City Of Troy flops in Del Mar | Irish Angle

[@Evocati2008]

As an avid horse player for over 40 years of US dirt races, my best advice would be is that you can't cut corners. If you want a realistic chance, you need to campaign the horse in the States as a 3 yo. Let him take a couple of losses if need be, let him experience the gates, the break, the whole experience. After 3 or so starts, they should be ready as much as they will be. But I thought the whole approach was wrong with COT.

[@johnh1252]

💯

[@Paddy-vc3fl]

The whole point of the exercise is to try to win the classic with a horse who has already proved himself a champion on the turf in Europe. It's a task that has proved impossible so far.

[@ajvindiesel8517]

I been saying the same. Can't campaign here then send him for 1 race on dirt expecting to even getting a place...no chance. Been saying it all week and get called a 'hater', wanted him to win but knew it was a waste of time, he shoulda run the Arc. Campaign him now all year as a 4yr old in US on dirt if you.want him to have his best chance, personally he's too small n didn't travel on dirt too good.

[@ajvindiesel8517]

​@@Paddy-vc3flhe's not the champion he should have been, didn't win at the champions week nor the arc.

[@Paddy-vc3fl]

@@ajvindiesel8517 Epsom, Sandown and York, on top of being champion 2-y-o, was a good haul, but I agree totally that sending him to the Classic was a complete Hail Mary (despite all the hype). Every pundit in Europe said he was the wrong type of horse for dirt and they were spot on.

[@rapidreaper]

What happened with City of troy was straight out of the Peaky blinders handbook. The UK punters got completely scammed into betting on something that the owners and bookies knew wasn't going to win from day 1.

[@johnh1252]

Yep

[@johndonnelly3135]

Yeah and you were laying him all week and made a fortune.

[@seamusdurcan3774]

Your talking absolute crap do you think Aiden O'Brien & the lads were trying to put you away billionaire owners plus the best trainer in the world get a grip

[@200degrees.]

💯

[@johnh1252]

@seamusdurcan3774 the lads get a buzz from it. JP type games

[@Kevin-lf4xx]

The horse was hyped to a ridiculous extent .

[@EasyGoer-e3z]

He Was Advertised Like He Was Gonna Win by 30 Lengths in 1:56 Flat

[@GoldAndSold-fq1qo]

Don't worry AOB will wake up tomorrow and be like "This is best ever bowl of cornflakes I've ever had" then get in his Range Rover to inspect on his horses and be like "this is best ever range rover I've ever had" feed his horses and be like "That's best ever bundle of HAY I've seen", that'll carry on thru out the day til night, then he'll jump on his wife, give her one and be like to his wife "Was that best ever sex uv ever had ?" and his wife will be like "Just go to sleep Aiden"

[@Steven-r2w9b]

LMAO!!! Now THAT'S funny!

[@michaelpower4372]

Look at all the times the english football team make themselves out to be golden generation or world class. But then flop in every football tournament😅😂

[@RaviMoorjani-p7j]

FROM GRASS TO DIRT, ONLY A FEW THOROBREDS HAVE ADAPTED😅😅😅

[@Dan-cy9hb]

I think Johnny's comment about needing a completely American dirt pedigree is spot on. Bob Baffert, when asked about City of Troy, said he saw no Justified in the colt at all - he was all Galileo.

[@MultiGibbs123]

I agree and a lovely floating action suited for turf not dirt

[@michaelcoady828]

He is a turf horse one of the best but not on dirt 😮

[@Steinbecker]

Yeah time to move on.. Looks a chaser in the making. 🐎🐎🐎🐎

[@EasyGoer-e3z]

NO IDEA Why People Claim He is Built Like Justify...He Looks NOTHING AT ALL Like Justify...People Can be Weird Like That

[@s1dew1nd3r4]

@@Steinbecker retired to stud

[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

its good to see Irish Racing being brutally honest about how bad the whole Southwell to Del Mar fiasco was from Coolmore, English media havent mentioned it the horse should have at least an Irish Champion on top of his CV, basically wrote off the whole business end of the season on an ego trip

[@mickeytheviewmoo]

Ask the question why Aiden blames himself. All to do with stud fees. Rule no.1 never blame the horse.

