New Posts For Thread: I'd kind of written off Hurricane Flyhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-flyBack to the drawing board, that was great .@CVbyrne, in all honesty I am hoping Darlan gets punted out of sight in the next two months because it will make a short price place lay if all the older horses make it there. I didn't like Raya star being anywhere near Darlan as he was beaten 1 1/2https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527742151#527742151@CVbyrne, in all honesty I am hoping Darlan gets punted out of sight in the next two months because it will make a short price place lay if all the older horses make it there. I didn't like Raya star being anywhere near Darlan as he was beaten 1 1/2Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:59:24 -0600Sorry Duffy, was lazy on my part I didn't read your full post. Darlan just looks a no bet horse in the race no matter what unless he drifts to 7/1 or above. He's never been tested in a fast run race and he doesn't hurdle well. Also if it's slow run Ghttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527709793#527709793Sorry Duffy, was lazy on my part I didn't read your full post. Darlan just looks a no bet horse in the race no matter what unless he drifts to 7/1 or above. He's never been tested in a fast run race and he doesn't hurdle well. Also if it's slow run GThu, 03 Jan 2013 08:42:27 -0600Generally though darlan isn't a good hurdler, he bungles several and has to be ridden away from them, I've also noticed that through the first part of a lot of his races he is lazy with the jockey having to keep him at it, mccoy rarely looks relaxedhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527708669#527708669Generally though darlan isn't a good hurdler, he bungles several and has to be ridden away from them, I've also noticed that through the first part of a lot of his races he is lazy with the jockey having to keep him at it, mccoy rarely looks relaxedThu, 03 Jan 2013 07:51:07 -0600CVBI said apparently putting one on the board for last years novices...but in reality, he wasn't...I'm trying to make a point against darlan, not for him.I obviously haven't made it clear, but he could beat that moderate bunch because it was on a flahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527708517#527708517CVBI said apparently putting one on the board for last years novices...but in reality, he wasn't...I'm trying to make a point against darlan, not for him.I obviously haven't made it clear, but he could beat that moderate bunch because it was on a flaThu, 03 Jan 2013 07:45:25 -0600Duffy the horses Darlan beat at Kempton were last years novices/juveniles and a handicapper in Raya star. So there is no evidence that him beating them is "putting one on the board for last years novices". He only beat last years novices. He has zerohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527703959#527703959Duffy the horses Darlan beat at Kempton were last years novices/juveniles and a handicapper in Raya star. So there is no evidence that him beating them is "putting one on the board for last years novices". He only beat last years novices. He has zeroThu, 03 Jan 2013 02:24:21 -0600Mccoy will ride Binocular imo. The way he spoke after the race made you think Darlan is nothing special.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527696299#527696299Mccoy will ride Binocular imo. The way he spoke after the race made you think Darlan is nothing special.Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:36:13 -0600I think there are two likely explanations with this horse. Your assessment could be the right one.The other one is that like Sprinter Sacre did between his novice hurdle campaign and his novice chase campaign an extra summer caused him to strengthenhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527695879#527695879I think there are two likely explanations with this horse. Your assessment could be the right one.The other one is that like Sprinter Sacre did between his novice hurdle campaign and his novice chase campaign an extra summer caused him to strengthenWed, 02 Jan 2013 17:20:37 -0600Got a theory with darlan, there is a perception that last years novices weren't a great bunch but darlans performance at kempton went some way to apparently putting one on the board for last years novices, I think that he is the best of them so why thttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527694831#527694831Got a theory with darlan, there is a perception that last years novices weren't a great bunch but darlans performance at kempton went some way to apparently putting one on the board for last years novices, I think that he is the best of them so why tWed, 02 Jan 2013 16:42:36 -06006 seconds is a big amount of time. Far too much to say that they went to quick etc.. There's just no form lines between last years novices and last years champion bar Prospect Well being over 17lbs inferior to Zarkandar. We can't really know how goodhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527691319#5276913196 seconds is a big amount of time. Far too much to say that they went to quick etc.. There's just no form lines between last years novices and last years champion bar Prospect Well being over 17lbs inferior to Zarkandar. We can't really know how goodWed, 02 Jan 2013 14:57:28 -0600Though it is possible to look at it this way, they went such a furious gallop from the 2nd hurdle to the 3rd last, the finish was a lot slower than normal? Without knowing the times, and i have already stated i am not a times man, i wouldn't know thihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/29605509/id-kind-of-written-off-hurricane-fly?post_id=527690649#527690649Though it is possible to look at it this way, they went such a furious gallop from the 2nd hurdle to the 3rd last, the finish was a lot slower than normal? Without knowing the times, and i have already stated i am not a times man, i wouldn't know thiWed, 02 Jan 2013 14:36:27 -0600