New Posts For Thread: Coneygree - King George or Lexus?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexusAnyone know the latest? Any comments from the Bradstocks re intended route to Cheltenham?King George - Coneygree 5/1 with a run (Paddy Power) and 7/1 general ante-post (Sky Bet, William Hill). He can be backed as big as 18/1 on the machine at this moIt was an excellent decision to run Coneygree in the Gold Cup. His run at Sandown showed the GC race had done him no harm.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547236839#547236839It was an excellent decision to run Coneygree in the Gold Cup. His run at Sandown showed the GC race had done him no harm.Sat, 26 Dec 2015 06:19:19 -0600I remember when Best Mate was winning his Gold Cups. A lot of people were b1tching on about how they never saw him race much and how horses are supposed to race and how Desert Orchid and Arkle were campaigned in handicaps and it never did them any hahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547236369#547236369I remember when Best Mate was winning his Gold Cups. A lot of people were b1tching on about how they never saw him race much and how horses are supposed to race and how Desert Orchid and Arkle were campaigned in handicaps and it never did them any haSat, 26 Dec 2015 04:54:46 -0600Anybody who has ever owned a horse knows anything can happen tomorrow. You could have the best horse in the land one day, and a retired what might have been the next day.Had Coneygree been beaten in the GC, then you may have had an argument Eric. Buthttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547232257#547232257Anybody who has ever owned a horse knows anything can happen tomorrow. You could have the best horse in the land one day, and a retired what might have been the next day.Had Coneygree been beaten in the GC, then you may have had an argument Eric. ButThu, 24 Dec 2015 15:40:59 -0600They were right to go for the gold cup. RSA is a tough race itself, no matter who you race against.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547230693#547230693They were right to go for the gold cup. RSA is a tough race itself, no matter who you race against.Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:48:57 -0600I've still got a foot in both camps on Coneygree. It was a brave and ultimately successful choice to go for the Gold Cup. Who knows if the horse would have subsequently got the softer ground or stayed sound for future campaigns had they not struck whhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547230367#547230367I've still got a foot in both camps on Coneygree. It was a brave and ultimately successful choice to go for the Gold Cup. Who knows if the horse would have subsequently got the softer ground or stayed sound for future campaigns had they not struck whThu, 24 Dec 2015 06:50:15 -0600I'd like two things for Christmas. People no longer using this awful, could of would of should of nonsense and whoever started it being strung up by their knackers.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547230345#547230345I'd like two things for Christmas. People no longer using this awful, could of would of should of nonsense and whoever started it being strung up by their knackers.Thu, 24 Dec 2015 06:43:02 -0600If he's 100% then yes run him, you seem convinced that he'd be absolutely fine now if he'd run in the RSA, there's nothing to say that DON POLI wouldn't of given him a harder race. This screams of someone who's done their nuts on ante post betting onhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547229985#547229985If he's 100% then yes run him, you seem convinced that he'd be absolutely fine now if he'd run in the RSA, there's nothing to say that DON POLI wouldn't of given him a harder race. This screams of someone who's done their nuts on ante post betting onThu, 24 Dec 2015 04:57:47 -0600Amazing how different people see the same facts and come to opposite conclusions-but that is why we like the sport and exchanges get a market. Denman and Kauto Star apart, very few Gold Cup winners have returned to the same level again. Bobsworth hashttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547229973#547229973Amazing how different people see the same facts and come to opposite conclusions-but that is why we like the sport and exchanges get a market. Denman and Kauto Star apart, very few Gold Cup winners have returned to the same level again. Bobsworth hasThu, 24 Dec 2015 04:54:48 -0600Dont be silly. You are saying run a fragile horse who is a novice with only 3 chase runs in a Gold Cup as a front runner in case his career doesnt last. Well it looks like that has achieved the latter, I wouldnt call that shrewd campaigning. Historyhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547229963#547229963Dont be silly. You are saying run a fragile horse who is a novice with only 3 chase runs in a Gold Cup as a front runner in case his career doesnt last. Well it looks like that has achieved the latter, I wouldnt call that shrewd campaigning. HistoryThu, 24 Dec 2015 04:48:38 -0600Your basically saying he wouldn't be a fragile horse if he was with PN, which is just ridiculous! Coneygree's injury is UNRELATED to his GC run! If he had done as you said he would of run and probably won the RSA, then put away for the season, then hhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30624631/coneygree---king-george-or-lexus?post_id=547229949#547229949Your basically saying he wouldn't be a fragile horse if he was with PN, which is just ridiculous! Coneygree's injury is UNRELATED to his GC run! If he had done as you said he would of run and probably won the RSA, then put away for the season, then hThu, 24 Dec 2015 04:45:16 -0600