Friends horse king of brega running in clonmel today 3.10
Said it has a decent chance got 6lb extra for his last win which was a big raise jockey takes off 3 and is well used to the horse
Bout 6/1 at the moment
That's pretty average by Samcro there, didn't hurdle wonderfully either. No way that yoke wins a CH imo.
Wouldn't be judging him on that, all Elliots have been very backward first run andctge market suggested he wasn't race fit.
His next entry will be the teller, if he was anywhere close to right there then he will be in a Chase over 2m 4f plus. I still wouldn't right him off for CH.
Wouldn't be judging him on that, all Elliots have been very backward first run andctge market suggested he wasn't race fit.
His next entry will be the teller, if he was anywhere close to right there then he will be in a Chase over 2m 4f plus. I still wouldn't right him off for CH.
2m on good ground at Cheltenham, in a CH?
Couldn't have any of it tbh.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
I'm still in the wait and see to be honest, ground not often good on Day one either and you need a horse that will stay 2m4f to win a champion, plenty have come the longer novice route.
I'm still in the wait and see to be honest, ground not often good on Day one either and you need a horse that will stay 2m4f to win a champion, plenty have come the longer novice route.
We might let GAB adjudicate on this but it is my firm belief that the ground is generally Good (and that's UK good ) at the Festival these days.
Last year was the first properly bad ground I can remember for a long time. The works they did almost made the course too well-drained imo.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
We might let GAB adjudicate on this but it is my firm belief that the ground is generally Good (and that's UK good ) at the Festival these days.
Last year was the first properly bad ground I can remember for a long time. The works they did almost made the course too well-drained imo.
By Day 3-4 yes but always a bit of cut in the ground on the Tuesday. Claisse wouldn't lie straight in bed and will 99% of the time declare it as Good to Soft regardless but having walked the course on the evening before a couple of times there is always that bit if juice left in it so as to ensure t h ge ground for the Gold Cup will be genuinely good ground.
The way our weather has been over the last number of years though this is all conjecture, we could have snow or just as easily a heat-wave come March.
Old course is used first two days and old course is used Thursday and Friday. But as far as I know and I could be wrong they are both watered etc at the same time and they try not to have any watering once the festival starts, a lot of both courses run in parallel to each other. Could be wrong re the watering policy but that was always my understanding.
Istabraq in 2000 was the last time the official going was good for the Champion Hurdle but as I said earlier that comes with a health warning, Jezkis win looked like good ground and the clock on all the races that day suggested likewise.
These Ralph Beckett Lupe De Vega fillys owned by Waverly racing are a bit suspicious. He's had three run this year already, all won first time out in good maidens. A fourth one entered in Newmarket today and backed off the boards.
Drugs lol. Its just weird that they've got their hands on 4 phenomenally precocious fillys from the same sire.
Ah fair enough, I guess that level of suspicion in general is to be expected these days.
Not sure why the fact that they are all Lope de Vega's would heighten scepticism though
I don't know much about Beckett but he or whoever is buying for him wouldn't be the first or last to specialise in spotting the particular characteristics of a family that lead to early winners.
Ah fair enough, I guess that level of suspicion in general is to be expected these days.
Not sure why the fact that they are all Lope de Vega's would heighten scepticism though
I don't know much about Beckett but he or whoever is buying for him wouldn't be the first or last to specialise in spotting the particular characteristics of a family that lead to early winners.
They're either the most fortunate owners of all time to have bought four fillies and subsequently had them all chalked up at 40/1 or less for next seasons 1000 guineas or there's something more than meats the eye going on. Their strike rate just seems too good to believe.
Saying that a Lope de vega filly won a breeders race by half the track last night so maybe he was just firing magical bullets 2 years ago.
Acclamatio fancied to win the 2.55 at punches town. Value may be gone 9/2 to 5/2 already but should win. Won very nicely on the flat 3 weeks ago. On a nice mark over hurdles today.
Acclamatio fancied to win the 2.55 at punches town. Value may be gone 9/2 to 5/2 already but should win. Won very nicely on the flat 3 weeks ago. On a nice mark over hurdles today.
Martin's hurdlers have been pretty dire last couple of years, prob one of the worst strike rates in Irish racing in that period.
Hes a big lay at bottom end of that gamble.
Just got a few quid at 15/1 on a winner after it won the race
4 way photo in the last, I'd hit pause as they hit the line live when the market came back up I stuck in 2.5 and assumed I'd got it wrong when it was matched at 16, I hadn't
Looking ahead to the Troytown at Navan on Sunday and potentially have an interesting one. There's going to be 24 or 25 runners, currently 37 entries. At 32 is Swingbridge. Elliott trained, as are 13 other entries, but owned by Noel Moran. Noel is a Navan man born and bred and is worth about €130m. His company, EComm Merchant Solutions, is headquartered in Navan and is now Gordon Elliott's main sponsor. The Troytown is a 3m handicap and Navan's showcase race, Swingbridge has been second there over 2m4f and has won twice at Perth over 3m, including beating Vaniteaux, Double Ross and Play the Ace to name a few. It wouldn't be unlike Elliott to pull off a big coup in this race (See Balbriggan in 2014, opened at 11s, won at 4s) and it would be great for him to win it for his yard's main sponsor. I'll wait to see final declarations but if he gets in I'd expect him to be popular
Elliott has actually won this race for the last 4 years (2014 Balbriggan 4/1, 2015 Riverside City 8/1, 2016 Empire of Dirt 12/1 and 2017 Mala Beach 2017 (I was stood behind owner Chris Jones for this)). It's a race he targets and is his local track (along with Fairyhouse). He will likely have about 10 runners of the final 25. General Principal (last years Irish GN winner), Poorman's Hill, Out Sam, Rogue Angel and Squouateur and some others will also probably take their chances for him as well as some big names for Willie and Noel Meade.
I just wouldn't be surprised if there was a coup planned with Swingbridge given the local and yard connections.
thoughts?
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That was a lot closer than it should have been.
Charbel looked to be struggling 3 out
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Nabbed the 6th place forgot to say Ladbrokes and most of the big ones is 6 places 1/5th the odds. Got greedy and stuck Little Millie 3.40 Uttox in the E/W double at 7/1!.
Nabbed the 6th place forgot to say Ladbrokes and most of the big ones is 6 places 1/5th the odds. Got greedy and stuck Little Millie 3.40 Uttox in the E/W double at 7/1!.
PP paid out on 6 places also for a nice little profit, nice shout!
Airwaves in the 6.15 kempton
Told to take early price
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Never easy enduring 6 months of national hunt garbage but the Tingle Creek was always my favourite jumps race and todays select field looks as good as there's been in some time.
Never easy enduring 6 months of national hunt garbage but the Tingle Creek was always my favourite jumps race and todays select field looks as good as there's been in some time.
I was at the Moscow, Azertioup, Well Chief one with the owner of Moscow and it still gives me goosebumps watching it.
His rival it seems, had broken his dreams,By stealing the girl of his fancy.Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil,But everyone knew her as Nancy.
Espirit de luminaire 18:30 probably has about 25lbs in hand for whenever they decide to try, could be Christmas bonus joby for what's prob now the shrewdest bent stable in the game.
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