[@johnh1252]

Correct

[@johndonnelly3135]

Do you guys seriously believe that the people investing millions in stud fees base their opinion on what Aidan O’Brien fukin says on TV.

[@markchapman2933]

@@johndonnelly3135 "Base their opinion", maybe not. But it certainly helps put a few million in the Coolmore kitty. Subconsciously yes, many breeders will believe what Coolmore / AOB says. Just as many of the media and punters have been taken in. Subconsciously many want to believe in a Champion. Subconsciously many want to believe there's a God, therefore they believe in God even when there is very little evidence.

[@johndonnelly3135]

@ oh for Fuk sake if it isn’t England’s answer to our Wally Ward. I think you’re being very disrespectful to the intelligence level of the multi millionaire’s who invest in these horses.

[@JodyForbes]

I thought that was Rule no 3 Rule no 1 is keep yourself in the best company. Rule no 2 is keep your horses in the worst company. Breeding 101

[@MultiGibbs123]

I don't think we saw the best of COT ,I would have loved to have seen him stay in training next year

[@kevmohammed7668]

I feel absolutely deflated. Backed COT all year and absolutely love him. Looked forward to this for past six weeks. And had a double. Lake Victoria and COT. And took American prices, so had 4-1 COT. Felt like my heart had been ripped out after 30 seconds. Like you pointed out, it was sooo bad, to believe. Just glad he's fit n well after that experience. And I for one, can't see the attraction to dirt racing for the life of me.

[@goldenboots507]

😂😂😂😂. You mug. You got sold the dream. Turf horse on dirt, do me a favour

[@goldenboots507]

It's punters like you who keep the bookies in caviar

[@s1dew1nd3r4]

Nothing wrong with dirt racing, its just a different type of racing - COT is a rolls royce on the turf, wrong shape for running on the dirt - didnt take to it AT ALL. Been a good horse but no Frankel or Sea the Stars.

[@Steven-r2w9b]

Lake Victoria was absolutely MAGNIFICENT, so it wasn't a total loss! In the USA, dirt racing has ALWAYS been much bigger than turf racing. Why that is I really don't know, but the history of organized thoroughbred horseracing on dirt goes back to 1863.

[@jjboyd01]

COT looked around and got scared.

[@isjd123]

City of Troy had no chance after the start he had. Hopefully he has a good career at stud. Johnny is spot on about AOB never praising himself. When he wins its all down to the staff and the boys when he loses a big race he puts all the blame on himself. Come across pure class in every interview I've seen.

[@markchapman2933]

"Class", my ass.. AOB always blames himself because it makes him and Coolmore millions that way.. Because otherwise it would be the horse's fault and we can't have that. If the horse's fault it would mean a cheaper stallion fee and / or fewer breeders sending quality mares to the stallion. Same with all the hype. He's only the "best I've ever trained" and "our Frankel" to fool potential breeders. Had COT truly been those things they'd have kept him in training. But again, a business decision. Truth is COT can only be rated one length ahead of Calandagan - and that's with COT having the run of the race at York. With a strong tail wind that advantaged every front / prominent runner on the day. COT went for the Classic because it gave them a ready made excuse when beaten... And retired him because they couldn't risk the horse being found out as being just another Coolmore good horse. COT is rated 130 by Timeform. Many AOB / Coolmore horses have been rated higher and had over a stone to find on Frankel's 147.

[@goldenboots507]

​@@markchapman2933perfectly explained. I amazed how many people back horses but don't really understand the business.

[@s1dew1nd3r4]

the winner got the same sort of start in a stall over to the far side - he ran aside COT for the majority of the race and came through to win - so thats no excuse, he just didnt take to the dirt!

