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The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"alpinista" Discussed on The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"Actually race one more time before retirement and the group one kipco champion stakes at ascot on October 15th and the lone loss of his career was a fourth place finish. Welcome back to the year in review 2022 here on HR N Bobby Newman Dave Freeman. Well, Dave, the international runners had a big say, not only across international waters, but when they eventually would run here against our local runners, but we never got to see run here in this country. And there was a lot of 22 when the argument was not whether or not flight line was the best horse in the world, but whether or not he was better than bad. They were both horses who had done nothing wrong in their careers, baid completely in Europe. Of course, flight line completely here in the states. They were both lightly raced runners. They had only run in 21 and 22. And for a long time, I know I'd bemoaned the fact that there was never any plan to run by here in the states. They would never even really thought about the breeders cup. It was never in the plans of trainer William haggis and the owners and shadwell estate company, et cetera. Unfortunately, bae did not retire undefeated. The one poor effort in his career was the final race of his career, where he ran fourth, but most of 2022 he was a big say in the racing community. The race that we played in the rejoin, the international stakes. I watched that race. I had seen bad run. I don't know, two or three times and said, yeah, this is really good horse, but I don't really have the context to understand how good ran by mishriff and several other horses that were familiar with. Like they were standing still. I mean, not knowing the horse intimately. I was thinking at one point during the race. Wow, maybe bids in a little bit of trouble here. And ten seconds later, he was ahead by 5 lengths. So he won in kind of dominating fashion. I don't know about the same way that flight line did, but at least in a few of his races in kind of a similar scintillating way. And he is a horse that maybe we don't appreciate or maybe we can't understand quite the same way we do the horses that we watch every day in America, but he was an international superstar that sort of transcended the sporting scene in Europe, became a superstar, a big name. And it was special to see him. It is disappointing. We never got to see him run in America, but that takes nothing away from his accomplishments. Bid was certainly the top male runner in Europe through most of 2022. The top female runner in Europe was this year's Arc de Triomphe winner, alpinista. In fact, alpinista completely opposite of by eating the fact that she did not begin her career like a house of fire. I think she lost three of her first four starts and it really took her a while to get going back as a two year old in 2019 and early 2020, but she ended up undefeated both last year and this year winning 8 races in a row 5 and 21 and three here this year in 2022, all group one events, the predecessor Yorkshire oaks and finally beating the boys in the Arc de Triomphe, alpinista, another one that those of us who are based here in this country and for the most part follow racing in this country may have not gotten a chance to see if you have a chance and I know Dave that you do this on a regular occasion. Go back and look at some of alpin this is racist. She was as good as it gets. Well, and winning the arc is special, right? Because that's a little bit like a breeder's Cup race. And she went up against the boys. And she won. And again, I don't know that you and I can put in proper context where she ranks or how she fits. But the way she won one race after another taking on bigger and better challenges and then to conclude with winning the arc, it would be, it was special. It was impressive. And it's something that is very much worth noting, even if I'm not sure how to put into context in the same way that we can talk about the Europeans that came to America and one breeders cup races and let's be honest if you were at keeneland if you were betting the races from keenland during the breeders cup, you either had Aiden O'Brien and Charlie Applebee or you didn't have winners. Yeah, and as it turned out, Europe did not have to send its very best of the best over here to still have very good chances at winning these breeders cup races. The turf races, both Friday and Saturday of breeders cup this year. Dominated by the European based runners and whether it was modern games getting a second win in a row this time winning the breeders cup mile or rebels romance or Tuesday or the bevy of others. I know they're not all male runners, but they look like men against boys, if you will, especially in the stretch. Yeah, I think that's really well said. They weren't the best. They were the best by an enormous margin. And that's what makes it so impressive. Because it's one thing to win, it's another thing to be clearly the best. I remember reading a lot about rebels romance before the breeders cup and feelings were really, really split. There were those that said, you know, this is a horse you need to watch out for if it's really well, well trained while bread. And then there were other people that said, you know what, those European prep races, they're not very good. This is not an a level horse. Don't expect what you've come to expect. And then rebels romance was just the Best Buy open links. And that's what we saw kind of one after another at keeneland. And that didn't mean that you handicapped the right European horse, but boy, the European horses in general were so good that that group of them as a whole. But to me, Bobby, modern games is the one that I'm going to have the best memory of, not just because I liked modern games and cash tickets with modern games. But because of what had happened in the breeders cup, the previous year where modern games was in the race, won the race, but we weren't able to bet because of that whole scratch deal at the last minute, and then for modern games a year later, to come back and win another breeders Cup race and were able to bet on them. That was kind of special the way that whole 12 month period worked out. Charlie appleby is a phenomenal trainer, William Buick is certainly one of the best, if not the best riders in the world right now.
