RUBY CHOOSES CHAMPAGNE FEVER IN SUPREME

Is that official or juts a guess based on the market?

I advised CF at 14/1 earlier today so that probably explains the market move.

Official.

If so that is more excellent news - been a great day for my antepost book so far today.

He just needs to improve on his hurdles runs by about a stone and a half and he might win.

horses for courses mr e

Doesnt look a hurdler to me boss.

this is excellent news

Total tosh not confirmed at all.

I'd be suprised if this was the case. Jezki holds CF on all known form.

errr - including the piece of form they have at the track Graeme...?

Fair enough. I prefer Jezki over CF on this seasons form as he looks a different animal this year.

jezki is getting to a very likeable price - 7.4 on here now - 4.5 with ladsthatarecrookes

Ming, i don't have much of an opinion on his price. I simply don't know how he's been training, or how his lay off will effect him. This season has been quite big for horses having long lay offs. I think Rolling Stars connections pretty much summed up the cowardice by saying they didn't want to run him in order to keep the dream alive for as long as possible. We will see what happens, but Jezki shouldn't have been layed off. I will need to watch his races again, as people are saying he's a poor jumper, and i was thinking he a brilliant jumper. He didn't take the last hurdle in his last race, which i think was down to the jockey as much as anything. He didn't look like safe hands.

He'll go from the front just like in the bumper last year - catch me and pass me if you can.

Fair enough puncle. My perceived thought that Jezki is better over 2m hasn't really taken into consideration the lay off. I always prefer them to getn a run in.

I'm happy to take Jezki's form over hurdles rather than the bumper.

not being decided till monday more chance of him riding mozoltof than fever but we all now he be riding bullets

Champagne Fever goes for the AB.

jezki didn't run by choice, that was stated when the cash passed hands. A the time of purchase JP owned both Darlan rip and MTOY and still paid a whopping 500,000, surely he didn't need to unless he's a special one.

Jezki bought with chasing in mind. Has no chance in the Supreme. Lay of the week.

Strong statement, not many horses with TWO grade 1s this season running at Cheltenham this year, but heay this one happens to be the lay of the week, well thought out.

I'm not asking you to agree with me, I'm giving my opinion.

Sorry it's a brent thing.

Interesting I would have  thought that Jezki was bought as the long term hurdler as they saw MTOY as a chaser of the future at that stage

totally agree roo

there prob both end up as handicapers like most of jps

Jessie H was very sweet on Jezki earlier in the season.

she was sweet on oscars wells an steps to freedom!

over past season was meant to say

i was about to mention steps to freedom.

she doesn't compare jezki to any of her other horses, she thinks he's the best. Not like her but imo all trainers get caught up in the present. Moscow flyer will always be the best she trained.

I have backed Jezki but did think CF was overpriced last week but the reason for that price was probably the fact bookies trying to tempt more ante post gamblers .Hope the ground softening will help Jezki against CF and the fact he stayed on better than CF up the hill in there last Irish meeting that Jezki won.Only reall bet in the race as will be there for the roar this year.

CF is hugely favoured by soft conditions (I've never seen worse ground than when he won at Punchestown).

Jezki out sprinted him in a typically slowly run Irish race and Jessie has been saying all along that Jezki will be better on good ground.

CF may just set the race up for strong traveling types like MOTD or Melodic Renezvous but if the jockey sets the right fractions up front he equally may be very hard to pass like in last years bumper.

I backed CF at 12s b4 he ever ran to win last years bumper, was delighted even though he returned 16s. This year he looks slow as a boat, to me he looks like he was initially schooled over fences, which was the plan and it slowed him down. Horses of same ownership dictated CF plan, but at this stage I think he needs every yard of the 3 mile AB. Not even sure he'll dictate pace this year.

he has always been one paced.

Like I say no heavy involvement for me had a few quid saver on melodic at 16.4 ,its just about being there for me .

fair plat to u meade theres gonna be some dodgy results with this ground an big chance of false run races due to small fields in champ races

What a load of rubbish, if Ruby saddles that donkey Ill bare my ass..... Nayyyyyy! Bring back Lough Derg, he would win the World Hurdle!!

It's a brent thing... Have to disagree re Jezki, looks more a hurdler than a chaser to me.

Nicholls confirmed: "Ruby will ride Unioniste and not Boston Bob. He's improved enormously and the soft ground will help him well. He's got a good chance and Ruby is very keen on him."

However, Nicholls has lost the services of Walsh for Dodging Bullets in the opening event of the Festival, the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, confirming that the rider would instead partner Champagne Fever for Mullins.


"It was his decision and the ground made up his mind," said the trainer, who nevertheless reported that Dodging Bullets had "worked great" on Saturday morning.

More fool him. Bookmakers are already counting the ante-post money from the Neptune and Albert Bartlett and it sounds like they are going to get a bit more mug money in the Supreme thanks to Mr Ricci thinking it was a good idea to sacrifice a Grade 1 winner so that he could have a day out. Walsh is 0 from 2 on the horse and it will be 0 from 3 next Tuesday. Can only think the people talking him up are waiting to lay him at shorter prices.

Mr Ricci thinking it was a good idea to sacrifice a Grade 1 winner so that he could have a day out

Over a week ago Willie M was saying they'd consider AB if ground was drying up. Last Wed on a phone in to Westmanstown preview, he said they were still deciding but owners wanted to go for Supreme. Ruby at that preview went for D Bullets if dry, C Fever if soft. So no surprise if he's on CF. I least I got on at >20s

oh dear the thought of lough dergs bare arse on a sunday morning will put me off me brekkie

I am on Dodging Bullets and I am more concerned about the ground than the jockey. In the Triumph last year Ruby chose Pearl Swan (In rear, ridden after 3rd, never travelled well, still plenty to do 2 out, progress between last 2, 7th about 4 lengths off the pace and staying on when fell last (op 13-2) over Dodging Bullets (finished 4th). Champagne Fever has only ever lost 3 races and 2 of them were the 2 times Ruby rode him. Jacobs is more than capable jockey.

Kerching

unclepuncle
08 Mar 13 15:09

He'll go from the front just like in the bumper last year - catch me and pass me if you can.



unclepuncle
08 Mar 13 19:44

CF may just set the race up for strong traveling types like MOTD or Melodic Renezvous but if the jockey sets the right fractions up front he equally may be very hard to pass like in last years bumper.

No need to thank me.

Dodging Bullets ran an absolute shocker. Maybe Ruby knew there was something up with the horse as it drifted alarmingly as well.

Ruby just knew who had the better chance.

well done CF backers, Arkle 2014 written all over him imo and that time they clocked 3.55 in that dead ground was serious stuff.

Willie Mullins novice chasers next season look hoooooooot.

CF - Arkle
Un Atout - Jewson/RSA
Pont Alexandre - Jewson/RSA

always fecking amazes me when someone maps out their plans with 365 days to go it was only last week we though cF was running in neptune

agree howdi

best performance of the day imo by CF

yep,agree alleged,very impressive to do that from the front and in that time as well.

The race went exactly how i had dreamt it, CF make all and MTOY would come their but CF would outstay him up the hill.

Was very impressed with CF's jumping, maybe down to the better ground.

called it spot on Ibrahima, turned it into a real staying test. Why would anyone have a problem with calling future races ffs it's an ante post forum!