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

Lots of horses get out of the gate slowly and still come back to win. The great Secretariat always broke last. And watch the mighty Arrogate's awesome comeback in the 2016 Dubai World Cup! No excuses for City of Troy other than he should have been trained for dirt if they wanted him to win on dirt.

[@michaelpower4372]

​@@markchapman2933the English haven't a go at "OUR" Adrian O'Brien☘☘ because he goes to their country and wins all the big races there and is top trainer on flat there again this season.

[@RitaStack]

I was there on Friday, a very exciting event.

[@rinaldodelgallo4498]

I guess I will be comment 120. Look, CIty of Troy's last race in the Breeders' Cup was a disaster. You know who had last race disasters? I will name two. First, you have Sadler's Wells who bombed in his last race, 8th in the 1984 Arc. Or you can look at Sadlers' Wells son Galileo--who bombed in his last race, the 2001 Breeders Cup Classic, when he came in 6th. Both went down as great race horses and not only "great" sires, but historically significant sires who will be spoken of 100 years from now if horse racing is still around.

[@JodyForbes]

You've just added new meaning to the phrase "Cherry Picking" Given how short the careers are of European horses, they don't exactly allow too much wiggle room for many "disasters". It's called "Risk Management" But I'll cherry pick a couple that did the opposite. Generous- One of the highest rated Derby winners in history- failed in the Arc on final appearance. Totally crap at stud. Reference Point- very highly rated- folded like a mouldy blanket in the Arc. Crap at stud. Now do you see what I just did there???

[@acb7074]

Galileo’s cant run on dirt!!!!Period!!!!

[@christopherthomas5333]

Great video as always

[@RichardK1314]

It was the kickback you need to train the horse to experience it.

[@ciaranmc45]

Poor Horse ran with his eyes closed all the way around, absolutely hated it, sorry but Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore 100% made absolute hames of this one.

[@John-f3d]

Yep, Gallileo didn't like the dirt and look at his record as a sire. The horse did not like the dirt.

[@gurney2931]

I'm not sure all your Australian listeners would have been made up with Emma's description of the Melbourne Cup. She wasn't wrong mind.

[@alexbailey6312]

And 100/1 rag wins

[@whodouthinkuare]

People dont realise the difference between turf and dirt is night and day. Its like a horse who doesnt handle heavy ground compared to a mud lark.

[@hopandsolo]

On that point are there any US horses that have been on top on dirt and turf in Grp 1 company or do they not even consider doing that?

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

​@@hopandsoloCalifornia horse Lava Man won G1 races on turf, dirt, and tapeta. Secretariat raced on dirt and turf.

[@jeffbauer1609]

I’m kind of flabbergasted people are shocked by this outcome. This horse has clear stronger turf influences. Randy Moss made this case multiple times on air before the race, it wasn’t a secret. I’ve seen a lot a of excuses, like he started poorly, etc. but newsflash, if the horse didn’t take to the fast track at Del Mar, he’d been an absolute disaster in Kentucky or New York. One of the worst hype jobs I’ve ever seen people fall for.

[@goldenboots507]

Yeah, I saw Randy Moss talking about it and explained it perfectly. The Europeans seemed to sell the idea that it might be possible when deep down they knew it was a 100-1 shot but no one was prepared to put their heads above the parapit.

[@Steven-r2w9b]

Pretty much ALL of the TV commentators at the Breeder's Cup were NOT on-board with City of Troy winning the BC Classic. HISTORY was against Aidan O'Brien and City of Troy. He's a beautiful TURF horse. for sure, and us "Yanks" are proud that Justify is his daddy.

[@michaelpower4372]

@@Steven-r2w9bwhy don't he yanks bring ye'r dirt horse to Ireland to race against truf horses. See how f n smart ye are then.

