The Road to Foundry winning the St Leger

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Given the obvious link between Coolmore and Dillon, I'd have thought the fact Ladbrokes are shortest about Leading Light and Longest about Foundry tells its own story.
 
I reckon if you drag a punter out of a betting shop and ask him/her if s/he'd sooner believe an established connection or one who uses the Sun to pinstick so-called 'will win' guesses, they'd opt for the former.
 
Desert Orchid said:
I reckon if you drag a punter out of a betting shop and ask him/her if s/he'd sooner believe an established connection or one who uses the Sun to pinstick so-called 'will win' guesses, they'd opt for the former.
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They'd be right you know...

Looking forward to seeing what The Sun tips up tomorrow in the Curragh.
 
I am sure I was told Leading Light broke at Nicholas abbeys 3f sectionals at home and Ernest Heminway can't get within 10 lengths off him, not 100% on this bu interesting nevertheless

Nice horse foundry could be anything tho.
 
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FrogTheBountyMuncher said:
I am sure I was told Leading Light broke at Nicholas abbeys 3f sectionals at home and Ernest Heminway can't get within 10 lengths off him, not 100% on this bu interesting nevertheless

Nice horse foundry could be anything tho.
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Abdolute bollocks. Would you ever **** off.
 
FrogTheBountyMuncher said:
I am sure I was told Leading Light broke at Nicholas abbeys 3f sectionals at home and Ernest Heminway can't get within 10 lengths off him, not 100% on this bu interesting nevertheless

Nice horse foundry could be anything tho.
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No no no frog...completely wrong there...it was Johannesburg's 3f sectionals he was breaking.
 
I am all over John Gosden's Excess Knowledge for this. Will be having my largest bet of the flat season. Eyecatching prep run in an important Leger trial, unexposed, trained by a man who block books 15 rooms on Leger weekend in the hotel beside the racecourse and a dosage profile that screams Leger. What's not to like?

By Monsun, out of a Dansili mare by Rainbow Quest. A nice chunk of stamina, with a bit of speed from Danzig/Danehill on the dam side. His dam won the Aphrodite Stakes over 1m4f for Gosden. So he knows the family well (I love saying that). I have such a roaring hard on for him in the Leger that my desk is in danger of falling over here.

He should be odds on.
 
Great Hall is the one for me at the prices, taken some 40 a while ago and the 25 is appealing for a press if he does run.

Won a Haydock handicap over 1m6f (so stays) clocking a smart figure and the form isn't bad either with 2nd, 3rd and 4th all winning since. These "group class" staying three year olds look a very average bunch and nothing an unexposed improving handicapper can't take care of (Got an RPR of 101 for his win last time out).
 
I backed Libertarian at 16/1 after he'd won the Dante. His performance there and at Epsom screamed Leger and if he hadn't gone to Ireland he'd be a short-priced favourite by now. I'm always inclined to forgive a horse one bad run but it was particularly bad and it would be impossible to be confident now about his chance rather than just hopeful.

I'm also on Excess Knowledge at 33s, purely on the strength of Timeform putting him up as a decent Leger bet after his Sandown run. He should have won decisively at Goodwood and he'll be well suited by the step up in trip.

Foundry looks an unlikely stayer to me and Galileo Rock and Leading Light both look slow.
 
4/1 Galileo Rock
4/1 Excess Knowledge
5/1 Leading Light
6/1 Foundry
9/1 Libertarian
16/1 Talent
16/1 Feel Like Dancing
16/1 Secret Number
16/1 Eye of the Storm

Seriously??? A classic winner three times the price of a bumper winner. **** outta here.
 
Reported that Leading Light or Foundry could go to the Curragh if it goes soft there. Hopefully Leading Light....

Dry week forecast for Doncaster, back Great Hall at 25s EW and thank me later
 
On the subject of the Leger Meeting, Channel 4 are covering Thursday to Saturday inclusive this time round with only Wednesday not shown. Am I right in thinking that this is the first Thursday they've covered in a few years?
 
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On the subject of the Leger Meeting, Channel 4 are covering Thursday to Saturday inclusive this time round with only Wednesday not shown. Am I right in thinking that this is the first Thursday they've covered in a few years?
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Possibly but it's such a p1sh card they shouldn't have bothered.
 
I like Gus's appraisal of Libertarian, can't add to it. I think the current 8/1 with Laddies and Hills is excellent, looks like a cracking race. Galileo Rock a worthy favourite but this is no walkover and he'll have to have inherited a lot of his sires genes to win this. I suspect he might find one or two too good on the day, but it is hard to underestimate the Irish.:)
 
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