The Vaal, Thursday 18 February

durbs wrote:

Sammy Silver wrote: If this 3rd race favouritr wins, the bookies are in deep trouble.

3-days in a row!!!

Bookies needed that badly.
Still very disappointing not even finding a place and beaten for 3rd by a horse that has run 35 and 25 lengths behind in it's last two runs and has never found a place in her career.

The race was a maiden handicap. In theory horses that was not under sufferance should have finish near to each other. The horse was under 1kg sufferance though with 52kgs. You can run 25 lengths behind a winning horse and it still can be deemed a good run.

Talking of blind...watch the head on and see winner come across Bat which caused her to fall in behind . Chase has to change stick and get going again.
He was not even as far back as midfield when he starts his run.
And trainer is not blind...
You people that hide behind names should spend some time actually in a yard to see how much work goes into producing a horse to races and how much work a guy like Chase puts in nearly every morning. A lot more than those top jocks do. Work from a jockey is invaluable and Chase never shirks that. I’d be very happy to have a horse run 3 places in first 3 runs ..little ATM

Sammy Silver wrote: If this 3rd race favouritr wins, the bookies are in deep trouble.

3-days in a row!!!

told u they in for more!!! Stryker get in u beauty!!

WSB pushing these prices out but wont lay you a bet!! they the only ones not getting hurt! need to make a plan!

SEE YOU TYGER ew

Mark Sham wrote: Talking of blind...watch the head on and see winner come across Bat which caused her to fall in behind . Chase has to change stick and get going again.
He was not even as far back as midfield when he starts his run.
And trainer is not blind...
You people that hide behind names should spend some time actually in a yard to see how much work goes into producing a horse to races and how much work a guy like Chase puts in nearly every morning. A lot more than those top jocks do. Work from a jockey is invaluable and Chase never shirks that. I’d be very happy to have a horse run 3 places in first 3 runs ..little ATM

With all due respect Sir

he may work hard and diligently and harder than the top jocks do but to be quite honest he lacks the innate ability that the tops jocks have and his in race decisions often leave something to be desired! i cud quite honestly suggest if you were to swap the jocks in that race the result wuda most certainly been different!

And I wud never claim to know what it takes to train or ride a horse competitively cos i wud quite honestly NOT know where to start! I take my hate off to whoever attempts it as it cant be easy! However you are professionals and in the a public domain where ppl are wagering their money and hoping to get paid the the outcome of your charges so unfortunately you are gonna be open to public scrutiny and ridicule for your actions right or wrong!!

Once again pls forgive me for stating and picking on the wrongs(in my uneducated opinion) I see!!

Ill leave you with this thought. If u had a horse good enuff to make it into and be a serious contender in a grade 1 July Met Summer Cup etc, would u want Chase ontop to bring the TITLE home? Thats the way us punters feel in every race wen we wager out hard earned money.....

No harm intended!

2 Fat 2 Fly ........... hopefully not stable money, was the jock asleep in the gates ?????

Al Muthana - wins sprint debut beating Norbese - just like Mount Pleasant he may well be a sprinter - I hope he returns to form today

Rowdy wrote: 2 Fat 2 Fly ........... hopefully not stable money, was the jock asleep in the gates ?????

Yes that happens a bit too often in our racing.
A horse heavily backed only to miss the start and from there it's odds have already doubled or even trebled.
You don't get away with the field you already on the back foot so trainers should make sure,practice practice and practice,the horse knows what to do at the starting gates before taking a punt or the bookies are the ones laughing.
The thing with this horse is that they haven't been able to nail down what the problem with the starting stalls this horse has.
9 out of it's last 10 runs it has been slow away.

Rowdy wrote: 2 Fat 2 Fly ........... hopefully not stable money, was the jock asleep in the gates ?????

Dont say that!!!

its ok if it was stable money what about all the punters out there??

Don't show that interview to the government.

I just caught the speech from the owner of MK and say well done sir.👍🙏

Dave Scott wrote: I just caught the speech from the owner of MK and say well done sir.👍🙏

Would have been good if he kept to the protocol of wearing a mask in public,his lightie was wearing one.