Emma's Delight : Spot the difference :)

[Walt]

Apart from the surface.

 

 

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[Chief Stipe]

Clue?

[Walt]

40 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

Clue?

First trial: 21/July 2021.  Ran 9th of 9. Drawn 1 but couldn't get out of her own way.

Second trial. 22nd December 2021. Ran 4th of 7. 

First race start 1st January 2022. Ran 11th of 13. Very ordinary. Warning put on the filly.

Trials again 12 days ago on the 15th March. Ran 5th of 5 despite doing zero in the run, she ran a clear last.

Comes out today. Sits parked for a fair portion of the race. Stages a stirring home straight duel with another runner with big margins back to the rest. Still giving plenty at the finish where she was still going better than every other runner in field despite doing a lot more work. Remarkable training performance. 

[Brodie]

Yeah you certainly couldnt have backed it on previous performance.

Grass Track mustve been the difference!

Tough on the punter!

[Chief Stipe]

18 hours ago, Walt said:

First trial: 21/July 2021.  Ran 9th of 9. Drawn 1 but couldn't get out of her own way.

Second trial. 22nd December 2021. Ran 4th of 7. 

First race start 1st January 2022. Ran 11th of 13. Very ordinary. Warning put on the filly.

Trials again 12 days ago on the 15th March. Ran 5th of 5 despite doing zero in the run, she ran a clear last.

Comes out today. Sits parked for a fair portion of the race. Stages a stirring home straight duel with another runner with big margins back to the rest. Still giving plenty at the finish where she was still going better than every other runner in field despite doing a lot more work. Remarkable training performance. 

It does happen but what's your point @Walt?

We always used to set a maiden for a good dividend.  Often the only time you ever did get a good dividend.

But in this case it seems unlikely that anyone banked a huge amount given it paid 37's on the tote.  Unless of course it was hammered on Fixed Odds which it didn't appear to be.

 

 

[Chief Stipe]

Further in its only other start it obviously had some gait and or soreness issues.  The Stipes report on it in FULL:

 

EMMA'S DELIGHT - hung outwards and paced roughly in the score up and was out of position at the start. A warning was placed on the barrier record of the filly. Cast a knee boot on the final bend. Driver J Young-Grant advised she anticipated her filly which was having its first start would derive considerable benefit from the experience.

Then it had 3 months between races.  @Walt you didn't highlight the trial and workout it had in between her two starts.  5th in the trial and 1st in its workout. In the trial it got shuffled back to last after running 3 deep on the pegs and the winner ran the last 400m in 27.  It can be excused for not running home in 26 or quicker surely?  Especially given the fact it probably had a bit of a let up after its first start and would have been lacking race fitness. If I was you I'd have a sneaky fiver on The Fiery Countess next start.

[Walt]

2 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

Further in its only other start it obviously had some gait and or soreness issues.  The Stipes report on it in FULL:

 

 

 

EMMA'S DELIGHT - hung outwards and paced roughly in the score up and was out of position at the start. A warning was placed on the barrier record of the filly. Cast a knee boot on the final bend. Driver J Young-Grant advised she anticipated her filly which was having its first start would derive considerable benefit from the experience.

Then it had 3 months between races.  @Walt you didn't highlight the trial and workout it had in between her two starts.  5th in the trial and 1st in its workout. In the trial it got shuffled back to last after running 3 deep on the pegs and the winner ran the last 400m in 27.  It can be excused for not running home in 26 or quicker surely?  Especially given the fact it probably had a bit of a let up after its first start and would have been lacking race fitness. If I was you I'd have a sneaky fiver on The Fiery Countess next start.

My point was it was a remarkable training performance. 

The trial you referred to where the winner ran it's last half in 27 was more of the same from the filly. Did nothing in the run and ran a clear last. I didn't expect her to run home in 26. I would however have expected her to show something given she came out and won well after a tough run 12 days later.  I was unaware she had won a workout. That would have got my attention had I seen it. 

I don't wager on lesser meetings these days but I do follow them for future reference so not talking via my pocket. Speaking of punting. Back in the day, I have wagered more on exotic bets such as trebles and trifecta's to avoid red flagging a horse I was confident of a solid run with at odds in a low grade meeting.  

Perhaps Brodie is correct in the filly appreciating the grass.

As for The Fiery Countess. She got my eye at Addington. Obviously has inherited some of the family ability to be attracting such solid support. Will keep an eye on her.