The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"alpinista" Discussed on The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"By naira betts, Bobby Newman, Dave Friedman before we get back to the stakes previews. It's time now for the blood horse news update. And a look at the top headlines from bloodhorse dot com. All right, Dave the hits just keep on coming exceptional arc heroin alpinista retired. Arc de Triomphe winner alpinista has been retired with immediate effect after sustaining a minor injury in the build up to her planned swan song in the grade one Japan cup this month trained by sir Mark Prescott for owner breeder Kirsten rousing alpinista scored 6 times at the group one level with her finest moment coming at long shot last month when winning the ark under jockey Luke Morris, Prescott said, quote, unfortunately the alpinista has suffered a slight setback and will not now be able to take her chance in the Japan cup. It's a great shame as the Japan racing association had been fantastic in making arrangements for the trip and I can't thank them enough alpinista was exercised this morning, but has now been retired to stud where she will join the great broodmare band of miss rousing as trainer William haggis said about baid at the Cartier awards last night. Now the search begins for another one and quote. At wraps up this afternoon's edition of the blood horse news update, there's one website that's the industry's go to site for racing, breeding sales and news it's blood horse dot com from breaking news to race results recent rape race replay videos leading earner list tireless stallion register and so much more you'll find it all at blood horror dot com the largest equine news site focused on owners and breeders with more than 5 million unique visitors a year. Blood horse dot com and don't forget to check out bloodhorse plus offering exclusive content, including behind the scenes videos and interviews, weekly programs showcasing the industry's upcoming races and recapping the recent stakes and much more its blood horse plus.
The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"alpinista" Discussed on The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"Yeah, I know the impressive thing about him is that of course that day at Goodwood, which is a tricky course to meet but have really good balance. It's very unique racecourse and the fact that he dusted modern games on very quick ground, which I don't think is his optimal surface, he just makes really good horses like modern games. His stablemate real world he dusted twice in a row at ask at newbury's first race of the season in the lock and she made real world look like an average horse and he's just different class over a mile in further here so far in his career and I mean the only horse that can beat him tomorrow is a day, he's a son of frankel, he won easily when he won his epsom Darby than he had a pretty poor season last year and he's run once this year. So he'd have to improve several lengths to or buy you would have to somehow throw in a clunker and obviously one to four and any kind of racial one to 5 number represents any value. So I would say that I don't even it's one of these races he can't really get a betting angle on unless you're the kind of person the best 4000 to win a thousand. Well, let me ask you this, then if we're going to take the glass half full look on somebody else in this race, talking about betting the race and why not. This is betting with Bobby and we like to bet the races. If it's not by, what's the way that bid gets me, you know, this is the question we're asking ourselves when it comes to flight line and the breeders cup classic. If flight lines not going to win, how is it going to be that somebody beats him? Is it going to be that life is good? Gets out in front. He just never catches him. Or is it going to that he and life is good or going to go too fast an epicenter or somebody else is going to pass them both. If it's not by what's the most logical way you could see him not winning tomorrow. Well, I mean, one thing that I don't like as a handicapper is by either the inside post. So would have to start with a poor start. That would kind of take them out of his game plan in the first quarter mile. He's ridden by a consummate professional Jim Crow. He actually had a wonderful champion say last year at ask, and he's a former champion writer. He's the main writer for shadwell. He sees their rider, and this is the best source by far he's ever written in his career. He speaks about him like he's should be mentioned in the same breath as frankel and see the stars and really he should do. So he'd have to get a bad start. So you have to be taken out of his game early somehow. There's some pretty quick horses in here. He'd have to get sucked up to some sort of situation where they went too quickly. And I think it would have to come down to a bad start and perhaps bad tech tactics or pace that's not true and a day or would have to get a perfect trip. I mean, the third choice in the race is a very talented horse by new bay called bay bridge, the sir Michael stout trains, he's a nice horse, but in my opinion, he's clearly third best in here on paper. I can't see him winning. So logically, the only horse that can beat him is that they are. He ought to go off at about 5 to one. That's the only betting angle I can imagine the only horse in the field of 9 that I can see possibly beating by eating in fact, the first money in this race by UK standards is so high and there's a lot of horses that aren't here to run second or third because it's a nice piece of prize money. Speaking with bob and stanovich from the band pavement and he's been on HR and of course many, many times over the last year or two. He's actually in the UK now got to see bae gallop this morning. Also got to see alpinista live this morning. A little bit different look the pictures and videos you sent me from new market than what I saw at Prairie Meadows this summer. Yeah, no, Warren hill is a beautiful place in iconic Gallup amongst many here. And it's really a stiff uphill and of course these horses were just like stretching the legs or cantering up the hill today. Follows one of his 6 year old stable makes a very good horse in his own right called mon patum every day and he was very comfortable albanese is just she's an incredible horse. I mean, she looked like a horse that hadn't run in 6 months. She carries a lot of conditioning. There's still making a decision on whether or not she goes to the Japan cup. I don't see it happening. She's had she's won 7 races in a row now and she's won three this year and The Crown and glory for her. Was to win the arcs. I expect both of these wonderful animals to go to stud. After tomorrow and albanese, this has been sensational this year for her connections, which sir Mark Prescott the trainer. And