Ireland and UK

0 from 18 favorites today in the UK.
Can Ryan Moore give a little relief to favorite backers with Alhakmah?Well it's 1-3 but I'm sure most only have her in their Quickmix and jackpots.

durbs wrote: 0 from 18 favorites today in the UK

How does one explain that ? Other times you have 3 to 4 favourites winning in a row - I see tha same trend in SA racing at times. Weak and strong fields ?

FaceThePace wrote:

durbs wrote: 0 from 18 favorites today in the UK

How does one explain that ? Other times you have 3 to 4 favourites winning in a row - I see tha same trend in SA racing at times. Weak and strong fields ?

Really not sure.Like you said there is a certain time where results in SA are shocking for weeks on end.
Old Ryan Moore is taking a bashing on the forums.Not for the ride on Alhakmah,but for his riding in normal meetings when he is not riding the best horses in the country.But the most hated jock in the UK definitely seems to be Jim Crowley.The most loved by far is De Sousa.

jim crowley is a jock i brass in every race,he is so bad on the hamdan horses,i don't know how he got that job.another jock who is battling to win a race is paul hanagan.he loses on everything at the moment.ryan moore also struggling to win at the moment.the hot jocks are o murphy,j doyle and w buick.

Yip you right about Murphy,Doyle and Buick,they riding really well at the moment.And remember Crowley and Hanagan where champion jockeys in the UK not that long ago.Both of them have really gone backwards.

For the last two months the UK and Ireland has experienced an exceptional heatwave by their standards without any rain at all.
This situation has now changed and thunderstorms ,floods and rain has arrived.
We have watched racing on tracks as hard as a road and small fields.
Horses that prefer softer going are now being galloped and appearing on the racecourses.
Making selections based on form, from now on is pointless and will prove expensive.
You will have more luck with the Lotto.

Just looking at favourites in the last two meeting at these courses and todays results (the "N" is for favourite unplaced). With the exception of Nottingham last meeting, both Newbury and Wolverhampton had a lot of favourite wins the last two meetings ... then we have today, no favourite wins at any of these courses. I`ve only recently started looking at favourites in the UK, I`m no expert, but it seems there are more favourites winning there than in South Africa.

Newbury - (3/N/4/N/N/2/2/3) - 0 (today)
1 - (F/F/F/N/F/3/F) - 5
2 - (N/F/F/N/F/F/4) - 4

Nottingham - (2/N/3/2/N/N/2/4) - 0 (today)
1 - (2/N/4/F/F/2/N) - 2
2 - (F/N/N/F/2/F/F) - 4

Wolverhampton - (3/2/2/2/3/2/3) - 0 (today)
1 - (F/N/F/F/N/F/F/F) - 6
2 - (N/2/F/F/F/N/2) - 3

Surely this has nothing to do with form, bloodline, jockey, etc, but is rather a "pattern" developing. I suppose the "pattern" can have something to do with competitive fields or not. If you work back another few meetings you`ll notice this. It`s as if the "pattern" gives, then takes ... or am I missing something here ?

How good is Hamada?

Dave Scott wrote: How good is Hamada?

Lightly raced 4 y o .Gets the distance.Missed out on 2017 season.
Improving and rated MR111.

However Raymond Tusk is also improving 4 y o,Rated MR108 but receiving 9 lbs from Hamanda.
Not run over distance.

Just watching at the races in the pub and see our friend EASY .....

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