Daily Roundup - July 31st

The Challenge races are still controlling the site but there is still a few things worthy of writing about, albeit not as much as before. The Finals are worthy of the attention though and the excitement they generate makes me wish I had some runners of my own in there. The forums are still flooded with congratulatory messages but they will soon cease as the season dies down and we start afresh in August.


The End For Auroborealis

The legendary Auroborealis is now only a day away from retirement and isn’t going out with the kick that his owner had perhaps hoped for. The seven year old monster raced in two Consolation races but was beaten into eighth on both occasions and yesterday he raced in a WFA against the exceptional Joyride from Sky Castle Stables and Sharpshooter from Burkveen Racing (who is also retiring soon) but was beaten by both and ended up last.

It remains to be seen if this race was the final race for the mighty Auroborealis but I am sure he will have something coming up on the final day of the season. But if he retired with his current form then his final win would have been the success he enjoyed in a four horse Level Weight race on the 26th of July when he beat Unleash The Beast, Swoop To Kill and Popsicle.


New Blood

Continuing on our “Public Enemy Watch” it seems that after a Final and a Consolation win the top horse, who will look to match the glory that Auroborealis has achieved, was then dropped into a B Division race just after he had flipped. “Running on low fitness as flipped yesterday so nothing much to worry about” his owner assured the other runners and stables which included Coopertown from Squiza1 Racing, Lion’s Circle from Winbank Farm Stable, Sporttery from Stable TSIN and Liveoak Stables’ Narcissist.

Public Enemy No1 won the race in the end with over a length to spare on second placed Coopertown. Yasmin Chua was on board and the strength of the horse (despite it’s low fitness) was enough to beat Eric Sun, Jacques Girard and Fabio Valentino. I have seen Lion’s Circle, Coopertown and Narcissist run and can say that these three horses are certainly no slouches so this win further adds to the status of the great Public Enemy No1. “Must have been the low weight he was running off” his owner suggested after the race but Narcissist was running off the same weight and being the previous owner I have seen his TT’s and know that he is a quality horse, so this was certainly a good show for this rising star.


Good News For The Tipping Competition

The Tipping Competition brought a lot of joy to many trainers last season and the Bonus Credits that the season champion Nacho Libre received for a weekly win were even used to bring in the above mentioned Public Enemy No1. A lot of stables enjoy playing the competition that Jim from Celtic F.C works so hard on and it was announced yesterday (by Jim) that the sponsorship for next season has been declared at a massive £3.2k.

That means that the weekly prizes will still be a hefty $100 (with $50 for second and $25 for third) whilst the best tipster for each month will receive $50 and the best tipster for the whole season will collect $200. Don’t forgot this competition is free to enter and can be entered by all who have forum access, here is a quote from the manager himself on how to register for next season “I will post a pre registration thread on the competitions forum on Saturday morning, I ask that anyone wishing to pre register to remember this closes at midnight Sunday UK time, otherwise leave a minimum tip for Mondays racing.”


Big Wins In The Early Birds

With the excitement of the Challenge finals and the Consolations it is easy to forget that there are still plenty of top races being run, and some of them are still being covered by Ladbrokes. Here is a quick rundown of the best bets available on the EB races last night.

Things were looking bright early on when Missy Ironside took second (on a race which was only paying for first and second) at a massive 46/1, no doubt taking a few scalps in that race and looking like a very tasty Each Way bet. That was the 19:26 race and ten minutes later in the 19:36 a good Each Way price become a better winning price when Eight2eightfive won at 12/1, beating 13/5 shot Snow In June down into second whilst Dave Kill 29 mopped up third at 11/2.

Any Wonder improved on that though when the horse fought a hard fight to win at odds of 20/1 in the 19:56, ahead of 7/4 shot Classic Quest and 5/1 Copland Murder. Neanderthal (NOR) was recently picked up when taking a place at some very strong odds and the Nordic horse improved on that run today with a win at the very attractive price of 15/1 in the 20:12; Evens favourite Deadly impact could only manage second. The wins continued though and a mere ten minutes later Goat Girl scored an 18/1 win ahead of 3/1 Speedy Gal and 6/4 favourite Go Cows.


Consolation Races

Sixteen races were on the cards for the final day of the Challenge series with a whole host of stables hoping to get their hands on the massive amount of Bonus Credits on offer.

Cesarewitch Colts

Al Mighty won the Cesarewitch colts Final and Burkveen Racing won it for the fillies, but Shotgun_Mike (the biggest stable in the game) wasn’t going to be upstaged and bit back in the consolation races. They won the first four Consolation colt races thanks to the runs of Cape Traverse, Wish I Was Two, Long Trip and Fiddle Isle, and what was even more of a great achievement was that three of those four races finished with a one-two as Full Closure, Agent Ace and Aquila Heliaca all took seconds. Sky Castle Stables also found themselves with quite a few thirds and fourths in these races. The fifth consolation race was then won by Chac’s Champion Stal and the great Infinate Spirit as Shotgun_Mike took second and third, whilst the final race (a three horses affair) was won by Peregrine and Beegeesus.

Cesarewitch Fillies

The colts carried a massive six instances but that was halved for the fillies who only had three on the cards. The first of which was won by Team Johansson and Team Johanss 4454. The top stable haven’t really made much of a podium appearance in these finals but they also took third in this race with Majestic Steele. Their luck continued though as Royal Marine won the second instance for them before Oamaru Miss (NZ) and Beau Geste took a one-two for the top stable to put them on track with some Challenge success this season.

St Leger

Shotgun_Mike was back in Consolation form as the Colt Consolation races kicked off and they took a one-two with Letselope and Imperia Infinitum, before winning the second instance with Heavenly Father. The fillies only had one Consolation and only eight horses had qualified for it and the race was won by Secruityprotected and Currock Park in the end.

Consolation Stayers

There were two instances for colts and two for fillies in this Consolation. Alan Devonshire took the first instance for Heinz with Pompadours and Paved With Gold taking second. The second instance went to Sky Castle Stables whose horse Interact beat a field of eight to claim the prize.

Helium won the first fillies Consolation thanks to a great run from The Gorgeous Girl who beat Team Johansson and Majestic Majority into second. The second instance and the final Consolation race of the season went to Ollie Holloway and their horse Sand Cove (IRE).



The Jester