Ascot Preview, 2nd Feb

RIO · February 2013

if it had of got home you could have bought yourself a new horse...at the auctions!!!!

SLIPPERGOLDEN · February 2013

wilson said:
Celtic Courage takes the lead from Fort Courage. A bit of general confusion there Richie.

SUMMAH'S TOUCH
Daz Mac calls it Summer's Touch and Richard Bell calls it Summa's Touch as in Peter Sumich.
I have always thought it is the latter therefore agree with The Bellboy
Can anyone clarify for certain?

thefalcon · February 2013

who really cares slip?
derby or darby, albany or allbany....

RIO · February 2013

me...i like the footy version

MorganJames · February 2013

richie has got it right

dungy · February 2013

darkshines said:

Piston_Broke said:
thought a 1.30 pop would have been able to do that
Seems it's just me and you who can watch a race. It went around them with little effort on a straight run when the leader was under a choker hold. On the scale the ride wasn't even 'bad' .... let alone 'dead set carve up'

Probably because your both in love with the Pontiff
I would love to read your post DS if Wiz had ridden it like that ouch !!! :)

dungy · February 2013

Huge rap for Dan Morton and Wolfey for that matter but both were talking heading East with Tiger Pete and Born to Excel which was nomd for the Aust Cup WTF ive got bad news gents they couldnt win over there if they left now TP was a shocker of a run Born to Excel was better but if you cant beat Roman Knows at Ascot you have none of winning East .

dungy · February 2013

Morgan James said:
richie has got it right

Richie is always right DM never right !!!

dungy · February 2013

dungy said:

darkshines said:

Piston_Broke said:
thought a 1.30 pop would have been able to do that
Seems it's just me and you who can watch a race. It went around them with little effort on a straight run when the leader was under a choker hold. On the scale the ride wasn't even 'bad' .... let alone 'dead set carve up'

Probably because your both in love with the Pontiff
I would love to read your post DS if Wiz had ridden it like that ouch !!! :)

DS may i suggest you watch the interview of Simon Miller after Roman Knows ,Wes asked him about Portonian he said what did Pont say ,he said bad ride his fault !!!!!! Say no more

HotJules · February 2013

Go the Rock - best 3 grand we spent on purchasing her outright.

Aussiereds72 · February 2013

Yes the tone of Simons voice showed he wasn't impressed

Piston_Broke · February 2013

dungy said:

dungy said:

darkshines said:

Piston_Broke said:
thought a 1.30 pop would have been able to do that
Seems it's just me and you who can watch a race. It went around them with little effort on a straight run when the leader was under a choker hold. On the scale the ride wasn't even 'bad' .... let alone 'dead set carve up'

also said it pulled up sore

Probably because your both in love with the Pontiff
I would love to read your post DS if Wiz had ridden it like that ouch !!! :)
DS may i suggest you watch the interview of Simon Miller after Roman Knows ,Wes asked him about Portonian he said what did Pont say ,he said bad ride his fault !!!!!! Say no more

also said it pulled up sore
and as far as for Ponty lighting the horse up,maybe some can point out just when he did that

Fastmoney · February 2013

SLIPPERGOLDEN said:

wilson said:
Celtic Courage takes the lead from Fort Courage. A bit of general confusion there Richie.
SUMMAH'S TOUCH
Daz Mac calls it Summer's Touch and Richard Bell calls it Summa's Touch as in Peter Sumich.
I have always thought it is the latter therefore agree with The Bellboy
Can anyone clarify for certain?

Morgan James said:
richie has got it right

Summah`s Touch is named after the owners granddaughter Summah (pronounced summer).

motivated · February 2013

Piston_Broke said:

dungy said:

dungy said:

darkshines said:

Piston_Broke said:
thought a 1.30 pop would have been able to do that
Seems it's just me and you who can watch a race. It went around them with little effort on a straight run when the leader was under a choker hold. On the scale the ride wasn't even 'bad' .... let alone 'dead set carve up'

also said it pulled up sore

Probably because your both in love with the Pontiff
I would love to read your post DS if Wiz had ridden it like that ouch !!! :)
DS may i suggest you watch the interview of Simon Miller after Roman Knows ,Wes asked him about Portonian he said what did Pont say ,he said bad ride his fault !!!!!! Say no more

also said it pulled up sore
and as far as for Ponty lighting the horse up,maybe some can point out just when he did that

PB your having a lend of us surely.....the point where he was 2nd last, and continued to move his hands up and down on the horses neck until he reached outside the lead....after the horse had landed on his head...barley had time to find his feet and the pontiff was off like he stole it....self confessed bad ride, so you have zero leg to stand on old boy...YOU ARE WRONG....which is fine mate we all get it wrong occasionally!

dungy · February 2013

Piston_Broke said:

dungy said:

dungy said:

darkshines said:

Piston_Broke said:
thought a 1.30 pop would have been able to do that
Seems it's just me and you who can watch a race. It went around them with little effort on a straight run when the leader was under a choker hold. On the scale the ride wasn't even 'bad' .... let alone 'dead set carve up'

also said it pulled up sore

Probably because your both in love with the Pontiff
I would love to read your post DS if Wiz had ridden it like that ouch !!! :)
DS may i suggest you watch the interview of Simon Miller after Roman Knows ,Wes asked him about Portonian he said what did Pont say ,he said bad ride his fault !!!!!! Say no more

also said it pulled up sore
and as far as for Ponty lighting the horse up,maybe some can point out just when he did that

