Epsom on Friday

[my miss storm cat]

Wow, didn't know Mac Love was still in training!


Epsom - Friday 5 June
Going: Good, Good to Firm in places


13:40
8 Run Investec Diomed Stakes (group 3)
Class 1, £65000.00 added, 3yo plus, £36900.00 penalty 1m 114y

Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(5) 179-464 Lovelace M Johnston 5 9 9 J P Spencer
2(2) 3-61286 Hatta Fort Saeed Suroor 4 9 7 L Dettori
3(8) 21/54-1 Confront Sir Michael Stoute 4 9 4 R L Moore
4(6) 04720-1 General Eliott (IRE) P F I Cole 4 9 4 J Fortune
5(4) 0/0210-4 Mac Love Stef Liddiard 8 9 4 M Fenton
6(3) 465-247 Vitznau (IRE) R Hannon 5 9 4 R Hughes
7(1) 71-8325 Without A Prayer (IRE) R M Beckett 4 9 4 S Sanders
8(7) 647-924 Deposer (IRE) J R Best 3 8 6 R Winston


Betting Forecast: 7/4 Confront, 4/1 General Eliott (IRE), 11/2 Hatta Fort, 7/1 Without A Prayer (IRE), 8/1 Lovelace, 10/1 Vitznau (IRE), 12/1 Deposer (IRE), 20/1 Mac Love


14:10
9 Run Investec Mile Handicap
Class 2, £30000.00 added, 4yo plus, £18693.00 penalty 1m 114y

Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(8) 256721 Philario (IRE) K R Burke 4 9 10 M Lane (5)
2(3) 90110-1 Plum Pudding (IRE) R Hannon 6 9 10 R Hughes
3(6) 1-00400 Royal Power (IRE) D Nicholls 6 9 0 A Culhane
4(2) 01-2030 Bencoolen (IRE) D Nicholls 4 8 9 A Nicholls
5(9) 051056- South Cape G L Moore 6 8 7 R Mullen
6(1) 627129 Tartan Gigha (IRE) M Johnston 4 8 7 J Fanning
7(7) 26300-4 Capable Guest (IRE) M R Channon 7 8 6 S Hitchcott
8(4) 115-108 Intabih (USA) C E Brittain 4 8 5 Louis-philippe Beuzelin (5)
9(5) 211191 More Time Tim (IRE) J R Boyle 4 8 5 Martin Dwyer


Betting Forecast: 3/1 Philario (IRE), 7/2 Plum Pudding (IRE), 6/1 More Time Tim (IRE), South Cape, 8/1 Bencoolen (IRE), 10/1 Capable Guest (IRE), 12/1 Royal Power (IRE), Tartan Gigha (IRE), 14/1 Intabih (USA)


14:45
8 Run Investec Coronation Cup (group 1)
Class 1, £225000.00 added, 4yo plus, £137809.00 penalty 1m 4f 10y

Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(8) 15567-1 Ask Sir Michael Stoute 6 9 0 R L Moore
2(2) 4116-31 Buccellati A M Balding 5 9 0 William Buick
3(3) 2167-11 Duncan J H M Gosden 4 9 0 J Fortune
4(6) 316-111 Eastern Anthem (IRE) Saeed Suroor 5 9 0 L Dettori
5(4) 2111-13 Expresso Star (USA) J H M Gosden 4 9 0 R Mullen
6(7) 8/2017-3 Frozen Fire (GER) A P O'Brien 4 9 0 J Murtagh
7(5) 52132-4 Youmzain (IRE) M R Channon 6 9 0 R Hills
8(1) 1/213- Look Here R M Beckett 4 8 11 S Sanders


Betting Forecast: 9/4 Youmzain (IRE), 9/2 Look Here, 5/1 Ask, 7/1 Frozen Fire (GER), 8/1 Duncan, Buccellati, 10/1 Eastern Anthem (IRE), 14/1 Expresso Star (USA)


15:25
11 Run Investec Challenge Heritage Handicap
Class 2, £40000.00 added, 4yo plus, £24924.00 penalty 1m 2f 18y


Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(11) 055-542 Lake Poet (IRE) C E Brittain 6 9 10 R L Moore
2(5) 833-874 Charm School J H M Gosden 4 9 7 J Fortune
3(7) 7635-00 Cobo Bay K A Ryan 4 9 6 N Callan
4(6) 37-3215 Mystery Star (IRE) M H Tompkins 4 9 5 T P Queally
5(3) 527-407 Ramona Chase M J Attwater 4 9 5 Jim Crowley
6(8) 3446-26 Sweet Lightning W R Muir 4 9 1 Martin Dwyer
7(4) 23217/1 Seeking The Buck (USA) R M Beckett 5 9 1 S Sanders
8(2) 51/40 Foolin Myself M L W Bell 4 9 0 J P Spencer
9(9) 134-368 Dream Desert (IRE) M R Channon 4 8 13 E Creighton
10(1) 256849- William Blake M Johnston 4 8 13 J Fanning
11(10) 310-114 Manshoor (IRE) Mrs L Wadham 4 8 8 William Buick


