He sure did.

I went against him but paid for it. It didn't even look like he broke a sweat.

I have to thank you for posting this.....

As No Chance said, yes I absolutely do scream and jump up and down and carry on every time!

Luckily King Jock ran today (and i wasn't cheering against him, NS... I was just so happy he wasn't going up against Ace again :))so here's hoping Ace is entered next week.

Thank you, thank you thank you though! I was devastated when I heard back from Coolmore and from friends, that he'd soon be off to (gasp!) India. I imagined him in scenes from films i had seen, shot in Bombay..... very sad.

I'm so thankful he's in Dubai and with SS and yes..... he WILL win one of these days and he'll be brilliant.

..... and if not? Well, he's still my favorite anyway. Win or lose, he's pure heart.

Sixties Icon, Deserted Dane and Quijano all possible, and some great races on Thursday ( Hinterland, Dynamic Saint, Sunday Symphony, and)....

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

7 21:55 DUBAL AL RASHIDIYA 1777M(a9F) Turf
For NH bred 4YO+ & SH bred 3YO+ Weight: SH bred 3YO 55kg. NH & SH bred 4YO+ 59.5kg
Rail Position: True
Total Purse: 200,000 USD Group 3


1(8) TOUCH OF LAND (FR) C Lemaire
7yrs Bay H (124) H Pantall
115 59.0 Kg Gary A Tanaka

20 (3-4-4)

2(5) ACE :) (IRE) R Moore
6yrs Bay H (39) S Seemar
110 57.0 Kg [V] Mohi Binhendi

12 (4-1-1)

3(7) ESTRELA BRONO (BRZ) M Cardoso
4yrs Bay C (130) C Morgado
93 57.0 Kg [TT] Estrela Energia Stables

17 (8-2-0)

4(6) EVIL KNIEVEL (BRZ) R Mullen
7yrs Bay H (14) C Wroe
108 57.0 Kg [B1] EERC Evil Knievel

14 (5-2-2)

5(10) FORMAL DECREE (GER) M Kinane
4yrs DkB G (14) I Mohammed
113 57.0 Kg Sh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum

8 (2-2-1)

6(11) HAZEYMM (IRE) J Murtagh
4yrs Bay C (184) D Selvaratnam
107 57.0 Kg Sh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

9 (1-2-3)

7(4) OLYMPIAN ODYSSEY (GB) K McEvoy
4yrs Bay C (110) I Mohammed
116 57.0 Kg HRH Princess Haya

21 (7-2-2)

8(3) ORACLE WEST (SAF) W Marwing
5yrs Bay G (75) M de Kock
113 57.0 Kg A Geemooi

10 (2-1-1)

9(1) SENOR DALI (IRE) W Supple
4yrs Ch C (14) I Mohammed
105 57.0 Kg Sh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum

22 (4-2-2)

10(2) SHANTY STAR (IRE) G Hind
7yrs Gr G (298) R Bouresly
109 57.0 Kg Bouresly Racing Syndicate

14 (1-2-1)

11(9) TODMAN AVENUE (USA) R Ffrench
5yrs Db/br G (7) A Al Raihe
85 57.0 Kg [b] [TT] Ali Khalifa Thani Alqama

Very good racing there tomorrow. Unfortunately this might a be a bit tough for Ace............

A few interesting horses running tomorrow with Yorokobi and Mooner having top south american form and have been transfered to Hermon Brown and Satish Seemar respectively. I think both should take plenty of beating.

Miss storm cat, im sure you will be hoping for Mooner to win so he can beat the only horse you dislike, King Jock!!!!!!


p.s........ we were talking something about a beach ;)

Take a look at these brazilian horses tomorrow!!

Race 1 - ***YOROKOBI***, Hay Luz Delsol;
Race 3 - Big Spartan and Lord Ego;
Race 4 - ***NELORE PORÃ***;
Race 5 - Oakfast;

There are other brazilian horses running...but I mentioned only the ones i think have more chance. Specially those with CAPS.

Good luck!

What about Mooner in the 4th? If Seemar was in better form i think he would win.

I'm definitley going to have quite a big bet on Yorokobi

I was actually rooting for King Jock last time. Hey, as long as he's not in the same race as my boy, it's all good!:D

Yes, the beach.....

For now though let's just all hope and wish and send happy thoughts to Ace and, and..... :D

Humm...sorry...i don´t know mooner very well...he is argentinian...i know something about brazilian horses only...

But nelore porã is a very good horse...he has 7 wins out of 12 starts here in Brazil (5 out of 7 starts on the dirt). He is graded stakes winner both on the dirt and turf. And he is track record holder in one of brazilian race tracks.
My concern is that his last race here was not a very good one. But one race before that he won a G2 stakes over Eu Também (The first foreign horse to win the argentinian Derby. And that was Eu Também's only defeat. He was sold to one of the Dubai sheiks).
Very difficult race i agree, but i think he has to be remembered

sorry but Yorokobi got smoked.
the winner was Almaran in a romp.
Second was Drift Ice
Third was Crooner

I saw it........ he was tailed off last. Was he slow from the gate, i missed the start.

Not a good start!

I missed the start as well. He was far back the whole time i watched.
Hard to say.

Sir Gerard finished like a train... defo a group horse!

Sir Gerard nothing better than a handicapper. He may pick upa Gr3 in Dubai but no where else in my opinion.

Great result for me just then. Nelore Pora and Mooner each way and put them both in an exacta.............. woo hoo!

Was Nelore Porã one of the favourites??

No! went off at 12 to 1.

Was he that big? I thought he was only about 7/1....... thats wht i thought i heard, anyway.

He returned at 6/1 according to the Racing Post. Might be different prices in America though.

yes, he paid $26.40 for the win.

Sometimes i get so angry that there is no way betting on foreign races!!...lol...