It has been a case of "slowly away" so far in our two stables' performance in the 2014 Qipco British Champions Series fantasy racing game.
Not making selections in the Yorkshire Cup and JLT Lockinge Stakes did not help matters. But our first stable's jockeys and trainers still scored a total of 120.5 points in the Yorkshire Cup.
We picked up almost 100 points in the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday with Hot Streak (61.25), Kingsgate Native (26) and jockey Ryan Moore (8), which is not a bad return given the prices of the placed horses.
Attention now turns to the Epsom Downs for the Derby meeting in a little over a week.
Showing posts with label Lockinge Stakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lockinge Stakes. Show all posts
27 May 2014
26 May 2013
Telegraph Fantasy Racing Update
The position has not improved for Turf Accounts’ fantasy stables after the JLT Lockinge Stakes and Betfred Temple Stakes.
One stable now sits in around 5,000th place and the other is languishing nearer 13,500th.
Richard Fahey earned one stable 320 points for Glen’s Diamond’s victory in the Yorkshire Cup and 25/1.
Selecting Farhh as the winner of the Lockinge only earned us 66 points and it would have been better to have had Sovereign Debt at 80/1 in second.
We also managed to find Kingsgate Native at 14/1 in the Betfred Temple Stakes but our stables do not seem to be making progress up the leaderboard.
We have a some hopes in next week’s Epsom Derby meeting but some of the prices are likely to be too short to earn us lots of points.
One stable now sits in around 5,000th place and the other is languishing nearer 13,500th.
Richard Fahey earned one stable 320 points for Glen’s Diamond’s victory in the Yorkshire Cup and 25/1.
Selecting Farhh as the winner of the Lockinge only earned us 66 points and it would have been better to have had Sovereign Debt at 80/1 in second.
We also managed to find Kingsgate Native at 14/1 in the Betfred Temple Stakes but our stables do not seem to be making progress up the leaderboard.
We have a some hopes in next week’s Epsom Derby meeting but some of the prices are likely to be too short to earn us lots of points.
18 May 2013
Hawk Wing’s Lockinge: 2003
Aidan O’Brien might have the favourite for the 2013 renewal of the Lockinge Stakes but it is now 10 years since the trainer’s first and only win in the race so far with Hawk Wing.
Hawk Wing was a colt who had a good career but never really fulfilled the potential he showed as a two-year-old. His wins as a two-year-old in 2001 made him favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby the next season but he finished second in both Classics.
Hawk Wing was kept in training as a four-year-old and it was his win in the 2003 Lockinge that, for me, gave him his most memorable day on the racecourse.
I remember watching the race on the big screen in a betting shop. In the minutes before the race dark rain clouds gathered over the racecourse and heavy rain began to fall. It gave a great sense of atmosphere to the race and then Hawk Wing proceeded to storm down the straight mile, leaving a good quality field far behind. The video below fails to do full justice to the heavy atmosphere but does show how impressive he was when he was at his best.
Cannot believe it was a decade ago now.
Hawk Wing was a colt who had a good career but never really fulfilled the potential he showed as a two-year-old. His wins as a two-year-old in 2001 made him favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby the next season but he finished second in both Classics.
Hawk Wing was kept in training as a four-year-old and it was his win in the 2003 Lockinge that, for me, gave him his most memorable day on the racecourse.
I remember watching the race on the big screen in a betting shop. In the minutes before the race dark rain clouds gathered over the racecourse and heavy rain began to fall. It gave a great sense of atmosphere to the race and then Hawk Wing proceeded to storm down the straight mile, leaving a good quality field far behind. The video below fails to do full justice to the heavy atmosphere but does show how impressive he was when he was at his best.
Cannot believe it was a decade ago now.
Racing Preview: JLT Lockinge Stakes
Just like several big races so far this season, the betting for the Group 1 JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury this afternoon centres around an Aidan O’Brien runner. On this occasion it is Declaration Of War.
Declaration Of War is as short as 13/8 in some places for the straight mile contest but is along way behind some of his rivals on official ratings. But it would be no surprise if Aidan O’Brien’s colt continued to show improvement and make a mockery of his current rating of 112.
The race is set up as a contest between the older horses who have the form in the book and the potential of the four-year-olds.
Godolphin’s Farhh (5-year-old) chased home Frankel on two occasions last season, never getting closer than six lengths. But Farhh has been beset by injuries in his career and most recently suffered an ankle injury over the winter. This will be his first run since that surgery.
The seven-year-old Cityscape is rated 124 and also finished runner up to a good horse in Excelebration twice last season.
Two interesting runners are Sir Henry Cecil’s Beauty Parlour and John Gosden’s Fencing. Beauty Parlour finished well down the field in the Sun Chariot Stakes late last season but had won the French Guineas for her pervious trainer earlier in the season. Again, backing her for the Lockinge is to take a view as to how much she has improved for Sir Henry’s work over the winter.
Declaration Of War is as short as 13/8 in some places for the straight mile contest but is along way behind some of his rivals on official ratings. But it would be no surprise if Aidan O’Brien’s colt continued to show improvement and make a mockery of his current rating of 112.
The race is set up as a contest between the older horses who have the form in the book and the potential of the four-year-olds.
Godolphin’s Farhh (5-year-old) chased home Frankel on two occasions last season, never getting closer than six lengths. But Farhh has been beset by injuries in his career and most recently suffered an ankle injury over the winter. This will be his first run since that surgery.
The seven-year-old Cityscape is rated 124 and also finished runner up to a good horse in Excelebration twice last season.
Two interesting runners are Sir Henry Cecil’s Beauty Parlour and John Gosden’s Fencing. Beauty Parlour finished well down the field in the Sun Chariot Stakes late last season but had won the French Guineas for her pervious trainer earlier in the season. Again, backing her for the Lockinge is to take a view as to how much she has improved for Sir Henry’s work over the winter.
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