Last years Novices

carrying all before them !

Every week I change my mind about which horse wins the Gold Cup Cue Card/Flemenstar/ Al Ferof/ Silviniaco Conti/Bobs Worth/ First Lieutenant/Tidal Bay.

Hurdlers are questionable though

Good God

there is NOTHING to say that Cue Card cannot be the best of the second season chasers, nothing at all and until tried no one can say for sure so you can laugh all you want at this point

that win in the Haldon Gold Cup marks him down as a serious horse indeed - winning by 27 lengths off 157 makes him at least a 170 horse already and as I have explained many horses with similar profiles have improved a stone or more when they run in the King George. Someone seriously rates the horse because he has shortened considerably for both the KG and CGC.

Cue Card has a decent chance in the King George because of the flat track and best chance of seeing out 3m,but to make such statements as  "piss up in the king George and then favourite for the gold cup"is novicey (being kind).I would make him about a 6/1 shot in the KG,your talking like he should be even money,with so many unanswered questions and conditions such as ground,trip and opposition that is ridiculous.In my experience it's not too wise to be so dogmatic but perhaps your speaking tongue in cheek.

Was thinking exactly that on my way home from work this evening Howdi. This really does seem to be a hell of a group of 2nd season chasers. There may not be a Kauto (or there may still!),  but there are any number that look top drawer and yet we still don't know if there's more to come. Exciting times.

I thought Bobs Worth won very nicely today, particularly for a horse that never wins by big margins or in a flashy way. Proved he stays the GC trip which a few still have to do for sure, although in his case I don't think anyone was in doubt over the trip.

Be interesting to see if Flemenstar & SDC go head to head next week in the John Durkan, hard to see them being much more impressive than BW today, but then again Cue Card was impressive, For Non Stop was impressive, Al Ferof, Silviniaco Conti....................

bout time you put a post worth reading!!

a poster stated that there may not be a kauto this year .........yet ! my way of thinking is that this year there could be 4or 5 this season  a few years back it was kauto and denman who had it to themselves really, and the general thinking was  we would wait ages to see 2 of thier like come along ,but the way last seasons novices are performing (we seem to be seeing a potential superstar every week ,we could  really in fact have 5 or6 "kautos" this season cue card,alferof ,slivinio,flemenstar,bobs worth  for non stop,,have all put up cracking performances and we still have sir des champs and others to throw their  hats into the ring  and we are only a few weeks into the season .potentially this new dawn of staying chasers could be even better than the kauto and denman era .and is great for the game   and exciting times ahead for jumps fans .gentlemen our cup runneth over !

that supreme of a few years back that alferof won  has proved to be one hell of a race !

and al ferof out stayed them all... 2m chaser dont think sooooo