York Ebor Meeting

I would love to see some footage of Path of Peace's November Handicap. Probably around 1978, maybe 79. Possibly 77, or even 80.

My Dad used to get the Timeform Horses to Follow booklet, and POP was in it as a mud lover.

Anyway, come the Sat morning, and he's 25-1. I'm in Middlesex, and it's pissing down with no end in sight. Just a kid and no brain, I have no concept that it might not be raining in Donny. As it was, it was. I think Path of Peace made all, listened to it on the radio at work. Never had a 25-1 winner before that, and never seen the race. I think the ultimate SP was around 12s. We both had a tenner on in the morning. The days when you had to say 'take the price' as you pushed the slip across.

Happy days.

Path of Peace subsequently ran 2nd (I think, memory is failing there) in a County, 1-2 with another old favourite Queen of Bermuda (maybe Prince, but think it was Queen).

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Sorry, not really relevant (unless he made all on the 'wrong' rail), but a nice one to remember.
 
chaumi said:
I would love to see some footage of Path of Peace's November Handicap. Probably around 1978, maybe 79. Possibly 77, or even 80.

My Dad used to get the Timeform Horses to Follow booklet, and POP was in it as a mud lover.

Anyway, come the Sat morning, and he's 25-1. I'm in Middlesex, and it's pissing down with no end in sight. Just a kid and no brain, I have no concept that it might not be raining in Donny. As it was, it was. I think Path of Peace made all, listened to it on the radio at work. Never had a 25-1 winner before that, and never seen the race. I think the ultimate SP was around 12s. We both had a tenner on in the morning. The days when you had to say 'take the price' as you pushed the slip across.

Happy days.

Path of Peace subsequently ran 2nd (I think, memory is failing there) in a County, 1-2 with another old favourite Queen of Bermuda (maybe Prince, but think it was Queen).

****

Sorry, not really relevant (unless he made all on the 'wrong' rail), but a nice one to remember.
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Path Of Peace won County Hurdle 1982, Prince Of Bermuda second. Roadway third .
Less than a length covered the first three.
Mouse Morris trained Roadway; Tommy Carberry rode his last Festival race on him.
Mouse said that if Roadway hadn't hit the last hurdle he would have won and Mouse could have retired from training having gone balls deep at 66/1 and other exotic prices.
For some reason Mouse never mentioned it in his autobiography; maybe the pain was too much.
That's racing !
 
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edgt said:
Path Of Peace won County Hurdle 1982, Prince Of Bermuda second.
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Actually, I think they were both around 6-1 or 13-2. Pretty sure both single figures anyway. Remember doing the RFC in a Tote in Southall.

Haha, when you can mark plenty of your life through different stages by the names of horses, what races they ran in, and whether you were on or not, it's a bit of a pointer, right!
 
reet hard said:
Give the trainer some credit,too - he plotted the route.
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Not according to him he didn’t. He said that when they walked the course Frankie told him he was going to go straight on. I suppose there’s a pinch of salt in that :)
 
barjon said:
Not according to him he didn’t. He said that when they walked the course Frankie told him he was going to go straight on. I suppose there’s a pinch of salt in that :)
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Aye: Frankie being his usual shy,retiring self.:lol:
We did that with TRAWLERMAN 's sire Golden Horn in the Arc, we did it with Muntahaa in this race and we've done it again here. Once you get that draw you should just stay out there. It works. It was very much a team decision. As soon as we got that draw we knew what we were going to do. So long as you mind your own business, you're fine. You just don't want the horse to turn right and go into the stables. You had to fancy him to run a big race after his run at Goodwood. I felt very strongly that he was the right horse for the day - John Gosden, joint-trainer.
 
A few noteworthy runs to put (or keep) in the notebook. Any more?

Wednesday

4:10 Zoffee - didn’t get a clear run then hampered 1fur out. Would have been closer and I think on a competitive mark atm.
5:20 Utilis - although 40/1 I think more was expected. Didn’t get a clear run, ran on strongly when clear and not pressed too hard when chance obviously gone.

Friday

1:50 Thundering - came from miles back to finish second.
3:00 Noble Style - looked another one destined for the top table for Godolphin. Gawd knows where they are going to run them all.
3:35 The Platinum Queen - some performance for a 2yo. Hope she came out of it ok.
4:10 State Occasion - won as easy as you like.

Saturday

1:50 Alflaila - impressive win, but it’s a shame Mighty Ulysses didn’t fire since I think Alflaila would still have turned the tables easily. Very progressive and a lot more to come I reckon.
 
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Dakota Gold finished out with the washing in the opener but was drawn completely away from the far side pace pelaton, and must have been 6 or 7l behind at one stage (btn 7.5l).
There'll be other sprints at his favourite track this season, so not one to write off, just yet.

Mishriff continues to be under-rated (even by the RP) yet probably ran the race of his life behind a truly amazing star, here.
He'd developed a propensity to be slowly away, but clearly showed that has been trained out of him, by being first out of the gate. It would be wrong to rate him on the 2 that followed him home, as both were advantaged by being off the strong pace.
Make no mistake (plenty probably will, which won't harm his price) he'll win any fast ground 10f race he goes for - as long as Baaeed doesn't turn up.
 
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barjon said:
A few noteworthy runs to put (or keep) in the notebook. Any more?



1:50 Thundering - came from miles back to finish second.
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Re-watched the meeting earlier today. Agree on Thundering. The only 3yo in the race and he was off 90 as the jockey carried overweight. His profile is progressive, I liked his opening run of the year when he was beaten by Savvy Victory off levels (he's on 95 now) and that horse has form with Protagonist who won the big handicap at Sandown on Saturday.

I've also put Nomadic Empire in the tracker from the sprint. He was drawn 15 and was taken far side finishing fourth. A mid 90s mark is a winnable one for him.
 
Desert Orchid said:
Wow. That Soulcombe won like an odds-on shot. Great early shout by Euro! :thumbsup:

Has to be put away for the Ebor next year.
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Desert Orchid said:
I've taken it [25/1 Soulcombe for the 2023 Ebor]. Off 83 today. He'll go up around 10lbs so will need to go up a further 8lbs to make the cut next August so might well go for the 'win and you're in' race here in May. I'll leave it to Haggas to map out the right programme for him.
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The handicapper clearly rates the Melrose well above average. He's put Soulcombe up 14lbs to 97. That might actually please connections if it's the Ebor they're long-term targeting (and why wouldn't they?). The win the other day bought their entry ticket for the race so they can keep him around this mark and know he'll get in at the bottom and possibly less 'wrong' than a penalty after the weights might otherwise have left him.

Trawlerman, by comparison, has only gone up 5lbs for winning the Ebor itself.
 
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