New Posts For Thread: bobs worthhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worthis it really a gold cup horse next yearCheers my friend - have a cracking day.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518215833#518215833Cheers my friend - have a cracking day.Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:21:21 -0500i shall do my best mate,i have a few questions myself as well.will let you know how i get on,but after the festival he had i suspect he will be a busy man,still his staff are always helpful as well so hopefully i shall get some good info.shame you cahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518195467#518195467i shall do my best mate,i have a few questions myself as well.will let you know how i get on,but after the festival he had i suspect he will be a busy man,still his staff are always helpful as well so hopefully i shall get some good info.shame you caMon, 02 Apr 2012 14:11:37 -0500Buddeliea, if you get a chance on Friday, can you find out what has happened to Royal Boy? I am unable to come this yr due to family committments. I know it gets busy, so I understand if the opportunity does not present itself.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518192201#518192201Buddeliea, if you get a chance on Friday, can you find out what has happened to Royal Boy? I am unable to come this yr due to family committments. I know it gets busy, so I understand if the opportunity does not present itself.Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:58:33 -0500It is only in the last 4 or 5 yrs that things have took off to the extent that they have and i suspect he is now getting all sorts. His operation was always select but much smaller until very recently, this will have impacted on the numbers getting ahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518192115#518192115It is only in the last 4 or 5 yrs that things have took off to the extent that they have and i suspect he is now getting all sorts. His operation was always select but much smaller until very recently, this will have impacted on the numbers getting aMon, 02 Apr 2012 11:54:07 -0500He barely had a runner in the race for more a decade or more. For me, it is a mixture of not having enough types to run in it, no more no less. That may be because he did not get sent suitable types or those suitable types he had developed problems /https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518192081#518192081He barely had a runner in the race for more a decade or more. For me, it is a mixture of not having enough types to run in it, no more no less. That may be because he did not get sent suitable types or those suitable types he had developed problems /Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:52:16 -0500Their does seem to be a bit of a list of staying chasers he has had that have not achieved as much as one would have thought they could.Or were they simply not good enough anyway?? Stront has a point re Hemmings horses,both Trabolgan and Burton Porthttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518191193#518191193Their does seem to be a bit of a list of staying chasers he has had that have not achieved as much as one would have thought they could.Or were they simply not good enough anyway?? Stront has a point re Hemmings horses,both Trabolgan and Burton PortMon, 02 Apr 2012 11:24:35 -0500Thats the thing RC,hes had horses that could maybe have won or run big races in the Gold Cup,but for one reason or another they have all fallen short.Long Run is the 1st one hes had thats won the Gold Cup as far as i can remember,and now hes not lookhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518190931#518190931Thats the thing RC,hes had horses that could maybe have won or run big races in the Gold Cup,but for one reason or another they have all fallen short.Long Run is the 1st one hes had thats won the Gold Cup as far as i can remember,and now hes not lookMon, 02 Apr 2012 11:17:40 -0500Thats the thing RC,hes had horses that could maybe have won or run big races in the Gold Cup,but for one reason or another they have all fallen short.Long Run is the 1st one hes had thats won the Gold Cup as far as i can remember,and now hes not lookhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518190929#518190929Thats the thing RC,hes had horses that could maybe have won or run big races in the Gold Cup,but for one reason or another they have all fallen short.Long Run is the 1st one hes had thats won the Gold Cup as far as i can remember,and now hes not lookMon, 02 Apr 2012 11:17:32 -0500It's an interesting theory but I'm not sure. For example Hemmings could have sent Burton Port to McCain, O'Neill or many others with better reputations for handling stayers (and who already train his horses), but he didn't. Robert Waley Cohen pickedhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518184583#518184583It's an interesting theory but I'm not sure. For example Hemmings could have sent Burton Port to McCain, O'Neill or many others with better reputations for handling stayers (and who already train his horses), but he didn't. Robert Waley Cohen pickedMon, 02 Apr 2012 07:39:23 -0500Bachannal would have won a gold cup but simply -poor thing, mrs C loved him, as did I- could not jump. He was an absolute class act. I think Foyles is correct though - his reputation defines to some extent the horses he gets sent. Likewise a trainerhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29005897/bobs-worth?post_id=518184399#518184399Bachannal would have won a gold cup but simply -poor thing, mrs C loved him, as did I- could not jump. He was an absolute class act. I think Foyles is correct though - his reputation defines to some extent the horses he gets sent. Likewise a trainerMon, 02 Apr 2012 07:29:45 -0500