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Japan denied as quirky Orfevre allows Solemia victory‏

Carlos Laffon-Parias and Olivier Peslier came, saw and conquered in scintillating fashion as their four year old filly, Solemia, reeled in Orfevre in the dying strides of the Prix de L'Arc de TriompheRead More

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BrianZipse · Orfevre was a certain winner, and then ... he wasn't. Seems like a huge talent with a few issues between the ears. Give the filly credit though, she really came and got him! · 223 days ago ·

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MarcelloMarocco · I had Orfevre to win, but I was nervous with the conditions. That looked to be a VERY tiring course as next to no one fired. This is still a VERY VERY good colt. · 223 days ago ·

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edgaropena · I was watching hrtv and Gary Stevens mentioned that Orfevre bumped into the rail prior to hitting the wire. What a turn of foot on the soft turf though. I wonder if it was good decision for Soumillon to shift from the outside to the rail and lose ground. · 223 days ago ·

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footlick · Soumillon knows Longchamp and knows how to ride a horse. If he went to the rail, it was because he thought the footing was better there. Obviously he knew he was on a tiring horse, and he thought by moving when he did he cold get enough distance between him and the rest of the field that he could win. He also would not have used the whip unless he thought he had to do so. Orfevre ran a brave race but being wide and on that testing course he just go tired. I can't fault Soumillon. And as Brian said, give the filly credit. She was relentless. · 223 days ago ·

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footlick · cold should be could · 223 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Up by the rail where the water drains?? Really smart · 223 days ago ·

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ILuvTurfRacing · When you factor in Orfevre breaking from pp #18, the widest on the track, and running on the kind of soft ground he's rarely, if ever seen in his races in Japan, he ran a monster race. The best horse in the race somehow managed to end up finishing 2nd? But due credit to Olivier Peslier for riding a very smart tactical race on Solemia. Making sure the filly had enough left in the tank to run down Orfevre. What I found as surprising as Orfevre being beaten when he looked a certain winner was how shockingly easy he just blew by the many of the top rated European horses in the race like Camelot, SNA, Sea Moon, Shareta, Saonois, Great Heavens, etc....When Soumillon called on Orfevre to go and win his race, he rolled right on by all of these horses like they were idling in neutral, and none of them, save Solemia, seemed able to go with him. JMO. · 223 days ago ·

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travel_vic · 2,640 yards from the finish, the few yards a horse is off the center of the course is neglible, at best · 223 days ago ·

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footlick · do you have first hand info that the rail was a s bad as some other parts of the course, travel_vic? Maybe Sounillon doesn't know how to ride Longchamp. He must have made his reputation being lucky and not skillful. · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · so glad you are here to enlighten us. · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · I have walked many a course and talked to the maintenance crew about drainage...Near the inner rail tends to be the worst place on any course....OUTER rail, which I have seen is very fast soemtimes at Goodwood, is another ball game · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · Goodwood is not Longchamp, and unless you have inside information where the best part of the course actually was, then you are just speculating. I have seen many a Euro race where the field is split between one rail or another, meaning that the rail on both sides of the course was the best part of the course. You cannot make generalizations about Longchamp because of something observed at Goodwood. · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · I have too but NO ONE did it Sunday, save the one horse who lost the race after bearing into it. · 222 days ago ·

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MarcelloMarocco · Thi Colt has won going over 3000m....I am pretty sure the distance was no issue. If that Track played a tuch to the good side...he wins by 5 going away. · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · you were not riding that day travel_vic, and Orfevre put himself much closer to the absolute rail than Soumillon did. Soumillon obviously knows the course better than you do. Sorry, but it is a fact. · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · Marcello- the colt had never run on a course that testing before. You are right in that if the course was a touch on the good side he would have been far ahead of Solemia, but other horses who did not handle the course might have run to form also, so it would have been a totally different race. Solemia handled the course best. This Arc was actually the lowest rated Arc in a long time, and the lowest rated Racing Post has ever rated, and they have rated Arcs since 1988 I believe. It was not a strong Arc. Probably die to the conditions and the amount of horses who did not handle the course condition. But that is racing. · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Watch the entire contest, as I did....Several in fact. NO ONE moved up near the inner rail. NO ONE. · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · NO ONE moved up on the rail.....NO ONE. If it was such a great place to be, wouldn't you think more of these riders would have picked up on it?? · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · reference just watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kluttGunQc · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Looked at the other races and the same thing:NO one moved up on the inner rail. Not a favored spot. · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Prix Dollar: horses on the rail went backwards down the lane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSA9EouJ_xw · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABl6KBK7xvM Rider drops to rail and BACKS UP in the Prix Marc el Boussac · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · 2012 Prix Jean-luc Lagardere Horses near inner rail BACKED UP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqP6bjYr6oo · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · and should those horses have won? Were they the best horses in the race? Could they handle the turf conditions? There are mny, many reasons why tht might happen, not just the simplistic one you have decided to latch on to. · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · Izzy Top ran second in the Opera on the rail. How did that happen? She was a legitimate threat and she ran like it. On the rail. · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · Don Bosco is your example for the Dollar?????? · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · Silasol was on the rail the whole way in the Boussac????? What race were you watching. She won. So that is a win for her, a second for Izzy Top and a second for Orfevre. Do you want me to go on??? · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · In the Lagardere, one was obviously a pacesetter and the other was close to the pace and tired. Really travel_vic. Good horses like Orfevre and Izzy Top ran well. Silasol was not favored but handled the ground well. If the rail were so deadly she would have folded. She didn't. Orfevre lost the race himself, for whatever reason went thorugh his head. Even Euro columnists said his ducking to the rail in the Arc with Soumillon up showed that it was not all his Japanese jockey's fault. The horse is becoming a head case. · 222 days ago ·

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travel_vic · only matters down the stretch · 222 days ago ·

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footlick · pacemakers, horses who don't handle the going and outclassed horses don;t count. All the horses I mentioned were threats to win and ran well- on or near the rail. · 222 days ago ·

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Chinchon Impressive in United Nations

European invader Chinchon made a dramatic swooping move around the far turn and then rolled right on by his rivals in the stretch to capture the $750,000 Betfair TVG United Nations Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park on Saturday. In the day’s other Breeders’ Cup Challenge Win and You’re In event, Phipps S...Read More

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arazi · Another big ride by Gomez - on the turf, is there anyone better? · 1050 days ago ·

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medlocke · I had seen the race replays of Chinchon's last 2 races in France. Where he won the Prix Exbury and ran 4th in the Grand Prix De Chantilly. In both races, he closed very strongly from the rear of the field. Knowing that the racetracks in France are usually slower, soft turf. I remembered thinking if this colt ever got a chance to race outside of France on firmer, faster turf that he'd be a handful. When I saw him on the United Nations card today, I played him immediately. Which made my day, because I'd been on a bit of a losing streak of late. LOL. I knew Momouth's turf is notoriously fast anyway. I played Chinchon a straight $20 to win, and it returned $96. Not a wheelbarrow load by any means. But just a good feeling to have handicapped one right again, and won some money instead of donating. At-a-boy Go Go Gomez!! · 1050 days ago ·

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