Sunday

Gamebred wrote: »

Happened to be on a well backed 7/2 poke, amazing really.

Its happens Get over it

Gregk961 wrote: »

Geraghty got banned at Limerick last year

He did originally, but never served it.

Gregk961 wrote: »

Geraghty got banned at Limerick last year for letting the winner go and then closing towards the line, maybe the rest of them on realising the bird had flown feared a similar fate.

Its hard to know how they all cocked up but its heardly worth pages of debate. Horses slip the field in both codes neaely every day of the week.

Of course they do. But in a Grade 2 ???
Loughran was by his own admission hack cantering, but they made no effort to chase him down.

As I had no bet in the race I'd like to think that I was objective. I called it early in the race and said that they were all going to be hauled in. They were never going to catch it given there was no pace already in the race and most certainly not on that ground.

At the very least it was a bad judgement by all those bar loughran. By the book they should have been all hauled in as they made no effort to get their horses best placed.

Will be watching its next race with interest though.

posturingpat wrote: »

I'm fairly confident hell never win a decent race. If he's in the first 3 at Cheltenham I'll be surprised.

I agree, I think it was a muck race.
Anibale fly will always be hit or miss,
Acapella would of been a nice handicapper for next season but his mark is ruined now.

Excellent sectional analysis by Declan Meagher:

http://www.cheltenhamtips.ie/acapella-bourgeois-performance-tells-us-stewards-right-not-hold-inquiry/

The really damning part of this is the time between the first fence and the final fence on the first circuit and on the last circuit. Despite being allowed build up a massive lead the first time round, he was still able to run the same distance 11 seconds quicker on the second circuit, showing that he absolutely cantered first time around and was given an extraordinarily easy lead.

HarshOstrich wrote: »

Acapella bourgois up to a mark of 158, 2 pound shy of min after yesterday's win, the handicapper doesn't think it was a fluke.

Poor handicapper had no chance with that race, if he goes to England Smith will throw him up another stone.

To highlight how utterly shambolic that race was, Noel O Brien had to determine that all runners bar the winner ran about a stone under their best and even at that on literal ratings at 1lb a length and as the winner hack cantered to a 158 mark and:

Road To Respect ran to 126
Haymount ran to 115
Aniable Fly ran to 109
Jetstream Jack ran to 100
Bellow Mome ran to 97
Stone Hard ran to 91

All is good in Irish racing :pac:

The finishing time is fine for the winner. 6.37 on Heavy Ground.

Anibale Fly did 6.27 when winning over the same C&D albeit on Yielding ground a month previously.

Doubt Accapella will run in the RSA unless its raining cats and dogs for the week.

Peintre Celebre wrote: »

Johnny Ward saying gold cup contender

Is he taking the piss? I'd normally have Johnny down as one of the less bull**** talking journos.

Kevin Blake's thoughts:

http://www.attheraces.com/blogs/kevin-blake

posturingpat wrote: »

Is he taking the piss? I'd normally have Johnny down as one of the less bull**** talking journos.

I have him down as quite the opposite tbh!

Ward afraid to step on any toes in case he gets out of the loop, pure arse kisser

****ing hell, quote from Noel O Brien,

"You can talk about the testing ground and tactics or whatever, but the other horses ran to their ratings and in sequence, and he just looked in a different league," he said.

"There was nothing coasting in behind. Ruby Walsh sat closest to him on Haymount, and he paid the price."

http://www.racingpost.com/news/live.sd?event_id=24071624&category=0

If they all ran to their rating why did he only put the winner up 15lbs and not up to the 175+ he should have gotten, oh yeah cause it's utter bollox.

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Can't believe you guys are still going on about this. Do you people not realise it's Cheltenham in three weeks time?

We don't like the term "you guys" :P

It was only Sunday Francie!

The way horses are dropping out of Cheltenham this could be the busiest thread come Cheltenham week.