New Posts For Thread: Binocular - lay of the champion hurdlehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdleVisually impressive last season, but considering the ground was riding pretty much 'good' the time was pretty average. The horses around him when 3rd in the Champion Hurdle 2009 have done nothing since (punjabi, celestial halo, crack away jack) and BI couldn't agree more HawkWinger - have just updated my blog to that effect: http://wp.me/p1o7dN-bhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487655589#487655589I couldn't agree more HawkWinger - have just updated my blog to that effect: http://wp.me/p1o7dN-bTue, 01 Mar 2011 18:15:11 -0600None better than Henderson, he's open that Cheltenham is what the whole season is geared tohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487623117#487623117None better than Henderson, he's open that Cheltenham is what the whole season is geared toTue, 01 Mar 2011 13:43:34 -0600Agree, but some are better at doing it than others.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487622157#487622157Agree, but some are better at doing it than others.Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:33:14 -0600Guess it depends if you think a repeat of last year, wins this year,i dont.And i am sure all the trainers are hoping there horses will be ready to perform to their best on the day,Mr H included.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487620261#487620261Guess it depends if you think a repeat of last year, wins this year,i dont.And i am sure all the trainers are hoping there horses will be ready to perform to their best on the day,Mr H included.Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:14:20 -0600As Mr H has said on many occasion "You don't win a champion hurdle in December".Can see why many would oppose strictly looking at the form, all about opinions i guess.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487619573#487619573As Mr H has said on many occasion "You don't win a champion hurdle in December".Can see why many would oppose strictly looking at the form, all about opinions i guess.Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:07:54 -0600He's worth taking on at the likely price he'll go off, 5/2 imo. I wouldn't want to lay him though.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487618909#487618909He's worth taking on at the likely price he'll go off, 5/2 imo. I wouldn't want to lay him though.Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:00:28 -0600Isn't there some major stat that states that a horse has to have at least 15 career runs (flat and/or jumps) to win a champion hurdle - I may have just made that up - but I am sure I heard/read it somewhere.... if that is a fact then it wipes out mahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487618097#487618097Isn't there some major stat that states that a horse has to have at least 15 career runs (flat and/or jumps) to win a champion hurdle - I may have just made that up - but I am sure I heard/read it somewhere.... if that is a fact then it wipes out maTue, 01 Mar 2011 12:51:20 -0600im not a layer of horses,but if i were i would seriously look at Binos price being too short,so can understand people wanting to lay him.This is a much better race than last year and he has not run sufficiently well this season as yet to beat this fihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487608665#487608665im not a layer of horses,but if i were i would seriously look at Binos price being too short,so can understand people wanting to lay him.This is a much better race than last year and he has not run sufficiently well this season as yet to beat this fiTue, 01 Mar 2011 11:11:16 -0600I'm starting to go off Binocular big time. You take out his champion hurdle win and he hasn't put a performanceof substance for 2 years. If Overturn runs ,hes bound to set a fast pace and I could see Binocular blowing out.Looks a place lay on good tohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487607105#487607105I'm starting to go off Binocular big time. You take out his champion hurdle win and he hasn't put a performanceof substance for 2 years. If Overturn runs ,hes bound to set a fast pace and I could see Binocular blowing out.Looks a place lay on good toTue, 01 Mar 2011 10:55:03 -0600I think he may be a horse thats hard to keep right for some reason, all that malarkey last year about being a very doubtful runner and being sent on holiday raises some questionsthe thick black line is going through him, esp with give in the groundhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27100393/binocular---lay-of-the-champion-hurdle?post_id=487541341#487541341I think he may be a horse thats hard to keep right for some reason, all that malarkey last year about being a very doubtful runner and being sent on holiday raises some questionsthe thick black line is going through him, esp with give in the groundMon, 28 Feb 2011 18:01:55 -0600