RACING POST SUNDAY MARCH 24th 2013
WEEK MONDAY MARCH 18th TO SUNDAY MARCH 24th 2013
REVIEW YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
PREVIEW TODAY'S CARDS
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
DAVID ASHFORTH
Saturday's musings from a retired racing enthusiast.
Saturday's musings from a retired racing enthusiast.
David Ashforth:
Twice voted journalist of the year
Twice voted journalist of the year
PICTURE: Dan Abraham
DAVID'S SATURDAY MUSINGS
23.03.2013
23.03.2013
Pic: Of Lester Piggott
"Lester Piggott, for one,
will not be winning this years Lincoln."
will not be winning this years Lincoln."
Lester must have felt very lost when he retired from
race riding, like his life suddenly came to an end, but he found he was still
alive, not dead. Wondering if he still feels that loss, like as if he is a
shadow of his real self drifting along as best he can in a sort of vacuum of lostness
.
"I'll
pass over the Lincoln
"The
beauty of the BHA 's flexibility is that, if Doncaster
is abandoned the William Hill Lincoln will be run next Saturday instead. So you
can just cut this out and read it then, although, if you wait, you may miss a
winner at Wetherby on Wednesday (see below)
"One
thing's for certain, whenever the Lincoln Lincoln
THE DRAW
"There
used to be another rule. Horses drawn high had an enormous advantage over
horses drawn low, although occasionally horses drawn low, had an enormous
advantage over those drawn high. There was a third rule, and a fourth one.
AN ANTI POST BET
"If
you backed a horse anti-post for the Lincoln
THE PACE
"How
far your selection was beaten also depended on where the pace was and how
Doncaster Rovers had played across the road at Belle View the previous evening
but mainly it depended on the draw.
THE GOING
"Then,
drains were invented, the Lincoln was moved to Redcar for a couple of years,
and when it moved back, students of the
draw opened new notebooks with fresh entries on winners and their draws.
THE DRAW
"In
2008, Smokey Oakey was drawn in the middle and raced to victory on the stand's
side. In 2009, Expresso Star was drawn
in the middle and raced to victory on the far side. In 2010, Penitent was drawn
one, the whole field edged across to the far side and Penitent won against the
far rail. In 2011, Sweet Lightning was drawn high, the field split into two and
Sweet Lightning won on the stands' side. Then last year, Brae Hill was drawn in
the middle, the field raced up the middle and Brae Hill won in the middle. I
hope that helps
THE LINCOLN HANDICAP an historic British race
"It's
bound to be a strange race when it's called the Lincoln but isn't run in Lincolnshire,
just as the Derby isn't run in Derbyshire, nor the Northumberland Plate in
Northumberland. The Eider Chase is also run at Newcastle ,
despite the fact that the Eider is in Switzerland
QUITE A FEW RACES ARE NAMED AFTER FAMOUS RACEHORSES
"And
another strange thing - the Racing Post Arkle Chase at the Cheltenham Festival
is named in honour of a horse who won six times at Cheltenham
but never ran there over the Arkle Chase's two-mile trip. Arkle only once
anywhere in a two-mile chase. Perhaps this race was organised by the bloodhorse illiterate.
BLOODHORSE ILLITERACY AGAIN?
"The
Gimcrack Stakes at York , for two year olds, is
odder still, since Gimcrack never ran as a two-year-old and was beaten at both
of his appearances at York
A HIGH RISK RACE FOR PUNTERS
"As
a betting medium I've long since abandoned the Lincoln
HANDICAP BETTING CAN BE TRICKY INDEED
"IN
FACT I'm edging towards abandoning handicaps
altogether and concentrating on certain kinds of maiden races, and
novice hurdles. They're easier and quicker to analyse and, at my age, I can't
be messing around poring over 22 seasoned handicapper, although there was a
time when it seemed a wonderful wat to spend a day.
"Nowadays,
there are other things that I need to spend my time doing - trying to find my
glasses, trying to remember the name of the person I am talking to, trying to
remember the name of the person, trying to remember a website password, trying
to remember ...