[@Steven-r2w9b]

@@michaelpower4372 EXACTLY my point! We DON'T ship our dirt horses overseas to race your best turf horses on your turf tracks, expecting our horses to beat your turf horses, while claiming over and over again that "this is our year", and then going back home disappointed every year, wondering why we lost. The definition of "insanity" is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result.

[@JodyForbes]

@@michaelpower4372 Why would they? There is no money in Ireland. There was barely a combined crowd of 20000 for the 2 days at the recent Champion Stakes weekend.

[@luciusjulius8320]

European Hubris. City of Troy is a turf horse, not a dirt horse. Only someone with incredible arrogance would think that you can take an undersized colt with a preponderance of his Dam's genes and put him in against the top dirt horses of the world in a Grade 1 and think he has a chance. Mr. Ed, the talking, horse, had as good a chance. Aidan O'Brien made a fool of himself. Perhaps the owners pressured him, but he takes the fall.

[@EasyGoer-e3z]

But They Claim He is Built Just Like Justify....Guess They are Blind

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

Wow -- you read my thoughts exactly -- thanks for saying the bottom line truth!

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

​@@EasyGoer-e3zYou can't breed a dirt horse -- you train it!

[@EasyGoer-e3z]

STILL Nobody!! Can Explain WHY This Horse Was ML Favorite...Euro Turf Horse Never Raced on Dirt...Trainer Was "0-17!!" With This Kind of Move...Yet The Horse Shipped in as ML Favorite in Dirt Classic JUST Cause He is by Justify...Absolutely WILD!!...

[@classactsexpertiseandinspi4815]

Both Aidan and Ryan knew they had no choice but were forced into it by John Magnier et al. In pursuit of promotion of Justify as a dual purpose sire. Shameful disrespect for City of Troy, Aidan and Ryan - especially when their real money had been poured into Sierra Leone the eventual winner. It wasnt fair for Aidan to have to take the blame on top of that. City of Troy would not have achieved anything on the turf if they had tried to wreck his head with dirt track racing/ fast break training. American horses are trained for dirt from 2yo using lasics and steroids to build muscle/manage inevitable injury. Its lucrative but shameful racing from a horse welfare point of view with which Coolmore should not be associated especially after the haunting heartbreak of George Washington. If they want to get a return fro. Justify buy US dirt mares, breed foals for the dirt grind and place thrm with the top 3 US trainers - dont abuse the Irish/European horses on quick breaking dirt.

[@MultiGibbs123]

I agree totally

[@PatrickDurney]

You might find this was Aidans vanity project if at first you don't succeed try and try again, 0-17 and counting

[@Steven-r2w9b]

What a load of nonsense. Lasix, steroids, and "inevitable injury"? Really? You know NOTHING about American horse racing. How about talking about the EXTENSIVE testing and monitoring of American horses? How about the very strict limitations on medications and supplements? How about the teams of track veterinarians who monitor ALL racehorses before ALL of the races at ALL of the racetracks in the United States? Please explain to all of us how it is that NO horses were injured during ANY of the Breeder's Cup races last weekend? Please explain to us how the ONLY horse who died was a French horse named Jayarebe, a 3-year-old who finished the Breeder's Cup Turf and suffered a fatal heart attack during the cooldown?

[@classactsexpertiseandinspi4815]

@Steven-r2w9b You prove my point, a FRENCH 3 year old collapsed after crossing the finish line - ON THE TRACK. A horse new to dirt racing without an acclimatised history/ built up resistance to the physical abuses of punishing pace of dirt racing/ accumulation of steroids/ (he was prob on lasics as was recently US owned/ trained). If you re run the tv coverage of that race you will see that French 3 y o was showing visible sign of distress/ anxiety/ high heart rate before being pushed into the starting stalls. (No use of heart monitors at the start either)

[@Steven-r2w9b]

