New Posts For Thread: Gold Cup thoughts now Christmas has passedhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passedWell all the big guns have now run over 3 miles, are we any closer to finding the gold cup winner? Kempton was a mud bath and personally can't see any of the horses that ran in that race winning the Gold Cup, the Lexus today has informed us that therIT certainly looks PFN's only chance.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=528038763#528038763IT certainly looks PFN's only chance.Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:26:15 -0600Very gracious duffy....I put it down to being an old fack!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527973243#527973243Very gracious duffy....I put it down to being an old fack!Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:36:19 -0600I spotted that, but didn't want to say something and risk the thousands of foot in mouths I post to come back to haunt mehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527964981#527964981I spotted that, but didn't want to say something and risk the thousands of foot in mouths I post to come back to haunt meFri, 11 Jan 2013 18:11:41 -0600As far as TB goes, you should read PFN's update on here about him. 'Really fancy him for the Grand National'. Now a cynic might say that this is his only chance of denying Hendo the trainer's championship but realistically, he will have a less arduouhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527962301#527962301As far as TB goes, you should read PFN's update on here about him. 'Really fancy him for the Grand National'. Now a cynic might say that this is his only chance of denying Hendo the trainer's championship but realistically, he will have a less arduouFri, 11 Jan 2013 16:26:53 -0600Re the Silviniaco Conti issue earlier in the thread about him missing the King George is a big negative, I'd actually have it as a huge positive.He's never ran on heavy and is still a very young horse. In hindsight I'm sure half of the owners wishedhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527956809#527956809Re the Silviniaco Conti issue earlier in the thread about him missing the King George is a big negative, I'd actually have it as a huge positive.He's never ran on heavy and is still a very young horse. In hindsight I'm sure half of the owners wishedFri, 11 Jan 2013 14:14:08 -0600As far as TB goes, you should read PFN's update on here about him. 'Really fancy him for the Grand National'. Now a cynic might say that this is his only chance of denying Hendo the trainer's championship but realistically, he will have a less arduouhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527955835#527955835As far as TB goes, you should read PFN's update on here about him. 'Really fancy him for the Grand National'. Now a cynic might say that this is his only chance of denying Hendo the trainer's championship but realistically, he will have a less arduouFri, 11 Jan 2013 13:48:54 -0600Yep,i cant see him running in the GC unless its as he says-very soft.That scenario gives him a major chance.Think they fancy their chances in the WH.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527955547#527955547Yep,i cant see him running in the GC unless its as he says-very soft.That scenario gives him a major chance.Think they fancy their chances in the WH.Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:42:27 -0600Re: TB, I got the distinct impression going through the wylie quote the other day that he wasn't particularly bothered about the ground coming right to allow his horse to run in the GC."If the ground is good or faster then he won't run in the Gold Cuhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527955139#527955139Re: TB, I got the distinct impression going through the wylie quote the other day that he wasn't particularly bothered about the ground coming right to allow his horse to run in the GC."If the ground is good or faster then he won't run in the Gold CuFri, 11 Jan 2013 13:31:28 -0600I'm sure I read the other day that its currently soft (good to soft in places) for trials day.That's not bad considering it was unraceable and waterlogged 11 days ago. No matter how bad the weather is, if we get two weeks of dry weather (long shot Ihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527954785#527954785I'm sure I read the other day that its currently soft (good to soft in places) for trials day.That's not bad considering it was unraceable and waterlogged 11 days ago. No matter how bad the weather is, if we get two weeks of dry weather (long shot IFri, 11 Jan 2013 13:21:52 -0600Not much mate,but now weve got all sorts happening this weekend and next week.Rain turning to snow,fecking great!!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29604499/gold-cup-thoughts-now-christmas-has-passed?post_id=527953807#527953807Not much mate,but now weve got all sorts happening this weekend and next week.Rain turning to snow,fecking great!!Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:56:48 -0600