Duke Of Marmalade vs New Approach.... it's on

[jaripeo]

My favorite things







Coffee and cigars and sun rising workouts,
Jogging and breezing and hotwalker coolouts.
Poultices, bridles and snaffles with rings.
These are a few of my favorite things.

Trifectas, Pick sixes, rolling daily doubles,
Arlington, Hawthorne, buck Friday beer bubbles.
Win photos going your way of all things.
These are a few of my favorite things.

Spectacular Bid, Secretariat, Kelso,
Ruffian, Fager, Damascus and Forego.
Completely obsessing with the Sport of Kings.
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the turf's off, when the field's small,
when Waldrop makes me mad.
I simply remember my favorite things
and then I don't feel so bad.

[my miss storm cat]

Cheers.

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The rematch has to wait a day...

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...al_073149.html

[brockguy]

no surpirse it was called off. rained very hard for 10 hours yesterday.. I dont think we'll have the rematch tomorrow - Id have to guess that the Duke wont show up..

[my miss storm cat]

If they run, if the Duke actually goes, Seamus has the mount.

[my miss storm cat]

Sunday September 7 2008
Leopardstown 15:50 - Result
Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes (group 1)
€1000001 added, 3yo plus, 1m 2f, €569000 penalty,
8 ran

Going: Soft
Race Report »
13:40 14:10 14:40 15:15 15:50 16:30 17:05 17:35 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 5 New Approach (IRE) 9-0 K J Manning J S Bolger 3 8/13 f
raced keenly early, settled 2nd, ridden to lead entering straight, kept on well under pressure final furlong touched 4/6
2 1 ½ Traffic Guard (USA) 9-7 J F Egan J Chapple-Hyam 4 50/1
tracked leaders, 5th 3f out, ridden straight, 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on well close home touched 66/1
3 7 1¼ Mores Wells 9-7 D P McDonogh K Prendergast 4 8/1
tracked leaders, 3rd 4f out, ridden straight, 2nd 1 1/2f out, kept on final furlong opened 7/1
4 3 s.h Multidimensional (IRE) 9-7 T E Durcan H R A Cecil 5 6/1
tracked leaders in 4th, ridden 3f out, 3rd over 1f out, kept on under pressure opened 11/2
5 2 3 Lord Admiral (USA) 9-7 M J Kinane C O'Brien 7 33/1
held up towards rear, kept on without threatening straight
6 4 1 Red Rock Canyon (IRE) 9-7 S M Levey A P O'Brien 4 25/1
led, ridden and headed entering straight, no extra from over 1f out opened 33/1
7 9 1¾ She's Our Mark 9-4 P J Smullen P J Flynn 4 50/1
held up towards rear, no impression straight opened 33/1
8 6 2½ King Of Rome (IRE) 9-0 C O'Donoghue A P O'Brien 3 11/2
tracked leaders in 5th, 6th and ridden under 3f out, no extra early straight touched 5/1

Non-Runners
NR Duke Of Marmalade (IRE) 9-7 J A Heffernan A P O'Brien 4

[my miss storm cat]

Duke now possible for the BC (Classic)...

[brockguy]

very very workmanlike - I have to say I was disappointed with what I saw.. He should have been able to beat these out of sight..

His next 2 races will see him face some very serious rivals and he cant be like he was today - hopefully Bolger can muster some more improvement out if him.