Across the pond

[Mylute]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zn5Z4f81vo

found a spanish live

this is hard

apparently "head" is the winning distance but that looks like a nose to me

[BaroqueAgain1]

The stewards have awarded the win to Campanelle! Good on them for doing the right thing.

[Starine]

I'd be curious how many paths she was actually carried out. It looked like 7 or 8 to my eye. Significant.

[luvsgeldings]

they put the ward horse up - shame it happened like it did - both horses ran so wonderfully - race did not deserve a loser - but... the ward horse was bothered a couple of times.

[Mylute]

I think this was the right decision but I still hate it for Archie Watson and Dragon Symbol is a sure nice horse

I love his color gray. He still has a "blaze"

[luvsgeldings]

yeah i feel bad for the horse and trainer who got the DQ - but the interference to me was significant - sorry to see it happen - but the stewards did make the right call.

[Starine]

Frankie Dettori:

"8 lanes"
"Nudged three times"

[Mylute]

Alcohol Free (No Nay Never) wins the Coronation Stakes.

[Northport]

Oisin Murphy bounces back and wins the Coronation stakes on Alcohol Free. Snow Lantern was 2nd after a ride I am sure Sean Levey would like a do-over on. He didn't produce her until the last 5 strides.

[Mylute]

Interesting silks on Sandringham winner Create Belief (Awtaad).

[Starine]

Interesting silks on Sandringham winner Create Belief (Awtaad).

Yeah, those were fun.

[BaroqueAgain1]

Apparently it's a large ownership group, so the silks' many shapes and colors seem appropriate.

[BaroqueAgain1]

Oisin Murphey wins the Duke of Edinburgh on Quickthorn, but he repeated his veering-across-the-course Commonwealth ride. Not quite as bad as the Commonwealth, but he seems to use that as a tactic to push his competition out of the way.

[Northport]

Apparently it's a large ownership group, so the silks' many shapes and colors seem appropriate.

It is a similar framework as MyRaceHorse in the US with microshares. It was spearheaded by Qatar Racing's Sheikh Fahad.

https://racehorseclub.com

They also own jumps horses as well and were 2nd in the Grand National this year with Balko Des Flos. For a very small roster right now (4 horses total), they've already had a great debut season. They weren't warmly received by the UK/Irish Industry though, a lot of people were up in arms about the structure of microshares... something we've discussed on this forum plenty.

[luvsgeldings]

i noticed when he was crossing the wire in the coronation stakes, oisin murphy stuck his tongue out at the camera's - no one on the msnbc broadcast mentioned it - - but not really liking this guy with his tactics on the course. - from what i have seen of him today, not a fan.

[Mylute]

he's doing his best Luis Saez impression by veering out

[RugbyGirl]

You guys might find this interesting on the blindfold saga https://www.racing.com/news/2021-06-18/ ... oes-global

[BaroqueAgain1]

I figured when de Sousa, who has ridden at tracks all over the world, raised such a public stink about the incident that it was a pretty bad (as well as avoidable) screw-up.

[Mylute]

Why are certain races in the UK restricted to only intact males and fillies? Why can't geldings run?

[BaroqueAgain1]

That's true of the Arc, as well. I'm under the impression that certain Euro classics are meant to be tests of possible future stallions & broodmares. Geldings aren't breeding stock, so I guess that those who determine the rules believe that how geldings might fare in them is irrelevant to the sport.