@@classactsexpertiseandinspi4815 How do you expect ANYBODY to take your opinions seriously when you are INCORRECT about what surface Jayarebe raced on, prior to his death. He raced in the Breeder's Cup TURF, which was a GRASS surface. If there is ANY blame to distribute over Jayarebe's tragic death, it belongs SQUARELY on the shoulders of his owners and trainer, who decided to ship their horse thousands of miles to the United States to run in a Breeder's Cup race. During the post parade, the TV commentators pointed out that Jayarebe was always a nervous, high-strung horse prior to his races, and that he actually seemed "calmer" than he normally is. Horses occasionally have undetected heart conditions and have heart attacks, usually after a race or a workout. Save your finger-pointing and false accusations for your next PETA meeting.

[@Evocati2008]

I made a killing on Starlust, surprised at your "punters" missing it. The form and evidence was there before everyone's eyes.

[@johndonnelly3135]

Awe you can’t beat the auld after timer, thank you.

[@200degrees.]

Poor run race just like the classic , they went far to hard early on and died coming home sounds like the bookies had input !!

[@davidcorby8070]

me too....😂....happy days, last to first was almost a theme all night

[@sonnykeith8338]

I feel Aiden O'Brien was very embarrassed by the outcome of the breeders cup classic. But I do feel now with justified coolmores top stallion we will see further attemps in the future. Coolmore still grabbed first and second in the race, which is staggering (what an operation they have), so congratulations are still in order. Maybe I am wrong and exaggerating a little, but I do feel Aiden O'Brien says he is training "the best we've ever had" every other year.

[@johnoflaherty9105]

Congratulations? Get real 😂

[@sonnykeith8338]

@johnoflaherty9105 Get real about what?

[@johnoflaherty9105]

No disrespect, sorry. They put so much money into the game it is almost mathematically impossible to lose. Sometimes you might get.....5 runners on Irish maidens. The only acquired the second recently as a stallion prospect so cannot really take much "credit"

[@sonnykeith8338]

@johnoflaherty9105 Thankyou, you know more than me, and I appreciate you replying. Best wishes.

[@seanmcmanus867]

It was a massive cock up and very poor decision

[@paulcharpentier7095]

Well I must confess that I've been cheering for Sierra Leone all year in his races and everyone feared fierceness of course and I was really hoping that Sierra Leone would pull it off which he did but I thought with that horse city of Troy things could have gone better for him out of the gate and he could have shown a better race and I think he's a fantastic horse nobody can take anything away from him that's for sure and I wish him all the luck in the future I hope nobody gets down on him or the connections too much over this race

[@niallsheehan474]

AOB withdrew two horses at the meeting because they were not quite right , it could be that COT was likewise . I find it hard to believe otherwise given his performance

[@michaelpower4372]

Were those withdrawn horse's checked to see what was wrong. But allso COTs jockey Ryan Moore wasn't in form coming into breeders cup. He was favourite in few races before breeders cup but was well beaten.

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

Coolmore and Ballydoyle thought they could breed a dirt horse rather than train one. Costly and embarrassing mistake for all involved!

[@jamesmcgreal9749]

I really felt so sorry for Aidan O'Brien with City Of Troy running his race so so bad but I really hate the fact that it was COT last race with nothing at the end of the Rainbow 🌈😭

[@dermotfox1761]

Fallon still makes over 200,000 STERLING. 100k aussie dollar fine. His share approx 500K from winning. Most likely winning connections between them pay fine usually the case. IF not still not a bad for winning as still gets over 80 percent of purse. Sounded harsh 100K Fine but not in reality.

[@johnoflaherty9105]

Totally agree, Emma's reaction is naive at best

[@dermotfox1761]

COT is clearly on the mum side. By looks, stride etc even all the americans were saying that including baffert who trained justify. It was a financial decision. Personally i would have reversed COT and Auguste Rodin as the latter has a real proper action for dirt when last year tried exercise on it. He is the image of his grandsire Sunday Silence in every way. He wont stay Trip in Japan cup will fade out of it. Too big a risk i guess for COT to get beat in turf in japan so hence the decisions for both horses.

