Royal Ascot 2021

Wembley's very big at 33/1, could easily run into 2nd or 3rd place if he's straight today

That was mighty impressive.

Panrich wrote: »

Hopefully Bolger keeps all those dark forces at bay again.

I believe Ger Lyons had the balls to ask Jim whether he had crossed to the dark side and whether he had discovered the magic dust!


There ya go. Poetic Flare repeats the feat of his aul lad 8 years ago.

Of course I backed the second who is now off to stud

longshotvalue wrote: »

Too late to be putting it up but Jeez the 28/1 5 places on Wembly seems like a great bet. He's not here to make up the numbers . Obv i'm also with Ontario (god loves a trier)

:eek:

Got absolutely mullered twice in the straight first my his own pacemaker. Never winning but . Anyway hopefully nobody noticed, and he be a lump job next time

Surely it was Denise that told you to enjoy yourself Jamie and not Gordon! Lol

Pretty sure Aidan tipped that @80/1...Nice wan.

If they find a button to switch off Patrick Sarsfield he'll win plenty of big races. Just saw the stat on that Stakes race, 4 out of the last 7 winners have been drawn 5.


Don't know why Global Storm is so short in the last at Ascot. Brilliant Light is a much better horse than him and is 3 times his price at 12/1.

The Mig wrote: »

Ger said it tongue in cheek jokingly. He was on off the ball today with Joe Molloy and mentioned. It certainly wasn’t an accusing way

I never said it was any other way. You'd have to be a lunatic to say it any other way to Jim. He'd tear strips off ya.


The full context of it is following Jim's article with Kimmage in last Sunday's Independent about tackling doping, something that Jim's been looking for, for some time. Ger Lyons backs him up.


https://www.irishracing.com/news?headline=Lyons-unaware-of-doping-but-backs-Bolger&prid=218942

STB. wrote: »

I believe Ger Lyons had the balls to ask Jim whether he had crossed to the dark side and whether he had discovered the magic dust!


There ya go. Poetic Flare repeats the feat of his aul lad 8 years ago.

Of course I backed the second who is now off to stud

It's a fascinating situation. It would be ridiculous to imagine that plenty of trainers wouldn't be using nearly every advantage possible to win races.

The question is at what levels is it taking place. Assuming that Jim himself is absolutely clean then how can he win pattern races against these cheating trainer?

His Poetic Flare gave that St James Palace field an 8-10+ lb beating today. What use are the illegal drugs if they can't produce significant improvement in a runner ( lengths ?)


It's all quite puzzling. I would assume that the allegations are true but where are the unbelievable performances in Irish Flat racing?

Only one bet tomorrow and that's Wordsworth. Looks a cut above this lot.

deeks wrote: »

Two more punts for today:

Small win only on My Oberon in the Prince of Wales. Has it to do on the figures but we at least know he's in form having finished a very close third in a Group 1 in France last time and he won't mind the ground. Obviously has it all to do with the likes of Love and Lord North but Love is having her seasonal debut over a trip possibly short of her best and Lord North bled last time albeit winning well. No juice in the 2 places ew so a small win only at 20/1.

Dalanijujo could get involved in the last. Won last time out beating a horse who was in very good form having won the twice previously. The drop to 8 furlongs seemed to help there so I'll take her to improve again. 18/1 Bet 365 5 places.

Just noticed that Lord North is a non runner which makes the 20/1 ew 2 places a slightly more attractive option with My Oberon so thats the way I'll play it.

Had a nibble on REVICH in the Hunt Cup. 50/1 7 places. You can also get 25/1 10 places with b365.
2 runs over a mile this season have resulted in a 6th in the Lincoln at 100/1 and 4th of 16 at Newbury. Was 1 1/4L behind Matthew Flinders that day and has a 3lb pull today.
Odds seem big based on that.

Xander10 wrote: »

stradivarius, can he be beaten tomorrow?

I've tried to get him beaten a few times and failed so my play will be to look for something to be placed at a big price. I'm looking at 2 at the moment - Twilight Payment and Rip Van Lips. Twilight Payment will be far better suited by this trip and ground rather than what he has faced earlier in the season albeit he hasn't been running badly. 33/1 3 Places with Bet 365 and 25/1 4 places with PP both look tempting. Rip Van Lips is a bit of a shot in the dark but he has good form in Germany and Andreas Suborics is not sending him over here for a holiday so I'll have a small few quid ew at 80/1 4 places with PP.

In the Britannia I'm chancing Gioia Cieca with the extra places 45/1 5 places with Bet 365. Runs off 96. Was only 1.5 lengths off Megallan and El Drama the last day who are now rated 110 and 109 respectively.

In the King George V I think Too Friendly might have a small squeak at a big price. Beat Dhushan in a maiden the time before last who's go on to win 2 since and is now rated 92. That would suggest that on that form Be Friendly is a 95 horse at least and is in here off 88. His pedigree doesn't necessarily suggest the extra distance will help but PP are 40/1 5 places so I'll have a little bit of that in hope more than expectation.

Finally PP are 6 places in the Buckingham Palace so I've come down on Dubai Mirage in the hope that he'll bounce back after two bad experiences on dirt. On his earlier form the 50/1 on offer looks big.

Nayef Road last 2 runs have been terrible. But if he recaptured last years for he has a great chance of placing. 80/1 (3 places) looks very fair to take that risk.