Betting Forecast: 9/4 Lake Poet (IRE), 4/1 Charm School, 11/2 Seeking The Buck (USA), 8/1 Mystery Star (IRE), 10/1 Sweet Lightning, 12/1 Foolin Myself, 14/1 Manshoor (IRE), 16/1 Ramona Chase, Dream Desert (IRE), 20/1 William Blake, Cobo Bay


16:05
10 Run Investec Oaks (fillies' Group 1)
Class 1, £350000.00 added, 3yo only, £198695.00 penalty 1m 4f 10y

Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(9) 2616-14 High Heeled (IRE) B W Hills 3 9 0 M Hills
2(2) 7314-21 Midday H R A Cecil 3 9 0 T P Queally
3(6) 122-193 Oh Goodness Me J S Bolger 3 9 0 K J Manning
4(1) 402-421 Perfect Truth (IRE) A P O'Brien 3 9 0 J Murtagh
5(3) 7-52 Phillipina Sir Michael Stoute 3 9 0 R L Moore
6(10) 1111-5 Rainbow View (USA) J H M Gosden 3 9 0 J Fortune
7(5) 1-41 Sariska M L W Bell 3 9 0 J P Spencer
8(4) 713-442 The Miniver Rose (IRE) R Hannon 3 9 0 R Hughes
9(8) 8415-3 Tottie Mrs A J Perrett 3 9 0 Jim Crowley
10(7) 32182 Wadaat C E Brittain 3 9 0 N Callan


Betting Forecast: 5/2 Sariska, 3/1 Rainbow View (USA), 7/2 Midday, 7/1 Perfect Truth (IRE), Phillipina, 12/1 Oh Goodness Me, 20/1 High Heeled (IRE), 33/1 The Miniver Rose (IRE), Wadaat, 66/1 Tottie


16:50
9 Run Investec Surrey Stakes (listed)
Class 1, £40000.00 added, 3yo only, £22708.00 penalty 7f

Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(9) 5451-10 Ocean's Minstrel J Ryan 3 9 3 J M O'Dwyer
2(4) 107622 Akhenaten M R Channon 3 8 13 A Culhane
3(8) 213-621 Croisultan (IRE) L McAteer 3 8 13 J Murtagh
4(1) 84641-6 Khor Dubai (IRE) Saeed Suroor 3 8 13 L Dettori
5(7) 512-36 Mishrif (USA) P W Chapple-Hyam 3 8 13 A Munro
6(5) 1139-62 Nasri B J Meehan 3 8 13 J P Spencer
7(2) 492 Ermine And Velvet C E Brittain 3 8 8 Martin Dwyer
8(3) 518-40 Isabella Grey K A Ryan 3 8 8 N Callan
9(6) 1 Mastoora (IRE) W J Haggas 3 8 8 R Hills


Betting Forecast: 2/1 Nasri, 9/2 Khor Dubai (IRE), 5/1 Croisultan (IRE), 6/1 Ocean's Minstrel, 7/1 Mastoora (IRE), 12/1 Mishrif (USA), 14/1 Akhenaten, 16/1 Isabella Grey, 33/1 Ermine And Velvet



17:25
15 Run Investec Opportunity Handicap
Class 2, £20000.00 added, 3yo only, £12462.00 penalty 7f

Form Horse Trainer Age Wgt Jockey
1(3) 516-8 Archie Rice (USA) W Jarvis 3 9 9 A Munro
2(13) 71-1 Shamwari Lodge (IRE) R Hannon 3 9 8 R Hughes
3(12) 547-843 Agente Parmigiano (IRE) G A Butler 3 9 7 J P Spencer
4(10) 113125 Tartan Gunna M Johnston 3 9 6 J Fanning
5(4) 23-3073 Parisian Pyramid (IRE) D Nicholls 3 9 6 A Nicholls
6(9) 7321-93 Cloudy Start H R A Cecil 3 9 5 T P Queally
7(6) 31402-4 Satwa Laird E A L Dunlop 3 9 4 J Fortune
8(1) 114-020 Timeteam (IRE) S Kirk 3 9 3 P Dobbs
9(14) 2326-40 Roman Glory (IRE) B J Meehan 3 9 2 S Sanders
10(7) 21-3 All About You (IRE) W J Haggas 3 9 1 J Murtagh
11(8) 9195-5 Ballyalla R Hannon 3 9 0 R L Moore
12(15) 820-4 King's Sabre W R Muir 3 9 0 Martin Dwyer
13(5) 3-612 Time Medicean M R Channon 3 8 13 A Culhane
14(11) 217-238 Pegasus Lad (USA) M Johnston 3 8 11 N Callan
15(2) 03-2226 Shaws Diamond (USA) D Shaw 3 8 9 M Lane (5)


Betting Forecast: 4/1 Shamwari Lodge (IRE), 5/1 Parisian Pyramid (IRE), 8/1 Satwa Laird, All About You (IRE), 10/1 Time Medicean, Tartan Gunna, 12/1 Cloudy Start, 14/1 Agente Parmigiano (IRE), Pegasus Lad (USA), Archie Rice (USA), Shaws Diamond (USA), Ballyalla, 20/1 Timeteam (IRE), King's Sabre, 25/1 Roman Glory (IRE)

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Hatta Fort, Lovelace, Mac in the 1st, Capable Guest in the Mile, Ask, Eastern Anthem and Youmzain in the Coronation Cup, Rainbow View and Khor Dubai.

