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Glad somebody got the winner! It would have been a shame to have had all that discussion and have nobody find it.

I've just watched the race again and the more I see it the more annoyed I am with young Loughnane. If he isn't kicking himself black and blue this evening I hope George Boughey is. I can come down to Newmarket tomorrow and take over if they want.

Maybe the horse was hanging left late in the race but Loughnane's arm looks to me like it's blocking his view of his right side just where the winner came. It almost looks like he was preparing to do a Barzalona celebration as he must have thought he was winning comfortably. He was in front six inches before the line and six inches after it and was two lengths in front of the winner within three strides after the line.

There was an element of Seabiscuit losing his first Santa Anita in it.

I don't mean to take anything away from the winner or his jockey. It was a similar ride and the horse has clearly improved a lot over the winter, exactly the type I feared would win.

It will be interesting to see how the handicapper reacts in terms of how much he puts up the first two relative to each other.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2697297" data-attributes="member: 65242">Glad somebody got the winner! It would have been a shame to have had all that discussion and have nobody find it.I&#039;ve just watched the race again and the more I see it the more annoyed I am with young Loughnane. If he isn&#039;t kicking himself black and blue this evening I hope George Boughey is. I can come down to Newmarket tomorrow and take over if they want.Maybe the horse was hanging left late in the race but Loughnane&#039;s arm looks to me like it&#039;s blocking his view of his right side just where the winner came. It almost looks like he was preparing to do a Barzalona celebration as he must have thought he was winning comfortably. He was in front six inches before the line and six inches after it and was two lengths in front of the winner within three strides after the line.There was an element of Seabiscuit losing his first Santa Anita in it.I don&#039;t mean to take anything away from the winner or his jockey. It was a similar ride and the horse has clearly improved a lot over the winter, exactly the type I feared would win.It will be interesting to see how the handicapper reacts in terms of how much he puts up the first two relative to each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2697297, member: 65242"] Glad somebody got the winner! It would have been a shame to have had all that discussion and have nobody find it. I've just watched the race again and the more I see it the more annoyed I am with young Loughnane. If he isn't kicking himself black and blue this evening I hope George Boughey is. I can come down to Newmarket tomorrow and take over if they want. Maybe the horse was hanging left late in the race but Loughnane's arm looks to me like it's blocking his view of his right side just where the winner came. It almost looks like he was preparing to do a Barzalona celebration as he must have thought he was winning comfortably. He was in front six inches before the line and six inches after it and was two lengths in front of the winner within three strides after the line. There was an element of Seabiscuit losing his first Santa Anita in it. I don't mean to take anything away from the winner or his jockey. It was a similar ride and the horse has clearly improved a lot over the winter, exactly the type I feared would win. It will be interesting to see how the handicapper reacts in terms of how much he puts up the first two relative to each other. [/QUOTE]

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