Royal Ascot, Day IV

[brockguy]

yeah, it really would, and hopefully we get to see Teofilo again at some stage...Im not too sure about that though..

[_ed_]

Weather looks alright from the first few shots in this coverage...the Queen's arriving in sunlight. Hope it stays that way!

[_ed_]

Nijoom Dubai
You'resothrilling
Baffled

Surprising result to start the day! Nijoom Dubai raced in midfield, hit the lead 2 furlongs out and held strongly. You'resothrilling took a while to get a clear run but had enough time to get past Nijoom Dubai, but the winner fought off the challenge and deserved the win. Those two finished well clear of Baffled who finished just ahead of Aide Memoir.

[_ed_]

Post-race analysis has shown that You'resothrilling made a mess of the start and lost a couple of lengths, possibly had an effect on the outcome of the race.

Nothing should be taken away from Nijoom Dubai though, ran much better than the 50-1 odds suggested.

[brockguy]

yeah, YST jumped up at the start.. she had every chance and its debatable whether the energy she used up at the start cost her... still a high class prospect..

[brockguy]

bucketing down at ascot... not good for finsceal.

[_ed_]

Yeah that was torrential. Looks like it's eased now and almost stopped, but it has definitely had an effect on the track.

Anyway:

Boscobel
Lucarno
Yellowstone

Wire to wire performance by Boscobel, beautifully rated in front and never really looked in doubt in my opinion. Lucarno ran well, and Yellowstone made good ground late.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Post-race analysis has shown that You'resothrilling made a mess of the start and lost a couple of lengths, possibly had an effect on the outcome of the race.

Nothing should be taken away from Nijoom Dubai though, ran much better than the 50-1 odds suggested.

Oh damn, I used her as an alt in the contest.

Must now go and smack myself!

Thanks for the updates! Happy to hear Yellowstone got up for a piece of it.