Posts tagged Derby
Profound Beauty upsets Age Of Aquarius
May 31st
Aidan O’Brien’s hopes of finding a successor for Yeats in next month’s Gold Cup at Royal Ascot took a hit. Age Of Aquarius was beaten by Profound Beauty in the in the Seamus & Rosemary McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Profound-Beauty-wins-Saval-Beg-Stakes-a11797
No Derby decision yet from Aidan O’Brien
May 29th
Ballydoyle trainer says that it will be mid-week at the earliest before any decision is made about which horses will run in the Derby at Epsom. A day after it was announced that Johnny Murtagh, having ridden what was supposed to be O’Brien’s No.1 Derby contender, St Nicholas Abbey, wanted more time before he came [...]
Lacklustre gallops delays Johnny Murtagh’s decision
May 28th
Johnny Murtagh has delayed any decision over which horse he will ride in the Investec Derby until next week. The jockey had been expected to remain loyal to St Nicholas Abbey but was disappointed when he rode the colt in a gallop this morning. For the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Johnny-Murtagh-has-Derby-doubts-about-St-Nicholas-Abbey-a11717
First televised racecourse enquiries
May 27th
Next week’s Derby meeting at Epsom will be the first when any stewards’ enquiries will be shown live on television. The ground-breaking trial is the latest initiative from the Racing For Change group. For the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Epsom-stewards-face-trial-by-TV-a11647
Aidan O’Brien still playing the numbers game
May 20th
The old adage was that if a trainer had three colts that he believed were good enough to run in a Classic, the chances were that he did not have one who was good enough to win. Aidan O’Brien might find life a shade easier if he could whittle them down to just three. His [...]
Godolphin finds new Derby candidate
May 20th
As recent events around Westminster have underlined a week is still a long time in politics, and with plenty of horse-trading involved. The same is true of Godolphin. Last week they were picking over the wreckage of Chabal’s dismal performance in the Dante Stakes at York, but the coalition of trainers who are brought together [...]
Does Aidan O’Brien have a hidden trump card?
May 18th
After six weeks of trial races for the various Classics, untapped potential is the rarest of commodities in most yards. Trainers have spent their times sifting for those nuggets of equine gold, although many are left with little more than a handful of silt and a lowering of their sights. But Aidan O’Brien is different. [...]
Cape Blanco fails to up the Dante
May 13th
It all appeared straightforward on paper. The race regarded as the best Derby trial, run at a solid pace throughout and delivering the sort of clear-cut winner that most observers had craved. Then the downside arrived. The winning jockey was non-committal, the breeding pundits doubted the winner’s stamina and the horse himself walked lamely to [...]
Aidan O’Brien keeps faith with St Nicholas Abbey
May 10th
Talk is cheap but talking horses can prove very expensive. These are the animals who promise everything on the gallops each morning but fail to deliver come the racecourse in the afternoon. The talk on the gallops at Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle yard in Co Tipperary, which has been the proving ground for some of the [...]
St Nicholas Abbey a classic Derby conundrum
May 3rd
Was the decision to run St Nicholas Abbey in the 2000 Guineas a mistake? Probably not. Hindsight is always the most gifted view of any problem and, viewed through that prism, the colt was always being asked to perform in the direct opposite to his breeding. Read the full story at: http://blogs.bettor.com/St-Nicholas-Abbey-a-classic-Derby-conundrum-a10764
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