Lake Forest
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Topic: Lake Forest
Posted By: djebel
Subject: Lake Forest
Date Posted: 25 May 2025 at 3:59am
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Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 25 May 2025 at 4:01am
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Starts his year tonight in France at Longchamp. Suspect he will prove one of the better milers in Europe this season. ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 25 May 2025 at 4:02am
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Posted By: Grey Affair
Date Posted: 25 May 2025 at 4:08am
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The same damline as Zabeel. |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 26 May 2025 at 12:49am
Nice trial for Ascot.  ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 1:45pm
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Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 2:01pm
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https://www.racingtv.com/news/zac-purton-ride-was-worst-ever-says-maureen-haggas Zac Purton sat there like "a big sissy", says Maureen HaggasLast Updated: Thu 23 Oct 202 https://twitter.com/racingtv" rel="nofollow - https://youtube.com/racingtv" rel="nofollow - https://instagram.com/racingtv" rel="nofollow - https://facebook.com/racingtv" rel="nofollow - https://www.tiktok.com/@racing_tv" rel="nofollow - Maureen Haggas told Racing TV viewers on Wednesday night that the ride Zac Purton gave the stable's Lake Forest in Australia on Saturday was "about the worst ride I think I've ever seen in my entire life". https://www.racingtv.com/profiles/horse/lake-forest" rel="nofollow - But the four-year-old was slow away under Purton, a multiple champion jockey in Hong Kong, and was never a factor. The combination trailed home last of the 12 runners. Racing TV's Anthony Dunkley spoke to Haggas at Kempton on Wednesday evening after she had saddled Zennor Storm to success. He asked how the stable's Australian runners had taken their exertions and the daughter of the legendary Lester Piggott gave a blunt appraisal of Purton's efforts, suggesting he sat like a "big sissy". "As far as I'm concerned, Lake Forest never had a race," she said. "It was about the worst ride I think I've ever seen in my entire life. "I was appalled, absolutely appalled. We went all that way and, I mean I don't know Zac Purton at all, but it was just dreadful. "It was so disappointing because everyone knows he is a horse that you have to tell what to do. He knew that, and he was told it, and he just sat there like a big sissy." Haggas added: "I was horrified, I really was. We've gone all that way at huge expense on the owners' part and it just makes you realise how lucky we are with the jockeys we have in England, Ireland and France when you compare them to the rides we got on Saturday which were, as I say, really shockingly awful." On the same card at Randwick, Purton steered star sprinter Ka Ying Rising to more glory in The Everest. And on Wednesday he celebrated riding his 1900th winner in Hong Kong. ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: HarnessGuru
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 3:06pm
| Good on Purton with the reply! Bang! |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 4:36pm
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When I watch Lake Forest in the Golden Eagle I can see what Maureen Haggas is saying. Whilst Purton gave up on Lake Forest Fallon was driving Lake Forest hard and rocketed through the line. I can see what she is talking about. She might have gone over the top but I can see her frustration. ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: rusty nails
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 8:42pm
| It was tailed off last…… |
Posted By: rusty nails
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 8:43pm
| It had the winners back,and watched it disappear over the horizon |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 10:20pm
Because Purton allowed him to coast to the line. ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
rusty nails wrote:Posted By: rusty nails
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025 at 10:50pm
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Look at the sectionals in both races They just didn’t fatigue as much last week, as they did in the eagle. She might be right, a pommie jockey flogging it all the way to the line, might have squeezed another2, possibly 3 lengths out of it. So would have only been beat by 5 lengths, What’s the difference in prizemoney between last and second last?
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