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Cheltenham Festival
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why not run it in the world hurdle .nickys always said he would have love to have another crack at bbucks with a horse to be played late in the race.this would be the ideal horse to try it with while also trying to give the horse his confidence back,id love to see it
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Because its a 140 ish rated performer and so could not realistically hope to finish in the money.
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Entered in the Cleeve Hurdle on Saturday
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So he is over his cut, i was hoping they were going to save him for the coral cup for a repeat.
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May well go for the Coral if he doesn't prove his stamina on Saturday.
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ftm knows..
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coral cup it is then
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looks a shadow of the horse that won it last season
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Jumped well enough today, im sure he was just out for a confidence booster today. with a bit of luck they might drop him a few pounds.
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horse has issues imo...couldnt back it with counterfeit at present
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He actually ran a similar race in the Tote Gold Trophy last year, travelling strongly until a mistake stopped him. Never a 3 miler, he's got tonnes of speed and they've ****ed him up trying to make him into a stayer. Wouldn't look much further if he's entered for the Coral Cup again but needs looking after and treating like a top class novice chaser next season.
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stuff riding that in a novice chase next season real shame as hes a lovely horse who on his day is very very good but he looks like hes gone at the game
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Early days yet.
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I still have faith in the horse.
I still think he is 2miler rather than 3 miler, i just think the owner has so much talent that he has been campaigned this way. I still pray that he is entered in the county hurdle as no horse i know cruises up 3 out in the totegoldtrophy and is a 3 miler. 2m4f may turn out to be his trip. I still adore the way he hurdles, near top class. |
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Coral Cup is 2m 5f and he won that staying on well....sure, he may well not be a thorough stayer but you cant say he flopped today cos he's a 2miler. His mark is currently 11 lb higher than when he won Coral Cup last year...be surprised if there isnt something with a bit more in hand at the weights.
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Booster '....needs looking after and treating like a top class novice chaser next season' - agreed.
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And I don't think you can say he wouldn't have won the Coral Cup with 11lbs extra. I think they ran him back at Cheltenham in December too soon after his Newbury fall. Henderson said before the race he hadn't been able to school him between races due to the bad weather. Poor really for a top trainer but wouldn't give up on a horse who can travel and jump so well in a Grade 2 like yesterday. If he does get dropped in the weights he'd be thrown in if you look at James de Vassy's Kempton win. The question is whether they can get him right for March. If they do, he'll be a serious player.
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I would not give up on him either Booster, but they should rough him off and bring him back at a small venue over fences in November. Give him a chance to forget the experiences he had chasing. He appeared to enjoy his run before running out of stamina/fitness. After his 2 falls I cannot believe he'd had the gun to his head at home before Saturday's run.
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I think they should run him earlier than that. The day he won the Coral Cup the ground was supposed to be riding quick so I'd bring him out at the Showcase Meeting at the latest. On a general point, with the bad weather we've been having, I wonder who'll be the first of the big trainers to start bringing their decent horses out earlier, get some experience into theit novice chasers in particular, then rest them for Cheltenham while all the abandonments and bad ground are prevailing?
The Arkle picture could be looking a lot different if more horses had run by now. |