Coral Eclipse Test of Sea The Stars
Will Sea The Stars be able to defeat his elders in this 1m 2f (Group 1) race Saturday at Sandown Park?
Critics insist that he must win or place second to maintain his reputation.
His principal rivals are Sir Michael Stoute's Conduit Ire (Dalakhani Ire) and Aiden O'Brien's Rip Van Winkle Ire (Galileo Ire).
The older, experienced Conduit will be ridden by Ryan Moore who can be expected to earn a long ban for overuse of the whip so the horse has a real chance of winning.
Jimmy Fortune on Rip and Michael Kinane on Sea are not likely to use that tactic on their three-year olds.
The same Sea critics smugly point out that Derby winners Motivator (Montjeu Ire) and Authorized Ire (Montjeu Ire) both lost the Eclipse as three-year olds.
They do not mention the extraordinary riding idiocy of the horses' jockeys Johnny Murtagh and Frankie Dettori as the cause of those losses.
They both followed the most bizarre, dozy tactics and Dettori followed the wrong horses allowing Ryan Moore to slip by on the stands side unnoticed.
Expect anything from crafty Moore.
The best horses do not always win on the day.
Critics insist that he must win or place second to maintain his reputation.
His principal rivals are Sir Michael Stoute's Conduit Ire (Dalakhani Ire) and Aiden O'Brien's Rip Van Winkle Ire (Galileo Ire).
The older, experienced Conduit will be ridden by Ryan Moore who can be expected to earn a long ban for overuse of the whip so the horse has a real chance of winning.
Jimmy Fortune on Rip and Michael Kinane on Sea are not likely to use that tactic on their three-year olds.
The same Sea critics smugly point out that Derby winners Motivator (Montjeu Ire) and Authorized Ire (Montjeu Ire) both lost the Eclipse as three-year olds.
They do not mention the extraordinary riding idiocy of the horses' jockeys Johnny Murtagh and Frankie Dettori as the cause of those losses.
They both followed the most bizarre, dozy tactics and Dettori followed the wrong horses allowing Ryan Moore to slip by on the stands side unnoticed.
Expect anything from crafty Moore.
The best horses do not always win on the day.
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