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Cheltenham Festival
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What Have We Learned (About the RSA) This Weekend ?
What Have We Learned (About the RSA) This Weekend ?
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we learned that the best possible chance of success following the rsa is to pull up in it.
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All over Denman today and made up with the run for my money, but I love that horse reve. glad it was him that won if it weren't mine
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i really hoped dh would win but didnt back him on account of his jumping. the winner can always be called in the hennessy 5 from home i think from looking at previous years race. not a punter on the earth would begrudge denman the win but he wasnt great at the weights unfortunately. great win though and i was surprise dh didnt hang for daryl
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When Denman outjumped Harry at the 4th last I briefly thought he had it!
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Backed DH when the prices first came out so happy with todays result
 - though I'd still have peffered Denamn to do it.Having said that Burton Port surely lost it at the Cross fence - made a right horlicks of it and must have cost it at least 3-4 lengths just as he was getting on th coat tails of DH and Denman. With DH's tendency to regress as the season goes on I'd have thought Burton Port was the one most likely to make an impact in the Gold Cup. If DH was mine I'd go straight for the Gold Cup as he clearly goes best when very fresh. |
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Burton Port, never rated this horse despite the obvious form being in the book. Will be taking him seriously from now on, looks like NJH's number one GC horse now
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would have thought punchestowns was ahead of him?
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Don't think he can be on the evidence we've seen
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And i'm quite a Punchestowns fan
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We just learned Time For Rupert is likely to win the RSA pulverised a decent field there, jumped brilliantly, travelled superbly.
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Time For Rupert in the box seat now for the RSA but I want to see Wymott and Wayward Prince again before making up my mind. The Irish will have some candidates but none have shown enough so far.
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4/1 for Rupert is an Eachway STEAL.
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Mikael D'Haguenet now the 'prowler' for the RSA.
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Time for Rupert really has it all. He is so consistant.
As long as he stays fit I can't see past him for the RSA. He was superb yesterday and that form is head & shoulders above any potential rivals. |
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Chicago Grey drifting from 24s on here.......no price on lay bet...anything happened?
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Mikael gains another run from know till march he will be RSA fav on the day.
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Does anybody have any thoughts on Royal De La Thinte after today? Got to say, that was a fantastic round of jumpting and for one so inexperienced surely he's going to improve? I can only see one quote about him on oddschecker (25/1, b365), is the RSA on the agenda? Would they come over? Hugely impressive imo.
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Afterwards Dreaper joked “I’ve been told by a few people that he is a real ‘Dreaper’ horse as he is slow but stays going!”
He added “he is a very talented horse but I went with him to the start today as he refused to start in a point to point once. I’ll enter him for the RSA Chase and the Four Miler at Cheltenham and he may run next in a three miles conditions race at Naas in a few weeks time.” |
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didn't look that slow to me!
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i think that peverils run today puts him right in the picture.stable obv won race last year with burton port and i was intrested to see that pev ran in the brush hurdle race at haddock.
pev jumped very well today and had the race won 3 out beating cannington brook [who had been beaten 8l by time for rupert] today was pevs fencing debut and hes beaten cb by a similar distance.im keen on his chances [got 60s] and i backed him after todays race with fredbet at 33s.im certain this will be nickys rsa horse ,jumps well,stays 3m and imho is overpriced.im not ramping it ,just think hes a solid bet in a race dominated in the betting by 1horse. |
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guess this just isnt as sexy a race as the arkle then..
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it isnt!
slowboat 3milers plodding about ,that said i can see where your coming from re;peveril looked good yesterday,if u like 3milers???!! |
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3 miles is what chasing is about. Arkle, Golden Miller, Best Mate, Denman, Kauto Star, Imperial Commander. They are what jumping was designed for!
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I did not see Peverils runs yesterday but by the sounds of it the gameplan could be similar to BP's last year which is always a good sign if the trainer follows the same pattern imo.
