Your two Racing Predictions for 2015

oh and Vautour for the second season in a row is the star of the Festival, talk of 3 x champion chases as he heads back to the enclosure.

The Un De Sceuaux thread will be 1000 replies long before the Arkle, and Simonsig powering his way up the hill in the Ryanair after over a year out through injury.

I'll go with :

1. Peace and Co - Triumph Hurdle
2. Blacklion - Albert Bartlett

Howdi - I'm not sure if Boston Bob is a dour stayer - certainly his best wins have been over 2.5m and more often than not, he's been found out over 3m+. I know he did win at Punchestown. If he runs well in the Lexus, then yes I could agree he could be a GC contender but if he finishes down the field, then in my opinion it's another tilt at the Ryanair.

Peace & Co to be fav or 2nd fav for the Champion Hurdle 2016 after a demolition job in the Triumph.
Tell Us More to win the Neptune

a dramatic comeback sees Cinders and Ashes swoop late to take the County Hurdle at the festival, dark mutterings from the punting community...

O'Neill stable fortunes start an upturn on Betfair Hurdle day which culminates in a clean sweep in the Festival handicaps (all but one in the Green and Gold), the highlight of which is Get Me Out Of Here finally laying his festival hoodoo to rest in the Coral Cup. Jonjo is interviewed after each winner, smiles a lot but says little other than 'he's a nice horse'. Sadly More Of That is turned over at odds of 1-3 in a World Hurdle which cuts up to 5 runners after MOT's comeback victory by 74 lengths at Newbury which includes the performance of a dressage routine between the final hurdle and the finishing line.At Fisher's Cross wins at 6-1 despite not being seen since Wetherby on the first day of November.

Barry Geraghty rides AFC after all the Henderson World Hurdle contenders are withdrawn due to the 'wrong kind of grass' on the New Course.Rebecca Curtis just edges it from Geraghty and JP in the post race smiling competition.

the wrong kind of grass - hahaha brilliant one Rease

Howdi - I'm not sure if Boston Bob is a dour stayer - certainly his best wins have been over 2.5m and more often than not, he's been found out over 3m+. I know he did win at Punchestown. If he runs well in the Lexus, then yes I could agree he could be a GC contender but if he finishes down the field, then in my opinion it's another tilt at the Ryanair......its not a debate thread u cheeky blighter

Rease Heath

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I can't be in any worse form than i have been this year backing horses, can't get any worse, it has to turn

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more of that can turn the corner along with the stable

best wishes all

Sprinter Sacre wins the Queen Mother Champion Chase on the bridle by 15l and everyone is left thinking why didn't I back him at 4/1 at Christmas when he is probably the best 2 miler of all time. Bobsworth powers up the Cheltenham hill after a clean round of fences and wins the Gold Cup. Again everyone is left gutted thinking why didn't I take double figure prices at Christmas after glancing at it past Cheltenham form and realising last years Gold Cup was a complete fluke with Lord Windermere being tailed off in last.

Gigginstown win 4 of the novice events.

Nicky Henderson draws a blank.

After a failed attempt to stay 3 miles in the King George, Champagne Fever reverts to 2 miles and leads all the way to win the Queen Mother champion chase....all the talk is of a Champagne Fever Vautour clash in the 2016 renewel after the latters demolition job in the previous day's Arkle!!

Sam Winner is being pushed along in the Gold Cup with a circuit to run, but keeps responding to win by 3 lengths.

Pineau De Re after showing nothing runs well at Chelt again before being the first horse since RED RUM to retain the Grand National.

Champagne Fever will never win a 2 mile chase over fences. Never has, never will.

FOUND wins the 1000 Guineas for AOB at Newmarket, kicking on up the hill to outstay them.

CHRISTOPHERMARLOWE swoops late, after being outpaced early in the straight, and drives on by AOB's batallions to win by a Neck for John Gosden.

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Meanwhile earlier at Cheltenham FAUGHEEN becomes the Hurdling Star of many a year, and romps home from last years stars, by 7 lengths or more.

