New Posts For Thread: OSCAR WHISKEY OVERHYPEDhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhypedis it just me or do people try to find somthing to beat big bucks for the sake of it?????????? last year there was grand crus who got put in his place even though he ran a cracker. oscar whiskey for me gets his races hand picked against trees in my ohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=517567841#517567841Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:52:23 -0500on the basis of how close he ran big bucks at the festival. hes unbeaten over fences. oscar whisky hasnt a prayer against big bucks, nothing has. it not inconceiveable that he wont even place in the world hurdle.what has OW ever done to justify thishttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516919405#516919405on the basis of how close he ran big bucks at the festival. hes unbeaten over fences. oscar whisky hasnt a prayer against big bucks, nothing has. it not inconceiveable that he wont even place in the world hurdle.what has OW ever done to justify thisMon, 27 Feb 2012 20:58:19 -0600I blamed poor Mark Pitman for one of them (pocket) but to be fair his horse was certainly no world beater either.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516916929#516916929I blamed poor Mark Pitman for one of them (pocket) but to be fair his horse was certainly no world beater either.Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:29:19 -0600I blame Adam Kondrat for the quality of some of the winners in the 90's Arklearkle! Keepwavingatbuses, on what basis is GC better than OW? Because he managed to beat Knockara Beau once?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516916779#516916779I blame Adam Kondrat for the quality of some of the winners in the 90's Arklearkle! Keepwavingatbuses, on what basis is GC better than OW? Because he managed to beat Knockara Beau once?Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:24:45 -0600grand crus is a better horse than oscar whisky so i dont see why theres so much hype around him tbh. wont stay 3 miles either, no chance of beating big bucks imo, none!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516916217#516916217grand crus is a better horse than oscar whisky so i dont see why theres so much hype around him tbh. wont stay 3 miles either, no chance of beating big bucks imo, none!Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:04:44 -0600Thieves I am not disagreeing with the main point you are making but I sometimes wonder if we are fooling ourselves when we say that the GC is THE championship race. Write down the names of the GC winners since 1990 and then write down the ccorrespondhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516916013#516916013Thieves I am not disagreeing with the main point you are making but I sometimes wonder if we are fooling ourselves when we say that the GC is THE championship race. Write down the names of the GC winners since 1990 and then write down the ccorrespondMon, 27 Feb 2012 18:57:18 -0600What?No Brigust defending Oscar Whiskey on this thread?or have i missed something?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516914935#516914935What?No Brigust defending Oscar Whiskey on this thread?or have i missed something?Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:21:27 -0600re well chief, fair play, i respect what youre saying. its always nice to have a constructive debate on here as opposed to the dozens of armchair jockeys, pocket talkers and general 'experts'.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516909667#516909667re well chief, fair play, i respect what youre saying. its always nice to have a constructive debate on here as opposed to the dozens of armchair jockeys, pocket talkers and general 'experts'.Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:03:48 -0600OW is better over further yet had the class to place in a CH. It will happen again that a horse steps up in trip to the weaker division, same as Inglis did although he didn't compete in a CH. demps, you selectively quote my post and miss out the shttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516909277#516909277OW is better over further yet had the class to place in a CH. It will happen again that a horse steps up in trip to the weaker division, same as Inglis did although he didn't compete in a CH. demps, you selectively quote my post and miss out the sMon, 27 Feb 2012 15:53:23 -0600Nomadic way is probably be the last - which suggests it cannot be automatic that a classy 2 miler will be a classy 3 miler. However, I think that's academic as regrds OW because he's a classy 2 1/2 miler.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28953101/oscar-whiskey-overhyped?post_id=516908843#516908843Nomadic way is probably be the last - which suggests it cannot be automatic that a classy 2 miler will be a classy 3 miler. However, I think that's academic as regrds OW because he's a classy 2 1/2 miler.Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:45:38 -0600