What happened with Palace Episode??

He USED to be good.

He was 6th. :(

http://www.equibase.com/static/chart...112307USA9.pdf

Oops

:rolleyes: Okay :p

I wanna know why they kept running him on turf if they apparently knew he was that good on dirt. It is quite a change that the surface has brought out. He was just very moderate on turf, when he raced on it and when he galloped on it at home. As soon as he races on dirt, he's a hit.

Still not getting carried away with him, though. Not a world cup horse in my eyes.

Mate Talking to coolmore today they Hate Darley with a untold passion !!!!
Quote
"Darley clients are different than our clients darley's clients will buy anything they will buy crap as they serve it that way our clients are not worried about the price as they are interested in quality half of darleys stallions shouldnt even be at stud " Unquote

To me it's the great fight.... K Mart Vs Harrods

Who will win at this early stage to me it looks like Darley with it's nose in front:tro:

You only have to look at how Coolmore stallions are doing compared to Darley.

Royal Ascot is the premier meeting in Europe as far as many owners are concerned. So far, Godolphin have had nothing good enough to run in the major races and Coolmore have already scooped two of the major prizes.

Their $11 million dollar yearling purchase makes his debut at Newmarket today as a three year old.

The field...

http://www.timeform.com/godolphinnew...1&racenumber=6

3rd.

Jalil watch... had a workout at keeneland today.

I thought Council Member was gonna win the Irish Derby. Where are those halfs and full to Tempera

Very disappointing on the face of it. He didn't seem to have many gears, very one paced it seemed.

I went to see him in the paddock, nothing special in my eyes. I mean, there was nothing wrong with him but he wasn't the best looking horse I have seen. Makes you wonder what they saw in him to spend $11 million.

He should be better once stepped up in trip, but he's no wonder horse.

Fast Company "will need more time".

I'm getting fed up with Godolphin taking very good horses and ruining them. On all known form, this colt would have really bustled things up in both the English and irish Guineas and would have had a major say at Ascot, but no, he is probably still lame on box rest as we enter the second half of the flat season in the UK.

When are people going to learn that these 'blue coats' are just a joke of an organisation.

There will be those who are too blind to see their own hands who say "they're just having bad luck". If this was a one off, then I could go along with that, but you only have to look at how many horses under their 'care' get injured every year. Usually those they have paid stupid amounts for from other people. Top horses to have setbacks this year already: Creachadoir, Ramonti, Fast Company, Ibn Khaldun, Schiaperelli (sp?) and Rio De La Plata.

How to turn a group horse into a crocked handicapper? Send it to Godolphin, they will have that task completed in a matter of days.

Any Omnicat news?

Not a thing, he was a horse I had completely forgotten about until they showed a replay of his race last year on TV last weekend.

The July sale next week, so I imagine they will be getting rid of many of their crocks.

Didn't have the heart to bump up the Kandy thread but welcome back, Ramonti.

Saturday July 12 2008
Ascot 14:55 - Result
Plymouth Gin Summer Mile Stakes (group 2)
£100000 added, 4yo plus, 1m, Class 1, £56770 penalty,
7 ran

Going: Good to Soft
Winning Time: 1m 42.16s 14:20 14:55 15:25 16:00 16:35 17:10 17:45 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 2 Archipenko (USA) 9-6 K Shea M F De Kock 4 11/1
tracked leaders, chased leader over 2f out, ridden to lead just over 2f out, ran on strongly under pressure, driven out opened 8/1 £5500-£500
2 7 ¾ Barshiba (IRE) 8-12 T Quinn D R C Elsworth 4 50/1
pulled hard, tracked leader on inside, not clear run over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, stayed on, not troubled winner inside final furlong, took 2nd final strides opened 40/1
3 6 nk Cesare 9-1 J P Spencer J R Fanshawe 7 6/4 f
steadied start, held up last, headway on outside 2f out, stayed on to go narrow 2nd inside final furlong, not reached winner and lost 2nd final strides opened 11/8 touched 5/4 £9000-£6000 £3000-£2000 £1500-£1000 (x5) £600-£400 £1375-£1000 £1100-£800 (x2) £687-£500 £550-£400
4 3 2 Pressing (IRE) 9-6 R L Moore M A Jarvis 5 4/1
held up 6th in touch, headway 2f out, chased winner and effort over 1f out, no extra, weakened inside final furlong opened 11/2 touched 7/2 £2500-£500 £2250-£500
5 1 2¾ Ramonti 9-6 L Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 6 2/1
raced keenly on outside, effort over 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, weakened over final furlong opened 9/4 touched 5/2 £2500-£1000 £1000-£400 (x3) £3600-£1600 £2250-£1000 £1350-£600 £900-£400 (x3)
6 5 2¾ Elusive Warning (USA) 9-1 K McEvoy Saeed bin Suroor 4 20/1
prominent in 5th on inside, not clear run 2f out, not quicken when clear over 1f out, soon weakened opened 16/1
7 4 5 Kandidate 9-1 R Hughes C E Brittain 6 33/1
led until headed just over 2f out, soon weakened opened 40/1

Ibn Khaldun and Fast Company are likely to be out for the rest of the season. Both apparently need "more time" - ffs they have had all season, how much more time do they need.

Fast Company could have been brilliant this year, but yet again the racing fan has been let down by the constant injuries suffered to horses while under the care of the Godolphin banner.

Why can't they keep horses sound for anymore than a couple of months at a time? It's a joke, actually, it's beyond a joke now.

Any word on Dove?

I've not heard anything about her since last year.

On a related note...:)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle4322689.ece