fair point eric....i am inclined to side with the out-stayed thought though, once on heavy ground and both against the best opposition...sometimes i think we are all susceptible to tarring these smooth travelling types with being a bridal horse the moment they get beat after once again travelling well in a race.......it cost me dearly with sizing europe.

he impressed me the other day , particularly the way he finished the final 2 fences off, even though he was clear, geraghty didn't just pop them , he asked the horse to put in a couple of good leaps which he did do and finished off well.

BOOM giving 10lbs and a beating to good horses there Ghizao hope you took my advice.

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Add contact | Send message When: 27 Nov 10 08:56 lol booster, I didnt read the jockeys blog it was somebody else. I think Ghizao is the best we've seen so far, he has won a really competitive race at the course this season, will love day one Cheltenham ground, has the right connections, jumps really well upreserving energy nlike most we have seen and has a v good natural speed for 2m and an excellent kick. I am expecting further developments for the Arkle though and it isnt prospective stayer and your bet in the race Spirit River.

looks a bit classier to me does FR

Fences are indeed a different ball game,i always am saying that,but FR has proved he can jump so whats your point??
Fact is FR proved to be superior over hurdles and can jump a fence,no disputing that.

Still thrashed Ghizao though!!

And imo this cannot finish is a bit of a myth.He travels very well,but does find as he did in the Challow last season on desperate ground,got beat,fair enough,but by the ground and not cos he cant finish.His Neptune run he got beat by decent horses,one of which could win the CHurdle!!

Budd, as you know im in your boat with FR, but also had an eachway play now on Ghizao at 7/1 because I cant see him being out of the frame given he has course form and jumps great.

Still think Captain Chris has a major chance in the Arkle on quicker ground he has run extremely well and Cheltenham March ground is what he needs imo.

He could be but has a lot to prove to get near Ghizao for me.

No worries Eric.^other way round for me mate.

Not thinking about future QM horse,just trying to work the Arkle out!!
Arkle winners dont neccesseraly mean QM winners.

not sure but very keen to see him soon. Ghizao looks decent but boy is it skinny now....4 in a place!

Thanks Eric. I would not take any horse in the Arkle at a single digits 3 months before. The record books dont make it look very generous to me. I do have a well documented very large bet on FR at 33's so will sit tight. Best of British

Finians Rainbow is still the one for me. Captain Chris is a total write off for me now. Was really fancied today and failed to deliver again. I think the horse is over hyped myself. Ghizao for me looks an absolute athlete of a horse but Finians has him held on hurdles ratings and he jumps like a natural. I see no reason that Ghizao will beat him.

I don't like Captain Chris' jumping tbh. I'm not knocking him he's clearly talented but he's shy of top class for me.

Form Boost.

Hells Bay wins the dipper.

Sang Bleu fell early on.

Indeed a good form boost,had he not clouted the last HB would have beaten Medermit pretty easily i think.

Medermit ran a stormer aswell and i'd be surpsied if they drop back to two miles after that.

Yep it does. Must be fav now i'd imagine.

Hells is likely to be much more effective at the longer trip we still need to see Finians against a true 2 miler classy horse in a finish to see whether the kick is there up the hill. Boost for him no doubt but wouldnt be getting too carried away lets see him against a class speedster first.

I would say they are budd

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ghizao has twice beaten captain chris who reportedly has suspected breathing problems, quite how his arkle credentials can be descibed as outstanding on this alone is baffling.The theory of how fr has been undone at the highest level holds little water when a stronger case for that very argument can be made when considering ghizao whom was not only beaten a country mile at the festival but also when beaten 10 lengths off a mark of 136 in a handicap hurdle at aintree surely ghizao has more to prove at the higher level?