Archer 296 Report post Posted October 20, 2020 Who is TIGER MOTH ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stodge 1,938 Report post Posted October 20, 2020 Runner up in the Irish Derby at a big price - posted in my Northern Hemisphere reports. There's lots of ifs, buts and maybes about this lot - it might be a vintage renewal but we won't know that for a while. There's the suspicion the better Ballydoyle runners will be at Epsom next weekend. SANTIAGO is the obvious choice if they go hard - he's a relentless galloper but give me someone else's tenner and I'd have a speculative punt on TIGER MOTH at 14s. He ran really well nearly catching SANTIAGO. He then had a break and romped home by four lengths in a Group 3 at Leopardstown over 2400m. He's by Galileo (as you'd expect) out of a Mujadil mare but the three full sisters all raced around a mile so he's got more stamina but the 3200m has to be a question. I suppose he's fancied because as an NH 3-y-o he gets in well in the weights though not as well as Rewilding or Cross Counter. He's rated 113 up here so he's ready to take on Group 1 company but he's not had much racing and given Aidan O'Brien's record in the MC I'm wary of sticking any of my hard-earned (let alone YOUR hard-earned) on TIGER MOTH until we see the barrier draw. hedley and Archer 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalano 951 Report post Posted October 21, 2020 The Caulfield Cup sectionals are worth a look https://www.racing.com/form/2020-10-17/caulfield/race/9/results#/sectionals AVD ran 11 meter further than the winner, and PoA was the fastest finisher over the last 200m. A lot will come down to the draw, but those three could easily trifecta the Melbourne Cup Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,824 Report post Posted October 21, 2020 On 10/21/2020 at 6:27 AM, stodge said: Runner up in the Irish Derby at a big price - posted in my Northern Hemisphere reports. There's lots of ifs, buts and maybes about this lot - it might be a vintage renewal but we won't know that for a while. There's the suspicion the better Ballydoyle runners will be at Epsom next weekend. SANTIAGO is the obvious choice if they go hard - he's a relentless galloper but give me someone else's tenner and I'd have a speculative punt on TIGER MOTH at 14s. He ran really well nearly catching SANTIAGO. He then had a break and romped home by four lengths in a Group 3 at Leopardstown over 2400m. He's by Galileo (as you'd expect) out of a Mujadil mare but the three full sisters all raced around a mile so he's got more stamina but the 3200m has to be a question. I suppose he's fancied because as an NH 3-y-o he gets in well in the weights though not as well as Rewilding or Cross Counter. He's rated 113 up here so he's ready to take on Group 1 company but he's not had much racing and given Aidan O'Brien's record in the MC I'm wary of sticking any of my hard-earned (let alone YOUR hard-earned) on TIGER MOTH until we see the barrier draw. Santiago is out of the MC Stodge. Stablemate Wichita fractured a leg and also out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...