Across the pond

FlyToTheStars · Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:29 am

Is Enable offically retired or will she run one more time at keeneland?

HB1994 · Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:47 am

FlyToTheStars wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:29 am Is Enable offically retired or will she run one more time at keeneland?

They are waiting for Prince Khalid’s decision

tachyon · Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:49 am

Congrats to Sottsass, Jean Claude Rouget and Cristian Demuro for their first Arc victory respectively!
Going was too heavy for the champion Enable? -- Win time was 2:39.30.
She is always the legend.
I was very happy that Persian King (Kingman) ran very well to finish 3rd proving that he can stay even on that soft ground.

barbaro111 · Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:56 am

Northport wrote: ↑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.

Between being bumped and squished, and liking the heavy ground, she was not really competitive in this race.

HB1994 · Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:47 am

I’m not a fan of Coolmore winning everything, but it’s terrible that none of AOB’s horses could run at Longchamp today. This Arc should have an asterisk next to it. Serpentine alone would have changed the pace of the race.

Slinky_Malinky · Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:28 pm

barbaro111 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:56 am
Between being bumped and squished, and liking the heavy ground, she was not really competitive in this race.

She got body slammed by two different horses at the top of the stretch run and had to check hard. When I saw that, I knew she was done. Losing that much forward momentum in a sit-and-sprint took her out of contention.

Well done to the winner and that was a very astute ride by the hoop.

Flanders · Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:37 pm

Enable may run in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes on October 17th at Ascot. If she starts, she is scheduled to be retired afterward. The decision will be made this weekend.

Diver52 · Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:15 am

Flanders wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:37 pm Enable may run in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes on October 17th at Ascot. If she starts, she is scheduled to be retired afterward. The decision will be made this weekend.

Hope the ground is firm for her. Was just wishfully hoping the BCT would be an option, but they've had heavy courses at Keeneland.

tachyon · Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:30 am

The LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 3yos and upwards
(which raced between 1st January 2020 - 4th October 2020)

https://www.ifhaonline.org/resources/WT ... p?batch=74

Rank Horse Trained Rating
1 Ghaiyyath (IRE) GB 130
2 Palace Pier (GB) GB 126
3 Persian King (IRE) FR 125
3 Stradivarius (IRE) GB 125
3 Tiz The Law (USA) USA 125
6 Almond Eye (JPN) JPN 124
6 Authentic (USA) USA 124
6 Enable (GB) GB 124
6 Nature Strip (AUS) AUS 124
10 Beauty Generation (NZ) (ex Montaigne) HK 123
10 Improbable (USA) USA 123
10 Lord North (IRE) GB 123
10 Love (IRE) IRE 123
10 Mohaather (GB) GB 123
10 Sottsass (FR) FR 123
10 Tom's d'Etat (USA) USA 123

HB1994 · Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:25 pm

What a fustercluck. Lot of people dropped the ball on this one.

O'Brien issues apology after Mother Earth and Snowfall mix-up in Fillies' Mile

The bet365 Fillies' Mile result faces a significant revision after it emerged that the Aidan O'Brien-trained duo of Mother Earth and Snowfall, who was officially said to have finished third, carried each other's numbers and intended riders.

Snowfall, a 50-1 shot who was supposed to carry the number nine and be ridden by James Doyle, actually carried the number five cloth and was ridden by William Buick. She finished eighth of ten and not third, whereas Mother Earth, an 18-1 shot, was the one who came home in third in the number nine cloth under James Doyle

https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/ ... ile/454111

Starine · Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:12 pm

That's really embarrassing for an operation of their level. Not a great month for them.

TurfLover · Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:25 am

O’Brien’s week finally got a bit better. St Marks Basilica (Or maybe Wembley? We’ll wait till O’Brien Senior sees the replay) won the Dewhurst in a Ballydoyle 1-2. Joseph O’Brien’s Thunder Moon was third.
The Autumn Stakes was won by Godolphin’s One Ruler (and ATM it looks like Buick was on the right horse).
O’Brien says that he was the one to report the ridiculous mess up yesterday... gotta respect the man for his apology and willingness to own up to the mistake.

Squeaky · Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:50 am

Now Aiden says Love may be done for the year and may miss the BC Turf, which would be disappointing. I wonder if she is injured - really hope not.

KatieD · Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:16 am

Enable has now been officially retired. What a career she had.

HB1994 · Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:07 am

KatieD wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:16 am Enable has now been officially retired. What a career she had.

Her career record:

https://www.racingpost.com/profile/hors ... nable/form

“ Enable raced 19 times over five seasons and recorded 15 wins, including 11 at Group/Grade 1 level, and amassed £10,724,320 in prize-money.‘

Flanders · Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:11 pm

PC Boudot gave Big Five an outside run to win a race at Compiegne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTpwseeneF0

HB1994 · Wed Oct 14, 2020 11:36 am

Amazing catch at Tauranga Racecourse in NZ:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GuerinSports ... 85/video/1

Diver52 · Wed Oct 14, 2020 12:33 pm

HB1994 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 11:36 am Amazing catch at Tauranga Racecourse in NZ:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GuerinSports ... 85/video/1

Whoa! I guess she didn't!

TurfLover · Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:22 am

Quite a day for the smaller setups at British Champions day so far.
Hollie Doyle’s had a double including her first G1 on Glen Shiel and Archie Watson. Even more impressive she won the stayers and the sprinters back to back! Wonderful Tonight won a first British G1 for David Menusier in the Fillies and Mares with Hollie riding second!
Palace Pier disappointed in the mile, lost a shoe in the race. The Revenant took it for France.
It’s been a great day for the little guys!
Not an Irish winner or an Irish sire on the board and only the Champion Stakes to go...

Northport · Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:13 am

https://www.facebook.com/AtTheRaces/vid ... =e&extid=0

Video of Hollie Doyle learning she’s won her first group 1, her boyfriend Tom Marquand is in the blue silks in front of her beaming. Love that she looks down to check her number cloth. Between them they won 3 of the 5 races on British Champions Day!