[@JodyForbes]

Yes he eats like his Mum too. Hay and Oats, Chaff as a side order and the odd carrot if he's carbo loading for the big days.

[@SarahRichardson-x2g]

A lad at the down royal races said exact same thing to me belive it or not , before the race aswell also , next time for future give them run in lower race over there few months before instead throwing him on deep end first time give him prep race see how it goes how he takes I'm sure adian will have lion in winter in it next year 💯💪🇮🇪

[@davidthomas450]

The horses he beat in Dewhurst as 2year old did nothing and the derby horses never did anything so to say he was a great was 100% hype he should not be mentioned in same breath as dancing brave frankel sea the stars and twenty more . but aiden o brien is a magician as a trainer but I’m not a big fan of the coolmore LADS

[@radleysmith7528]

Media and mug punters not able to think critically, that's🤩 good

[@johndonnelly3135]

Definitely they can’t think as well as Wallys with 20/20 vision after the event.

[@tonygarforth539]

made a fortune laying it at 5/1 for 3 week i new the horse had no chance off to barbados for the winter now with my easy winnings will be back for cheltenham fes thanks aiden the horse should have been no less than 10/1 im a bookie from up north in the uk

[@200degrees.]

Obrian laughing all the way to the bank ,, scammed them fools again 😂😂

[@michaelflynn5123]

Every American trainer said he was like his grandsire Gallelio ! Who never sired a dirt winner! Had any a hope

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

Europeans have little respect for American dirt racing so they wouldn't listen to us. They'll make fools of themselves instead and subject a horse to something it can't do.

[@michaelhodgson662]

Aidan should apologise to mug punters for talking it up. The best he ever had. BS. Anyone i saw talking of backing it i tried to talk them out of it. I made them look so amatuer not even knowing if the horse goes on the surface. Pathetic.

[@GeorgeRice-o6g]

If had been Vincent there would have been a gallop of dirt. at Ballydoyl and the horse would been well schooled before taking him to the USA. but then Vincent was a genius

[@hopandsolo]

Was thinking that, I wonder how much it would cost?

[@jamesgill6213]

it was embarrassing

[@formerarcadian8167]

If you never try then you never know! Shame though the horse doesn’t deserve to be remembered for that performance.

[@charlesloraine-smith8212]

Should have sent him to Melbourne. Ok for a 3 YO.

[@BugleCoops]

I argued CoT would have been better off going for what looked like a winnable Arc before doing something that had never been done before in the Classic... For me, his best trip was 12f and he was never likely to have the pace to lay up early with proven American dirt performers. Arguably, his worst 3yo performance outside of the Guineas was the Eclipse, whereby he stayed the Derby trip very well and was doing his best work at the end of the Juddmonte. The Justify angle was just too tempting I guess but I suspect after George Washington, Galileo and now City Of Troy, Coolmore might not be so keen in future, particularly with so much Galileo in their dams.

[@Steven-r2w9b]

George Washington- what a sad and tragic story that was! I'll never forget that day. Got tears in my eyes over what happened to that beautiful boy!

[@RunningStallion-o6u]

Maybe the European horse followers know better, but I don't believe COT had the speed to make it to the front running the quarter at 22.43, the half in 44 96, six furlongs in 109.44 . If he was able to run those times, could he have lasted to a 2min .78secs final time for the 1 1/4 mile race?

[@MultiGibbs123]

Very sad to see ,he hated it

[@robertwilliams-mv9ok]

No subtitles?

[@keybuckley]

Justify is a bull compared to Troy

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

Dirt horses are big and strong. Turf horses are small and sleek. Simple as that.

[@johnoflaherty9105]

Was surprised that Lake Victoria was there at all.....but perhaps their other fillies have been overrated? Unlike Henri M who more fits the "second division" profile they send and still win.

[@muddhutter]

City of Troy is not Secretariat.

