Poule D'essai Des Pouliches ~ Longchamp on Sunday

[brockguy]

backed tamayuz, paco and a place bet on bon grain..

[brockguy]

Falco wins, Rio 2nd River Proud 3rd, another G1 winner for Pivotal, such a great sire..

[Betsy]

Brock, how'd Tamayuz do? I guess I'm glad that I couldn't find a site to watch the race.....not that it matters, lol. I barely speak French........

[brockguy]

Zarkava wins fairly easily, still unbeaten, just how does the aga khan get these brilliant fillies..

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Brock, how'd Tamayuz do? I guess I'm glad that I couldn't find a site to watch the race.....not that it matters, lol. I barely speak French........

havent seen the race, so dont know yet but he did have a shocker of a draw, so i can forgive him this race..

[NoChanceToDance]

Frankie gave Rio a shocker in the French 2,000. Not saying he was good enough to win, but Frankie never even put him in the race. He kept going for gaps, which were just not there.

When are they going to get rid of him.

Zarkava looked in trouble about a furlong and a half from home, but she soon picked up. With her beating the same sort of horse each time, I'm not quite sure what to think of her. She is visually impressive each time she runs, but I'm not really convinced with what she is beationg on each occassion. If she was really THAT good, why not come over and win our Guineas (like the other classy French filly, Natagora did?) Or why not come over and win the Oaks (which doesn't look like a vintage renewal on paper yet) if she is THAT good?

Jury is still out as far as I am concerned.

[my miss storm cat]

Dying to see a replay.

[my miss storm cat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Yp7OIU-kk

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Frankie gave Rio a shocker in the French 2,000. Not saying he was good enough to win, but Frankie never even put him in the race. He kept going for gaps, which were just not there.

When are they going to get rid of him.

Zarkava looked in trouble about a furlong and a half from home, but she soon picked up. With her beating the same sort of horse each time, I'm not quite sure what to think of her. She is visually impressive each time she runs, but I'm not really convinced with what she is beationg on each occassion. If she was really THAT good, why not come over and win our Guineas (like the other classy French filly, Natagora did?) Or why not come over and win the Oaks (which doesn't look like a vintage renewal on paper yet) if she is THAT good?

Jury is still out as far as I am concerned.

yeah i agree with ya regarding frankie.. i think the winner had flown but was in a shocking position and got going too late..

regarding Zarkava, the french program makes it very easy for a filly to stay locally as a 3yo. she doesnt really need to travel to win G1s, i think they will challenge her but it may be later on and it may be in something like the prix moulin or jaques le marois