Medermit

Only one remotely serious rival. If he doesn't win 10L+ on the snaff i'll be most disappointed tbh

my 1st ante post bet on him. should outclass these

what is his main target this year anyone know

Arkle,i should think

arkle,they nearly went for it last year but decided to stat hurdling after it ran so well in the greatwood.def arkle bound,according to mark howards book.

Thought he guessed at quite a few today. Stiff track for your debut of course, and bound to get better with a bit more experience under his belt, but I'd think he will come a cropper soon enough if he jumps like that again. Seemed to jump quite low at a few too.

Other than that, nothing really to learn from the run.

The race was a non-event.

But I've never had him down as a chaser, he always seemed a bit on the small side to me.
What do you guys think?

According to RP times it was the fastest of the day - not bad for a non-jumping 88 length winner

So you thought he jumped well the sawyer? Or that the 88 length winning stat is any way relevant?

really strong time. imagine will have top speed figure for today's effort even if the jumping was somewhat novicey...

not my idea of a chaser, i would oppose against decent opposition. couple serious blunders and with any pressure on him he'd have been vulnerable but all he could do was win so wd to him. liked him a  lot as a hurdler. big alan king fan too!

just watched wasnt impressed at all with the jumping . hes not very big is he .

I thought his jumping was indifferent but to me he never looked like falling so has a good sense of self preservation. I didn't see Celestial Halo's race but from what I've heard he displayed no such sense. I certainly agree with Mr King that another low key race will help the horse with its chasing education.

Sorry Catch Me I was playing Devils Advocate a bit - and anyway final times are not always over-relevant: I hadn't actually watched the race either at the time of my post but have now looked at the re-run.

No he wasn't the greatest at his fences, but they didn't hang about - if you put him and Wessex King in the race the following day with Stagecoach Pearl (allowing for the different ground) then I reckon Medermit would have been around five lengths in front jumping three out when WK fell. But that is at least what you would expect from a 155+ rated hurdler. As you say, Aintree is not the easiest of jumping intros and I would be wary if nto was at Chelt.