[@archadeinteriors]

listen, nothing needs to be said , gave it a try, tried the best by all, and maybe the best is still to come : )

[@paulconey252]

I doubt aiden o briens excuse for City of troy flop in the guineas wasn't the real excuse and to many people believed him.There is certainly a kink in the horse and is it any wonder he was never going to race as a 4 year old.

[@HappyRareGrooveMan]

It's the Ryan Moore curse on Favourites , punters graveyard.

[@goldenboots507]

NEVER BELIEVE AOB WHEN HE SAYS ITS THE BEST HORSE HES EVER TRAINED OR ITS HIS FAULT THAT THE HORSE LOST. HE CANT BLAME THE HORSE BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT STUD FEES.

[@paulconway7186]

Yet again the coolmore mob have vastly overrated one of their horses and tried to con the public into believing the hype. It's all about attempting to make breeders believe the horse is far better than it is. Not to say that city of troy is a bad horse, but he's not a great horse either. O'Brien should remember that the racing public are not fools and can see through all the bullshit which constantly flows from him.

[@michaelpower4372]

Conse bullshit. So how did Our☘ Adrian☘ O'Brien☘ win trainer of the season just gone in ye'r country if he comes out with bullshit. Ye'r having a go at Adrian because ye'r jealous hes the best trainer again in uk. Allso Adrian O'Brien doesn't force or put a gun to anyone head to make them back the horse's he puts into a race. Plus it wasn't "OUR"☘ Adrian☘ O'Brien☘ that made City's of Troy one of the favourite to win breeders cup in usa it was bookies. I'm waiting ti hear ye have a go at them. Plus it's only a horse loosening a race theres worse things happening in the world.

[@paulconway7186]

@michaelpower4372 well your opinion is rather odd as if I'm somehow biased because Aiden is Irish. Not so. In fact in my opinion Vincent O'Brien is the greatest trainer of all time!. I'm talking about city of troy and the wildly inflated opinion of that horses ability. Simply, he's a good horse and not a great one. But if you want to talk about jealousy then look closer to home, he didn't train Frankel and that is where the real jealousy lies!

[@jimcorcoran5650]

IMPOSSIBLE DREAM DARE TO BE THE GREATEST EVER Troy already proved it was Alltine greatest 2 Year old Ever and Great 3 year old winning the Derby the Eclipse and the International Troy would have won the breeders Turf Easily but wouldnt have proved anything Troy hasnt done all his life anyway Great to see Sportng Coolnore Owners to go for the Inpossible Dream to go down as the greatest ever on Turf And on Dirt Combined Versatlie Legend

[@goldenboots507]

Jonny ward making a case for COT to his mates but he didnt back it himself, we believe you, 😂😂😂 He calls himself a "racing expert"?? 😂😂.

[@bigcajones9070]

Should've had a proper 14 runner race against proper UK aw horse 😂 I never disrespected the Americans the way everyone else did

[@seadrifter8975]

O brien has run horses over the years in the classic that ran way better than City of Troy ? Sierra Leone went past him at half way like he was standing still ? Horse was like Bambi on ice . Really good horse on turf regardless. Btw dirt jockeys for dirt races

[@johnh1252]

Totally agree Melbourne Cup is a 😴😴😴

[@goldenboots507]

If you're a racing professional and tipped or backed him. You should find something else to do. What ridiculous expectations. I watched the American pundits, and they found it ridiculous to expect a horse who has never run on dirt to win the classic. The general consensus was that COT DIDNT look like Justify and more like a turf horse. Quite frankly it was an insult to this great race.

[@ThomasDoubting5]

We got excited for a short while , it was brilliant sadly it didn't last,this is typical of sports . Chill

[@martinellis7481]

😢Lads he got bad exit from stalls, He might have ran better.

[@jeffbauer1609]

That’s because he hated the surface. He was back with SL early and SL a went on to win. And had he started better, he’d never have hung with that wicked pace. He’s a turf horse.

