How does your final field look?

Shrek if Black Arthur is No 11 ..it will win!

oscar wrote: Shrek if Black Arthur is No 11 ..it will win!

I hope you are right, along with Mr Winsome he is my big bet for the race.

Guys don't forget that 16 was the dream number on this forum

If Black Arthur does not make the final field then i will hang up my boots.

shrek wrote: Preferential consideration to me means they would look at the horse first. I would take one look at Coral Fever and make him a reserve runner at best.

My field is as follows:
1 Marineresco
2 French Navy
3 Master Sabina
4 Brazuka
5 Krambambuli
6 Saratoga Dancer
7 The Conglomerate
8 It's My Turn
9 Ten Gun Salute
10 Nightingale
11 Black Arthur
12 Edict Of Nantes
13 Al Sahem
14 Mr Winsome
15 Elusive Silva
16 Pagoda
17 Tilbury Fort
18 Safe Harbour
Reserves
19 Horizon
20 Coral Fever

Was too kind to Coral Fever otherwise spot on.

Black Arthur in no. 11

Sammy look at my Facebook post on Saturday .. Shriek you are world class bud

Shrek are u on committee?

Egg n face springs to mind

Form Fundi wrote:

the duke wrote: Love them or hate them....the Snaith boys bring a new refreshing dimension into this field selection and i for one cannot begrudge them for their efforts in raising the profile of Black Arthur.Other stables can take a leaf out if this and this is what the July vibe is all about......and no other race in the continent matches it...I am NOT a Black Arthur fan but hope he gets in.......and maybe we all get egg on our faces..

I totally agree, we need more stables and racing personnel that are so passionate and think out of the box...hats off to the Snaith team.

Job well done. I think in the end though the horse got in on merit, and he is a huge runner. The race would have been much the poorer without him. Snaith team certainly did a good PR job and gave him the best chance of making the field with the prevailing form.

On the other hand a few results gone another way might have excluded him. In that case as an owner would you have been happy with the programme they set out for him ? The plan came together but how happy would you have been knowing that you may have forgon a couple of potential prizes to try get in the July with a good weight and then lost out?
I don't know the circumstances, nor the owners views , but if you put yourself in their shoes in the fail situation, would you be a big Fan of your trainer? Particularly as the horse is a potential winner of the July.
I do like, and appreciate the Snaith team, but I do think that sometimes they overthink instead of running their races, especially with some of their better horses.