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Jamal
Champion Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Status: Offline Points: 8659 |
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Agree. I would love to see Baeed run in the Arc.
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AdaHunta
Champion Joined: 07 Nov 2016 Status: Offline Points: 3429 |
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Haggas favouring Arc for Baaeed, with Irish Champion ruled out Baaeed will not contest the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes, with William Haggas’ stable star set to end his career at either Ascot or ParisLongchamp. The unbeaten four-year-old made a seamless switch up to 10 furlongs in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York, beating Mishriff by six and a half lengths on what was his first start beyond a mile. Connections had previously stated their intention to head directly to Ascot for the Qipco Champion Stakes on October 15 for Baaeed’s career swansong, but Haggas then raised the possibility of a trip to Ireland while a further step up to 12 furlongs in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on October 2 was not ruled out. However, Sheikha Hissa, who now heads the Shadwell operation established by her father Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum, has decided the son of Sea The Stars should have just one final run before retirement, ruling out a trip to Leopardstown and making supplementary entry for the Arc a live possibility. Shadwell’s racing manager Angus Gold said: “He is not going to run in the Irish Champion. Sheikha Hissa said she and the family wanted to have one more run, either in the Arc or the Champion Stakes. “It would be lovely for anyone to have an Arc winner, of course it would be wonderful, but equally it would be wonderful to have a Champion Stakes winner. “He is a very good horse, so let’s hope wherever he goes, whatever everyone decides, that he can maintain it.” Baaeed is not currently entered for the Arc and would have to supplemented at a cost of €120,000 on September 28 if he were to make a further step up in distance, with both conditions and possible rivals crucial considerations in Gold’s view. “There is no rush to make the call. We don’t have to technically supplement him, if we decide to go for the Arc, until September 28,” he said. “Let’s see what the weather does to us in the next month or so and see what is running in the Arc and everything. “If we get a wet autumn – and who knows – but if we get a wet autumn and it was going to be heavy ground in Paris, then it would be less likely. Equally, it could be very heavy ground at Ascot. “How many runners in the Arc would also come into the calculations (because of the potential of a bad draw).” Reflecting on his International victory at York, Gold added: “It was lovely to see him win so well at York. “There was so much hype about was he going to stay or wasn’t he going to stay and if William didn’t think he wouldn’t, we wouldn’t have thought about it. I thought he would stay since he ran his first race. “It was nice to see him win it, but win it so dominantly and give such an impressive display and show what he really can do. “He is never going to surpass Frankel because he didn’t win as a two-year-old and didn’t win a Guineas. Frankel is Frankel and Baaeed is Baaeed. Both are outstanding horses and we are just very lucky to have him. That is really all that matters and it is only people’s subjective opinion.” |
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AdaHunta
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TJMitchell
Champion Joined: 29 Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 16890 |
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At least they can stop the Frankel comparisons now.
A champ in his own right. Still the best turf horse this year
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Time is a flat circle
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Majestic
Champion Joined: 23 Mar 2013 Location: NSW Status: Offline Points: 1303 |
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Will he now come back to a respectable 123 rating on that performance, just like VE was rated on her latest performance?
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AdaHunta
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Allways a little disappointing to see a horses unbeaten run finally come to n end n especially it being his last run .. Track was pretty wet close to Heavy range n maybe it just was enough to flatten him All runs prior on Good Decks !! Takes something very very SPECIAL who can perform @ their best on dry or wet ground …. He was fast n had a wicked turn of foot on top of the ground Take a look at his Queen Ann run @ Ascot allthough visually it didn’t appear one of his best only beating Real World by 2L On the clock tho it was the fastest last 2 furlongs ever run @ Ascot in the last 3yrs n that’s including all sprint races even Nature Strips Ascot effort on the same day … au revoir Baaeed !! |
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