Across the pond

Starine · Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:47 pm

Thanks, Northport. I just can't wrap my head around why anyone would give it to a male horse. I know you explained that it's helpful for extremely spooky and skittish horses, but I am not quite sure that is true of Alligator Blood. I'll have to do some more digging.

luvsgeldings · Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:44 am

well Enable sure made that look easy - she is certainly something special - - i do love that Sovereign though.... a horse who runs with a happy joyful spirit - but second today to the great Enable - and that is nothing to be ashamed about.

Mylute · Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:51 am

Surely there are natural options for spooky horses?

The bottom line is that he tested positive for a prohibited substance. It doesn't matter why they gave it to him. They aren't crying "contamination" or denying it, it looks like, so what's their defense gonna be at the appeal hearing?

Diver52 · Sat Jul 25, 2020 1:35 pm

luvsgeldings wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:44 am well Enable sure made that look easy - she is certainly something special - - i do love that Sovereign though.... a horse who runs with a happy joyful spirit - but second today to the great Enable - and that is nothing to be ashamed about.

That was pretty to watch.

ThreeMustangs · Sat Jul 25, 2020 2:10 pm

Oisin Murphy’s call of the race is awesome.

https://twitter.com/championsseries/sta ... 01378?s=21

Starine · Sat Jul 25, 2020 2:43 pm

I feel privileged to watch a horse like Enable run. She's exquisite.

Diver52 · Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:07 pm

When she came onto the track she really put her game face on. Lovely to see.

tachyon · Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:28 pm

Queen is back!!

Third King George win was unprecedented and she did it easily.
It's also amazing that she won G1 races in four straight years.
(How many horses achieved that feat in the past?)

Tessablue · Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:39 pm

tachyon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:28 pm Queen is back!!
Third King George win was unprecedented and she did it easily.
It's also amazing that she won G1 races in four straight years.
(How many horses achieved that feat in the past?)

That's a great question! The two Americans who immediately come to mind are Wise Dan and Lady Eli, but certainly Enable is running against the best competition there is. Lovely to see her win today, even if the field was a bit disappointing.

Edited to add Forego, and to my memory McKinzie has the chance to be the first male horse to win one on at 2,3,4, and 5 on dirt this year.

Mylute · Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:41 pm

Tessablue wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:39 pm
tachyon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:28 pm Queen is back!!
Third King George win was unprecedented and she did it easily.
It's also amazing that she won G1 races in four straight years.
(How many horses achieved that feat in the past?)
That's a great question! The two Americans who immediately come to mind are Wise Dan and Lady Eli, but certainly Enable is running against the best competition there is. Lovely to see her win today, even if the field was a bit disappointing.

Beholder won G1 races every year she ran, which was five.

Tessablue · Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:44 pm

Mylute wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:41 pm Beholder won G1 races every year she ran, which was five.

Good one! Didn't even think of her because I was focusing on the talk around McKinzie; that must be for male horses only. What a mare she was...

tachyon · Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:15 pm

Thanks Tessablue and Mylute!!

katmandu · Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:37 pm

Not so fast! Rushing Fall.

BC Juvy Fillies Turf - 17
QE2 Challenge Cup - 18
Jenny Wiley/Just a Game/Diana/First Lady - 19 (whew!)
Jenny Wiley - 20

Retrospectiv · Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:26 am

Mylute wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:47 pm Alligator Blood has been disqualified from his Magic Millions win after a post-race swab found traces of a medication that is prohibited to use on male horses.... It's a medication given to female horses to keep them from coming into heat and if they're pregnant to help prevent aborting the foal. Why would you give this to a boy?

Owners are appealing of course.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... llions-win

It's not to do with skittish behaviour. It's most often given to geldings to help control overly studdish behaviour, that even the gelding has failed to quell.

ThreeMustangs · Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:11 am

Magical was an easy winner of the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) over Sir Dragonet and Search For A Song.

ThreeMustangs · Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:41 pm

Stradivarius goes for his fourth win in the Goodwood Cup (G1) tomorrow:

https://www.racingpost.com/news/preview ... yet/444060

Mylute · Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:45 am

RP Live is on. Can't actually watch the race but they try to call it for you.

barbaro111 · Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:52 am

ThreeMustangs wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:41 pm Stradivarius goes for his fourth win in the Goodwood Cup (G1) tomorrow:

https://www.racingpost.com/news/preview ... yet/444060

Stradivarius is giving 15 pounds to Santiago- yikes- that is a lot of weight difference- always rooting for the great Stradivarius!!!

barbaro111 · Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:24 am

ThreeMustangs wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:41 pm Stradivarius goes for his fourth win in the Goodwood Cup (G1) tomorrow:

https://www.racingpost.com/news/preview ... yet/444060

The great Stradivarius bulldozed his way to that win--- love this magnificent horse!!!!

WaquoitNBroadBrush · Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:41 am

barbaro111 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:24 am
ThreeMustangs wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:41 pm Stradivarius goes for his fourth win in the Goodwood Cup (G1) tomorrow:

https://www.racingpost.com/news/preview ... yet/444060
The great Stradivarius bulldozed his way to that win--- love this magnificent horse!!!!

Dettori looked to have ridden him into an impossible spot but he found a hole just in time. Amazing stayer.