And the rest. O brien could not care which one he wins with. Same as the Irish Derby last year.Serpentine gags in.
Dwyer thought he was on Shergar I think..
My selections for today are:
1.50 Modern News
2.25 Vale of Kent
3.00 Johnny Drama
3.40 Ennistyman
4.15 Cloak of Spirits
4.55 English King and Serpentine (e/w)
If you are having a bet today, at least you can eliminate these horses.
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Worth waiting to the end. A good 25-1 winner. @Eggs will be proud of me.
I was reading a statistic yesterday. O'Brien has won the Derby more times with less fancied runners than the lower priced horses. That's why I did a speculative bet on Serpantine.And the rest. O brien could not care which one he wins with. Same as the Irish Derby last year.
It's all about the breeding for o brien and his owners. Once they win it with something it's what matters.I was reading a statistic yesterday. O'Brien has won the Derby more times with less fancied runners than the lower priced horses. That's why I did a speculative bet on Serpantine.
Well done mate. Made up someone on here backed it.My selections for today are:
1.50 Modern News
2.25 Vale of Kent
3.00 Johnny Drama
3.40 Ennistyman
4.15 Cloak of Spirits
4.55 English King and Serpentine (e/w)
If you are having a bet today, at least you can eliminate these horses.
Happy for Tom Marquand. He seems like an honest jockey...I’d gone off Mogul a bit after its run in the King George at Ascot, but I have it in an ante-post double @ 11-1 with Golden Horde (won) 16-1 Commonwealth Cup. Only small stakes, but a very nice return if Mogul wins.
i backed Mohican Heights @ 33-1 last week. It was doing all of its best work at the end of the King George and actually passed Mogul before the line. I’m not so keen on flat racing, but I imagine the extra distance will suit Mohican.
Khalifa Sat would be an amusing winner given Tom Marquand was ‘jocked-off’ English King by Dettori.
....good work, CJ.
i actually think Love would’ve won that Derby had she been entered. She was very impressive. I looked straight away for the 25-1 on offer for the Arc but it was immediately cut to 8s.
Yet the races were run in near identical times, Eggs (Love about half a second faster).
I am going to keep an open mind about Serpentine and take that run at face value until proven otherwise.
If that run was a true reflection of his ability he could be a superstar in waiting.
(if he had started a short priced favourite and won like that he would be being hailed as the next big thing)
He just wasn’t for stopping....reminded me of Slip Anchor or, dare I say it, Shergar.
As for Love, she was indeed spectacular.
I wonder will they be tempted to go for the fillies Triple Crown with her?
But imagine if she faced off against Enable at Longchamp![]()