Big Bucks for the Gold Cup ?

......he's isn't entered. Hope that helps.

Not this year no time to get him ready. It does look like he might next year but if he was mine why change a winning formula?

There's only one Gold Cup, if he were mine I would think carefully about supplementing him. Apart from Imperial Commander, it looks a weak event with both Kauto and Denman looking past their prime.

Cuthbert, when u say "think carefully about supplementing him", i take it that means he can still be entered? do they have to pay an amount to have him entered or something?

I'd tend to agree with Cuthbert. I reckon Denman and Kauto have had too many battles and are a bit long in tooth. Imperial Commander a very worthy favourite but Big Bucks will never ever have a better chance than this year. Can they supplement Big Bucks ?

I took a punt on the 990 on purple site just in case the yard see the light.

Didn't Andy Stewart say he was staying over hurdles for the rest of his career just the other day?

any thought of big bucks in this years gold cup is nonsense....to start with how do you prepare a horse who couldn't jump a fence properly the last time he tried a couple of years back......it would also display total desperation and an acknowledgement from the stable that they have no confidence whatsoever in their top chasers.....i for one think nicholls is far better than that, and kauto and denman probably don't deserve that lack of faith either.

i also think pride of dulcote and what a friend have decent chances in gold cup, and wouldnt write off denman.

The stayers hurdle is a nice race to win, but it's not the Champion Hurdle or Gold Cup. If I had a horse with a chance, I think I would have a go.
He didn't look natural over fences, but that was two years ago, look what a bit of intensive training did for Long Run, he looked a differebt horse yesterday.

Paul, I agree with your comment What A friend didn't like the betfair chase when not traveling against imperial I think a good sound run and a win under his belt. If he travels like he did in the previous hennessy and improves on that run he is massive value. Also Pride of Dulcote is due to improve.

I can see why Andy Stewart doesn't fancy going chasing. He has possibly the best staying hurdler of all time so why risk the horse over fences. Does Big Buck's deserve that? Fwiw I backed him for this years Gold Cup but there seems to be no real confidence behind a Gold Cup bid ever and they are bound to have schooled him over fences. Maybe he just doesn't like the larger obstacles.

Too much is made of his ability to jump fences, he is not a bad jumper. He only unseated in the Hennessey and he doesnt exactly lose ground at his jumps.

Which race would Andy Stewart most like to win ?
I can imagine only one answer to that question, Gold Cup winners don't come along that often do they.

You will have to be a very good jumper to win a Gold Cup in the next few years. Looks a pretty competitive division to me.

if was mine i'd settle for 5 world hurdles :)

I would second that^

i would prefer 3 world hurdles and 3 gold cups myself.

fact that Nicholls entered seven and he's not one of them says it all for me.

When he posted the entries, Kauto was still a realistic winner of the Gold Cup.

Nicholls comments today suggest he,at least, still thinks that Kauto is a realistic winner of the Gold Cup.

Looking at the available odds, and general opinions, that seems like sentiment, rather than belief.