New Posts For Thread: Imperial Commander - any news?https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-newsWondering if there was a new hint that he might run? In to 32 from 40 on here this afternoon.Happy news :)https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530927701#530927701Happy news :)Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:33:04 -0500Paul Costello, who manages the owning Our Friends In The North syndicate, said: "We're 100% going for the National now. "He's in great shape and we schooled him over the National fences last week. He's telling us he wants to go for it, and that's whahttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530926567#530926567Paul Costello, who manages the owning Our Friends In The North syndicate, said: "We're 100% going for the National now. "He's in great shape and we schooled him over the National fences last week. He's telling us he wants to go for it, and that's whaTue, 02 Apr 2013 04:56:40 -0500Some people prefer the 'sweepstake' approach, after all, dont matter how much knowledge you have on racing with the grand national, picking just one or two out you are using a sweepstake approach imo, or you like to choose a few to run for you does ihttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530902505#530902505Some people prefer the 'sweepstake' approach, after all, dont matter how much knowledge you have on racing with the grand national, picking just one or two out you are using a sweepstake approach imo, or you like to choose a few to run for you does iMon, 01 Apr 2013 08:17:37 -0500I can't see the point of picking half the field. Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530898603#530898603I can't see the point of picking half the field. Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:05:48 -0500This race is a lottery, ok fences smaller, etc etc blah blah blah but 40 horses all going to the first with another 29 to jump 3 of which a horse would (unless ran in it previously) never have experienced before and given 4 and a half miles round a fhttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530887695#530887695This race is a lottery, ok fences smaller, etc etc blah blah blah but 40 horses all going to the first with another 29 to jump 3 of which a horse would (unless ran in it previously) never have experienced before and given 4 and a half miles round a fSun, 31 Mar 2013 14:06:04 -0500Yes,great training performance,very nearly had it away.Egerton trained it.https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530885855#530885855Yes,great training performance,very nearly had it away.Egerton trained it.Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:00:16 -0500Mely Moss came closest in recent times - won Aintree Foxhunters 1999 after almost year off, next run was 2nd to Papillon in 2000 GN .... but many stats against IC including age. Can see him pulling up around 2nd Canal Turn.https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530885789#530885789Mely Moss came closest in recent times - won Aintree Foxhunters 1999 after almost year off, next run was 2nd to Papillon in 2000 GN .... but many stats against IC including age. Can see him pulling up around 2nd Canal Turn.Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:57:46 -0500Who was the last horse to have had one run in the last 2 years and win the National ?I cant remember any horse doing that.https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530885531#530885531Who was the last horse to have had one run in the last 2 years and win the National ?I cant remember any horse doing that.Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:51:05 -0500Agree he might not take to it, or might go wrong and might pull up. The flat galloping track makes injury less likely though and he is the type of horse you could imagine reveling in it. It isn't just sentiment talking with me, I genuinely fancy hihttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530874497#530874497Agree he might not take to it, or might go wrong and might pull up. The flat galloping track makes injury less likely though and he is the type of horse you could imagine reveling in it. It isn't just sentiment talking with me, I genuinely fancy hiSun, 31 Mar 2013 02:18:30 -0500You know even though I feel he may be pulled up I think I will end up backing him as I would kick myself if he won.https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29824191/imperial-commander---any-news?post_id=530861939#530861939You know even though I feel he may be pulled up I think I will end up backing him as I would kick myself if he won.Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:48:41 -0500