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    Festival racing golden moment

    That fight back by Coole Cody when looking beaten for me
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    Holiday period racing

    With so much good racing in the next few days I wondered if there was room for another thread on the non King George races to cover opinions and comments on the results To kick off at quality not quantity Kempton today: 12.45 odds on Broomfield Burg - hard to oppose 1.20 Bothwell Bridge e/w...
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    Small fields

    A good example today: Kempton 7 races good going 33 runners (as of now) Cork 7 races good going 88 runners Not much difference in total prize money. How have we got to this and can it be sorted out?
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    Answering racing statistics questions

    Is there a free website that can provide answers to questions such as: 1. How do horses who run in the St Leger fare in the Arc de Triomphe. One could go back over many years as I think the relative dates haven't changed much. One could compare to expected position in the Arc either by SP or...
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    York Ebor meeting - race tips and comments

    I hope this thread isn't viewed as treading on the toes of the Nunthorpe thread or the thread about pubs and accommodation. Maybe Alcohol Free is indicated as an ironic tip! But with such high quality racing I think this meeting deserves its own thread devoted to the races. With a name like the...
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    Glorious Goodwood 2021

    Though more likely to be showery Goodwood and soft ground (though Weds/Thurs may be drier) The feature race today is the Goodwood Cup dominated by the Stradivarius question. I've just re-watched the last two Ascot Gold Cups and last year's Goodwood Cup and noticed that Stradivarius got into...
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    King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

    Less than two weeks away and hopefully will be more competitive than last year's Enable virtual walk over! With all the other sport going on it may have passed under the radar that Aidan O'Brien had a good w./e at Belmont Park with Santa Barbara and Bolshoi Ballet winning their invitational...
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    French jump racing

    I noticed that the most valuable race in Europe today wasn't the Irish 1000 guineas but was the 3m6f grade 1 Grand Steeplechase of Paris for 330K pounds won by favourite (2.3to1) Docteur de Ballon ridden by Bertrand Lestrade and trained by Louisa Carberry who seems to have worked out that the...
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    AWT v Turf form

    Especially early in the flat season you often have the situation of horses with good recent AWT form (maybe in lower prize money races) racing on the turf against horses who haven't run since last season but may have decent form in more valuable races. How do forum members evaluate AWT form for...
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    Back to form horses

    Now we all know horses aren't machines and their performances are significantly affected by going/course/distance/time since last run etc in various ways. The RP often reports in brackets comments such as "the trainer could offer no explanation for the improvement in running" or words to that...
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    Which race are you looking forward to most?

    In terms of spectacle not profit! :tears_of_joy: Currently for me it's the Champion Hurdle with a possible exciting finish between Goshen, Epatante and Honeysuckle - and maybe something else unexpected. Of course races often don't turn out as expected. Where do you think the shock results will...
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    Race riding tactics

    I was thinking this would be about tactics in general, so no slagging off a jockey for a particular ride please, although you could use illustrative examples of good practice to make your point. One thing that has puzzled me for quite a good while is this idea that a horse that makes the...
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