Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:18 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

There was a piece on the BBC national news about the use of the whip on Monday or Tuesday evening (can't remember). Idiots like Dettori do no favours to the racing purist who understands the use of the whip.

I understand the use of the whip.

Put yourself in Dettori's position, he can see this 'superstar' horse infront of him, he knows he has plenty left in Rewilding and he can win a G1 race at Royal Ascot, he's got over excited and rightly been punished but it's easy to criticise from an armchair.

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:35 pm  

Dan_FC wrote:

you mean Rishi?

Yeah


As much as I'd hate to back another of O'Brien's runners this week after todays debacle, surely Await The Dawn is a question of 'how far, not if', on Saturday.

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:37 pm  

andym1988 wrote:

Yeah

Tool isn't he. I can't understand why the BBC continually have him fronting the programme, he asks the most ridiculous questions - hence the should Frankel run over 6f

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:42 pm  

He talks to everyone as if they're stupid too, and even when he hasn't got a clue what he is on about patronisingly tries to correct people.

Willie Carson is equally annoying, wish he'd take a bloody chill pill.

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:58 pm  

andym1988 wrote:

He talks to everyone as if they're stupid too, and even when he hasn't got a clue what he is on about patronisingly tries to correct people.

Willie Carson is equally annoying, wish he'd take a bloody chill pill.

It's worse when he's the one leading the questions to someone like O'Brien after SYT race too, he asks some awful questions and as you say he hasn't got a clue what he's talking about.

At least Carson is knowledgeable about racing, he does talks some sense eventhough he does get very excited over nothing.

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:16 am  

My picks for today:

2.30 Everyday Day 7/1

3.45 Manighar 14/1

4.25 Tropical Beat 12/1

5.00 Tazahum 9/2

Lucky 15 EW

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:28 am  

Gold Cup

Fame & Glory 3/1

Fame & Glory is following same path as Age of Aquarius and the mighty Yeats if he stays he wins its that simple.

Kasbah Bliss 18/1 EW and 5/1 Place

Stays all day and show at Meydan that at 9 he's still got plenty of speed when 4th in a Group 2 to Monterosso who then came 3rd in the Dubai World Cup, Doumen thinks having a good break is the key to him running well and he's been off since April the puzzle is what ground does he need as Doumen always moans about it not being his ground, he wants it good or fast according to him but said it was too sticky when beat on good ground last year yet when winning in April on good to soft he said it was perfect so who knows.

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:52 am  

Bapak Chinta in the first has pretty much the best line of form you can have this week and 5/1 is more then worth taking to see if it holds up.

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:59 am  

Ill be cheering on BLUE BAJAN today!!

Re: Royal Ascot 2011 : Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:34 pm  

Shame it didn't stay at the 8/1 it drifted to still 6/1 not bad