Any wonder mate it pulled up sore ,went over on its nose after the gates open

motivated said:

Piston_Broke said:

dungy said:

dungy said:

darkshines said:

Piston_Broke said:
thought a 1.30 pop would have been able to do that
Seems it's just me and you who can watch a race. It went around them with little effort on a straight run when the leader was under a choker hold. On the scale the ride wasn't even 'bad' .... let alone 'dead set carve up'

also said it pulled up sore

Probably because your both in love with the Pontiff
I would love to read your post DS if Wiz had ridden it like that ouch !!! :)
DS may i suggest you watch the interview of Simon Miller after Roman Knows ,Wes asked him about Portonian he said what did Pont say ,he said bad ride his fault !!!!!! Say no more

also said it pulled up sore
and as far as for Ponty lighting the horse up,maybe some can point out just when he did that
PB your having a lend of us surely.....the point where he was 2nd last, and continued to move his hands up and down on the horses neck until he reached outside the lead....after the horse had landed on his head...barley had time to find his feet and the pontiff was off like he stole it....self confessed bad ride, so you have zero leg to stand on old boy...YOU ARE WRONG....which is fine mate we all get it wrong occasionally!

You are correct Mr Motivated, Simon said in the interview the Pont put his hand up and said it was a bad ride an fair play to PH for saying that

thefalcon · February 2013

summah?? kids have real weird names these days... ~X(

SLIPPERGOLDEN · February 2013

Fastmoney said:

SLIPPERGOLDEN said:

wilson said:
Celtic Courage takes the lead from Fort Courage. A bit of general confusion there Richie.
SUMMAH'S TOUCH
Daz Mac calls it Summer's Touch and Richard Bell calls it Summa's Touch as in Peter Sumich.
I have always thought it is the latter therefore agree with The Bellboy
Can anyone clarify for certain?

Morgan James said:
richie has got it right

Summah`s Touch is named after the owners granddaughter Summah (pronounced summer).

The only other thing I thought it could be was in the horse's breeding but it is from the owner's family then Fastmoney. Thanks for the clarification. Credit then to Daz Mac who is on the ball with this one.

RIO · February 2013

the falcon said:
summah?? kids have real weird names these days... ~X(

matches some of the kids in these daze ~X(

Piston_Broke · February 2013

even though he rode it ordinary, I still think it was dissapointing, if something starts at a 1.20 I expect it to win by 3 in a canter, it's obviously not as good as I thought it was, I think the HK offer during the week maybe should have been taken

I thought it got around them without much effort

also I don't bag Ponty ( it's not allowed), I like to look for the good in people

dungy · February 2013

Piston_Broke said:
even though he rode it ordinary, I still think it was dissapointing, if something starts at a 1.20 I expect it to win by 3 in a canter, it's obviously not as good as I thought it was,

I thought it got around them without much effort

also I don't bag Ponty ( it's not allowed), I like to look for the good in people

You dont bag Ponty thats correct mate but you never miss Pikey :)

Piston_Broke · February 2013

who, Pikey who? :)

I have never ever said Wake Up Willie couldn't' ride, but my 40 year old school shoes have more polish

pluger · February 2013

Piston_Broke said:

also I don't bag Ponty ( it's not allowed), I like to look for the good in people

if there is any good in ponty, he should re consider riding in these hot race meetings.
they did the right thing with full steam ahead, but ponty is a slow learner. dehydrated again..not good enough!

sensei · February 2013

The run of Portonian was admirable I thought. I agree with Piston that horses that short in the market should be good enough to still win if they miss the start for example. This is different to what Portonian endured IMO.
Watching the replay he knuckled severely at the start, then get side swiped, continued to be terrorised for a distance then get hunted up to be close to the leaders. The Stewards report had him as pulling up lame after the race, no doubt as a result of knuckling at the start. Surely that injury would have affected him in the run.
As for the ride apparently Harvey volunteered it was poor. Its a tough job being a jockey no doubt however when horses miss the start and/or suffer serious interference or knuckling out of the barriers I prefer them to let the horse relax for as long as possible, let them get their breath back, get into a rhythm and ride for luck. Having said that though, I've never ridden a horse in my life so I could be completely wrong. Hopefully the horse is ok for the owners and can come back after a good spell when he is over his injuries.

thefalcon · February 2013

very sensible comments, sensei. don't forget the horse is only a baby...3rd start and would have been completely in awe of knuckling and getting side swiped.
ok, paul erred and he put his hand up...end of story.

dungy · February 2013

the falcon said:
very sensible comments, sensei. don't forget the horse is only a baby...3rd start and would have been completely in awe of knuckling and getting side swiped.
ok, paul erred and he put his hand up...end of story.

:-SS

dungy · February 2013

Piston_Broke said:
who, Pikey who? :)

I have never ever said Wake Up Willie couldn't' ride, but my 40 year old school shoes have more polish

The bloke who wins all the jocks titles last 4 i think little bloke,weighs about 50kg ,funny nose , are you with me now :)
Now your showing your age PB 40 year old school shoes ,you are a ripper you can turn a dead set Ponty carve up into how unpolished WP is you are the King of spin ,the Spin Doctor :)

G'day Punter!

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