Cheltenham Festival
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From Sp0rtinglife, his ten horses to look out for this season:
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=racing/11/10/18/manual_130416.html&BID=465
First Lieutenant
Long Run
Bobs Worth
Big Bucks
Hurricane Fly
Darlan
Quevega
Beshabar
Zarkander
Master Minded
Well done for calling up Nicky Henderson and asking who his best novice hurdler could be, but really?? They don't pay him for this surely.....
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=racing/11/10/18/manual_130416.html&BID=465
First Lieutenant
Long Run
Bobs Worth
Big Bucks
Hurricane Fly
Darlan
Quevega
Beshabar
Zarkander
Master Minded
Well done for calling up Nicky Henderson and asking who his best novice hurdler could be, but really?? They don't pay him for this surely.....
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He has taken some real chances there, waste of space get back on ski-slope
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stevo, taking chances on lesser lights wont win a ttf. i think its rewarding not to try and be too clever with selections from my limited knowledge of it!
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Richard Dunwoody has this game by the balls imo
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quevega...at the start!!!
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he's picked one overhyped hoss in that list beginning with Z.
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not at all howdi, hes unbeaten over hurdles and has gotten a wind op so that might make a difference. spirits son is the overhyped challenger to hurricane fly
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spirit is the ONLY challenger to the Fly imo
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i doubt it. i wonder what answer youd get if you asked ruby is al ferof or hurricane fly better
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i'd still choose binocular ahead of anything else after HF of course
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christ and he got marmalised by the fly
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yes, and i'd expect HF to marmalise spirit son too....i wouldn't give up on binocular being the best horse from these shores though...on "his" day (which is the sticking point i know) spirit son would have a pretty big job on i think....anyway if nicky runs them against each other, we'll see soon enough.
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if the fly stays fit 7-45 could become 4-11 on the day imo
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7-4 sorry not 7-45
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no way on earth he goes off 4/11
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his price could be held up "if" binocular shows that he is still the same horse that won it....that might make HF 10/11
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he could easily go off 4-11
- wins 4/4 in irelang - gets there fit - opposition looks sub standard - plenty drop out knowing they have no chance if the race was tomorrow he'd be evens plenty of 'built in worry could be injured' in current 7-4 |
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even if we get the usual performances from binocular through the winter....the "possible" good ground spring performance of a couple of seasons ago...as well as spirit son and zarkander oscars well....would stop him being 4/11......and then of course you've got the possible arkle candidates reverting back to hurdles off aborted fencing attempts to consider as well.
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Im telling you he could be there are only 3-4 serious challangers - maybe only 6 will turn up if it maps out that way
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no way he will be 4/11 id say
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Howdi knows?
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He may be right,but if those horses include Spirit,Oscars,Bino and Zarkander,he wont be 4/11,no way.May not even be odds on,cos if they all turn up it means they have done something pretty good this season i would imagine
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Spirit Son will be the only danger to Hurricane Fly. Best novice hurdle performance last year was Spirit Son at Aintree.
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That was defo one of the best novice hurdle performances of last season. It was over 2m4f, SS looked better the further he went, is he definately going down the Champion Hurdle route? Or will he be running over further? I haven't heard or read anything anywhere.
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Champ Hurdle will be the plan. I def think he improved from Chelt to Aintree. I think he's the real deal it's just going to be tough to beat a freak like the Fly.
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he did look better the further he went....have a look back at the supreme and see what happened to him just as they turned in when the taps were really turned on....he was caught out for toe and lost 2 lengths...he stayed on well again to pick up SS and CC who faltered but AF who had given him 5 lengths with 2 to go still picked him up.
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i see it different- SS a true 2miler, travels well under cover then has a burst of speed to go past his rivals at the end. In the supreme this worked perfectly but he was caught off-guard by al ferof who looked all but beat. If i think it was BG was also keeping an eye on AF it would have been different result. Hence small fields suit SS better.
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missing me point 4-11 if race carves up not if there are some credible challangers
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Got 3 of Richards ten to follow?
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