Which I guess is the same as unfathomable…
“O’Brien denies team tactics were used after Soumillon gets eight-day ban…”
Yeah, right, an “unfathomable” and unfeasible response. Team tactics have been part of the Ballydoyle DNA for years and years, and Aidan must take us all for fools. Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes was an exciting race to watch live – but the replay watched in the cold light of day did not paint “the lads” in a good picture…
No wonder that John Gosden is becoming increasingly prickly when up against Aidan’s battalions. Which all makes for good viewing and adds some frisson…
Ombudsman scintillating, and I can’t believe I got suckered into the Daryz camp. He’s not great at away matches is becoming the consensus…
Victorious looked like a superstar in the first. And Joseph O’Brien, who still looks about fourteen, is hot on the heels of his father for winners at the meeting. A dynasty…
Other unfathomable stuff…
Purple colours. You know who I mean. Fortunes spent. Marinakis helping out at one point. Showboating around the global sales. Whispers and raised eyebrows in the background…
Yesterday’s runners for the men in purple…
Kentucky Rain, bought in showboating style for £380,000 at the Goffs London Sale – 16th of 27 in The Queen Mary….
Crownbreaker, a 550,000 guineas yearling, sent off at 100/1, and ran well in The Queen Mary to be 5th (prize money £4707)…
Also in The Queen Mary, Lover Girl, a very un-Amo purchase at 42,000 Guineas, was sent off at 100/1 and finished 23rd…
Next up, Cathedral ran 7th (and ran okay) in The Duke Of Cambridge – an 800,000 Euro breeze up buy…
And in the “lucky last”, Controlla (380,000 Guineas) trailed in 14th at 3/1…
This game is filled with bad days at the office for us all…
In what is completely unrelated news I am sure, a Racing Post headline this morning –
“Joorabchian’s sports company receives further loan of £15m…..”
Amo will most likely have a flood of winners over the rest of the week..
Unfathomable….
Day 3 “stabs”…
1st – Nola Soul, Time for the Moon
2nd – Joseph’s two being Cannes and Enceladus
3rd – Legacy Link
4th – Rahiebb, Caballo de Mar ew
5th – go and have a drink…?! Tiny each way Hilitany at a huge price..
6th – Endorsement
7th – Cosi Bello, Mezcala
