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10-07-2007, 11:36 AM
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Yes and yes.
Thought I'd have a panic attack. Didn't think Dylan could get it done here and thought it set up for a longshot but i'm happy to be proven wrong. Oh and a big congrats to Benbaun for his first G1!!!!! (... and for winning away from The Curragh). Poor Moss. 
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10-07-2007, 11:42 AM
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Good luck to Darley, who have spent something like £15million on what looks to be a slow, soft ground loving stallion. Darley will be breeding 3mile hurdle winners in a couple of years  I couldn't see Moss during his race...... the camera angles are crap for the sprint over there.
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10-07-2007, 02:50 PM
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Mossie did well!
 BAUN SUPREMACY IN ABBAYE Benbaun has made the Curragh his home-from-home but he could not have picked a better place to collect a rare 'away' success than by spearheading a British-dominated Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp. Six times victorious at the Irish track, it has been over three years since he won anywhere else and he has given trainer Mark Wallace plenty of anxious moments. A predilection for fast ground had been one of the potential stumbling blocks for Benbaun (13-2) but Wallace was happy after taking a look at the track. There was not much to worry about once the five-furlong dash started and Pat Smullen got first run on Kingsgate Native to power home by two lengths. Last year's winner Desert Lord was the same distance away in third, with Moss Vale and 2003 hero Patavellian rolling back the years for a British-trained clean sweep of the first five places. Newmarket-based Irishman Wallace said: "We've looked after him and haven't run him in every race. "We were worried about the ground but we walked the track and it wasn't too soft, so we thought we'd take our chance. "He burst (a blood vessel) at Royal Ascot, so we were worried it might happen again. "The vets have done a great job as he's just had niggly problems all the way through. "I've been training four and a half years, this is my first Group One, so it's a dream come true. "He's definitely going to Hong Kong in December - if they invite him and I think they might! Then we might go to Australia. He's got very few miles on the clock, so we will try and come back next year." John Best's Kingsgate Native, who broke the mould by winning the Nunthorpe Stakes as a juvenile, proved the effort was no fluke. His rider Jimmy Quinn reported: "The winner went away and was always holding me. "He handled the ground OK but on good ground he is even better. "The placings might have been different with another 12 months on his back."
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10-07-2007, 04:40 PM
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Im delighted for Fallon, O'Brien and Coolmore for winning the Arc on such a good horse like Dylan. It was a cracking race with Youmzain proving us believers right - 80-1 was some price (would have been better if he won!). Dont really know what happened to Authorized. I thought he was in a strange position so far back (draw probably forced his hand), but seeing that Youmzain, Saddex, Gateway all came flying late, you would have thought that he would have used his acceleration to good effect. The ground looked a little quicker than good to soft. Was that too quick for him? I dont know, but its not a great way to leave the racing world.
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10-07-2007, 04:51 PM
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As long at he (Youmzain) gets a fast pace, he is a proper Gr1 horse and shouldn't have been anywhere near that sort of price today. I thought 33's was big enough! I've been saying for a long time that Authorized is just a soft ground horse, and in my opinion he proved that today. As you mentioned, all the principles came from well off the pace. There was no reason Authorized couldn't. I don't think he is quick enough to cope with anything other than soft ground. For a 2yo to win over a mile in heavy shows you how much stamina he has.
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10-07-2007, 05:02 PM
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However, me being cynical, i do think he would have been thrown out if a French horse was second. The fact that it was a Channon horse that was second made it more likely Dylan would keep it. Channon and the Longchamp stewards don't get on, do they!
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