Lilac’s back
Jul 24th, 2008 by Mick
Lilac Moon runs in the 8:30 at Doncaster tonight. She is switching from polytrack to turf and also stepping up in trip, so we can’t be as confident as we were at Lingfield last time. However, if she does handle the change of surface and trip it will open up a lot more options for her in the future. Her last run was a career best and the runner-up has won a better race since but Lilac has been raised 6lbs by the handicapper as a result of her efforts. Richard Kingscote is making the long journey from Bath, after the 4:05 there, in order to ride. He knows her well and rode a very good race from the front last time. I will be heading to the track - it’s one of the 10 UK courses that I’ve yet to visit.
Bert has three entered for the first day of Glorious Goodwood next week - Bouguereau, Winker Watson and King’s Head. The first two are in valuable Betfair sponsored events so we’re hoping the money won’t be going far if they stand their ground.
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What a great result! Lilac Moon regains the lead close home and wins by a neck. Great young jockey - Richard (King) Kingscote!
Let’s hope this is the first of many winners now that Bert’s luck seems to be on the up. Maybe he should stay away a bit longer?:-)
Indeed. a great run by Lilac Moon although, with a recommended lay on Mon Fils Mon Fils who very nearly upset the applecart, I am slightly biased! That said, my money wasn’t actually down given the extraordinary odds Mon Fils attracted. Difficult to see how a horse which, by top-weight definition could be regarded as one of the more classier in the race, can go off at 18/1. Well done to anyone who took the place though!
Pleased for you all, well done
hi mick hope you enjoyed your trip
what a gutsy little horse she is
well done andrew/mick
Tom is becoming like a 2nd income… hope others on this blog were on the Game last night that went off at a betfair sp of 22!!!!!!!!!!! Another classic dascombe training feat of turning around a previously underperforming horse.
Bert, please can you give Tom a real top class animal for next years classics….. I’ll chip in a bag of feed mate.
Don’t rule out Tom having a hand in next year’s classics anyway with the cheap team of horses he acquired at last year’s yearling sales. He had Group 2 success at the July meeting with horses that cost £12K and £5K and the fact that he has made a Group 1
Cheveley Park entry for an unraced filly he bought for just £9K suggests he may have more bullets to come.
Re The Game, I think the Racing UK pundits were right in highlighting Richard Kingscote’s role in getting him home. The horse has been a difficult ride in the past but Richard’s calm style seemed to suit him and helped him to settle.
Agreed Mick Richard Kingscote and Ross are valuable assets to Tom, Just hope one of the big yards doesn’t poach Richard next year. See Tom has entered the legal blonde into a listed at Ascot today… on previous looks like it has no chance but I can’t help thinking that he’s compared it to the work done by his 2 yo’s that won group 2’s and may just fancy it to put it into a listed now. Get on boys 30’s on betfair
Mick get Bert boy to have a real good look fro some nice horse for Mr Dascombe to train. I must state tho and i think Bert will agree (wont you Bert !) that you need an elemnt of luck in running to find the right horse and NO amount of money can guarantee a Derby winner. You only have to look at that horse that 10million $$$$ was pa\id for by the Arabs and could not win a maiden before picking up a race for £3,500 or somin like that. Sometimes you can find a better horse for a fraction of the cost of the millions the Sheiks pay and it rewards your faith as Tom Dascombe has proved.
Rgds Mark
The Legal Blonde — 2nd at a big price! 16-1 - 1/4 odds, can’t be bad!
Not to mention at salisbury tonight Dascombe had a 40-1 3rd place.
Mick, what’s the thinking behind entering Winker Watson in the Lennox Stakes on Tuesday? Is he expected to run here rather than in the Sussex?
Peter C-H was keeping options open but Winker won’t run in the Lennox.
Mr Black
Congrats are in order..I am so please to see Winker Watson mixing it with Europe Top-Milers in a Group 1…I-year-off on his 2nd run in a Group1 beaten 3/3/4lths by Europe Champion-Milers,say no more.
Mr Black I want to ask you to sell me a Nomination for my Mare Glory Oatway x (Desert Prince) as soon as he’s Retired.