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Rigidity would win the Triumph but seemingly goes to Limerick !?!, so next candidate starts out over hurdles this week. Once again, I ent telling you who it is until someone gets it.
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Same old, same old. Triumph winner already favourite. Tar.
Zarkandar is said horse.
You could hardly say it's badly bred ! Most importantly for me, it's by an Aga Khan horse, like Zaynar and Katchit.
You could hardly say it's badly bred ! Most importantly for me, it's by an Aga Khan horse, like Zaynar and Katchit.
I think stewarts horse is running. Funny name but supposed to be pretty good.
I got a message from a bloodstock agent who said that Tonic Melysse wins the Triumph. Just noticed it's declared to run at Kempton in the race Soldatino won last year for the same owner.
Yes I have heard very good things about Tonic Melysse. Entered it in the Supreme too...
tonic melysse ownner also has 2 with n henderson enterd in same race at kempton like look of welds unnacompanied myself
Welds horses form let down big time today in Ireland. Hendo has the answer as is the norm 
You won't mind if I don't listen to anyone on this thread will you. I'll keep my 70s for the Triumph and take my chances.
I was quite impressed with Zarkandar today although many will argue the rest of the field weren't of the greatest standard. Having said that I took available money at 29.0 and 28.0 straight after the race before the price halved leaving me a nice free bet for the triumph. It doesn't appear to be the strongest field in recent years imo and Zarkandar wouldn't have to improve too much to figure in the finish.
Won well tbf. Good run by a hendo second division horse just in behind mind 
why do people have to act like such arrogant swines on here ... baffling but very funny at the same time.
Pretty impressive I thought. Wide open as usual but certainly worth putting it in there. Good luck.
Its got a e/w shout but Granduet the one they all got to beat i feel, massively rapid improver
Possibly the best Triumph form on offer along with Grandouet imo.
Read Hugh Taylor's thoughts...
here's nothing I fancy strongly at Fontwell or Towcester today, but that doesn't mean there are no betting opportunities, because I was very impressed by ZARKANDAR's win in the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton yesterday and I think he looks attractively priced this morning for the Triumph Hurdle. The big downside to his chance is the fact that that was his hurdles debut, and it's far from ideal to go into the Triumph Hurdle on the back of only one run, but on the plus side, it has to be encouraging that he was able to show such a high level of form in a Grade Two event on his hurdles bow, and the Triumph Hurdle isn't the cavalry charge it once was, with an average filed size of around 16 runners over the last three years, the Fred Winter having lured away many potential runners. Yesterday's win clearly came as something of a surprise to trainer Paul Nicholls, but watching the race and indeed his previous starts explains that to a degree, as he looked better the further he went at Kempton and also shaped like a stayer on the Flat in France.
It's hard to get a handle on the winning time yesterday, as further rain fell after the first race, making comparisons with the later races over hurdles tricky. Nevertheless, the official going and the going stick reading both suggest it was no better than good to soft at the start of racing, and if that's the case, then the time was very good, a good-ground time in fact, and the early gallop wasn't that strong (although it picked up after the first two hurdles). The Grade Two Dovecote Novices' Hurdle doesn't stand serious comparison timewise, as it was run at a steady early gallop and there had been more rain in the interim, but it's still interesting that, off that steady gallop, the winner Sire De Grugy appears to have taken around two seconds longer from the penultimate flight to the line than Zarkandar. Zarkandar is an Aga Khan-bred half-brother to the mighty Zarkava, and the Aga Khan's pedigree combination of speed and stamina has produced a winner, a second and two thirds in the Triumph Hurdle in the last two years; Zarkandar has decent claims to improve that record this year, despite his lack of hurdling experience.
Read Hugh Taylor's thoughts...
here's nothing I fancy strongly at Fontwell or Towcester today, but that doesn't mean there are no betting opportunities, because I was very impressed by ZARKANDAR's win in the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton yesterday and I think he looks attractively priced this morning for the Triumph Hurdle. The big downside to his chance is the fact that that was his hurdles debut, and it's far from ideal to go into the Triumph Hurdle on the back of only one run, but on the plus side, it has to be encouraging that he was able to show such a high level of form in a Grade Two event on his hurdles bow, and the Triumph Hurdle isn't the cavalry charge it once was, with an average filed size of around 16 runners over the last three years, the Fred Winter having lured away many potential runners. Yesterday's win clearly came as something of a surprise to trainer Paul Nicholls, but watching the race and indeed his previous starts explains that to a degree, as he looked better the further he went at Kempton and also shaped like a stayer on the Flat in France.
It's hard to get a handle on the winning time yesterday, as further rain fell after the first race, making comparisons with the later races over hurdles tricky. Nevertheless, the official going and the going stick reading both suggest it was no better than good to soft at the start of racing, and if that's the case, then the time was very good, a good-ground time in fact, and the early gallop wasn't that strong (although it picked up after the first two hurdles). The Grade Two Dovecote Novices' Hurdle doesn't stand serious comparison timewise, as it was run at a steady early gallop and there had been more rain in the interim, but it's still interesting that, off that steady gallop, the winner Sire De Grugy appears to have taken around two seconds longer from the penultimate flight to the line than Zarkandar. Zarkandar is an Aga Khan-bred half-brother to the mighty Zarkava, and the Aga Khan's pedigree combination of speed and stamina has produced a winner, a second and two thirds in the Triumph Hurdle in the last two years; Zarkandar has decent claims to improve that record this year, despite his lack of hurdling experience.
Have to agree re Zarkander, very impressed yesterday. The time looks decent, but rain needs to be taken into account. However, to do that on your debut is pretty decent. I was particularly impressed with how he quickened coming around the home turn to take it up, and also how he found more when the runner-up looked like making a challenge. I was surprised to see double-figure offers still, so availed myself. The fact that he's by one of my all-time favourite horses (Azamour) is just grist to my mill. Having backed Sam Winner early in the season, I now reckon Zarkander is the stable's number 1.
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