American 2YO at Ascot

[Trotter]

This might have been raised on the Ascot threads but I haven't read them all...............;) OK, so it's nice to see US runners, but they mean the races are impossible as we just have no idea how good they are - that particularly applies to two year olds ! So, the Norfolk tomorrow is a no-no and presumably the Albany and the Chesham as well...........and next year when we have 3 or 4 US runners in each race looking for easy money........well, just give up. I think it's a shame really because those US runners probably won't run again in the UK and it removes the whole excitement of the Ascot two year old races as the first round in this season's 2YO Pattern...........the Ascot races in future will probably have little bearing on the rest of the season and that will detract from their interest. A large part of the interest in racing for me is that immediately after a race you start to think what the winner goes for and what are it's chances. Stacelita wins on Sunday, first thought is the Arc.......Canford Cliffs wins on tuesday, you start thinking Dewhurst, next years 2000 gns......................it'll be a real shame if the Ascot 2YO races are taken out of the mainstream and become one-off sideshows with no relevance to the rest of the season. Is this just me being a bit churlish or is anyone else worried that the Ascot two year old races will become an irrelevance apart from the ten minutes that they're being run..........

[diamond1924]

Re: American 2YO at Ascot It's a global game. I've enjoyed the American presence. I read an article in the RA special of Raceform. The Overseas guy describes the 6 (now only 5) horses sent coming over from Wesley Ward. He said Cannonball needed to improve by a stone to figure and that looks fairly accurate. The next two in reverse order have now impressively hosed up at decent odds. The best two, Aegean (runs Thursday 2.30) finished in front of today's hotbox Jealous Again! Yogaroo (Friday 2.30)blasted clear of Strike The Tiger in training workout. Personally I can't wait, both of them are double figures. There is some decent info out there, it needs to be found and related, not always that easy to do. IMHO, I'd rather have a bit of variety.