Bit of a disaster yesterday but luckily I was at a barbecue most of the 
day so damage was limited. Today, apart from the big Derby trial in 
Ireland which I already covered I've taken a look at the racing in 
France from a breeding point of view.

Starting with the boys in the French 2000, one that stands above the 
rest in terms of being a potential GP1 miler is THEWAYYOUARE who also 
had decent form last season. By Kingmambo out of a Sadler's Wells mare 
he is certainly bred for the job and also had top form last season so he 
would be by no.1 pick for this.

Georgebernardshaw is also bred to be a miler by Danehill Dancer out of a 
thatching mare and impressed last time. Connections are to be respected 
given there decent, recent record in this and he looks the main danger.

Of the others the 2 Pivotal colts are interesting. Il Warrd and Falco. 
Il Warrd has been bought by Godolphin, lets hope they don't put the kiss 
of death on him as they did with Campanologist yesterday ;-)

I Warrd has to improve but being by Pivotal out of a Machiavellian mare 
there is every chance he will prove most effective at this trip although 
you have to wonder if he has been supplemented as a pace-maker for Rio 
De La Plata although connections insist he is running in his own right. 
We shall see.

Falco scored well last time but like Il Warrd has to improve markedly to 
take this.

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ZARKAVA is clearly the one to beat here on form but surprisingly she is 
not the best in the field bred to be a Group performer over this trip. 
The two that stand out on breeding are PSALM and Halfway To Heaven.

Psalm by Sadler's Wells out of an Irish River mare is exceptionally well 
bred. Her saddle slipped last time but she is the stable no.1 choice and 
so has to go down as a danger although she has to improve markedly but 
may be worth an each-way/place bet.

Stablemate halfway to Heaven by Pivotal out of an Indian Ridge mare and 
ran ok in a trial last time but again needs to improve and looks the 2nd 
best on jockey bookings.

2 others that are not quite as well bred as those two are Azabara and 
Destare. Azabara is probably open to more improvement but both her and 
Psalm have a lot to do to overhaul the fav.

Yeah, not a good day for me either all round.
Over in France, can't help thinking that the 2yo old form of RIO
DE LA PLATA shouldn't be overlooked & it's too easy to treat the boys in 
blue like they have leprosy at the minute, the 6.60, on Betfair is a bit of 
value & I had to row in.
Cheers ears
Aid.


"Dave McAuley"  wrote in message 
news:2aSdnXfWOqBiWLvVRVnygQA@bt.com...
> Bit of a disaster yesterday but luckily I was at a barbecue most of the 
> day so damage was limited. Today, apart from the big Derby trial in 
> Ireland which I already covered I've taken a look at the racing in France 
> from a breeding point of view.
>
> Starting with the boys in the French 2000, one that stands above the rest 
> in terms of being a potential GP1 miler is THEWAYYOUARE who also had 
> decent form last season. By Kingmambo out of a Sadler's Wells mare he is 
> certainly bred for the job and also had top form last season so he would 
> be by no.1 pick for this.
>
> Georgebernardshaw is also bred to be a miler by Danehill Dancer out of a 
> thatching mare and impressed last time. Connections are to be respected 
> given there decent, recent record in this and he looks the main danger.
>
> Of the others the 2 Pivotal colts are interesting. Il Warrd and Falco. Il 
> Warrd has been bought by Godolphin, lets hope they don't put the kiss of 
> death on him as they did with Campanologist yesterday ;-)
>
> I Warrd has to improve but being by Pivotal out of a Machiavellian mare 
> there is every chance he will prove most effective at this trip although 
> you have to wonder if he has been supplemented as a pace-maker for Rio De 
> La Plata although connections insist he is running in his own right. We 
> shall see.
>
> Falco scored well last time but like Il Warrd has to improve markedly to 
> take this.
>
> ============================================================
>
> ZARKAVA is clearly the one to beat here on form but surprisingly she is 
> not the best in the field bred to be a Group performer over this trip. The 
> two that stand out on breeding are PSALM and Halfway To Heaven.
>
> Psalm by Sadler's Wells out of an Irish River mare is exceptionally well 
> bred. Her saddle slipped last time but she is the stable no.1 choice and 
> so has to go down as a danger although she has to improve markedly but may 
> be worth an each-way/place bet.
>
> Stablemate halfway to Heaven by Pivotal out of an Indian Ridge mare and 
> ran ok in a trial last time but again needs to improve and looks the 2nd 
> best on jockey bookings.
>
> 2 others that are not quite as well bred as those two are Azabara and 
> Destare. Azabara is probably open to more improvement but both her and 
> Psalm have a lot to do to overhaul the fav.

Rio De La Plata ran a cracker to be 2nd or 3rd (photo) considering his draw 
& the traffic he met, he was never going to catch the winner, even more 
impressive was River Proud who had a bad draw & was messed about by the 
handlers at the start, finished like a train, one for the notebook in the 
summer.
Cheers ears
Aid.

