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Quito De La Roque ( Gold Cup 2012 )
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True. I based my guess-rating on Noland and Roberto Goldback who I thought both gave their running. I don't think Rubi Light really got home.
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Has to be said Noland was not originally meant to run in the race, Denman was.
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Good point, I had forgotten that, though I believe Noland was always an intended runner in the King George until Denman got injured so he should be fit. I'm happy to downgrade the form though
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Sint, I think that is irrelevant because there is no way Denman could ever live with the mighty Synchronised anyway
 (P!ss taking aside, congrats are due for winning a first Grade 1, and anyone who backed him. Shame he wasn't 29/1 with 100 yards to go  ) |
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For me it njust means that Noland is a reasonable yardstick to rate the race from a handicapping pov. I didn't mean to suggest that he was a fair substitute for the Tank. |
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Oh, sorry, you were talking to Sint. Apologies.
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quito was disapointing 2day and there no real excuses. colm was bullish about him 2 saying he goes on this ground. and agree last years novice form gets weaker with every run this year.
make the gold cup look even more like a 2 horse race between long and kauto....and mayb grand crus starting to think pipe will defo let him take part in this. as for synchronised.....jus shocked he went off 8/1 let alone win this. SHOCKED think rubi light got the trip and was ridden that they knew he wud b if it was me stick to the oringal plan and go for the race u and win RYANAIR. |
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Colm Murphy faces a race against time to get Quito De La Roque ready for Cheltenham after the Grade One winner scoped badly last week.
With the Festival just a month away, the eight-year-old is being treated for the problem that forced him to miss the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown. Until he recovers, plans for the JNwine.com Champion Chase winner remain up in the air. "He's on a course of antibiotics, so hopefully we'll have him back soon," said the County Wexford trainer. "I don't know about Cheltenham. It's too early to say." Quito De La Roque holds an entry in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup for which he is a 25-1 chance. |
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Thanks for update BJG not what i wanted to here, but was only running for places his form re Roberto Goldback behind Synochronised, would have been close with Quel Esprit today closely tied in after today.
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Quito has been taken out of the GC
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THE BETFRED CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP
Class 1, Grade 1, £500,000 Total Prize Fund. 3.20pm, Cheltenham, Friday, March 16, 2012. Three miles, two and a half furlongs. Form Horse Age Owner Trainer 52-FU111 APT APPROACH (IRE) 9 Greenstar Syndicate Willie Mullins IRE 11121/2- BURTON PORT (IRE) 8 Trevor Hemmings Nicky Henderson 211-1U3P CAPTAIN CHRIS (IRE) 8 Diana Whateley Philip Hobbs 640-31P CARRUTHERS 9 The Oaksey Partnership Mark Bradstock 2/1134P-45 CHINA ROCK (IRE) 9 Michael O'Flynn Mouse Morris IRE 311P/1-45 DIAMOND HARRY 9 Paul Duffy Diamond Partnership Nick Williams 22-6111 GRANDS CRUS (FR) 7 Roger Stanley & Yvonne Reynolds III David Pipe 131/321- JUNIOR 9 Middleham Park Racing LI David Pipe 133-P11 KAUTO STAR (FR) 12 Clive Smith Paul Nicholls 145-0263 KNOCKARA BEAU (IRE) 9 Bill Trueman George Charlton 16/1155-6 LITTLE JOSH (IRE) 10 Tony Bloom Nigel Twiston-Davies 3/311-22 LONG RUN (FR) 7 Robert Waley-Cohen Nicky Henderson 51124-00 MAGNANIMITY (IRE) 8 Gigginstown House Stud Dessie Hughes IRE 142-132 MEDERMIT (FR) 8 The Dunkley & Reilly Partnership Alan King 1115-F31 MIDNIGHT CHASE 10 Lady Clarke Neil Mulholland 463F/-52P MON MOME (FR) 12 Vida Bingham Venetia Williams 5141-5U2 POQUELIN (FR) 9 The Stewart Family Paul Nicholls 1FF-B111 QUEL ESPRIT (FR) 8 Red Barn Syndicate Willie Mullins IRE 13-P031 SYNCHRONISED (IRE) 9 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill UF-4U021 THE GIANT BOLSTER 7 Simon Hunt David Bridgwater 3/216-B43 THE MIDNIGHT CLUB (IRE) 11 Susannah Ricci Willie Mullins IRE 113P-11 THE MINACK (IRE) 8 Graham Roach Paul Nicholls 3226U-32 TIDAL BAY (IRE) 11 Andrea & Graham Wylie Paul Nicholls 115-2514 TIME FOR RUPERT (IRE) 8 Littlecote Racing Partnership Paul Webber 1/10P-13 WEIRD AL (IRE) 9 Brannon Dennis **** Holden Donald McCain 1/524P-3 WHAT A FRIEND 9 Ged Mason & Sir Alex Ferguson Paul Nicholls 26 entries remain after February 14 scratchings deadline 5 Irish-trained THE FOLLOWING 8 ENTRIES HAVE BEEN SCRATCHED: ALBERTAS RUN (IRE), BOSTONS ANGEL (IRE), FINIAN'S RAINBOW (IRE), HALLEY (FR), HEY BIG SPENDER (IRE), JESSIES DREAM (IRE), QUITO DE LA ROQUE (FR), WAYWARD PRINCE |