Poule D'essai Des Pouliches ~ Longchamp on Sunday

[my miss storm cat]

Wow, nice field!

Zarkava over Nijoom Dubai, with Halfway to Heaven or Psalm 3rd...

Come home safe, girls!


Sunday May 11 2008
Longchamp 15:25

Poule D'essai Des Pouliches (3yo Fillies' Group 1)€400000.00 added, 3yo only, 1m, Class 1, €228561.00 penalty 14 runnersGoing: N/A


Colours: Show Hide 13:10 13:45 14:15 14:50 15:25 16:00 16:35 17:05
No. Form Horse Age Wt Trainer Jockey OR NagMe Bet
1 (12) 231-6 Nijoom Dubai 25 3 9-0 M R Channon R Hughes 105 SP SP SP
2A (8) 112-2 Conference Call 28 3 9-0 P Bary T Thulliez SP SP SP
3A (7) 4111-2 Modern Look 27 3 9-0 D Smaga S Pasquier SP SP SP
4 (5) 11-1 Zarkava (IRE) 28 3 9-0 A de Royer Dupre C Soumillon SP SP SP
5 (9) 126-2 Dream Day 22 3 9-0 R Hannon R Moore 101 SP SP SP
6 (2) 296-13 Blue Cayenne (FR) 27 3 9-0 Mlle S-V Tarrou T Jarnet SP SP SP
7B (6) 21-2 Halfway To Heaven (IRE) 35 3 9-0 A P O'Brien D Mc Cabe 99 SP SP SP
8B (13) 2-7 Psalm (IRE) 35 3 9-0 A P O'Brien J Murtagh SP SP SP
9 (14) 13 Lessing (FR) 28 3 9-0 R Gibson J Auge SP SP SP
10 (10) 2-1 Azabara 38 3 9-0 A Fabre L Dettori SP SP SP
11 (11) 41-24 Silent Sunday (IRE) 27 3 9-0 H Pantall J Victoire SP SP SP
12 (4) 213- Destare 169 3 9-0 J E Pease C P Lemaire SP SP SP
13C (1) 11-2 Goldikova (IRE) 38 3 9-0 F Head O Peslier SP SP SP
14C (3) 11 Kayaba 30 3 9-0 C Laffon-Parias M Blancpain SP SP SP

[brockguy]

zarkava 1st Conference Call 2nd again!!!

[NoChanceToDance]

Can't see anything beating Zarkava. I'm still not quite sure why they won't bring her over here or to Ireland. Maybe she isn't quite as good as she has looked so far??

[brockguy]

two really interesting betting races on betfair.. conference call is 33-1 at the moment.. i think she is 2nd best in the race and at that odds has to be a bit of a play. zarkava should piss in but if she doesnt CC will be the one to take advantage I think/.


In the 2000, you can get a good price on any horse you fancy. If Godolphin were in form, Rio at 6-1 is a steal but the fact that they cant explain Ibn's shocker last week has to be a concern. Id narrow this race down to Thewayyouare (will prob need further though) Tamayuz (same comments apply), GeorgeBernardShaw and Paco Boy..

[NoChanceToDance]

I thought Campanologist would run well yesterday considering he hadn't gone to Dubai, but even he wasn't at his best. What do they do to these horses.

I couldn't be backing Rio with stolen money today (you watch him piss in now!) Georgebernardshaw has made giant steps this year and the way Aidan is flying now, he might be too good. It's a difficult race, though.

[brockguy]

plus, i didnt realise how bad the draw is at longchamp, you can nearly completely dismiss anyone drawn 12 or higher...

[brockguy]

backed tamayuz, paco and a place bet on bon grain..

[brockguy]

Falco wins, Rio 2nd River Proud 3rd, another G1 winner for Pivotal, such a great sire..

[Betsy]

Brock, how'd Tamayuz do? I guess I'm glad that I couldn't find a site to watch the race.....not that it matters, lol. I barely speak French........

[brockguy]

Zarkava wins fairly easily, still unbeaten, just how does the aga khan get these brilliant fillies..

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Brock, how'd Tamayuz do? I guess I'm glad that I couldn't find a site to watch the race.....not that it matters, lol. I barely speak French........

havent seen the race, so dont know yet but he did have a shocker of a draw, so i can forgive him this race..

[NoChanceToDance]

Frankie gave Rio a shocker in the French 2,000. Not saying he was good enough to win, but Frankie never even put him in the race. He kept going for gaps, which were just not there.

When are they going to get rid of him.

Zarkava looked in trouble about a furlong and a half from home, but she soon picked up. With her beating the same sort of horse each time, I'm not quite sure what to think of her. She is visually impressive each time she runs, but I'm not really convinced with what she is beationg on each occassion. If she was really THAT good, why not come over and win our Guineas (like the other classy French filly, Natagora did?) Or why not come over and win the Oaks (which doesn't look like a vintage renewal on paper yet) if she is THAT good?

Jury is still out as far as I am concerned.

[my miss storm cat]

Dying to see a replay.

[my miss storm cat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Yp7OIU-kk

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance

Frankie gave Rio a shocker in the French 2,000. Not saying he was good enough to win, but Frankie never even put him in the race. He kept going for gaps, which were just not there.

When are they going to get rid of him.

Zarkava looked in trouble about a furlong and a half from home, but she soon picked up. With her beating the same sort of horse each time, I'm not quite sure what to think of her. She is visually impressive each time she runs, but I'm not really convinced with what she is beationg on each occassion. If she was really THAT good, why not come over and win our Guineas (like the other classy French filly, Natagora did?) Or why not come over and win the Oaks (which doesn't look like a vintage renewal on paper yet) if she is THAT good?

Jury is still out as far as I am concerned.

yeah i agree with ya regarding frankie.. i think the winner had flown but was in a shocking position and got going too late..

regarding Zarkava, the french program makes it very easy for a filly to stay locally as a 3yo. she doesnt really need to travel to win G1s, i think they will challenge her but it may be later on and it may be in something like the prix moulin or jaques le marois