missing the owner, dog was use to living inside , now Id say its in kennels which would be stressful..

For what it is worth here are my thoughts.

If you purely look at the results of his past three runs you could argue that they appear slightly diappointing and definitely down from his form leading up to and including his second to Tommy Shelby in the Easter Egg Final back in April, however, if you watch the replays and look objectively at his past three runs excuses can be found, or at least put forth, as too perhaps why.

One aspect of all three runs which cannot be argued is that the dog has failed to jump on terms (as Darren mentioned), which in essence has put him at a major disadvantage straight away, as it does with all dogs, but moreso racing against FFA class company.

Wentworth Park, 5th of June, lunged forward anticipating the break, hit the front of the boxes, came out two lengths behind the then leader Diamantina Rose, and by the time he balanced up was four lengths off Bones McCoy at the winning post, he then compounded his position by galloping into Royal Emgrand on the first turn.

Albion Park, 17th of June, again lunges forward anticipating the break, hits the front of the boxes and is two and a half lengths off the leader after two strides. Was always struggling to make ground and was basically five lengths or so off the leader for the rest of the race ...bear in mind the leader, and eventual winner, Orchestrate was running 29.66 up front, which meant Wow would have needed to be running home in 12.41 to beat him, which is faster than Sennachie ran when he ran the record.

Wentworth Park, 23rd of June, was again only averagely away, and was three lengths off the leader at the post, however, with the aid of his "favourite" box, box 8, stayed wide, missed any interference into the first turn and staying wide managed to get to the lead on the top turn. At this point one would think - "how far", but as he attempted to cross to the rails he gets galloped on, not once, but twice, by Ivy Conniving (1), which hampers his momentum, and in doing so sees Drinks Moet pass him.

Jakota, as an aside, your comment infers (rightly or wrongly), that Grant is possibly asking a question(s) other than what he actually typed.

David, Jakota wasn't answering grant, there was another post, now deleted he was referring to...

Thanks for the clarification.

Jakota,

No malice nor angst intended.

3 years ago you would find a way back from injury via some provincial races, then when match fit, back to Wenty top grade and group races.

Now days, with top grade provisional races hard to find and the current grading system, its straight to Wenty. Very hard for any dog to go straight to the top without racing. It takes a few runs to get timing and peak fitness only achieved through racing.

I think he will come on in his next few starts.

There is only one post above yours - where did someone say he was better on the gear before your initial post?

I posted the "Goes better on gear" comment. If you couldn't see the tongue in cheek nature of the comment you are either foolish or a typically over-sensitive millennial.

As I've said on here previously.

Paul Dicks wrote:

Great dog, with a deadset ripper name.

Having lost a group placing to a positive swab many years ago myself, who am I to point fingers.

The dog doesn't possess early speed and needs luck in running. His last few run he hasn't got that luck, nothing more nothing less.

A lot of peoples careers and lives have been destroyed by these types of charges with minimal traces. If you say you have been charged before, Im sure somehow you would understand.

The dog at his best, is a very very fast animal. But Id never underestimate what losing his best friend has done to his Raceday ability.

Some of them are both of those stereotypes ;-)

Love the name. We might get a LOL in the near future, but that's not a hint either, LOL.