RACING POST SACRED SUNDAY JUNE 24th 2012. BLACK CAVIAR IN A PHOTO FINISH

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RACING POST SACRED SUNDAY JUNE 24th 2012.

WEEK MONDAY JUNE 18th TO SUNDAY JUNE 24th

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SATURDAY JUNE 23rd 2012

3:45. DIAMOND JUBILEE STAKES (British Champions Series & Global Sprint Challenge) (Group 1) (Class 1) ( 3yo+) winner £283,550 BBC1 Good to Soft over 6f.
Number of runners: 14

WIN BLACK CAVIAR (AUS) 6 9-1 partner LUKE NOLEN( hd) handler presenter PADDY BELL trainer Peter G Moody (AUS) for G J Wilkie and Mrs K J Wilkie et all. at 1-6f

2nd MOONLIGHT CLOUD  4 9-1 partner THIERRY JARNET (hd) (handler presenter? trainer F Head (FR) for George Strawbridge. 5-1. 

3rd RESTIADARGENT 3 8-8 MAXIME GUYON  (nk)handler presenter? trainer H A Pantall (FR) for Guy Pariente. 40-1

http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=552346&r_date=2012-06-23&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS

RP TOP STORY - Lead with  "BLACK CAVIAR  survives scare of the century

 to hang on to Jubilee. ...."

http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=552346&r_date=2012-06-23&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS

RACING POST headline today "STREWTH!"

"Heart - stopping drama as BLACK CAVIAR scrapes home
 in Diamond Jubilee after jockey eases down."

"Reaction from Royal Ascot as Aussie ace makes
it 22 in a row - just .....

JMC TURFCALL

The two French horses that so nearly toppled 

 BLACK CAVIAR ... but not quite ...

We observed how POIR MOI partner MICKAEL  BARAZALONA won the British Epsom Derby in June 2011.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/8557996/The-Derby-2011-Pour-Mois-Epsom-victory-gives-Coolmore-breeding-operation-a-much-needed-boost.html

Another  "STREWTH .....?

Both the POIR MOI British Derby win and the BLACK CAVIAR  Diamond Jubilee win -  have raised the question

 STREWTH?

 OR SUPERFINE BLOODHORSE LITERACY IN PRACTICE IN ACTION ?  

AS SHOWN AT ROYAL ASCOT THIS WEEK BY FRANKIE DETTORI

PERSPECTIVE - enough is enough  - especially as BLACK CAVIAR has undergone such a long journey over from Melbourne Australia to compete in the Diamond Jubilee, together with all her Team of Minders. A massive task for all including BLACK CAVIAR.

What LUKE NOLEN did not know was how fast the two French horses were closing, causing the crowds watching to panic.

MICKAEL BARAZALONA has said he will never repeat his emotional reaction again.