
Re: UKRA Trainer Talk Reaction & Banter
Week 6 runners:
Race 3: Curragh Cup: Oak Honduran Crystal: I hope he can live up to his good run in the Ormonde and prove that the extra furlong will be his making. Fingers crossed he can place and maybe even win.
NAPRace 5: Criterion Stakes: Oak Battle Ship: A newcomer this week. He is a 6f sprinter really, but he performed very well over 7f too and I hope he will be up to this standard over 6f and 7f. I was going to wait until week 8 with another of mine to run in a 5f maiden and run him in the 6f maiden this week, but he's better than
Oak Charlie Wolf over 6f and 7f and he is a decent handicapper so I'm hopeful he can finish somewhere in the midfield (maybe better). Then I'll reassess next week, I'm hoping he's going to be better than handicap class so no arguments will arise as to my placing of this horse!
Race 6: Bunbury Cup: Oak Charlie Wolf: He is consistently finishing 3rd-6th in these top handicaps so hopefully he can do it again. If it is at the July course (can't remember if the game has both...

)then that will inconvenience him slightly as he's better over the mile. But hopefully he will run well again.
Race 14: Eclipse Stakes: Oak Crystal Lodge: He ran awfully at Ascot, not really sure why. AKHC suggested he prefers softer ground before that race, but he was a faster ground horse in game. He gets another shot at the top level because with his rating there isn't too much else I can run him in. Hopefully he can run better.
Race 15: Esher Stakes: Oak Victory Sash: Another newcomer. He does best over 1m7f to 2m, but much like with the sprinters I have 2 horses that I wanted to enter and he is the best of them so he gets a shot at the big time. He is better than
Oak Honduran Crystal over 1m7f and 2m and sometimes beats him over 1m6f. Though the distance is a little too far I'm hopeful that he can finish closer to first than last. But you never can tell with these types.
Race 17: Warwickshire Oaks: Oak Constable Rose: She is a proper 1m2f horse in game, but she has looked really outpaced and flat footed over 1m2f. She is stepped up in class and distance, I had the choice of looking for a 1m4f handicap or this race. I decided that 1m3f against her own sex might be the better option, we shall see.
Race 25: Thommo is Stoopid handicap: Oak Suffolk Crystal: Another filly who hasn't been doing too well over her preferred distance. I felt she was better suited to it than
Oak Constable Rose so she gets another go over 1m2f before I think about stepping her up in trip.
Race 38: Second Chance Maiden: Oak Silver Rocker: He is best over 5f, but there isn't a 5f option this week. He is consistently beaten over 6f and 7f by
Oak Battle Ship, but the pair are still clear of the rest at the line. I still think he should be good enough to place, despite the trip. I would expect him to be a top handicap type, so again I hope that nobody will complain!
Race 33: Deer Hunter Maiden: Oak Suffolk Victory: She will stay further than this, but I would expect her to be a handicapper at best which is why she is in the maiden instead of
Oak Victory Sash. The pair probably shared the 2m-2m1f races equally in the CK, but she won everything over 2m2f+. I hope she will be a cup horse who will compete over 2m-2m2f, so I would love her to win this but would be a little happier if she was midfield so we get a nice mark.
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