I'm not sure about that form tbh.

Tail of the bank fell when against Finians Rainbow lto, was most likeliest 2nd before falling and was coming under pressure, but, there is no way of telling by how far finians would have beaten him by that day. Imo i would imagine TOTB would poss have rallied for a couple hundred yards , thus asking Finians a question, which would have been answered easily of course but we all know when finians has had to be asked in the past he has made the odd mistake. Not saying that would have happened that day, he was made 2/13 on off after all but i am inclined to believe that the form as actually been franked for GHIZAO more than any other.

GHIZAO beat SURFING doing hand stands giving up to 10ib to everything in that race. TOTB was coming under pressure when falling in Finians race as already said above but did look the likeliest 2nd and could have rallied with finians for a few strides, whom reached for the 4th last and has made mistakes at fences in the past when asked questions. Don't forget, SURFING was beaten today after making a serious mistake at the last, which i feel cost it the race.

Point taken MM. Unfortunately I've seen this so many times with these 'Super horses'. The mistake that was made with FR was when NH found out he was special, he should of 'raised the bar' in terms of competition. The Arkle is not the race for this !! imo FR will not win the Arkle. I must say, PN has campaigned Ghizao very well. Once he found out how good he was, he confirmed witgh the Newbury race then put him away. Look at PN's snug face when this horse is mentioned. I could be wrong with FR but at the age of 52 I have seen this so often. Best wishes to the FR & Ghizao camps.

not sure anyone has said FR is a super horse.what he is,is a good novice hurdler who was running over 2 and half in the top novice races,probably a bit further than ideal,now a  chaser who jumps well in the main running over 2m,which given his staying a bit further, should have ideal conditions in an Arkle.
The way he travels suggests a touch of class,and see no reason why he should not run a big race at Chelt.Whether thats good enough on the day,we have to find out,but at 32,i am more than happy.
He also thrashed the 2nd fav over hurdles,although of course chasing is a different ball game.
Must admit i an excited about this one,could be top class over fences.

Ghizao back to 3rd fav when Med is confirmed.

looking forward to seeing finians running next week, am on realt dubh at 25s and looking for another to back as its always better to have 2 decent chances as the races are so competitve ,when you think of it the festival must give a good chance of a big payout especialy on the multiples as the  championship races are priced up months before and you have months to study the form ,have a good idea of what the ground is going to be like ,gd/sft touch wood ,know that every horse is tryin for its life ,it doesnt get much better than this ,cant wait

Where is Finians running next week? Has it been confirmed he will run in the Kingmaker now?

Medermit the one for me now he's been confirmed.

Finian's is clearly a classy animal but until he has run in a decent race against more than 2 runners I simply cannot have him at the prices.

Ghizao would only be of interest if there is plenty of rain (in which case Rock Noir would also be backed).

Captain Chris is probably better right handed and needs to improve his jumping.

Realt Dubh's last experience at Cheltenham on quicker ground than he usually gets in Ireland would concern me.

Grand Annual wc?

Wouldn't be surprised to see Rock Noir in the Jewson.

What is Ruby riding in the Arkle? Any ideas what Mullins will run in this?

ps i do love him well jenifer more

rupert who or what?

Eric, his jumping was better at Cheltenham but that does not conclusively mean that he is better going left handing imo (Sandown is widely regarded as THE jumping test for a novice - although obviously Cheltenham isn't an easy place to jump either!)

I will always look to oppose a horse who has showed a tendancy to jump the wrong way as they tend to need lbs in hand and in the big races you need everything in your favour.  I opposed Racing Demon in the Arkle and every other time HK decided that he wasn't jumping right despite it being clear for all to see.

I also agree that a positive ride would be better for him but perhaps a positive ride over two and a half.  For me he has looked very one paced and gets caught flat footed when a race starts to unfold.  Wouldn't be surprised if Hobbs tried him in the King George this year as he put up a couple of very good runs there as a novice hurdler.

marvinho he will act much better on better ground, he has a better finish than Medermit on current ground, faster ground he will leave him for dead.

captain chris looks a big slow horse that would probably be suited to 4 n half mile in time :)

He was staying on. Looks a 3 mile chaser to me. He's slow at everything and it's just his class that keeps getting him placed. 3 miles at Kempton would be ideal IMO.

abbott, looking through his form, do you think its feasible that Kilmurry could lead?  He certainly jumped well fto at Cheltenham (the ground found him out next time in my opinion) and could have a few of these at it if he got an easy lead.  Always thought he was a lively outsider and if he is prominent that is usually a major advantage in the Arkle (FPDP against KK is a classic example of comparing being in the van to coming off the pace).

Sizing Europe would of won a champion hurdle if he didnt go wrong tbh. Not sure captain chris has those bragging rights. If you watch the race back choc gives medermit absolute nothing he idles then when captain chris comes up near him he pulls away again at the end. Choc thought he had the race won so he didnt use the whip.

you would have to say that kilmurray[if he runs/ground issue] would make the running or poss torphichen .i would expect ghizao to try to take it up 4out.

Realth Dubh defintely the value at nearly 10/1 still