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Now that the Bobbyjo is out of the way I plan to start doing the race (GN), assuming I can find time every other evening or so over the next week or two to look at about 20 horses each time, maybe only down to entry #60-ish since below that they tend not to make the cut.

I'm still not entirely convinced that 7yos are ideal candidates despite Noble Yeats's win a couple of years ago but Intense Raffles might not be a normal 7yo having been chasing in France as a 4yo.

My take, as always, is that unless the ground is ridiculously heavy as in Red Marauder's year (when it really shouldn't have been run), the race will go to something that is a good way ahead of its mark and the key is to assess their true level as accurately as possible. Get half a dozen such types onside and you'll be unlucky not to have the winner.

Simples.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2693870" data-attributes="member: 65242">Now that the Bobbyjo is out of the way I plan to start doing the race (GN), assuming I can find time every other evening or so over the next week or two to look at about 20 horses each time, maybe only down to entry #60-ish since below that they tend not to make the cut.I&#039;m still not entirely convinced that 7yos are ideal candidates despite Noble Yeats&#039;s win a couple of years ago but Intense Raffles might not be a normal 7yo having been chasing in France as a 4yo.My take, as always, is that unless the ground is ridiculously heavy as in Red Marauder&#039;s year (when it really shouldn&#039;t have been run), the race will go to something that is a good way ahead of its mark and the key is to assess their true level as accurately as possible. Get half a dozen such types onside and you&#039;ll be unlucky not to have the winner.Simples.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2693870, member: 65242"] Now that the Bobbyjo is out of the way I plan to start doing the race (GN), assuming I can find time every other evening or so over the next week or two to look at about 20 horses each time, maybe only down to entry #60-ish since below that they tend not to make the cut. I'm still not entirely convinced that 7yos are ideal candidates despite Noble Yeats's win a couple of years ago but Intense Raffles might not be a normal 7yo having been chasing in France as a 4yo. My take, as always, is that unless the ground is ridiculously heavy as in Red Marauder's year (when it really shouldn't have been run), the race will go to something that is a good way ahead of its mark and the key is to assess their true level as accurately as possible. Get half a dozen such types onside and you'll be unlucky not to have the winner. Simples. [/QUOTE]

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