Oh boy, when they slaughter one they really do it well! So You Think got the Irish treatment in the Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. The Aussie champ finished strongly into 4th behind Danedream $42.60 after being held back some 15 lengths off the pace heading into the straight. That was 'mission impossible' for him. Just what he was doing out the back is anyone's guess. A horse that has won two Cox Plates at 2040m not brilliant enough to get a decent position closer to the lead?The after-race defen
Oh boy, when they slaughter one they really do it well! So You Think got the Irish treatment in the Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. The Aussie champ finished strongly into 4th behind Danedream $42.60 after being held back some 15 lengths off the pace heading into the straight. That was 'mission impossible' for him. Just what he was doing out the back is anyone's guess. A horse that has won two Cox Plates at 2040m not brilliant enough to get a decent position closer to the lead?
The after-race defences are already up from the Aidan O'Brien camp. The trainer says: 'I thought he ran very well. He was coming home very well and it was the first time he'd run over that trip for us.' Hed's talking now of a Breeders Cup Classic run on dirt for So You Think. Jockey Seamie Heffernan, facing criticism that he wasn't positive enough in the early stages, says: 'He had a very wide draw, so you had to make an early decision. I wanted to make sure there was something left at the finish...I thought it was a good run.' Well, YES, Seamie, it was a good run - a terrific run given the stark reality that he was given very little chance of actually winning.
The Lloyd and Nick Williams Show rolls on, with 2 winners at Flemington on Sunday, including Melbourne Cup prospect Mourayan. The two likely Caulfield Cup runners from the Williams yard are At First Sight, who is expected to run next Saturday in the Grp 1 Yalumba Stakes, and Midas Touch, who is likely to go straight into the Caulfield Cup in 12 days.