St Leger

[Desert Orchid]

I don't see how having a lot of stamina points means a horse will be suited by a stamina test ..the actual number alone is meaningless imo without looking where the balance point is. The thing is a seesaw and stamina is suggested by comparing one side to the other..when speed points and stamina ones are similar then it doesn't suggest a horse has more stamina..its just balanced between both

I'm very much a novice re dosage and suspect it comes into its own in the really big races but my reading of Encke led me to conclude there was the possibility of versatility rather than cancelling out opposing poles of points. He has a very high mid-range number of points, suggesting to me very good middle-distance breeding which might manifest itself in a good cruising speed, enabling the stamina points to come into their own when it really mattered.

I can accept I was just lucky on this occasion, though, since I believe Camelot was not quite on his game and could still have won under a different ride. But my old man always said better to be lucky than good!

 

[davidjohnson]

I was more than happy to avail myself of the 16/1 without Camelot.

Sumptuous.

 

[Hamm]

Indeed - what is a post-race discussion without DO trying to claim he backed the winner?