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Hope not as still have hope for the stayers for this one.
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The owners seem real creatures of habit and this one likes winning the very lucrative French CH!
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He should on the formbook finished a lot closer in the World Hurdle imo. Oscar Whiskey didn't appear to stay but this one had no such excuse.
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Maybe, but my view is he was just beaten by a much better horse, possibly still the best NH horse in training. OW and TS tried to go with Big Buck's as he accelerated from the second last, didn't close a yard and that was their race run. Nothing can gallop as fast for as far as BB. In the end TS was 12 l behind which is about right on ORs (though heaven knows what BB's true rating is).
The French CH is a decent consolation prize though - only £10k less than the World Hurdle, a far weaker race, and less of a test of stamina because it's flat and the first 3 m are usually walked. |
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^^^ what they walk all the way???
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He'll go chasing!
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It's 26 f so they run the last 2 f
Seriously though, there isn't usually a lot of pace on. |
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Thought it was power walking strontium :)
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