Is it the media or just punters that dont assess the races properly and get pulled in by wide-margin wins on testing ground?!

I think Boston Bob's a star; it's just anything trained by Nicholls, Henderson or Mullins immediately becomes a media darling after a couple of eye catching performances.

On the point of the media, I read on Twitter the other day Matt Chapman reporting on a visit to the Mullins yard; he said...

"Speaking to Willie Mullins today left me with one, deep impression - Ireland's champion trainer is in total awe of Hurricane Fly. #special"

I mean, what!? It's hard to ignore statements like that, but how's Matt supposed to quantify it? Nonsense.

By the way, if anyone would like to lay me a bet on which race BB runs in I'm interested.

Oh and by the way PW will be - Monksland.

Boston Bob last matched at 10.5 on the AB market - if he runs in the race he will be 3/1 max so I can't believe anyone would lay that big a price unless they were fairly certain he wasn't running?

10.5 not the biggest price to lay imo. You just get idiot layers who think something is free money and will lay away without really thinking it through. BB could still quite easily go for the Albert imo, think people are just assuming he'll go Neptune now Final might not be running, we'll see shortly.

What price is BB NRNB for the Neptune?

From the Exeter preview evening;

Paul Nicholls: I was discussing running plans for Prospect Wells with Graham Wylie and he told me Boston Bob is likely to run here (Neptune)

I went to a preview night last year where Nicholls said Sam Winner would run in the Supreme...

NaNaNa Nineteen!

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Will be interesting to find out whether Tom knows what WM intends to run in this....

that slow boat surely not...the glue pot would of been hit for sure if he puts that up...

ah??

that is the greatest tennis player to ever grace the tennis court just relaxing before winning yet another major...and thus followers like me, loads more cash...fair play on batonnier awful pick if he goes for him imvho...

ye nole should need it after the lay off judo...but glad he played well in the first match back...needed the break and glad he has had a nice long break just the ticket pal... lets hope the progression continues now, big year for him...and me punting him

Morning Harry. He's picked some odd uns this year alright!

Typical Mullins, he's decided nowt about anything. He doesn't even know if he's going to have eggs for breakfast yet.
All of the trainers are waiting to see what's entered where. Thank God for people like Nicholls, otherwise the other trainers would be playing around until the last minute.
Anyone remember that Runanround game where a bunch of kids chose one of three answers to a question and stood in front of their chosen answer. Then a bloke said you've go three seconds to run around and half of them jumped ship to a different answer? Tha, in a nutshell, is the process Irish trainers use at the festival :)

Ironic that someone with forum name "Martin Pipe" complains about Irish trainers that won't tell what day it is tomorrow let alone Cheltenham plans.

Willie Mullins is a c0ck. Waste of time interviewing him. If Boston Bob runs in Neptune - which I think he will - there is no chance Sous Les Cieux runs.

The Pricewise pick Batonnier aint that good. 1 from 4 over hurdles? 2 from 9 all in? Pumped 7l 2 starts ago? Beaten in a class 4 before that? not for me thanks

As a post script to this particular thread perhaps, interesting to read the article in that says he thought his pick was going to be Monksland until the price shrank - power to the forum I say