Comments on: This and That http://jessicachapel.com/2010/07/26/this-and-that/ Thoroughbred racing news and notes Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:49:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jessica http://jessicachapel.com/2010/07/26/this-and-that/comment-page-1/#comment-2050 Jessica Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:12:21 +0000 http://jessicachapel.com/?p=10924#comment-2050 "Still, Derby and King George romps with two different horses, I wonder what Timeform rating Sir Michael Stoute deserves." That's the comment of the day, Malcer! “Still, Derby and King George romps with two different horses, I wonder what Timeform rating Sir Michael Stoute deserves.”

That’s the comment of the day, Malcer!

]]> By: malcer http://jessicachapel.com/2010/07/26/this-and-that/comment-page-1/#comment-2046 malcer Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:25:18 +0000 http://jessicachapel.com/?p=10924#comment-2046 The name Tudor Minstrel should remind us: Timeform's guess isn't any better than yours or mine; and the very concept of describing the class of group contenders (i.e. horses that don't compete in handicaps) in the form of a number is, IMO, fundamentally alien to the character of European racing, if not of racing in general. Also, none other than Workforce was already hailed as Sea Bird the Third after a stunningly impressive victory of his own in this year's Epsom Derby. Harbinger himself was the favorite for the 2009 St. Leger, then showed absolutely nothing in the G2 Great Voltigeur and was done for the season. Still, Derby and King George romps with two different horses, I wonder what Timeform rating Sir Michael Stoute deserves. The name Tudor Minstrel should remind us: Timeform’s guess isn’t any better than yours or mine; and the very concept of describing the class of group contenders (i.e. horses that don’t compete in handicaps) in the form of a number is, IMO, fundamentally alien to the character of European racing, if not of racing in general.

Also, none other than Workforce was already hailed as Sea Bird the Third after a stunningly impressive victory of his own in this year’s Epsom Derby. Harbinger himself was the favorite for the 2009 St. Leger, then showed absolutely nothing in the G2 Great Voltigeur and was done for the season.

Still, Derby and King George romps with two different horses, I wonder what Timeform rating Sir Michael Stoute deserves.

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