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Medermit is going for the Gold Cup according to...
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Medermit has more chasing experience than 3 of the last 4 winners had beforehand! 11 chases already, compared to 8 for Denman, 9 for IC and 8 for LR.
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make that 5 out of last 6, just checked KS had 10 chase starts before his first win War Of Attrition 9. The one before that Kicking King had 11, same as Medermit.
Not unusual historically as this is usually won by a second season chaser or a lightly raced third season chaser... |
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Thanks for putting me right Judorick. Having a senior moment there.
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no sweat bruv, I've backed it for both races but going in the Gold Cup seems rash without even trying 3 miles
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Wherever Medermit finishes expect Captain Chris to be in front of him.
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^especially if Captain Chris runs on Thursday and Medermit runs on Friday.
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nice one rease
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haha yep.
just one thing, the only time medermit and captain chris have raced against each other over a trip longer than 17.5f, medermit won |
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Medermit wouldnt have made 3rd in the King George.
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how do you know that? you can't
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Did you actually watch the King George? There wasn't a third Eric just a 12yo fending off a bad jumper with the others hitting a brick wall from 3 out.
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Did you actually know he was under-prepared and nearly missed the race? Also the ground at Cheltenham makes things much more in his favour.
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He's underprepared and nearly missing the race now too sadly...
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He is preparing well reading the quotes.
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eric
The ground at Kempton was good and as I've pointed out on the other thread he didn't run like an undeprepared stayer. They tend to blow up and then run on. |
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Well maybe you know better than the connections how prepared he was? We can only listen to what we were told, whether you believe it is another thing, I believe it.
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whatever, the current Medermit than ran close to Riverside Theatre on unsuitable going will smash Captain Chris at 2 miles 5 + and I hope to be able to get a match bet on if they line up against each other
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eric
It isn't a question of his level of preparedness. It is a statement of fact that an underprepared true stayer will tend to blow up in a race, get a second wind and then run on. He didn't run like that. |
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It's just plain daft aiming Medermit at Gold Cup. It has just been pipped over the distance by a proven Grade One performer. It hasn't ran over 3 miles, let alone 3 miles 2 and a half. If it went for the Ryanir it would be bang there on all known form
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Eeternaloptimist I actually think that is exactly what happened. With about a mile to go he looked like he was going to be pulled up, before running on pretty well to take third. Even if you don't think that's what happened, you can't base a horses staying ability on one run when he wasn't ready. Is that how every stayer runs when not fit? I don't think you can just shoehorn Captain Chris into a mould just to suit your own opinion.
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Captain Chris jumped as if he had ****in piles lto!!
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