Monday, August 9, 2010
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| Hannon appears to have early grip on 2011 colts Classic Posted: 09 Aug 2010 05:52 AM PDT Just at the moment everything senior trainer Richard Hannon touches seems to turn to gold and following the publication of entries for the Group1 Jumeirah Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket later in the term, the East Everleigh handler appears to hold most of the aces in the traditional trial for the following year's 2000 Guineas, writes Elliot Slater. In King Torus, Libranno and Strong Suit, Hannon trains three of the outstanding juvenile colts of the season so far and should two, or even all three, take part in the big race at HQ on October 14th, the dilemma facing stable jockey Richard Hughes as to which horse to ride would be particularly taxing. Maybe following his outing in Ireland this weekend, we'll learn a little more about just how fast Strong Suit is improving, the Rahy colt, game winner of the Group 2 Coventry stakes at Royal Ascot, being set to take on Ireland's leading two-year-old colt of the term so fat in Kevin Prendergast's Dunboyne Express in a race that could well have significant repercussions for the ante-post 2000 Guineas for which Strong Suit is currently an incredibly short 6/1 chance. You can expect him to be in many people's lists of UK horse racing tips. With King Torus, winner of both the Superlative Stakes and Vintage stakes already this term, and Libranno, impressive winner of both the July Stakes and most recently the Richmond Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, strengthening Hannon's hand, many of the lading trainers on both sides of the Irish Sea must surely be casting a slightly jealous glance in the direction of the in-form trainer who was the drummer with the 1960s rock band The Trogs. In my opinion, even though he has looked impressive so far, the price being offered about Strong Suit for the 2000 Guineas is ridiculous so far away from the race itself, and of the Hannon trio I would suggest that Libranno at 20/1 looks the best value horse racing tip at this stage of proceedings.  |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2010 02:40 AM PDT There is once again plenty of fighting talk coming from the Tiger Woods camp. The world number one – for now at least – is vocal in stating his belief that he will soon be back to near his best, which as every Golf Betting pundit knows, is good enough to start winning majors again. Unfortunately Woods is in a steadily dwindling minority and such is his collapse in form that there must be doubts as to whether the man himself really thinks he is 'playing great'. The statistics do not support that, as the man placed 80th on this year's PGA money list is languishing low on most measures of form. He has dropped from first in 2008 to 192nd this year on the PGA ranking of approach short accuracy, suggesting putting, the area Woods is most concerned about, is not his only problem. He could do with sinking a few more though – he is holing 50% less midrange puts than he was two years ago. It is unrealistic to expect such a proud, successful and resilient player as Woods to publicly admit too much weakness, but he might be given more slack by the media if he acknowledges things are far from great. This denial of his current form makes Woods appear disconnected from reality – hardly a surprise perhaps – and suggests his malaise could be a prolonged one, as he perhaps lacks the motivation to confront the demons in his game and life that will help put things right. Woods is playing and practising on autopilot, expecting things to come right when they won't unless he changes something other than his putter. Less anger and denial in the press room, more passion on the course are needed to boost his US PGA Betting odds in the coming months.  |
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