New Posts For Thread: Worst ride of the Festival?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festivalMy two worst rides come from the same jockey,Andrew Lynch.No 1 is Voler La Vedette,instead of tracking Big Bucks over the last,he gives up about 3 lengths on the approach to the last trying to avoid Big Bucks.Crazy move.In second place,his ride in thAll credit to RoR indeed, I've had my outside winners in this none better than Punjabi. But thats the thing sometimes a horse has his day. My worry for Binocular was that AP said he was flat out for a long way, and the Hendo stable were in great formhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518082733#518082733All credit to RoR indeed, I've had my outside winners in this none better than Punjabi. But thats the thing sometimes a horse has his day. My worry for Binocular was that AP said he was flat out for a long way, and the Hendo stable were in great formFri, 30 Mar 2012 04:00:25 -0500CV,fair points re the form of Mullins horses,and its fair to say that was not the best of HF,so no way would i be having a pop at Ruby Walsh,and i too think he can come back and win another.I also think Bino could have won another given a ride that whttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518081329#518081329CV,fair points re the form of Mullins horses,and its fair to say that was not the best of HF,so no way would i be having a pop at Ruby Walsh,and i too think he can come back and win another.I also think Bino could have won another given a ride that wFri, 30 Mar 2012 01:42:24 -0500Any horse that was ridden wide all the way .Reya Star for one ( pocket talking )https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518065921#518065921Any horse that was ridden wide all the way .Reya Star for one ( pocket talking )Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:40:40 -0500He rode the race like he was on the best horse. Also Fly jumped right and lost 2/3 lengths at the 2nd hurdle and went to near 2nd last, Ruby didn't try to hurry him to make up for that. Horses are not machines, Mullins string were not A1 and Fly hadhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518064793#518064793He rode the race like he was on the best horse. Also Fly jumped right and lost 2/3 lengths at the 2nd hurdle and went to near 2nd last, Ruby didn't try to hurry him to make up for that. Horses are not machines, Mullins string were not A1 and Fly hadThu, 29 Mar 2012 15:13:21 -0500CVB- u never thought that the chapion hurdle H fly won was a poor 1? , but this y ruby made a balls of the race, trying to be a smart arse, sitting way off the pace and thought he cud leisurely pick them off, how wrong he was!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518062059#518062059CVB- u never thought that the chapion hurdle H fly won was a poor 1? , but this y ruby made a balls of the race, trying to be a smart arse, sitting way off the pace and thought he cud leisurely pick them off, how wrong he was!Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:10:13 -0500bud I agree with you, the front 2 caught them all on the hop imo. AP was worried about Ruby and that's it, while Ruby was more concerned with AP than RoR who he knows and Overturn who's been beaten out of sight before. If both were ridden close to thhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518061601#518061601bud I agree with you, the front 2 caught them all on the hop imo. AP was worried about Ruby and that's it, while Ruby was more concerned with AP than RoR who he knows and Overturn who's been beaten out of sight before. If both were ridden close to thThu, 29 Mar 2012 14:01:42 -0500Can you imagine the scenes if Ruby had decided that he and not McCoy was definitely jumping off last? They'd have still been arguing at the start line when the rest were coming down the hill.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518047385#518047385Can you imagine the scenes if Ruby had decided that he and not McCoy was definitely jumping off last? They'd have still been arguing at the start line when the rest were coming down the hill.Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:54:24 -0500Well,however you look at the race,AP had Bino further back than any other race hes ridden him,that is fact.Imo,thats cos he chose to ignore the front 2 and concentrate on HF,thats how it looked to me.The fact that the front 2 were horses that one, Bihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518042643#518042643Well,however you look at the race,AP had Bino further back than any other race hes ridden him,that is fact.Imo,thats cos he chose to ignore the front 2 and concentrate on HF,thats how it looked to me.The fact that the front 2 were horses that one, BiThu, 29 Mar 2012 01:52:11 -0500Indeed but he has never been out of the places before in three previous festivals. Nobody has a crystal ball and I'm not totally convinced that he would have got past ROR on the day however he was ridden. I do think he could have got second had he lahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518033473#518033473Indeed but he has never been out of the places before in three previous festivals. Nobody has a crystal ball and I'm not totally convinced that he would have got past ROR on the day however he was ridden. I do think he could have got second had he laWed, 28 Mar 2012 18:26:25 -0500Even though he won last years Champion HF had to be stoked up quite a bit though and you'd say that all of his better runs have come with more ease in the ground over in Ireland thus bringing the question in of how good was last years race??As for Bihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005863/worst-ride-of-the-festival?post_id=518032043#518032043Even though he won last years Champion HF had to be stoked up quite a bit though and you'd say that all of his better runs have come with more ease in the ground over in Ireland thus bringing the question in of how good was last years race??As for BiWed, 28 Mar 2012 17:35:27 -0500