[@Kevin-lf4xx]

Even with a better start he wouldn’t have come near the first three.

[@johncopeland3826]

Twice in 6 months " master trainer " Aiden O' Brien has admitted getting City of Troy's preparation for important races ...WRONG ! He bolloxed up the 2000 Guineas prep work for the colt and now admitted to the same for the Breeder's Cup . I mean this horse is the greatest he has ever trained ( Aiden's words) ,yet he messes up twice to get the animal beaten ? Any other trainer would be relieved of his duties ,methinks ! Personna non Grata ....

[@goldenboots507]

GODOLPHIN HAVE FAR MORE CLASS THAN COOLMORE. THEY LOVE THERE HORSES

[@glossalth]

The .media hyped it up ,and Aiden got roped into it as well but to be honest it was an embarrassing outcome. So let's move on .

[@ianwhelan6983]

Johnny "Don't Regulate Gambling" Ward. Sad to hear that he hasn't been betting much "through restrictions."

[@paulscully2708]

He’s some man to contradict himself. Called JJ Slevin a run of the mill jockey last year then specifically asked the Flood man on this channels NH preview about how good a jockey Slevin is recently

[@johndonnelly3135]

Comedy gold from Wally Ward, restricted account’s 😂😂😂😂 he gets birthday presents, Christmas presents and Halloween gifts from his bookies.

[@davidfreeman9042]

bookies dont restrict mugs that just back favs

[@thomasmooney4321]

Moore gave him no chance with the break last out.plus if hes the best o brien ever had he should take up ludo

[@EddisonToussaint]

The winner was racing next to him for most of the race, so he obviously hated it!

[@jeffbauer1609]

It wasn’t the break, it’s that he’s a turf horse

[@jjboyd01]

you brits really thought he would win? Not ever running on dirt against the best Americcans.

[@Phil-w4u]

European horses cannot hang with the speed of American horses on dirt.american horses cannot hang with the stamina of European horses on turf.city of Troy was a bad morning line favorite.

[@SarahRichardson-x2g]

Lion in winter for Derby 2025 adian going for 3 ds in row and lake .v to win 1000, guineas 2025 some bet ante post ❤️💯💪🇮🇪

[@jellabecloud1866]

Might of won with an American jockey on board who knows the ropes. Sometimes loyalty let's you down.

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

He needed American training, too, plus some more weight. Dirt horses are big and strong. Turf horses are small and sleek.

[@jellabecloud1866]

@@PatriciaGuth-i3v your probably right. But he did beat 6 dirt horses.

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

@jellabecloud1866 Oh, that says a lot 🤣🤣🤣

[@jjsmith4829]

just rewatched arazi win the breeders cup juvenile. broke poorly and then won easily; was his first time on dirt; city of troy is a dud and obrien is incompetent

[@raymondcarolan]

Look the owner of cot won the race anyway, Al the talk of cot never going to win ,you have to look after the bookie .

[@calvinaitkin-sf9up]

It was a bad decision but done with stud fees in mind.

[@sionrouge1697]

For all that Aidan has done in Europe and on the turf Here in the USA He just not on our level when it comes to dirt. If He trained over here He wouldn't have a name. Greatly overrated.

[@johndonnelly3135]

Good man Wally, it’s great when people exercise their rights to celebrate they’re ignorance on social media.

[@sionrouge1697]

@johndonnelly3135 another Aidansexual

[@davidcorby8070]

Wonder if Aidan has found that stone again, utter Bollocks to suggest that City was his best ever horse, insulting to others he trained who gave blood, sweat & grit consistently in Group 1's....all hype as suggested by others...his excuses are also becoming quite embarrassing....eg Auguste Rodin in King George VI....🥴🫣

[@stallion3997]

Ryan Moore should be sacked, the horse didn’t get the shit out of trouble this time….he’s a fn disgrace…..!!!!!!!