Be a real shame if misses race,havent backed him and wont but would
diminish the race greatly if not showing.

You were saying?

you can't trust these bots

place market keeps being hoovered up

I was just about to post i think the panic is over as think it is actually just the market beginning to form properly, then i looked on the place market

Will me £2 at 4 get matched i wonder

What's all the fuss? Did he fall this morning?

So loads of smoke - but no fire, then?

you reckon?

yeah - let's all bump on!

There's a lump available at 4.6. He was 4.1 - 4.4 for weeks. I can't believe there was all that much matched at 5.0-plus
this morning. It's hard to tell from the graph, but it looks like small sums. Someone still reckons he's a nonner, imo.

As I mentioned elsewhere, someone knew Aurore D'Estruval wasn't going in the OLBG. She'd been friendless for days.

The money sitting on faugheen right now i would presume to be a bookies trying to keep price down. If so, chances of seeing mega offers on him are now unlikely.

*mind

8 runners lining up, a small but select field. Be interesting to see which one will make the pace, would like to see Jezki ridden fairly aggresively

good, I don't see the point of all this cat and mouse, the horse won well in last years CH, should know he has the stamina to strech the others. As long as he is in the first three il be happy which looks a little bit more likely considering the 8 that have turned up!

They'd be mad to not at least try to mess with faugheen, fire him up, get his jumping at it, get him going a bit quicker than even he wants to....chances are it won't work but they must try.

I'd say kitten rock will set the pace and Jezki will attempt to wind it up from 2 out as he did last year. Where Faugheen comes into the equation is anyone's guess. I'd say he will run upsides Jezki from the second last and the race will be won by the best horse from there. Last year Jezki stole a length or two of a march on MTOY from the second last but the gap was down to a neck and closing at the line. MTOY would be seen as more of a speed horse but stayed on just as strongly as Jezki. TNO will probably be outpaced but eventually stay on as I doubt if he is capable of a sustained acceleration for 2-3 furlongs. Arctic Fire could well be staying on at the end also coming off the pace. A lot of imponderables and the small field should leave tactics even more important.

Just watched the video and jumping the 3rd from last Jezki and MTOY jump the hurdle virtually at the same time, making the turn Jezki has got  a better spot and he leads half a length from MTOY going into the 2nd last, jumping the last he certainly gains a bit more than the final winning margin. MTOY can count himself slightly unfortunate not to win. Certainly think something of the same should be the riding style from AP this time round on Jezki.

@Geoff m, yeah hopefully a strongly run race, I can see Faugheen being ridden fairly handily, I am not sure I agree he will be held up for a turn of pace, this is a horse that won the Neptune leading from three out.

1st-Faugheen-in front throughout,kicked on bend,not extended,eased down near finish, impressive,the new one-hit 2nd and 5th,outpaced ,nearest finish,jezki-not fluent 1st,hit 5th,ran on 1 paced,5L,1L, 4th hurricane fly

The fact that there is no obvious pacemaker in the race means that it could also force Faugheen to have to make the running himself from start to finish. Whilst he has done it before in novice company I don't think it is something that has been done successfully too often in championship races. I'd say the other main contenders will be happy enough for him to give them a tow and have him make the running, then take it up from 2 out and test how good he really is. If it comes down to a sprint finish over a couple of furlongs off a sedate pace it will bring TNO into play and possibly even the fly. Considering Mullins love for the fly will he be happy to see a slower pace and a greater chance for the fly?