Royal Ascot

Pity about Shea Shea but sound like you are watching some great racing

pirates Wrote:

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> superb run by shea shea and now i await the anti
> soumilion brigade to blame him

If you watch the replay,I'm sure the cowboy thought he had won..I'm not sure how Shea Shea is normally ridden but
yesterday he was given a hands and heels ride..The persuader was not used and one crack could have made the difference to a
horse who had nothing to race with in the finish..he even said Shea Shea hardly had a race,,WHY

shrek Wrote:

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> Wow War Command was ultra impressive. -D

Dam line has produced the very good (at stud) Silver Hawk and I honed in on that Danzig /Roberto cross.....never saw the race but the jock engagement suggests he was there to make the pace......:

davetheflower Wrote:

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> pirates Wrote:
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> > superb run by shea shea and now i await the
> anti
> > soumilion brigade to blame him
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> If you watch the replay,I'mo sure the cowboy
> thought he had won..I'm not sure how Shea Shea is
> normally ridden but
> yesterday he was given a hands and heels ride..The
> persuader was not used and one crack could have
> made the difference to a
> horse who had nothing to race with in the
> finish..he even said Shea Shea hardly had a
o> race,,WHY


The momentum was with the winner.Difficult to ask for another gear at that stage when the horse was doing it in the hands so well so maybe we can argue if he saw the winner coming thru.I don't think that was possible.Soumillion is a great rider and Shea Shea got a great ride.Ask MDK.I cannot see the need for the whip when the horse hasn't put a foot wrong.Now reverse the draws on the two horses and we get a new result

Muhtiman Wrote:

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> shrek Wrote:
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> > Wow War Command was ultra impressive. -D
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> Dam line has produced the very good (at stud)
> Silver Hawk and I honed in on that Danzig /Roberto
> cross.....never saw the race but the jock
> engagement suggests he was there to make the
> pace......:


He was slow off and last shortly afte the start but when the button was pushed he destroyed the field. (tu)

Ben-Hur Wrote:

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> davetheflower Wrote:
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> > > superb run by shea shea and now i await the
> > anti
> > > soumilion brigade to blame him
> >
> > If you watch the replay,I'mo sure the cowboy
> > thought he had won..I'm not sure how Shea Shea
> is
> > normally ridden but
> > yesterday he was given a hands and heels
> ride..The
> > persuader was not used and one crack could have
> > made the difference to a
> > horse who had nothing to race with in the
> > finish..he even said Shea Shea hardly had a
> o> race,,WHY
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> The momentum was with the winner.Difficult to ask
> for another gear at that stage when the horse was
> doing it in the hands so well so maybe we can
> argue if he saw the winner coming thru.I don't
> think that was possible.Soumillion is a great
> rider and Shea Shea got a great ride.Ask MDK.I
> cannot see the need for the whip when the horse
> hasn't put a foot wrong.Now reverse the draws on
> the two horses and we get a new result


Maybe in experience cost him?? Had it been a Hughes/Moore or even Strydom on the horse then Shea Shea might of won??

Greg you think MDK has same sentiments as you have

Hell i have no idea Ben, i wonder if Shea Shea will go for Saturdays race?

If I had anything to do with it I would be studying the form of the other runners since SS now has Ascot form

gregbucks Wrote:

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> Hell i have no idea Ben, i wonder if Shea Shea
> will go for Saturdays race?

Read on another thread that he was hardly pressed...... on the wrong side of the track and would have preferred more speed......since he is there nothing wrong with having another crack on the weekend.......even though it is not the staffer style to run them close up........ you can't win it if you not in it.......

Ben-Hur Wrote:

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> > > superb run by shea shea and now i await the
> > anti
> > > soumilion brigade to blame him
> >
> > If you watch the replay,I'mo sure the cowboy
> > thought he had won..I'm not sure how Shea Shea
> is
> > normally ridden but
> > yesterday he was given a hands and heels
> ride..The
> > persuader was not used and one crack could have
> > made the difference to a
> > horse who had nothing to race with in the
> > finish..he even said Shea Shea hardly had a
> o> race,,WHY
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> The momentum was with the winner.Difficult to ask
> for another gear at that stage when the horse was
> doing it in the hands so well so maybe we can
> argue if he saw the winner coming thru.I don't
> think that was possible.Soumillion is a great
> rider and Shea Shea got a great ride.Ask MDK.I
> cannot see the need for the whip when the horse
> hasn't put a foot wrong.Now reverse the draws on
> the two horses and we get a new result


You may well be right Ben..
I just don't like the man,biggest poser since George Hamilton.

To be perfectly honest for me his flaw was that he might have encouraged SS a touch early but its hard to say.