Week Reflections - The Weather didn't help
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The Weather didn't help matters this week, with Goodwood having to be called off halfway through the Saturday card. Having winners was a tough task but we managed a few.
Mystical Monday 🔮
The week started off nicely with 2/3 coming in on Monday.
MYSTICAL POWER (Galileo x Annie Power) proved that he was bred to be a champ and disposed of his rivals smartly. Under a top trainer in Willie Mullins, this lad could go right to the very top.
MYTHOLOGY made it 2/2 to start the day off. As I've been suggesting the softer ground & 7f seem to suit this horse. He showed his class with no potential Ballydoyle superstar lurking, he won comfortably.
ZINC WHITE couldn't make it a hat trick for the day. He travelled pretty well and looked in touch with the leaders, but fell off with the chasing pack overtaking him. He's capable of better than his 18th place suggests.
Tricky Tuesday 😑
I only put up the 1 bet for Tuesday & that was COLTRANE in the Goodwood Cup. Whilst he did as I thought he might & reverse the form with COURAGE MON AMI. It meant nothing.
Tom Marquand & QUICKTHORN got themselves an easy lead. They kept stretching & the other jockeys need to have a long hard look at themselves after letting QUICKTHORN win in that manner, as he did the exact same thing at York last year.
No Winner Wednesday❌
BREEGE started the day with a smart 2nd place at 9/1. I thought she'd handle the ground and for a moment she looked like winning. She was just beaten by a horse who had the benefit of running on the near side rail. Unlucky.
I was quite confident that BAHEER could get the business done for the Hannon operation but it wasn't to be. He travelled like the best horse in the race wheel span in the softer ground which didn't look like it suited in the crunch part of the race. I'm confident he'll be better on a return to a sounder surface.
ENNISKERRY was our Galway Plate Selection. Whilst I'm not sure the standing start helped him, he still found himself in a promising position but just faded toward the end of the race. Maybe he didn't enjoy the step up in trip.
Bravery Landed a Winner ⚔
BLUE ROSE CEN was given a stinker of a ride and found herself trapped on the inside, ultimately giving her no chance of winning. She's capable of better than that.
Finally, then we were given another winner in the form of ZARAK THE BRAVE. Put up at 9/1 early last week he was backed into 9/2 favourite for the race.
He battled bravely right to the line to win the race & as predicted Willie Mullins has mentioned a Grade 1 campaign for him this season.
Trainer Form an Impact🔎?
Saturday saw us only have 2 selections run for us both at short prices for the Gosdens.
I was pretty confident in both FREE WIND & JEFF KOONS but both managed to lose at short prices, with the comments after the race both citing that the ground wasn't really suitable for them.
Despite the downpour being an obvious excuse I think there could be more going on than just the ground affecting them. The Gosdens are currently operating at a 14% strike rate for the last 2 weeks, which is pretty poor by their standards.
Hopefully, the yard turn it around as I think both horses are capable of better than their weekend performances.
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