New Posts For Thread: Will these Festival fancies cope with Cheltenham?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/26905277/will-these-festival-fancies-cope-with-cheltenhamCourse form is hugely important at Cheltenham and it's a serious omission from the CVs of these high-profile runnersWhen Cheltenham's gatemen pushed the last drunken punter off the premises and rolled him down the street on Saturday night, it was theSam Winner"I'm kicking myself about this one actually. You can't get things right every time as a trainer - of course, you make a lot of mistakes. And I made a mistake by running Sam Winner at Chepstow earlier in the month where he ended up coming fohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/26905277/will-these-festival-fancies-cope-with-cheltenham?post_id=484983049#484983049Sam Winner"I'm kicking myself about this one actually. You can't get things right every time as a trainer - of course, you make a lot of mistakes. And I made a mistake by running Sam Winner at Chepstow earlier in the month where he ended up coming foSun, 06 Feb 2011 14:36:12 -0600I take on board all that is said, but nothing is mentioned (especially when talking of younger/juvenile horses) of any rate of improvement as the season has progressed. You can hardley argue that Sam Winner has progressed as much as Grandouet....athttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/26905277/will-these-festival-fancies-cope-with-cheltenham?post_id=484980281#484980281I take on board all that is said, but nothing is mentioned (especially when talking of younger/juvenile horses) of any rate of improvement as the season has progressed. You can hardley argue that Sam Winner has progressed as much as Grandouet....atSun, 06 Feb 2011 14:08:02 -0600Nice little read this.http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/feb/04/claims-five-cheltenham-festivalI find the Sam winner argument quite compelinghttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/26905277/will-these-festival-fancies-cope-with-cheltenham?post_id=484977989#484977989Nice little read this.http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/feb/04/claims-five-cheltenham-festivalI find the Sam winner argument quite compelingSun, 06 Feb 2011 13:46:53 -0600Course form is hugely important at Cheltenham and it's a serious omission from the CVs of these high-profile runnersWhen Cheltenham's gatemen pushed the last drunken punter off the premises and rolled him down the street on Saturday night, it was thehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/26905277/will-these-festival-fancies-cope-with-cheltenham?post_id=484977901#484977901Course form is hugely important at Cheltenham and it's a serious omission from the CVs of these high-profile runnersWhen Cheltenham's gatemen pushed the last drunken punter off the premises and rolled him down the street on Saturday night, it was theSun, 06 Feb 2011 13:46:14 -0600