THE RACING POST BRITAIN AND IRELAND FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4th 2011

THE RACING POST FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4th 2011

RACING POST WEEK MONDAY OCTOBER 31st TO SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6th.

DAWN BREAKS ON THE STATESIDE SHOWDOWN FROM THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

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“WHEN YOU COME TO SOMEWHERE LIKE THIS  you try to get yourself prepared for the hurt, but the hurt never gets any easier”
AIDAN O'BRIEN ….”

ATR LIVE FIRST RACE 8.10 TONIGHT
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TODAY'S RACING POST PACKAGE INCLUDES:
*PRICEWISE TOM (The Punters Champion) SEGAL
  INTERESTING FACTS TO BET OR NOT TO BET
*LATEST NEWS FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS
*PREVIEW
*ELECTRIFYING ARAZI http://www.turfcall.co.uk/gallery/gallery-france.html 

FILLIES TAKE STAGE TO RENEW RIVALRIES
ON THE FIRST DAY

LEE MOTTERSHEAD  SAYS "TALENTED RAIDERS HAVE PLENTY GOING FOR THEM IN THE OPENING EXCHANGES

“IN THE name of GOLDIKOVA , both sides of the Atlantic will tomorrow be united. First, however the home of American racing scene to the renewing of old rivalries, as a hand-picked selection of Europe’s finest fillies are charged with representing the raiders on day one of the Breeders’ Cup.

REVIEW OF GOLDIKOVA'S RACE:  http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/court-vision-breeders-cup-churchill-downs-mile-goldikova-loses-crown-on-final-start/943193/breederscup/

“With the feted ZENYATA now retired. Stateside fans starved of genuine top-class performers will give overmuch of their whooping and hollering to the gorgeous GOLDIKOVA , the undoubted centre of attention at Churchill Downs, where she last year created history and this time attempts to create some more when seeking to end her fantastic career with a fourth straight success in the Breeders’ Cup mile ....

“FIGHTING for a piece of the action tomorrow will be the mighty SO YOU THINK in the Classic and a host of our middle-distance stars in a Turf that is invariably won by Europe and,  given the strength of the 2011 challenge, should be won by Europe once again ….

“Denying the home team will be harder this evening, but on ladies’ day in Kentucky we have on our side a trainer who triumphed at the first Breeders’ Cup in 1984 and, 27 years on, bids to enhance a record that has become even more impressive in recent years.

"It was as a 33 year old California-based trainer that John Gosden sent out ROYAL HEROINE to take the inaugural Mile at Hollywood Park. Now 60 and a Newmarket resident, Britain’s most prolific source of winners at the last three Breeders Cups is represented by ELUSIVE KATE and QUESTING, who attempt to emulate DONATIVUM and POUNCED, both of whom struck as two-year-olds when scoring at Santa Anita in 2008 and 2009. Gosden, equally knowledgeable of what it takes to win in the US and at home, will have his highest hopes reserved for ELUSIVE KATE, who tackles the  Juvenile Fillies Turf as favourite following her front-running success in the Prix Marcel Boussac.

“O’BRIEN OPENS UP. The Ballydoyle trainer offers Lee Mottershead some fascinating insights.

“We try to improve and change things but by doing that you can often take a step back

“IT WAS like Aidan O’Brien laid bare. This year, more than in any previous year, O’Brien has kept his own counsel, but that all changed in a morning full of insight and introspection at Churchill Downs, where one of the sport’s most successful trainers spoke like never before.

“Save for winner’s enclosure comments, news from Ballydoyle  this season has largely limited to the Tweets of O’Brien’s wife Annemaria . Yesterday , we realised what we had been missing as her husband offered a fascinating insight into his own feelings, Classic contender SO YOU THINK and even on his views on potential jockey arrangements for 2012.

“For members of the media, hooked on O’Brien every word, this was like living the American dream.

“All season long the forty-two-year-old has made clear his huge admiration for SO YOU THINK. He did so again here,  explaining that the horse he sees on the home gallops has not yet been seen on European racecourses. Blinkers, he feels could make the difference, but although once more keen to eulogise about “The big black horse” – who he revealed stays in training next year – he admitted his own tendency to deliver rave reviews might not have always been wise.

“I’m not trying to blow him up,” he said. “After races I would probably be better off not talking at all because what I say only gives people a stick to beat the horse.

“It can be very dangerous. When I read back what you lads say I say, it’s like, “Am I talking bull –s-h-i-t  again?” I don’t mean to be, but maybe I get a bit carried away.”

“And if he does get carried away, it is invariably O’Brien himself who suffers most.

“In our position there are so many disappointments,,” He said.” Believe me, those disappointments hurt but you just have to move on from them.

“When you come to somewhere like this you just try to get yourself prepared for the hurt , but the hurt doesn’t get any easier.

“We’ve brought some very good horses to the Classic and it would be unbelievable if it ever happens for us, but it’s something I don’t even dream about.”

 

TODAY’S CARDS: Flos Las, Hexam, Fontwell, Wolverhampton, Down Royal, Dundalk and Churchill Downs