeted horses like Papal Bull and Doctor Fremantle at it in recent years having also targeted them at Leicester maidens.

It's asking a lot for him to win the Derby, obviously, though that hasnt stopped me taking all the 200+ on betfair but he has all the right entries, and definitely looks one to pay close attention to on Thursday anyway.

On Timeform ratings, Telescope is 97P, and Hillstar is 97p, so arguably not much between what they've achieved on the track to date.
 
Hard to enthuse over Battle Of Marengo after the Ballysax. Looks a sluggard, and probably no more than third pick from Ballydoyle at this stage?
 
I'd find it difficult to think they haven't got a few better than him. I know nowt about flat racing though.
 
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Colin Phillips said:
Gus, it was a time to bet like men!:)
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Quality. No free bets and all this pussy ****. :)


We've banned the word shite on here, the lizards are running the show maybe?

Now sure whether derby horse, but Amralah is a horse to punt, laugh at, or watch this season.
 
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Colin Phillips said:
Gus, it was a time to bet like men!
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And I did, Col - aftertiming alert - I was already on at 25/1 after Shergar's debut win as a two-year-old (predictably, he went out to 33/1 after his defeat in the William Hill Futurity) and Corals were a stand-out 8/1 the Monday after Sandown. I couldn't get out of work until dinnertime and by then Corals had cut him to 5s. However, there was a branch of Stanley racing nearby and I knew they didn't have prices of their own but had a policy of matching Corals' odds so I went in there, showed them the Coral advert in the Life and got the 8/1 from them.

My first really successful ante-post bet. I went to Epsom for the Derby and felt like a king as Shergar cantered home.
 
Similar with me. On the morning of the Sandown race Richard Baerlein gave Shergar a massive write-up and I availed myself of the 16/1:)....he really was a terrific racing journalist...the Master!
 
gus said:
And I did, Col - aftertiming alert - I was already on at 25/1 after Shergar's debut win as a two-year-old (predictably, he went out to 33/1 after his defeat in the William Hill Futurity) and Corals were a stand-out 8/1 the Monday after Sandown. I couldn't get out of work until dinnertime and by then Corals had cut him to 5s. However, there was a branch of Stanley racing nearby and I knew they didn't have prices of their own but had a policy of matching Corals' odds so I went in there, showed them the Coral advert in the Life and got the 8/1 from them.

My first really successful ante-post bet. I went to Epsom for the Derby and felt like a king as Shergar cantered home.
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Nice story.
 
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