What a difficult ride that Johnny Murtagh had on Changingoftheguard in this race. There's no question that he was much the best horse in the race on this day. If Murtagh could've gotten Changingoftheguard into the clear just a split second sooner, he win's this race, IMO.
look at the run nanton got, and how easily he won at doncaster off 5lb's higher next time. And you'll realise that he was probably the biggest hard luck story.
Even worse when you consider Murtagh would have been well aware his horse probably had a stone in hand of the field. If he'd got it off the rails earlier it would have won in a canter. I wonder what O'Brien and the owners said to him after the race :-)?
i was on changingoftheguard here at 3/1. any o brien runner in the ebor is always worth a second look. it was definetely a certainty beaten and would have won by half the track had murtagh secured any sort of a clear run. falling out of the stalls cost him victory as he could not take up a good position. sadly we wont see this horse again in a handicap and the chance to exploit a very very favourable handicap mark has long gone.
Had murtagh got the horse up people would be saying it was a cracking ride...and how well he did from a bad position....the man had no room and he did very well to engineer the gaps that he did...i thought he was simply unlucky...
If you analyse this race carefully you will see that Murtagh's performance on Changing of the Guard was shocking. He was last out the stalls but correctly quickly managed to make up some ground and get the horse into the pack. However he then had almost a mile to get the horse off the rails during a medium paced race, but failed to do so. When they turned for home, beaten horses in front were backing him up which meant he was shut in by those finishing well on his outside. Laughably bad :-)
I love Nanton
comeonshaymen 9 months ago
What a difficult ride that Johnny Murtagh had on Changingoftheguard in this race. There's no question that he was much the best horse in the race on this day. If Murtagh could've gotten Changingoftheguard into the clear just a split second sooner, he win's this race, IMO.
GBeret83 10 months ago
without doubt changingoftheguard was the biggest hard luck story.
azertyuiop32 2 years ago
look at the run nanton got, and how easily he won at doncaster off 5lb's higher next time. And you'll realise that he was probably the biggest hard luck story.
CaptainExcalibur 2 years ago
and then ran 3rd in the cambridgeshire over 1m 1f, amazing!!
frankschlanker 2 years ago
Soooo Unlucky Changing Was That Day
ZenyattaLuver 2 years ago
Changing of the Guard will win the St.Leger tomorrow. Although it's only 3/1 now, it's still worth backing.
Sunburst75 2 years ago
Even worse when you consider Murtagh would have been well aware his horse probably had a stone in hand of the field. If he'd got it off the rails earlier it would have won in a canter. I wonder what O'Brien and the owners said to him after the race :-)?
Sunburst75 2 years ago
i was on changingoftheguard here at 3/1. any o brien runner in the ebor is always worth a second look. it was definetely a certainty beaten and would have won by half the track had murtagh secured any sort of a clear run. falling out of the stalls cost him victory as he could not take up a good position. sadly we wont see this horse again in a handicap and the chance to exploit a very very favourable handicap mark has long gone.
azertyuiop32 2 years ago
Had murtagh got the horse up people would be saying it was a cracking ride...and how well he did from a bad position....the man had no room and he did very well to engineer the gaps that he did...i thought he was simply unlucky...
Monie69love 2 years ago
If you analyse this race carefully you will see that Murtagh's performance on Changing of the Guard was shocking. He was last out the stalls but correctly quickly managed to make up some ground and get the horse into the pack. However he then had almost a mile to get the horse off the rails during a medium paced race, but failed to do so. When they turned for home, beaten horses in front were backing him up which meant he was shut in by those finishing well on his outside. Laughably bad :-)
Sunburst75 2 years ago
Hes the best jockey in the world....hands down....
Monie69love 2 years ago