New Posts For Thread: What a Friendhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friendGood enough to win a Gold Cup if the ground comes up firmish in March??add diamond harry to the list of challengers....i'm prepared to let him prove to me that cheltenham isn't his track....he never went a yard in his rsa....i was beginning to think that long run didn't love the place until last march....if diamond harrhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=508864347#508864347add diamond harry to the list of challengers....i'm prepared to let him prove to me that cheltenham isn't his track....he never went a yard in his rsa....i was beginning to think that long run didn't love the place until last march....if diamond harrTue, 04 Oct 2011 16:51:52 -0500I think he is a decent horse but one Nicholls has done brilliantly with. He has a kink and apparently does not take his racing well. Nevertheless he's been placed in aHennessy, won a Lexus, won a Martel, been placed in an AON, and come 4th in a Goldhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=508061255#508061255I think he is a decent horse but one Nicholls has done brilliantly with. He has a kink and apparently does not take his racing well. Nevertheless he's been placed in aHennessy, won a Lexus, won a Martel, been placed in an AON, and come 4th in a GoldTue, 04 Oct 2011 11:26:08 -0500Dont think the potential was ever really there.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=507530711#507530711Dont think the potential was ever really there.Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:19:47 -0500Burton port as well to come back.Plenty ahead of him.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=507527547#507527547Burton port as well to come back.Plenty ahead of him.Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:32:28 -0500he hasnt fulfilled his potential, backed him ante post last season and he gave kauto 3rd place so i didnt get payed out.i think that was his best chance of placing with 2 aging stars and a load of horses not good enuff. this year he will have to beahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=507525169#507525169he hasnt fulfilled his potential, backed him ante post last season and he gave kauto 3rd place so i didnt get payed out.i think that was his best chance of placing with 2 aging stars and a load of horses not good enuff. this year he will have to beaTue, 04 Oct 2011 04:38:00 -0500Not precisely, but it's very rare.I agree with RC and RDS - WaF seems a shade short of the highest class.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=507524007#507524007Not precisely, but it's very rare.I agree with RC and RDS - WaF seems a shade short of the highest class.Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:14:09 -0500Anyone got the stats as too horses coming back for another crack at the GC after failing the year before?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=507523123#507523123Anyone got the stats as too horses coming back for another crack at the GC after failing the year before?Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:36:26 -0500reality is it would want to be a very poor race for him to win i thinkhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=507514363#507514363reality is it would want to be a very poor race for him to win i thinkMon, 03 Oct 2011 18:00:22 -0500Ground was pretty quick this March and he could not win, albeit this yr's winner is a decent horse IMOhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=507514103#507514103Ground was pretty quick this March and he could not win, albeit this yr's winner is a decent horse IMOMon, 03 Oct 2011 17:50:41 -0500i doubt it tbh, i thought this years gc was quite weak and id be surprised if he could winhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28319041/what-a-friend?post_id=507511905#507511905i doubt it tbh, i thought this years gc was quite weak and id be surprised if he could winMon, 03 Oct 2011 16:49:40 -0500