Since Mullins seems to be rolling out the big guns, anyone know when we are likely to see UDS in action?

Cheers, SoYouThink.

Just as exciting over fences as he was over hurdles.......till oops!!
Still lives to fight another day.

Wish I could find the article on Mullins I read a few weeks back. Concentrated mainly on his poor strike rate with chasers at the Festival. I was surprised at how low the percentage was.

If you look back at Kauto's carer or any of Nicholls chaser's career, their generally safe/sound jumpers. In Kauto's case, he was an unreal jumper for the most part. You couldn't look at Arvika Legionnaire or Mikael D'Haugenet or Boston Bob and consider them safe jumpers.

Arvika Ligeonniere was a fantastic jumper going right handed, just couldn't go the other way. Also, I would consider Boston Bob too safe a jumper. He doesn't take a cut at his fences and where other horse gain ground he can be very slow.

I wouldn't consider a good jumper and a safe jumper to necessarily be the same thing.

Hello Brandy,
Yeh I can see the point you make, and its certainly a possibility and would explain the strange campaign.
Whatever the reasoning the gloves are off now,this season its time for him to take on the best,whether it be nov chasing or hurdling.
I look forward to his next race, hes bl00dy exciting!!

From Ruby's Blog last week.


I saw Un de Sceaux gallop on Tuesday morning and he looks really well. It was a disappointing, novicey fall at Thurles last Thursday but up to that he was spectacular. He’ll learn from it.

Interesting entry.  Was trying to think of any Mullins Haydock runners and couldn't think of any.  RP website says only 5 runners in the last five years.

I know I'm reading too much into it, but he is likely to tip Vautour in a G1 in his second chase start and put UDS in a minor Haydock novice chase for his second, which says a lot to me.  Not in terms of their ability, but about where they are at this stage of their chase career.

Would love to see how UDS handles some good ground as well - thats one of his question marks for me.

Ruby and Gillian own shares in Clondaw Warrior with David Casey and his wife but his minimum riding weight is 10-3 so as things stand with the weights I would imagine DC will take the ride on CW if he runs.

Anyone that thinks UDS will run in the Arkle this year doesn't understand the stable.

Weights more than likely to rise in Ladbroke dj.

Well its either 1 in the JLT and 1 in the Arkle , or as you say Shock 1 in the QM and 1 in the Arkle.
My feeling is the latter. I don't think Vatour will be in the JLT, i think hes probably better than that, and hes already said UDS will stay at 2m, which is certainly his optimum distance.
UDS might be the better candidate for the QM,not cos hes better but just the way he runs,where he never sees the opposition.......its catch me if you can whoever he faces.
The other alternative of course is one misses the festival, and that would no doubt be UDS.

Yeh,and he missed the festival.....bl00dy annoying, and that could happen again, and imo that would be a real shame. A horse like him with his style of running would light up the festival whatever race he was in.

Maybe mate, but this ground issue I aint so sure, hes won a bumper by his usual 30 lengths.... or something like that, on good/soft. Of course soft ground would be a hindrance to some of his opposition though,whereas he would be fine, so on that basis yes, it could be an issue.
As I have said...probably too many times now,I just want to see him in a top 2m race on decent ground,preferably hurdles, but fences will do if that's where he is now.
Then I will be happy. We will finally know for sure, that's providing he don't fall again !!!!!

There is absolutely no chance that UDS and Vautour will run in the same race at the festival.

WPM doesn't run novices out of their grades at the festival,Vautour as a supreme novices winner (and owned by Ricci) is certain to be targeted at the more prestigious Arkle.

Wouldn't worry too much about mullins aiming two at any race. It's inevitable. If they're both winning over the trip, or running well enough, they will go. Owners know this when they send them.

Arkle just had look at market on here, think it tells you want you need to know, good luck with your selection.

Just a thought on this one. Ruby has said he doesn't think novices should run in open company due to the fact the jockeys don't give one another as much room. In novice races they all want a bit more room. However, in UDS you have a horse where that doesn't matter. Arkle or CC, he's just going to bowl along and will only see another horse if he gets past, which you would imagine would very late in the race. Therefore, if looking to run one of Vautour or UDS in the CC, then surely UDS is the most logical option

tory un de sceaux hasn't completed over fences yet, why on earth would they think about running him into the champion...

personally a good horse is about to start his chasing career jossies hill and mullins for once will be forced to run his best 2 in the arkle if jossies wins well...lets see what jossies hill does first but will be a good debate after, on whether mullins is forced to take both to the arkle

Budd has summed it up there well Harry. I'm not saying this is going to or should happen, more theorising and chucking a few ideas around. Without SS and SDG the CC is a piss poor race and is there for the taking. Mullins could drop Ballycasey back or even CF if he bombs out in the king George. But, if it works out that one of Vautour or UDS is considered then given how Ruby feels about novices in open company, coupled with UDS' running style, then he is the most logical choice. Not saying it's going to happen as doubt it will but, he's a better horse than any of the others bar SS and SDG and if they are out his way of running means he's just as likely to win the CC as he is the Arkle if Vautour didn't run in that race. It would all come down to whether or not he stands up