New Posts For Thread: Peddlers Cross, backers livid!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-lividPedigree Chum.... nuff said.Stake & Chips Joined: 10 Jul 01Replies: 5700 28 Mar 12 19:47 Apparently going to be targeted at 2013 World Hurdle ....whwerin he'll hopefully race against another failed chaser!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=518128185#518128185Stake & Chips Joined: 10 Jul 01Replies: 5700 28 Mar 12 19:47 Apparently going to be targeted at 2013 World Hurdle ....whwerin he'll hopefully race against another failed chaser!Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:06:40 -0500Or Straw Bearhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=518104713#518104713Or Straw BearFri, 30 Mar 2012 17:01:30 -0500Mikael D'Haguent never made it back from a failed chasing campaign.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=518096915#518096915Mikael D'Haguent never made it back from a failed chasing campaign.Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:18:10 -0500Perhaps Duffy but dont forget that Aintree run was very poor. To me he has not shown any of his Champion Hurdle flat speed since the CH. Perhaps a holiday and a campaign as a staying hurdler may be the ticket, but i am not convinced.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=518083685#518083685Perhaps Duffy but dont forget that Aintree run was very poor. To me he has not shown any of his Champion Hurdle flat speed since the CH. Perhaps a holiday and a campaign as a staying hurdler may be the ticket, but i am not convinced.Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:08:23 -0500Apparently going to be targeted at 2013 World Hurdlehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=518022923#518022923Apparently going to be targeted at 2013 World HurdleWed, 28 Mar 2012 13:47:03 -0500Or perhaps it is simply because despite what many thought during his hurdling career he just is not a chaser looking back now with the benefit of hindsight at those two bangor runs, he didn't give the fences much air did he, perhaps it wasn't him beihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=518015177#518015177Or perhaps it is simply because despite what many thought during his hurdling career he just is not a chaser looking back now with the benefit of hindsight at those two bangor runs, he didn't give the fences much air did he, perhaps it wasn't him beiWed, 28 Mar 2012 09:53:23 -0500Anyway Peddlers Cross will never be the force of old in my humble opinion.He almost over achieved as a hurdler because he was all heart. Perhaps it is a physical problem and something is hurting him or he has decided that he does not like pushing himhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=517998655#517998655Anyway Peddlers Cross will never be the force of old in my humble opinion.He almost over achieved as a hurdler because he was all heart. Perhaps it is a physical problem and something is hurting him or he has decided that he does not like pushing himTue, 27 Mar 2012 18:12:25 -0500How many human athletes can you remember that have pushed themselves to the point where their heart has stopped? Bobby Simpson the cyclist, but that's about it and that was near enough 50 years ago.I can think of one that happened less than two weekshttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=517977317#517977317How many human athletes can you remember that have pushed themselves to the point where their heart has stopped? Bobby Simpson the cyclist, but that's about it and that was near enough 50 years ago.I can think of one that happened less than two weeksTue, 27 Mar 2012 06:57:29 -0500Physiologically, they are different. Horses are more able to push themselves to the absolute limit of their capabilities than humans and so find it harder to recover from that effort. The breed has been refined down over a matter of centuries, with thttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=517975477#517975477Physiologically, they are different. Horses are more able to push themselves to the absolute limit of their capabilities than humans and so find it harder to recover from that effort. The breed has been refined down over a matter of centuries, with tTue, 27 Mar 2012 05:08:34 -0500DuffyI`m sure its more of a mental thing. Some horses reach high levels because of their will to go through the pain barrier more than others of similar physical ability. Once they lose that desire to keep on pushing even though their lungs are burnihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28998833/peddlers-cross-backers-livid?post_id=517951531#517951531DuffyI`m sure its more of a mental thing. Some horses reach high levels because of their will to go through the pain barrier more than others of similar physical ability. Once they lose that desire to keep on pushing even though their lungs are burniMon, 26 Mar 2012 13:31:49 -0500