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Not long home after being invited out to do some shopping...

Portland has failed to live up to the high hopes I had for him after the Sandown Trial. And to think I thought he had Irish Derby pretensions. Next stop Crufts.

Pleased that Giavellotto won. The only reasons I didn't back it (didn't bet in the race) were the drop back in trip after ten weeks off and I wondered if this was a prep for something bigger over further or maybe with the Melbourne Cup in mind, and I wasn't sure if he'd be okay on ground with a bit of give.

Two Tribes covered me in the 3yo sprint hcap but I'd thought the winner too short compared with 16/1 available on Tuesday. The winner was a +p and the runner-up was my second top rated so the figures are doing okay.

Hopefully the last race will be kinder to me.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2682017" data-attributes="member: 65242">Not long home after being invited out to do some shopping... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />Portland has failed to live up to the high hopes I had for him after the Sandown Trial. And to think I thought he had Irish Derby pretensions.&nbsp; <img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/axeman2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":axeman2:" title="Axeman2&nbsp; &nbsp; :axeman2:" data-shortname=":axeman2:" /> Next stop Crufts.Pleased that Giavellotto won. The only reasons I didn&#039;t back it (didn&#039;t bet in the race) were the drop back in trip after ten weeks off and I wondered if this was a prep for something bigger over further or maybe with the Melbourne Cup in mind, and I wasn&#039;t sure if he&#039;d be okay on ground with a bit of give.Two Tribes covered me in the 3yo sprint hcap but I&#039;d thought the winner too short compared with 16/1 available on Tuesday. The winner was a +p and the runner-up was my second top rated so the figures are doing okay.Hopefully the last race will be kinder to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2682017, member: 65242"] Not long home after being invited out to do some shopping... :eek: Portland has failed to live up to the high hopes I had for him after the Sandown Trial. And to think I thought he had Irish Derby pretensions. :axeman2: Next stop Crufts. Pleased that Giavellotto won. The only reasons I didn't back it (didn't bet in the race) were the drop back in trip after ten weeks off and I wondered if this was a prep for something bigger over further or maybe with the Melbourne Cup in mind, and I wasn't sure if he'd be okay on ground with a bit of give. Two Tribes covered me in the 3yo sprint hcap but I'd thought the winner too short compared with 16/1 available on Tuesday. The winner was a +p and the runner-up was my second top rated so the figures are doing okay. Hopefully the last race will be kinder to me. [/QUOTE]

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