Annie power 7/4 to do something she's never done before

wont be in the first three

Winning a slow pace race in Ireland over 3 mile against trees would prove she stays would it?

people within racing are saying she is a machine ruby has been heard saying shes the best hes ridden male or female,maybe all hype but looks a machine big bucks is finish hopefully he runs well but be his biggest victory if he managed to win,bookies aren't giving 11-4 on a four time champion for no reason

ruby has been heard saying shes the best hes ridden male or female

if that is correct, Mullins / Walsh telling Ricci not to run in Champion Hurdle must have been an interesting conversation

She stays,she will p!ss this imo.
Don't think any horse could give her weight,let alone an ageing horse come back from injury.

Big Bucks is finish? Sure he's English to be honest no?

straight for the throat rease !  fair point indeed.

ATR - Big Buck's is in "seriously good order" according to trainer Paul Nicholls as he bids to land the Ladbrokes World Hurdle for a fifth time at Cheltenham on Thursday.

Speaking at a forum after racing at Sandown on Saturday, the former champion trainer disagreed with owner Andy Stewart, who felt the 11-year-old had "fluffed his lines" when beaten by Knockara Beau in the Cleeve Hurdle in January.

It was his first start after 420 injury-enforced days off and he went down by three-quarters of a length, ending his winning streak at 18.

Nicholls said: "I disagree with Andy. I don't think he fluffed his lines at Cheltenham. He needed the run quite obviously on very bad ground and he had been off for a long time. I've trained him with one race in mind.

"If it had been a normal year, he'd have run at Newbury in November (Long Distance Hurdle) where we normally start the season off. I wanted him to have a hard race to see where we were with him - and if he was going to get to Cheltenham we needed a hard race.

"Sam Twiston-Davies did exactly as I wanted him to do - you ride a stayer like a stayer, you don't ride a stayer like a sprinter - and he had the race won jumping the last, but just got tired.

"I walked the course that day just before we had all those thunderstorms and the ground from the back of the last to the winning post was virtually unraceable, and he just got tired.

"He's had seven weeks since then. He's bloomed, he looks fantastic and is a lot lighter. He had a good gallop at Exeter the other day and he's schooled well. I'm very happy with him and the one thing he'll enjoy is the drying ground.

"All his best wins have been on good or good to soft, so the omens are good with the weather, he looks great and I'm very much looking forward to the challenge of the race."


Sounds like Nicholls isn't planning on it being a sprint for Annie's first try over 3m. She will have to win it with stamina.

Staying fit and sound is part of being a great horse. Surely?

Staying fit and sound is part of being a great horse. Surely?

precisely, the only objective measure of who's the best is achievement - everything else is just subjective opinion.

I probably preferred watching Denman at his peak to watching Kauto, his second Hennessy win had to be seen to be believed but Kauto's longevity sets him apart (especially as a French Bred - see Long Run and - probably -Sprinter Sacre). 

The mare is obviously very talented, I doubt Ruby said she's the best he's ridden - or if he did it's been taken out of context - because it's a bit like saying Ross Barclay is better than Cristiano Ronaldo.

Let's see her win some Grade 1 and Championship races, then we can say how great she is.

Just to reiterate,She's never won over 3 miles,and has never won a Grade 1 against the opposite sex and is coming up against a champion stayer,Yet she's as short as 7/4 ?
What am i missing here??apart from all the fools who listen to the bullshíte been spouted that she's the best ever blah blah blah,We hear that every year.