"So
its out with the handicaps and in with the maiden races. It's like giving up on
the Times' cryptic crossword, and doing the easy one, instead. Obviously ,
rules have to be broken sometimes, the watch Racing UK
YES, YES YES !
"Those
of you who followed my advice (Racing Post,
February 23) and entered Upswing
in your notebook will have reaped the rewards at Carlisle
last Sunday, when he won cheekily off a debut handicap rating of 107.
DISTANCIES and PENALTIES
"At
Wetherby , over a helpfully longer trip, he can run under a 7lb penalty. A good
looking horse, Upswing's better than that, and be probably be better still over
fences. Anyway that is what I think.
"Today,
Bispham Green's going to be a short
price for the 32Red Casino Maiden Stakes at Southwell but it might be worth a
look. It'll only take a minute. Then you can have another look for your
glasses, and watch the Lincoln
J Margaret Clarke Turfcall Comment
An adventure into horseracing
David's, humour highlights and lightens several key areas within
the gambling game of horseracing that come into contention.
Some Flat jockey's riding today who are similarly in 'Lester Piggott' category or getting there.
Kieren Fallon. Andrea Atzeni (coming through) Frankie Dettori. Jamie Spencer. Richard Hughes. Tom Queally. William Buick. Paul Hanagan. Ryan Moore. Hayley Turner. Amy Ryan (coming through). Martin Harley (coming through)
EQUUS ZONE meets
up with the PUNTERS ZONE
Clues when first starting out on your very own horseracing adventure.
The puzzle, the jig- saw that is finding the winner of the 2013
Lincoln Handicap over 1m. Due to the snow we have another few days to try to
piece this together. So it will be helpful to use last Saturday's Racing Post Lincoln race card, if you have it.
Some clues as to how to do this. Factors of how to consider your own
method of picking a winner for the future using "The Whole Package" as detailed herewith.
The Trainer and his Trainer Team are key for each horses preparation. Like in
Football Teams there are various different leagues and divisions. But not recognised sadly by the British Horseracing Government over the last 6 decades. (no such thing as an Equus Zone) (not allowed)
List of football clubs in England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_England
My civilised affair Jockey Lester Piggott
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153402/My-civilised-affair-Jockey-Lester-Piggott-pictured-new-aristocratic-filly-insists-blessing-wife-50-years.html
The puzzle: do you choose "The Whole Package" all wrapped
up in one? Yes to start with this is the best option.
eg: Considering all as a team the owner, the trainer, the trainers team,
the daily handler rider. The jockey. The type of race.
Horses in this category entered in the 2013 Lincoln
Trainer Richard Hannon. Team Hannon daily handler rider? SHAMAAL NIBRAS
(USA)
4 9-0 partner RICHARD HUGHES owner
Sadeed H Altayer
Trainer John Gosden. Team Gosden daily handler rider? LAHAAG 4 8-12 partner WILLIAM BUICK owner Hamdan Al Maktoum
Trainer John Gosden.Team Gosden daily handler rider? ESHTIBAAK (IRE)
5 8-10 partner PAUL HANAGAN owner Hamdan Al Maktoum
Trainer Marco Botti.Team Botti
daily handler rider? SOLAR DEITY (IRE) 4
9-0 partner MARTIN HARLEY owner G Manfredini and A Tinkler
Trainer Kevin Ryan Team Ryan daily handler rider? CAPAILL LIATH (IRE)
5 8-9 partner AMY RYAN owner T A Rahman
Trainer Roger Varian. Varian Team
daily handler rider? GLADYS' GAL 5 8-9 partner ANDREA ATZENI owner Fishlake Commercial Motors Ltd
My civilised affair Jockey Lester Piggott
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153402/My-civilised-affair-Jockey-Lester-Piggott-pictured-new-aristocratic-filly-insists-blessing-wife-50-years.html
Two minds think alike.
What's going on over there?
Who's this in my saddle?
Jamie Lester's Son
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/horseracing/56568/Vergette-can-teach-Piggott-a-thing-a-two
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Piggott
LESTER AND HIS SON JAMIE PIGGOTT
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/4777033/Piggotts-50-year-old-love-affair.html
more later
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