Rio de la Plata is entered.....

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

the dropping of the hands occurred so close to the wire as to be meaningless, like 15 yards or or so. only when he was finally sure that he wasn't going to be caught.

what would concern me is the proceeding 1.5 furlongs which consisted of near frantic urging by the rider and I lost count of the number of cracks of the whip that were used to seal this "comfortable" victory. the rider appeared anything but confident or comfortable until he hit the wire.

as someone else pointed out he has an odd head movement that you have to think causes some loss of efficiency.

what I saw was a horse that was clearly the best that day, but not such a stand-out that its inconcievable that the tables won't be turned on him this year or next.

we'll have to see.

If you think that is frantic urging, you really need to watch more european racing. Our jocks are not as motionless as the jocks in the States, which often leads to many differences in opinions across the Atlantic. Believe me, as far as Kevin Manning is concerned, that was an easy ride for him.

Rio De La Plata was giving his best and didn't manage to close much of a gap. After speaking to his work rider today with a friend of mine he doesn't think his colt will get anywhere near New Approach this year or next.

Is attitude is a slight concern, but remember George Washington, he was just the same and he was one of the easiest 2,000 Guineas winners that i have ever seen.

I have to keep watching the replay to make sure i'm not missing anything, but each time i watch it, the easier the win looks. Remember, this wasn't just some maiden, this was the best two year old race of the year so far and might well be the best two year old race we have seen by the end of the season too.

Rio De La Plata has looked like a brilliant horse before Sunday, but New Approach could have beaten him three lengths, and if that was over a mile it would have been about five lengths.