Didn't BP surprise connections a bit last year ? I got the impression they just went from race to race with him and recall him being available at 25/1 the days before the RSA ? That said, his Hennessy run this year backed up his runs from last season so perhaps it was not quite so unexpected .. his ability. |
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I wrote Royal De La Thinte down in my notepad! Thought that was a magnificent round of jumping.
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Royal De La Thinte is the one for me. Was awesome in the week.
Trainer said it's either the RSA or the 4 miler, but he's got too much class for the latter imv. |
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Regarding Peveril, he's in the same ownership as Wymott. Will they both go for the RSA or will they be split. I'd have thought Trevor Hemmings would send one to the 4 miler or perhaps the William Hill Trophy.
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Time For Rupert will win the RSA Chase in March. He is the best staying novice chaser out there at the moment. He jumps and stays very well. He may come off the bridle at some stage in the race but he will be finishing stronger than anything in the race and will run out a convincing winner. I knew he was made for this race when I saw him chase Big Bucks home in last year's World Hurdle.
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Think current price for TFR is possibly the best antepost Cheltenham bet,except maybe my 4 NRNB on Big Zeb,i really like that one too.
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I knew he was made for this race when I saw him chase Big Bucks home in last year's World Hurdle.
Like Punchestowns who got so close to Big Bucks the year before and then won the RSA on the spaff? Good luck if you think he's a cert, but when the 2nd favourite is 14/1, he's making the market for some good each way bets. I mean you're getting 4/1 odds for something like Quel Espirit to make the frame. |
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Punchestowns is a very good horse but he has jumping problems where Time For Rupert doesn't so stop being so cocky with your comments. Quel Esprit is a very good horse, will run a massive race if there is cut in the ground. Time For Rupert will win it, believe me.
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Time For Rupert will win it, believe me.
that is cocky what i posted wasn't |
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I can put that stuff because I know more than you so be quiet, you are boring me now.
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Just saw the Big Bucks thread, had no idea you are a wind up merchant, apologies.
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Wind up,cocky,or whatever,Mayweather is right when he says punchestowns has jumping problems,he crttainly did in the RSA.TFR on the other hand looks a natural,and i find it hard to see him beat in March.
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mik the dag got his number
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Mikael won't be going for the rsa. Well it's looking unlikely given he's entered over 2m again.
Also Long Run and Punchestown looked to have the RSA between them last season and got beat. It's my opinion that when you want to back a short priced fav for a race you need to find and focus on the negatives. In the chase of TFR we have some good horses in jessies dream and quel esprit he has yet to face. |
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Mikeal D'Haguenet doesn't look the same horse to me to which he was before he got the injury. His action towards the last two fences looked awkward when he fell against Jessie's Dream. I hope he comes back but I have my doubts.
Punchestowns was wrong before the RSA Chase and should never have run. He picked up an injury two weeks before the race and ran terrible on the day after being heavily backed throughout the day. Long Run must have been doing something serious at home to make Mick Fitz change his mind from Punchestowns to Long Run. I have a feeling Long Run is the real deal but I also think the Gold Cup trip is a problem for him. I would run both him and Punchestowns in the Ryanair Chase and hope they run their races, because if they do they are the horses to beat. They are very classy in my opinion. |
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Mikael slipped on landing at fairyhouse, he was unlucky. He bounced two weeks later at leopardstown. We should find out lots on his next run.
Long Run should skip Cheltenham. They should take care of the horse. He is better on a flat track and could go for the grade one at aintree. But he'll end up running in the gold cup I'd say. 6yo in a gold cup is a bad bad idea. |
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I understand that Mikeal slipped on landing and he would def have won in my opinion against Jessies Dream but I think they had him near enough spot on for that day. Do you not think he was travelling funny after swinging for home? I have a bad feeling he's not the same horse. I backed him at VC to win any race at Cheltenham at 6/1 but I am worried for the horse now.
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