With Gowran Park shrouded in mist, it was tricky to see
exactly what was going on this afternoon...
That said, visibility was
good enough to pick out that neither of the tips in the Thyestes troubled the
judge - and ultimately, that’s all that matters !
The suggestion seemed
to be that Acapella Bourgeois made a number of jumping errors - it was certainly
possible to see him make at least 2 - and that probably did for his
chances.
Whether Moyhenna suffered the safe fate, is anyones guess (apart
from the jockey !).
Whatever the reason, she was well out of contention,
before the home turn.
The race was won by Total Recall - a stable-mate
and owner-mate, of Acapella.
He wasn’t one that I seriously considered - and
judging from the interviews I saw, neither did Paul Townend ! (he would have had
the pick)
Such is life…
Earlier in the afternoon, R’Evelyn
Pleasure was backed into joint favouritism in the handicap hurdle - but again
failed to deliver.
Someone (apart from me !) clearly thinks that the horse
has more ability than he is currently showing.
Finally, with Apples Jade
not performing, Benie des Deux was able to coast home in her own time, in the
Galmoy hurdle.
Needless to say, she was cut for a variety of races at the
Cheltenham festival - but with very little to beat, I’m not sure that was
justified.
Clearly she is an exceptional mare - who will take a lot of
beating wherever she next runs - but we already knew that.
As for Apples
Jade: then unless she had an aversion to fog ! - I do wonder if that might be
last time we see her on the course…
She’s appears to have fallen out of love
with the game - and with her worth a fortune as a broodmare, I suspect that
connections may choose to call it a day and retire her to stud.
TVB.
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