Wk.6.EPSOM DOWNS,THE DERBY Saturday July 4th 21
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Re: Wk.6.EPSOM DOWNS,THE DERBY Saturday July 4th 21
I am so Poor at this.
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Re: Wk.6.EPSOM DOWNS,THE DERBY Saturday July 4th 21
Lucy, its shows how hard it is to win, you picked 2 certain horses to win you some money but we forgot to tell the horses.
was strange how they changed jockeys, i recon it was either a set up to get better odds or Kirby got the hump and rode for revenge.
Any its shows its just luck by who's top.
plus All White chooses her horses by the name of the horse and she's 2nd
As they say, there's always next week.
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Re: Wk.6.EPSOM DOWNS,THE DERBY Saturday July 4th 21
Oi! ....... luck huh John?
Actually you make a valid point.
Actually you make a valid point.
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Re: Wk.6.EPSOM DOWNS,THE DERBY Saturday July 4th 21
or perhaps the time difference in NZ is more than we know
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Re: Wk.6.EPSOM DOWNS,THE DERBY Saturday July 4th 21
'It's mad, it's crazy' - Adam Kirby revels in breakthrough Classic on Adayar
To be able to ride class horses when you're just a run-of-the-mill jockey, and to then get a chance to deliver on a big day, is a marvellous feeling.
Adam Kirby wins his first British Classic aboard Adayar in the Derby
Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
Had he not first been rejected, Adam Kirby would not now be rejoicing.
There are many ups, downs, twists and turns from one end of Epsom racecourse to the other. At the finish of this sun-drenched Cazoo Derby they felt like a metaphor for the week experienced by a long, lean athlete who shrugged off his self-confessed unglamorous reputation to scale the greatest of all Flat racing peaks aboard Adayar.
As Wednesday afternoon began, Kirby was looking forward to having only his second Derby ride aboard one of the leading fancies, John Leeper, a horse he had guided around Epsom's strange contours in a gallop just nine days earlier.
Excitement turned to dejection when Frankie Dettori became available and John Leeper's connections switched riders. Kirby was suddenly without a Derby mount – but not for long.
To be able to ride class horses when you're just a run-of-the-mill jockey, and to then get a chance to deliver on a big day, is a marvellous feeling.
Adam Kirby wins his first British Classic aboard Adayar in the Derby
Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
Had he not first been rejected, Adam Kirby would not now be rejoicing.
There are many ups, downs, twists and turns from one end of Epsom racecourse to the other. At the finish of this sun-drenched Cazoo Derby they felt like a metaphor for the week experienced by a long, lean athlete who shrugged off his self-confessed unglamorous reputation to scale the greatest of all Flat racing peaks aboard Adayar.
As Wednesday afternoon began, Kirby was looking forward to having only his second Derby ride aboard one of the leading fancies, John Leeper, a horse he had guided around Epsom's strange contours in a gallop just nine days earlier.
Excitement turned to dejection when Frankie Dettori became available and John Leeper's connections switched riders. Kirby was suddenly without a Derby mount – but not for long.