Across the pond

BaroqueAgain1 · Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:28 pm

Wow.

TurfLover · Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:48 pm

Fancy Blue also won’t be running for D. O’Brien.
Wouldn’t wanna be in Gains’ damage control team right now

Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:04 pm

Great way to handle something like that though. It sucks, they might be clean by the time they race, but they're not taking chances.

Flanders · Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:07 pm

TurfLover wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:48 pm Fancy Blue also won’t be running for D. O’Brien.
Wouldn’t wanna be in Gains’ damage control team right now

Zilpaterol is dangerous to horses as well, I'm guessing the contamination level was low enough to not cause the effects but its still scary for all involved.

Mylute · Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:14 pm

What is that drug used for?

BaroqueAgain1 · Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:53 pm

What is that drug used for?

It's fed to cattle to more efficiently increase size. It's all about more beef, faster.

Not good for horses.

BaroqueAgain1 · Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:56 pm

This names all the horses that the O'Briens have had to scratch from various races tomorrow.

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/ ... om_Arc_123
Do they have legal grounds to sue the feed company?

Northport · Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:06 pm

As recently as mid-August, this looked like it could be a smashing field for the Arc, now it's a little (a lot) less exciting. I know Gosden is already hedging his bets by saying that there is a "strong likelihood" that Enable will be beaten tomorrow due to ground conditions.

Poor Yutaka Take and the connections of Japan... though he hadn't been quite at his best all year, his new part owner had this race as his primary target since February.

Sentimentally, I want Enable to win, but if that can't happen, I'm going for the Sea the Stars exacta - Stradivarius/Raabihah

Tessablue · Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:32 am

Just realized I don't think Twinspires carries Longchamp. Anyone know of a stream that might show the race live?

TurfLover · Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:15 am

Omg the day is finally here...Feel like I’ve been waiting for this day all of 2020

With all O’Brien’s out all the G1s are suddenly looking a lot more interesting - especially the two year old races.
Enable is now hot hot hot but it’s still raining

In Swoop is apparently moving forward in the betting because the ground will suit him.
If ever a stayer is going to win the Arc...Strad’s stamina is going to come in handy today.

The nerves are real

But if a filly can win the Preakness that’s a good sign right?

barbaro111 · Sun Oct 04, 2020 6:21 am

TurfLover wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:15 am Omg the day is finally here...Feel like I’ve been waiting for this day all of 2020
With all O’Brien’s out all the G1s are suddenly looking a lot more interesting - especially the two year old races.
Enable is now hot hot hot but it’s still raining
In Swoop is apparently moving forward in the betting because the ground will suit him.
If ever a stayer is going to win the Arc...Strad’s stamina is going to come in handy today.

The nerves are real
But if a filly can win the Preakness that’s a good sign right?

Right!

HB1994 · Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:06 am

Tessablue wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:32 am Just realized I don't think Twinspires carries Longchamp. Anyone know of a stream that might show the race live?

Try this:

http://www.dubairacing.ae/content/dubai ... ive/1.html

ETA: Fox Sports 1 is showing Longchamp live from 0930 to 1100.

tachyon · Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:16 am

Going is heavy at Longchamp:

PLAT/Gazon: LOURD (4,6 )
Précipitations depuis 24h: 1,5 mm

Tessablue · Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:36 am

HB1994 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:06 am
Tessablue wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:32 am Just realized I don't think Twinspires carries Longchamp. Anyone know of a stream that might show the race live?
Try this:

http://www.dubairacing.ae/content/dubai ... ive/1.html

ETA: Fox Sports 1 is showing Longchamp live from 0930 to 1100.

Thank you very much!

FlyToTheStars · Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:55 am

Stradivarius is a gelding or a stallion? Thought he looked studdish in the paddock.

Northport · Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:59 am

FlyToTheStars wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:55 am Stradivarius is a gelding or a stallion? Thought he looked studdish in the paddock.

He's a stallion. He's always is a handful in the paddock.

TurfLover · Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:03 am

FlyToTheStars wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:55 am Stradivarius is a gelding or a stallion? Thought he looked studdish in the paddock.

Strad’s five legs are have been seen many a time in the paddock

FlyToTheStars · Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:05 am

Lol! Alright. Wasnt sure is that was a norm for him

FlyToTheStars · Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:10 am

Enable finished well back.

Northport · Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:15 am

Well, she finished 6th. Badly hampered in the stretch by Gold Trip. I can't believe they let Persian King set those crawling fractions, instead of having a proven stayer like Stradivarius go forward and set an honest pace. It turned into a sprint for the last 2f.

I am happy for Peter Brant though, listening to an interview with him this week, he's been in the game for decades, breeding Thunder Gulch, helping launch the stud career of Mr Prospector, among other things. Then he stepped away for twenty something years, now he's back and the Arc has always been a dream race for him to win.

Sottsass, Sistercharlie, and My Sister Nat, all siblings... what a family.