Considering the problem they had with the boil on his back that day which led to fitting extra foam padding underneath the saddle (with a cut out so the saddle didn't put pressure on the boil by touching it), and this made it very difficult for Cauthen's balance with the saddle not being in direct contact with the horse's back, he still won the race well within himself and beat Ile De Nisky only a length less than Nashwan did at Epsom. Shame he picked up an injury being prepped for the King George (although that was run on firm ground so he would have missed the anticipated clash with Nashwan anyway) and eneded up missing the rest of the season especially that year's Arc which was run on his favoured soft ground, he surely would have dealt with the winner Carroll House when you consider that the horse in 7th that day (Norberto beaten only 4L) was actually 16L behind Old Vic in that French Derby romp.
Irish racing as a whole is being destroyed by the so called power house yards, and the turf club are sitting back and letting it happen. On the flat in particular certain people are often running as many as 8 in a race, not all are running on their merits but as blockers. The racing public in Ireland think it’s great when they do it over the sea in England without understanding that in less than 10 years Irish flat racing will be a non entity with more racecourses closing.
@@seancullen4743But you could argue that it's not just Ireland that has the power house yards, and apart from last season's Irish Derby, O'Brien hadn't won it for a few years as Appleby and Beckett have won it.
Considering the problem they had with the boil on his back that day which led to fitting extra foam padding underneath the saddle (with a cut out so the saddle didn't put pressure on the boil by touching it), and this made it very difficult for Cauthen's balance with the saddle not being in direct contact with the horse's back, he still won the race well within himself and beat Ile De Nisky only a length less than Nashwan did at Epsom.
Shame he picked up an injury being prepped for the King George (although that was run on firm ground so he would have missed the anticipated clash with Nashwan anyway) and eneded up missing the rest of the season especially that year's Arc which was run on his favoured soft ground, he surely would have dealt with the winner Carroll House when you consider that the horse in 7th that day (Norberto beaten only 4L) was actually 16L behind Old Vic in that French Derby romp.
Some performance from jockey and especially the horse !!!
No cheating crooks here unlike today's criminals. All great jockeys cauthen eddery etc trying their best
I could not agree with your comment more. The Irish Derby used to be such a great race now like all big races in Ireland it is a farce.
@@tobin2 The whole game has got farcical, too much dross racing, quality is diluted...
Ireland has turned their racing into a Coolmore benefit program with O'Brien the main beneficiary
Irish racing as a whole is being destroyed by the so called power house yards, and the turf club are sitting back and letting it happen. On the flat in particular certain people are often running as many as 8 in a race, not all are running on their merits but as blockers. The racing public in Ireland think it’s great when they do it over the sea in England without understanding that in less than 10 years Irish flat racing will be a non entity with more racecourses closing.
@@seancullen4743But you could argue that it's not just Ireland that has the power house yards, and apart from last season's Irish Derby, O'Brien hadn't won it for a few years as Appleby and Beckett have won it.