2011 2yo's

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Always nice to have some kind of corroboration, Mr Mordin on the above:

"CORAL WAVE LOOKS TOP CLASS

CORAL WAVE (37/111) set an ordinary pace then picked up really well to get all her rivals in trouble when winning the Listed Flame Of Tara Stakes at the Curragh. When I adjust her rating to take account of the sectional times it indicates this was a Group 1 class performance.

Clearly Coral Wave improved a good deal for the switch to soft ground in this race. She's much better on this sort of surface according to trainer Paddy Prendergast. If she gets her ground in the Weld Park Stakes next time she should be able to follow up this win.
http://www.nickmordin.com/ireland.htm

Good but she only ran to the same mark of 114 that I gave her last time - today she was upstaged by David Livingston [who should have been listed above but his figure achieved in defeat?] who improved from 119 behind Power last time in the National Stakes to a new 2yo best of the season so far, even above Lyric Of Light's 129 t'other day to 131....

I got some editing to do up top....

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I rated up that meeting at Cologne on Sunday & was quite impressed with - 115+? Black Arrow (Ire) Wohler A(Ger) - XoM with Campanologist & M Prescott 3yo [105+] on card. FTO? 8s Listed Col(Ger) Sep 11 - and have added him to list above, I see the RP have given him a 105, me thinks he's better than that?

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'Er, one for your notebook - checkout the running of Wading in the maiden prior to Born To Sea's race, I'll be very surprised if she doesn't win something better than a maiden before long -

Group 2 perhaps?

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Today @ Leopardstown saw something a bit special! Thomasgainsborough, he not in Derby betting yet: http://www.oddschecker.com/horse-rac...flat/the-derby I bet he is by noon tmoz!

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Today @ Leopardstown saw something a bit special! Thomasgainsborough, he not in Derby betting yet: http://www.oddschecker.com/horse-rac...flat/the-derby I bet he is by noon tmoz!

Try again - lets see if:



Proves himself to be well h'capped as I think these figs are junk

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Well, I'm glad the flat season is over, as the last two meetings at Leopardstown have put me off it altogether. The only thing worse than being proved wrong is realising that those figures could be more accurate than I thought (which, looking at the Going Allowance used, I don't see how they can) which makes, imho, the whole game farcical. I really don't see how a Gr3 race, if as it says in the 'in-running comments' was 'run at a strong pace' comes out with a 54 ? ? ?

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TWO YEAR OLD'S - CLASS OF 2011

131 David Livingston (Ire) (another Galileo) - O'Brien A P(Ire) Improved on National Stakes 3rd behind Power to go tops with Gr2 Beresford Stakes Sep 11 -

130 Akeed Mofeed Oxx John M(Ire) - only 3rd start compared to 5th for above with only a diminishing 1/2 length between, possible Derby contender?

129+ Lyric Of Light Zarooni Mahmoud Al XoM Wins Gr1 Fillies' Mile Q'd ins fnl f Gr1 14dys 8gf NewmR Sep 11 - another top notcher for stable with strong hand in filly department? - NMQ FTO

128+ Dabirism (Fr) Ferland C(Fr) - Q'd to win Gr1 Aug & 14/s 2,000 Guineas
http://www.oddschecker.com/horse-rac...t/2000-guineas

126 Tough As Nails (Ire) Mulvany Michael(Ire) (early season soft grnd scorer?)

125+ Pimpernel (Ire) f Zarooni Mahmoud Al - better than a handicapper? Most definitely as wins with XoM PB 125+me 23dys 7gf NewmR [Gr1 on card] & Improved Sep 11-

124+ Best Terms f Hannon R

123 Power O'Brien A P(Ire) Improved again to win Gr1 National Stakes

Was beginning to think I had over-done it a bit with that 129 about Lyric Of Light until Samitar's win in the Irish Guineas gave the form a boost & could be getting another tomorrow, what with 6th placed Devotion being 3rd top rated on my figs in the Oaks [40/1 available] & Richard Hughes looking a bit of a significant jockey booking & later in the Listed race Fallen For You a clear top rated after finishing 5th in the same race.