Oh dear...What have the Irish done to So You Think? He looked a shadow of his Aussie-self when laboring into 6th in the Breeders Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on Sunday morning. Yet the excuses keep coming from the Aidan O'Brien camp. The 'great' Irish trainer says: 'He's run a great race and we are very happy with him. He's a horse with a lot of speed, and we were probably going the wrong way with him in that sense...Ryan Moore said they weren't going quick enough for him, and I look forward t
Oh dear...What have the Irish done to So You Think? He looked a shadow of his Aussie-self when laboring into 6th in the Breeders Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on Sunday morning. Yet the excuses keep coming from the Aidan O'Brien camp. The 'great' Irish trainer says: 'He's run a great race and we are very happy with him. He's a horse with a lot of speed, and we were probably going the wrong way with him in that sense...Ryan Moore said they weren't going quick enough for him, and I look forward to going back to a mile with him. He'd have no problem with that distance.' He has to be joking! So You Think had trouble with 2000m? So now he's a speed horse miler? Begorrah!
Jockey Mike Smith pulled off an emotional success as Drosselmeyer claimed the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs with a powerful finale down the outside - nailing his former live-in lover Chantal Sutherland on Game On Dude. Twelve months ago, Smith had a heartbreaking defeat in the race on champion Zenyatta.
Chris Waller is planning a Dubai raid. He's considering taking Flemington winner Albert The Fat aand 'a small team' to Dubai for the World Cup night meeting. Waller says: 'We are keen to get some horses there...It's all about getting on to the world stage and getting some overseas exposure.'