New Posts For Thread: Lets hope it dont rain before the first dayhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-dayPoison Nicky and Nichols will bottle it........"Last year was a disaster," he said. "He shouldn’t have run at Ascot in the first place and that was our own fault. It was a difficult situation with the build-up to the race, but if I’d taken him out on the morning, which is what I should have dhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562743471#562743471"Last year was a disaster," he said. "He shouldn’t have run at Ascot in the first place and that was our own fault. It was a difficult situation with the build-up to the race, but if I’d taken him out on the morning, which is what I should have dThu, 24 Nov 2022 16:22:35 -0600lessons from altior .......https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562743467#562743467lessons from altior .......Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:21:19 -0600Lydia not having it .......On a point of stone-cold fact, it was not good-to-firm ground at Ascot on Saturday. Henderson is wrong, just as he was wrong when he called Sandown’s ground “heavy” when – to cite an episode to which he repeatedly ahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562743453#562743453Lydia not having it .......On a point of stone-cold fact, it was not good-to-firm ground at Ascot on Saturday. Henderson is wrong, just as he was wrong when he called Sandown’s ground “heavy” when – to cite an episode to which he repeatedly aThu, 24 Nov 2022 16:13:52 -0600NICKY HENDERSON'S controversial comments over the state of the ground at Ascot on Saturday have been poorly received by many in the racing industry.The top trainer withdrew the Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill from Saturday's Coral Hurdlehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562743419#562743419NICKY HENDERSON'S controversial comments over the state of the ground at Ascot on Saturday have been poorly received by many in the racing industry.The top trainer withdrew the Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill from Saturday's Coral HurdleThu, 24 Nov 2022 15:56:24 -0600Horses are bought by owners and there seem to be some very wealthy owners in Ireland willing to supply Mullins, Elliott and de Bromhead. Nicholls by his own admission had a weaker hand last year and his best prospects, Bravemansgame, McFabulous and Chttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562740873#562740873Horses are bought by owners and there seem to be some very wealthy owners in Ireland willing to supply Mullins, Elliott and de Bromhead. Nicholls by his own admission had a weaker hand last year and his best prospects, Bravemansgame, McFabulous and CThu, 24 Nov 2022 05:32:23 -0600Nichols is second rate as a resultOnly Nicky is in Gordons, Willies or Henrys league.It is unfortunate that as a result UK NH has also become second ratehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562740539#562740539Nichols is second rate as a resultOnly Nicky is in Gordons, Willies or Henrys league.It is unfortunate that as a result UK NH has also become second rateThu, 24 Nov 2022 00:23:40 -0600I wouldn't be rushing to hail Nicholl's as the shining example......all we've heard from hm through the last few years is how Cheltenham isn't the be all and end all, which is really code for....I'm sulking because my horses aren't good enough and Ihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562739553#562739553I wouldn't be rushing to hail Nicholl's as the shining example......all we've heard from hm through the last few years is how Cheltenham isn't the be all and end all, which is really code for....I'm sulking because my horses aren't good enough and IWed, 23 Nov 2022 12:47:43 -0600Unless the rules of racing have changed, I was not aware that an owner was obliged to run his horse all season if he didn't want to. Until they restrict Championship races to horses that have run 3 or 4 times in either recognised trials or Grade 1 orhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562739405#562739405Unless the rules of racing have changed, I was not aware that an owner was obliged to run his horse all season if he didn't want to. Until they restrict Championship races to horses that have run 3 or 4 times in either recognised trials or Grade 1 orWed, 23 Nov 2022 11:50:47 -0600Yeah but if thats the case you run the risk of a Best Mate scenario with everyone complaining they havent seen him run.They are race horses so why keep them in the stable.They are supposed to be out there racing.Thats why they were bred.Bottling thehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562736993#562736993Yeah but if thats the case you run the risk of a Best Mate scenario with everyone complaining they havent seen him run.They are race horses so why keep them in the stable.They are supposed to be out there racing.Thats why they were bred.Bottling theTue, 22 Nov 2022 14:16:54 -0600Don't think that Nicholls will bottle it after his interview with Chapman yesterday. He may not risk soft ground horses on good/firm but he will run as many as he can, provided they have a realistic chance. The problem last March was that he didn't thttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/31782787/lets-hope-it-dont-rain-before-the-first-day?post_id=562731333#562731333Don't think that Nicholls will bottle it after his interview with Chapman yesterday. He may not risk soft ground horses on good/firm but he will run as many as he can, provided they have a realistic chance. The problem last March was that he didn't tMon, 21 Nov 2022 04:35:04 -0600