nice one pmt,won tidy sum for me today.on at 40s for supreme.this is one tough battler,if anywhere near at foot of hill will take some stopping.

You are right Oasis that's the 7th big handicap hurdle John has won for me over the last 5 years. crow wood ; john smiths at Musselbrugh, and elite at Wincanton, kings quay john smiths at aintree, summer hurdle at Market rasen,Elite hurdle at wincanton. leslingtaylor swinton at Haydock now recession proof.he only has two horse a year to work with so there must a method!! I gave him his first horse (lien de famille) which he trained to beat an otherwise unbeaten bumper horse Call Equiname first time out with half of Yorkshire in on the gamble.he hasn't looked back since. there is no substitute for a good horse and a good brain to plan his campaign.

Just looking at his stats and he's got a 17% strike rate over jumps these past 5 years - more than useful.

I expect you'd agree PMT he doesn't get the ammunition he deserves - apart from yourself that is!!

Blythe Knight being one he excelled with - i thought he may have been a cheap buy at the HIT sales but turns out he was 90k gns.

Only just seen this thread so would like to add my congrats to you PMT.

If RP only been put up 3lbs, is that not a very good reason to go for the County? Would have beaten framed horses further on better ground imho.
Cannot blame you for going for Supreme however.

Anyway all the very best for the future with the horse

Cue Card (23/10) , Spirit Son (13/2) , Sprinter Sacre (9) , Recession Proof (10) , Zaidpour (12) , Al Ferof (16) , Gibb River (20) , Day Of A Lifetime (25) , Unaccompanied (25) , Marsh Warbler (33) , So Young (35) , Hidden Universe (39) , Sam Winner (42) , Shot From The Hip (43) , Act Of Kalanisi (50) , Aikman (50) , Dunraven Storm (50) , Earlson Gray (50) , First Lieutenant (50) , Gagewell Flyer (50)  - Others 50 or more

Glad to hear he's come out of the race well PMT. I took some 90's on him before he won the Totesport Trophy.  On his rating he's got a bit to find with the favourite but sometimes in this game - you just never know what's going to happen [;)]

All the best with him, hope he runs a great race for you and comes back safe & sound

SJ going 13 NRNB,think thats just about the best price around now.Worth taking imo.
This looks to me a fast improving horse,and GMOOH improved a fair amount last year from Newbury to Cheltenham,think this one is another that will.

Totesport Trophy winner Recession Proof is set to swerve the Paddy Power Imperial Cup on Saturday week and head straight to Cheltenham.

Connections had been considering a tilt at the Sandown race before the Festival, with a £75,000 bonus up for grabs from the sponsors if the winner should go on to success at any race at Cheltenham.

Trainer John Quinn said: "I think we'll bypass the Imperial Cup and run in the Supreme and if he ran well without winning, he'd probably run in the County Hurdle as well." [:o]

He would run in the county only if he was likely to win it.He might fall or get impeded early on for instance in the Supreme or he might finish beaten but close up to a highly rated winner. then we might think about it as he does recover quickly from his races.If you look at his flat form he has won with only 3 days between races but that is quite different to a Supreme Novices.I would imagine that if he came 2nd to Cue Card we would keep him to novice races at Aintree and Punchestown rather than finsh him for the season by running twice at Cheltenham. remember that he is very well handicapped on the flat for something like the Chester Cup.

NEws Headlines..............

"FORUM FAVORITE wins the Supreme !"





6 dreamy nights to go ! nite nite.

Sad news about Dougie pmt

Any idea if there's a replacement lined up for Recession Proof?

GOOD LUCK RECESSION PROOF AND PMT

Use Thornton?

Brian hughes/Richard Mcgrath at sedgefield.

The very best of luck to all RP's connections. Think you have tough streetwise horse who will be favoured if he gets into scrap up the hill. Shame about losing Dougie but may i recommend Paul Carberry as suitable sub. Good Luck

GL again PMT.

Will be carrying my money. [:D]

Sad news for Dougie though. Could have been a very big week for him imo. Quite a few very able replacements available for your hoss though.

Choc Thornton rides.

Best of luck everyone.

I have very fond memories of Bellwood Cottages, once the home of Brian Connorton and was around when the late Tony Charlton first started training there. A young spiked haired slim JJ Quinn, used to ride for me and apart from putting on some well needed pounds (Sue's cooking) what a fantastic job, in more ways than one,  he's made of building it into a top class yard.

Sorry to hear Dougie was injured and hope he recovers soon.

Well done on a great day at Newbury hope you can pull off the double, you're in great hands. The very best of luck.

Thanks to everyone on here. Just got back from the course. Choc thought he should have been 4th but still not good enough.Probably needs further on that ground. Hope he is ok for Aintree or Punchestown.Desperate bad luck for Dougie who keeps the ride when he is better.

Ran a very decent race. I think people will be quite surprised just how good that Supreme turns out to be I was very impressed with Spirit Son despite being beaten.

g/l for the future.

How's he doing.......back before 2012 ?