Come home safe, everyone.

[NoChanceToDance]

Would love to see Eastern Anthem win, but the combination of being back with Godolphin and the track, I just can't see it happening.

I'm convinced that Rainbow View will find this trip much more to her liking, but it all depends how she copes with the atmosphere. She could just boil over.

[brockguy]

Max bet on Youmzain. If it was softer, Ask would have a shot, but everything is in Youmzaind favour. I like Oh Goodness Me in the Oaks, but I agree with NoChance, if Rainbow View stays, she wins..

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by brockguy

Max bet on Youmzain. If it was softer, Ask would have a shot, but everything is in Youmzaind favour. I like Oh Goodness Me in the Oaks, but I agree with NoChance, if Rainbow View stays, she wins..

Good luck Brock, you must have balls of steel having a max bet in the Coronation. I agree that Youmzain looks to have everything in his favour and there are no such horses as Zarkava in here, but he never seems to have any luck, seems to find one too good often. Everything suggests he should be winning here, but it's a no bet race for me. I'm not convinced Ask will handle the track, he'd be a lay for me if they started piling into him.

Look Here hasn't run for sometime, but Becketts string are coming into form now and we all know she is a high class filly that handles the track.

The dark horse of the race is Duncan for me, he looked ready for this step up in grade when cantering away with a listed race at Ascot. We also know he handles the track well. If he does run well, I think the banker of the day will be Lake Poet in the ten furlong handicap.

Personally I don't think there is any question about Rainbow View and the trip. I went out on a limb before the Guineas and said she couldn't win (a brave shout when she was odds on). Ever since she won the fillies mile I've thought of her as an Oaks filly. As her 2yo career went on, it seemed as though (to me, anyway) she was steadily losing some of her speed. In the fillies mile it seemed to take her a long time to get past Fantasia in a race they went a good clip in, and I took the opinion then that she needed a step up in trip.

They blamed the firm ground for the Guineas defeat, but I'm not convinced. She was staying on at the end, her head never went up in the air and she ran straight. All of which suggest the ground wasn't a key problem. If you want to see a filly that really didn't like the fast ground that day, watch the race again and keep a close eye on Lahaleeb. To me she was simply outpaced in the final third of the race.

She isn't very big, so a track like epsom should hold no fears for her. It's an easy twelve furlongs, which is probably ideal. My only concern is that there is a real chance of her boiling over before the start.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

I agree that Youmzain looks to have everything in his favour and there are no such horses as Zarkava in here, but he never seems to have any luck, seems to find one too good often.

Agree. I'll be thrilled if he can pull it off.... lovely horse who is always there but...

I think it's Ask / Youmzain and EA

[my miss storm cat]

Mac Love!

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...al_135742.html

[brockguy]

That was rather disappointing.. Ive had some horrendous results recently, this just compounds it...

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by brockguy

That was rather disappointing.. Ive had some horrendous results recently, this just compounds it...

edit - Deleting this part... thought you meant the old man at first.

Ask / Youmzain!

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...oronation.html

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...199545/latest/

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Sariska wins, Rainbow View 4th...

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...n-oaks/199580/

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Khor Dubai 6th...

http://www.godolphin.com/Results.aspx

[NoChanceToDance]

Unlucky Brock. I'm yet to see the coronation, was he unlucky or did he just run his usual race?

I'm gutted about Rainbow View, I was so confident today. Who knows what would have happened if she hadn't have been stopped in her run? It was at a crucial stage as she was coming between horses and looked to be running on powerfully. After then she had no chance of getting into it.

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Unlucky Brock. I'm yet to see the coronation, was he unlucky or did he just run his usual race?

I'm gutted about Rainbow View, I was so confident today. Who knows what would have happened if she hadn't have been stopped in her run? It was at a crucial stage as she was coming between horses and looked to be running on powerfully. After then she had no chance of getting into it.

Couldn't say youmzain was unlucky, he just missed out. Hills was rather tender on him though. He was hands and heels for the last half furlong at least. I was surprised ask could be that competitive over 12 on ground like that!

In the oaks I don't think the interference really cost rainbow view, yeah she did lose momentum but was very much one paced in the last furlong and a half. Shell be a good horse over 10 though! I don't normally slag off winning jockeys but spencer had a nightmare on sariska! He tried his hardest to loseit!

[_ed_]

That was a rough Oaks. Full credit to the winner though, very brave win.

Really enjoyed the Coronation Cup. That was a spectacular finish.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Really enjoyed the Coronation Cup. That was a spectacular finish.

Agree!