"aid"  wrote in message 
news:U3CVj.3233$%e5.1300@newsfe29.ams2...
> Yeah, not a good day for me either all round.
> Over in France, can't help thinking that the 2yo old form of RIO
> DE LA PLATA shouldn't be overlooked & it's too easy to treat the boys in 
> blue like they have leprosy at the minute, the 6.60, on Betfair is a bit 
> of value & I had to row in.
> Cheers ears
> Aid.
>
>
> "Dave McAuley"  wrote in message 
> news:2aSdnXfWOqBiWLvVRVnygQA@bt.com...
>> Bit of a disaster yesterday but luckily I was at a barbecue most of the 
>> day so damage was limited. Today, apart from the big Derby trial in 
>> Ireland which I already covered I've taken a look at the racing in France 
>> from a breeding point of view.
>>
>> Starting with the boys in the French 2000, one that stands above the rest 
>> in terms of being a potential GP1 miler is THEWAYYOUARE who also had 
>> decent form last season. By Kingmambo out of a Sadler's Wells mare he is 
>> certainly bred for the job and also had top form last season so he would 
>> be by no.1 pick for this.
>>
>> Georgebernardshaw is also bred to be a miler by Danehill Dancer out of a 
>> thatching mare and impressed last time. Connections are to be respected 
>> given there decent, recent record in this and he looks the main danger.
>>
>> Of the others the 2 Pivotal colts are interesting. Il Warrd and Falco. Il 
>> Warrd has been bought by Godolphin, lets hope they don't put the kiss of 
>> death on him as they did with Campanologist yesterday ;-)
>>
>> I Warrd has to improve but being by Pivotal out of a Machiavellian mare 
>> there is every chance he will prove most effective at this trip although 
>> you have to wonder if he has been supplemented as a pace-maker for Rio De 
>> La Plata although connections insist he is running in his own right. We 
>> shall see.
>>
>> Falco scored well last time but like Il Warrd has to improve markedly to 
>> take this.
>>
>> ============================================================
>>
>> ZARKAVA is clearly the one to beat here on form but surprisingly she is 
>> not the best in the field bred to be a Group performer over this trip. 
>> The two that stand out on breeding are PSALM and Halfway To Heaven.
>>
>> Psalm by Sadler's Wells out of an Irish River mare is exceptionally well 
>> bred. Her saddle slipped last time but she is the stable no.1 choice and 
>> so has to go down as a danger although she has to improve markedly but 
>> may be worth an each-way/place bet.
>>
>> Stablemate halfway to Heaven by Pivotal out of an Indian Ridge mare and 
>> ran ok in a trial last time but again needs to improve and looks the 2nd 
>> best on jockey bookings.
>>
>> 2 others that are not quite as well bred as those two are Azabara and 
>> Destare. Azabara is probably open to more improvement but both her and 
>> Psalm have a lot to do to overhaul the fav.
>
>

Wow, Zarkava was mighty impressive in the French 1000, won that in a cantor.
Cheers
Aid.



"aid"  wrote in message 
news:X7DVj.10621$66.2130@newsfe20.ams2...
> Rio De La Plata ran a cracker to be 2nd or 3rd (photo) considering his 
> draw & the traffic he met, he was never going to catch the winner, even 
> more impressive was River Proud who had a bad draw & was messed about by 
> the handlers at the start, finished like a train, one for the notebook in 
> the summer.
> Cheers ears
> Aid.
>
> "aid"  wrote in message 
> news:U3CVj.3233$%e5.1300@newsfe29.ams2...
>> Yeah, not a good day for me either all round.
>> Over in France, can't help thinking that the 2yo old form of RIO
>> DE LA PLATA shouldn't be overlooked & it's too easy to treat the boys in 
>> blue like they have leprosy at the minute, the 6.60, on Betfair is a bit 
>> of value & I had to row in.
>> Cheers ears
>> Aid.
>>
>>
>> "Dave McAuley"  wrote in message 
>> news:2aSdnXfWOqBiWLvVRVnygQA@bt.com...
>>> Bit of a disaster yesterday but luckily I was at a barbecue most of the 
>>> day so damage was limited. Today, apart from the big Derby trial in 
>>> Ireland which I already covered I've taken a look at the racing in 
>>> France from a breeding point of view.
>>>
>>> Starting with the boys in the French 2000, one that stands above the 
>>> rest in terms of being a potential GP1 miler is THEWAYYOUARE who also 
>>> had decent form last season. By Kingmambo out of a Sadler's Wells mare 
>>> he is certainly bred for the job and also had top form last season so he 
>>> would be by no.1 pick for this.
>>>
>>> Georgebernardshaw is also bred to be a miler by Danehill Dancer out of a 
>>> thatching mare and impressed last time. Connections are to be respected 
>>> given there decent, recent record in this and he looks the main danger.
>>>
>>> Of the others the 2 Pivotal colts are interesting. Il Warrd and Falco. 
>>> Il Warrd has been bought by Godolphin, lets hope they don't put the kiss 
>>> of death on him as they did with Campanologist yesterday ;-)
>>>
>>> I Warrd has to improve but being by Pivotal out of a Machiavellian mare 
>>> there is every chance he will prove most effective at this trip although 
>>> you have to wonder if he has been supplemented as a pace-maker for Rio 
>>> De La Plata although connections insist he is running in his own right. 
>>> We shall see.
>>>
>>> Falco scored well last time but like Il Warrd has to improve markedly to 
>>> take this.
>>>
>>> ============================================================
>>>
>>> ZARKAVA is clearly the one to beat here on form but surprisingly she is 
>>> not the best in the field bred to be a Group performer over this trip. 
>>> The two that stand out on breeding are PSALM and Halfway To Heaven.
>>>
>>> Psalm by Sadler's Wells out of an Irish River mare is exceptionally well 
>>> bred. Her saddle slipped last time but she is the stable no.1 choice and 
>>> so has to go down as a danger although she has to improve markedly but 
>>> may be worth an each-way/place bet.
>>>
>>> Stablemate halfway to Heaven by Pivotal out of an Indian Ridge mare and 
>>> ran ok in a trial last time but again needs to improve and looks the 2nd 
>>> best on jockey bookings.
>>>
>>> 2 others that are not quite as well bred as those two are Azabara and 
>>> Destare. Azabara is probably open to more improvement but both her and 
>>> Psalm have a lot to do to overhaul the fav.
>>
>>
>
>