I had a long chat with Pete this morning. Winker recovered from the race extremely well. He's a very uncomplicated horse and appears to be a true professional - we will probably go straight to Ascot with him now. Lord Snooty will come out in two or three weeks, either at Newmarket or Windsor - he wouldn't want it too firm. I asked about Dutch Art - he will improve for the run but is a top class animal and should win. I'm having a proper bet on him.
I spoke to David Pipe. Prince Ary will go tomorrow and we'll take our chances against Artadi. I doubt I'll have a bet in the race. I asked DP about his other runners today. He didn't think there were any clear betting propositions - he thought Raslan was his most interesting runner but was up against a horse of Jonjo's that was difficult to assess. I like Raslan - I may have a little bet.
I've been trying to get through to Gary Moore but his mobile's been off all morning. I note he runs Altilhar in the Scottish Champion Hurdle. Gary loves the horse but this is a big ask - he's a backable price and I may well have a go. Brian runs Admiral's Cruise at Newbury, a horse he's always had a big opinion of. I'll be watching out for him, but I'm not sure Brian's horses have really come to hand yet - I'll leave it until later to decide whether I'm having a bet.
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My racehorses
- TRAINED BY DAVID PIPE
- Prince Ary
- TRAINED BY NICK GIFFORD
- Theophrastus
- Big Paddy
- Better Together
- Ours
- TRAINED BY GARY MOORE
- Kings Head - 4yo
- Mon Michel - 4yo
- TRAINED BY TOM DASCOMBE
- Conservation - 4yo
- Master of the Race
- Baldovina
- Shawhill
- TRAINED BY BARRY HILLS
- Effingham
- TRAINED BY PAUL COLE
- Ollie Fliptrik
- TRAINED BY BRIAN MEEHAN
- Adam Eterno
- Lord Peter Flint
- Major Eazy
- Captain Hurricane
- TRAINED BY PETER CHAPPLE-HYAM
- Bouguereau
- Winker Watson
- Lord Snooty
- Thunderbolt Jaxon
- Johnny Alpha
- TRAINED BY WALTER SWINBURN
- (unnamed) by Kings Best
2 comments:
I fancied Katies Tuitor in the race Altilhar won at Ascot but KT ran no race at all. I saw Altilhar's entry in the Scottish Champion Hurdle and, like you, thought it was a big ask for a four year old. Tommo was pretty bullish about Altilhar's chance on The Morning Line where a price of 10/1 was quoted. He was certainly less than that at the off; I wasn't tempted. The horse ran a good race, getting outpaced down the back straight but staying on to take a creditable fourth place.
Good job with Winker. I looked quite hard at the race before deciding to swerve it, siding with most others that I spoke to about it in that PCH's FTO record is poor. I'm sure the victory hit a number of layers quite hard.
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