The Prince of Burma appreciation thread

fangee wrote: »

Time will tell but and looks amazing today.

I stopped backing him completely a couple of years ago when I felt he was losing competitions he should have walked. I got fed up waiting for his putter to 'get hot ' on a weekend.

His iron play is unreal.

I was going to stop backing him but I kept telling myself if I didn't back him he would probably win and I'd be even more annoyed! Would love to see him win (apart from me winning money) think he deserves a major.

Ah fuck ya Westy. I'm turning this off.

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Do you reckon looking at it might be an idea before slating someone else's view?

I'm not a vet but have never seen a bleeder actually finishing out a race strongly. Neither has anyone I know. Happy to be corrected on that from someone more well versed in equine biology.

As for defaming the vet I know several people who have owned horses, told the stewards it was lame when it wasn't & that was that. No idea if the stewards even bothered to check with a vet but do know it was accepted when there wasn't a thing wrong with the horse

As for how much he'd on, I'm guessing zero as it was a 25/1 rag

Watched the ride there are as suggested. Looked to me like horse lost his action before the 2nd last and then was seriously unbalanced all the way up the straight. One view would be that Barry Cash was the one unbalancing him but IMO you couldn’t dismiss having burst as the explanation.

If Kevin Blake says in his opinion a horse was stopped and the stewards did nothing that is fair enough. He has gone a lot further here. Unlike you he is saying that as a punter he does in fact know more than those versed in equine biology. He is dismissing scientific fact out of hand as irrelevant because it doesn’t fit his visual assessment of the race.

Beyond this Sligo case he is applying his theory across the board and in process defaming every racecourse vet who examines a fancied loser and reports post race abnormalities.

My understanding is that horses behave in all sorts of different ways when something stressful happens mid race. Some stop to nothing in strides. Some experience a surge of adrenaline. I remember Henbit winning the Derby with a broken bone in his foot.

UrbanSea wrote: »

What price was Westwood and what happened since Johner posted? Playing a round in a few hours could be hard my arms got seriously sun burnt yesterday

He was around 4/1 I think. Then he got 3 bogeys on the back 9. Still in with a good chance though on -2.

carpothepunk wrote: »

Its actually called The Stock Exchange. Its pretty decent. Nice decor, bit fancy for me. The ****ing stairs up to the place though, sweet ****. Can see many a one falling up and down them. The whole "Stock Exchange" drink idea is pretty cool, although I feel it may be illegal in Ireland? Not sure. Good night though, we were there till all hours.

Where abouts is it carpo?? The Queens nightclub in ennis has been running a stock exchange night for a good while, handy out if you're broke! This new place is hardly gonna be running.like that every night though is it?

Westwood 3 shots ahead now! Come on my son!

Classic Westwood! 2 bogeys in a row!