On Apr 22, 7:05 pm, "aid"  wrote:
> I'll tell you what, lets agree to disagree then.
> Like I did say, you have to stay every yard of the mile, but you need speed
> to burn too, that's why I said a mix of speed & stamina, a fine balance.
> Maybe you are right about Natagora staying, I've questioned it myself, even
> the jock questioned it, but, the indications are she will IMO, the trainer> thinks he can go one better than the luckless Six Perfections, we'll find
> out on May 4.
> Cheers ears
> Aid.
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> "llort"  wrote in messagenews:ful70p$9tk$1@aioe.org...
> > aid wrote:
> >> I>Regarding the 1000G, or Nmkt in general, I would say a stayer will
> >>> always beat a speedster on that track
>
> >> Well Ilort, 'what you would say' is bollocks. That's why only TWO winners
> >> out of the last 10 running of the 1000g have actually gone on to win a
> >> (that's any!) race further than a mile, this surely contradicts your
> >> theory.
>
> > Probably because they were milers!
>
> > If you can't agree that Newmarket is a stiff, stayers track, then there's
> > not a lot of hope for you, I'm afraid. The Guineas is littered with horses
> > that were probable stayers before the race but reverted to sprinting
> > afterwards. Natagora looks like one of them, IMO.
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There is plenty of stamina on the dam side but the problem is that
Natagora possesses so much natural speed that it may turn out that 7f
will be her best trip, I doubt she will revert to sprinting. I think
she will just about stay the mile but she may find a more natural
miler with a turn of foot too good for her at the business end. In
terms of class, her breeding lacks a lot (dam was a seller winner for
chrissake) when compared with the likes of Infallible whose breeding
exudes class. In fact I would say Zarkava is a more gifted French-
miler and has achieved more in her wins than Natagora has, shame she
is not coming over. Kitty Matcham is the dark horse/filly in the race,
she is exceptionally well bred and is the only other I have backed
apart from Infallible.