Taghrooda

Mgoraf

Runs in the king George instead of this weekends Oaks

Peintre Celebre

Some serious fingers burnt. Betfred reported bets on her were 99.5% of the market

FIVE2_THREE

HMMM, Is this a case of being to ambitious? being by Sea The Stars we don't know how or if she will train on as a 4 year old and I can see why they're striking while the iron is hot but I would have liked for her to remain running against Her own sex for this year.

Peintre Celebre

She is being retired at the end of this year. Suppose they have nothing to lose

andyman

Any chance of her going for the Arc do we reckon?

Peintre Celebre

andyman wrote: »

Any chance of her going for the Arc do we reckon?

I see no reason why not. At 16/1 in a place she is my idea of a good bet at this stage. Plenty of the others short enough, namely Australia, Sea the Moon is a fair price, and expect a different Treve come October but it is very hard to win back to back Arcs-something that Hurricane Run and the outstanding Montjeu couldn't achieve. Taghrooda has done nothing wrong and it looks a solid enough Oaks in comparison to some of the recent winners (Was and Talent particularly). 16/1 a good each way price at this stage.


You would be reliant on a good run next week though, something she should give with all the allowances.

andyman

They must be extremely confident of a good run. She is still unbeaten after all and I doubt connections would throw her in to such a competitive race if they didn't believe she could win it.

7/2 on PP at the moment behind Magician and Telescope. Personally I see no reason why she shouldn't be able to beat those two. She improves a ton with every run.

Harry Angstrom

I had a lucky escape there. Thought she was a stone cold certainty to win tomorrow. Almost smashed into her at 8/11 midweek but decided to wait until closer the day. Phew!

Harry Angstrom

andyman wrote: »

They must be extremely confident of a good run. She is still unbeaten after all and I doubt connections would throw her in to such a competitive race if they didn't believe she could win it.

7/2 on PP at the moment behind Magician and Telescope. Personally I see no reason why she shouldn't be able to beat those two. She improves a ton with every run.

I think Telescope could be another Harbinger. Given fast ground for the King George, they won't see which way he went.

mailburner

fail to see why tag is the same price as magician myself

cant decide between tag and tele but if i got around 11/8 w/o tele I'd
be all over that

Mgoraf

Interesting that JOB picks Tapestry over the Irish guineas winner and the Ribblesdale winner. She's 13/2

tryfix

andyman wrote: »

They must be extremely confident of a good run. She is still unbeaten after all and I doubt connections would throw her in to such a competitive race if they didn't believe she could win it.

7/2 on PP at the moment behind Magician and Telescope. Personally I see no reason why she shouldn't be able to beat those two. She improves a ton with every run.

Delighted she runs, as it was looking like a very mediocre race before she was confirmed as an intended runner.

She needs to improve by about 5lbs to be in with a shout of winning, which should be well within her reach and I did fancy her for the Arc, to do which would mean she'd have to be up to winning this. The addition of Eagle Top if it goes ahead would put me off Taghrooda, Gosden's runner/s will make the prices of the others.


Telescope is riding on Harbingers coattails, he comes into the race on the same rating Harbinger did and deserves respect but his time at Ascot in comparison to Arab Spring's ( who bombed the next time ) on the same day over the same trip with the weights very much against the other horse means there's a chink in his armour.

Magician ran dismally on soft ground at the start of the year and didn't look to be the same horse as last year, but he reproduced his best form 124 when second to The Fugue at Ascot in the Prince Of Wales ( the best recent trial race for the King George ). Making him the top rated horse in the race, running over 12f a distance where he toppled the top class The Fugue and given the way he's been finishing his races strongly over shorter trips this year, I expect him to be capable of running above 124 in the King George, good enough to win the race and hopefully he's another Dylan Thomas in the making.