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Weekend Review - Hard Luck on the Right Track

  Weekend Reflections - The Coral Eclipse  

    Paddington Pips Emily Upjohn Past the Post


The Coral Eclipse: Paddington Proves He's top class🐻 

In what turned out to be a weekend of hard luck for the blog, Paddington was out to prove me wrong & for the 3rd year in a row, the 3-year-olds reigned supreme in the Eclipse. 

Speaking of the Eclipse, the race panned out very similarly to how I expected it to. West Wind Blows went forward but both Emily Upjohn & Paddington had too much speed for him. Unfortunately, Emily Upjohn lost a couple of lengths with a slow start and couldn't claw back enough ground to get in front of Paddington with his 7Ibs in hand. Nonetheless, it was a very impressive performance from both horses, but Paddington seriously has to be considered as the best 3-year-old in Europe now... someone get him a marmalade sandwich 🥪.  

Annaf not given the room to do enough 😞.

Now, let's not forget about the NAP of the weekend, Annaf. Despite a challenging double-figure draw, he showed determination and raced through the field with lots of speed once he found his opening, unfortunately, it was too late, and finished 4th.  If only Rossa Ryan had stayed toward the outside of the field.  But fear not, with a better draw and ride next time, Annaf will be ready to turn the tables with those who finished ahead of him and he should still be one to keep onside next time out 🔜.

Locked out of the Places 🔒.

The Next Best was Time Lock in the Lancashire Oaks, Unable to reverse the form with the first 2 home, she looked like she was going to hit the frame for 3rd but it appeared as though someone had changed the locks on her 3rd place finish because she just didn't find the gears for pressure and missed out on 3rd by a head 😖.  Again, like Annaf she could be appealing next time out, possibly over a longer distance, which may suit her more.  


Not very Intellogent 😑.

I quite fancied our longshot to run a big race with his mark back down to 100, running over the mile. Surely our luck couldn't get any worse right? Well for the first time in his 33 career races, he simply refused to race. I watched them break only for the camera angle to change and to see him sitting there in the stalls, unbothered.  

Conclusion:

It was a difficult weekend to start out with, but that's how it can be in this game, you have to take the rough with the smooth & hopefully if our luck changes,  I can find us some winners for the upcoming Saturday🤞. 



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