TELL US MORE becomes the next winner of the Neptune off the Willie Mullins conveyor belt by sauntering into the straight, and lengthening away by 5 lengths from the strongest of the novice hurdle fields.

Only 1 chance in 5400 of that 4-timer coming off, but you cant win if you don't have a ticket.

Got so excited with the vision, that I forgot to say CHRISTOPHERMARLOWE's win is in the Epsom Derby.

Un de Sceaux smashes a small Arkle field by a distance

His Mate wins the JLT almost as easily

Faugheen gets his career back on track winning the world hurdle

Road to riches batters them all in the gold cup and is promptly hailed as the next denman

Willie Mullins has 10 Cheltenham Festival winners

Jonjo O'Neill has a 1-2 in the Gold Cup despite not having a winner since November

Faugheen, The New One, Jezki and Hurricane Fly are in a line at the last
No More Heroes romps the Albert Bartlett

Champion Hurdle - We'll see Faugheen narrowing holding out The New One to the line in a great race, people will continue to talk about the race until Gold Cup day

Champion Chase - The Black Aeroplane Sprinter Sacre regains his title, with ease

World Hurdle - The Green and Gold hoops hits the line first, 5-7 lenghts clear of the rest as More Of That returns to his best

Gold Cup - Pipe finally finds his balls and runs Dynaste in the Gold Cup, he takes it, and the Trend analysts go mental with joy

1) mullins doesnt win any of the novice hurdles at cheltenham
2) faugheen wins the champion hurdle by 5 and is even money for 2016

1) Clarcam jumps and travels best, as he has done in his last two races, en route to winning the Arkle ahead of the hype mob.

2) Jezki tanks into the lead down the hill and just hangs on as Faugheen and The New One mount strong challenges up the hill in the Champion Hurdle.

2/1 on the day against faugheen and bookies to be knocked over.....
Venetia to have a festival handicap winner at a decent price.

Nicholl's decides to send Unioniste to the Gold Cup, and the crowd goes silent halfway up the run in as he out battles Silviniaco in the last 100 yards.
Sprinter does make it back and wins the Queen Mother.
Gigginstown have there best ever Festival.
The New One wins a vintage Champion Hurdle with Jezki second and Faugheen unplaced.
Mon Parrain puts up an awesome round of jumping and wins the National.

Bryan Cooper is top jockey at the Festival

faugheen unpaced

unplaced

Yes Howdi, unplaced! Faugheen hasn't conclusively proven to me that he has improved sufficiently to beat last years Champion Hurdle form, which I believe was well above average. The New One was unlucky in last years race and is at his optimum age of 7. Jezki will get the fast pace and ground he needs to be at his best, and there is still the legendary Hurricane Fly.
Faugheen looked impressive at Christmas, but he only beat a bunch of handicappers, even Mullins says he has to improve to win the Champion.
It would be no disgrace for him to finish behind them.

His price is too short at 5/4.

We're only 10 days into 2015 and my two are down already!

UDS thread calmed down now and sadly Simonsig ofts

My two revised ones are:

1. Bryan Cooper to break the Walsh/Geraghty domination at the festival

2. A bit of a long shot, but the Wylie's to have two festival winners since 2008 with Inglis Drever and Tidal Bay with Shaneshill and Black Hercules.

1.  The overround for the Grand National to increase by 10 points in the 30 minutes leading to the off

2.  People saying 'how can the draw in the Cesarewitch make any difference - it's over 2m 2f for pity's sake'

Lol Roger. Both certainties.

my 2 predictions ...

1) Faugheen wins the Champion Hurdle
2) My Faugheen winnings will be gone and will be chasing on the Neptune

1) I will watch the last race on channel 4 on the Wednesday and armed with my paying ante-post vouchers from the Tues and Weds I head out to the betting shops in the town to collect and watch the last 2 races, which include the bumper, saying that I will not play the bumper!

2) The opening show comes through for the bumper and I think what the heck it wont hurt to have a few very small each way wagers as if I don't play I am sure this will be the year that I will have picked out the winner cos i can never help myself but to glance on the screens and do my doe cos out of the 6 I pick that are like 12/1 20/1 25/1 33/1 14/1 and 16/1 the closest i get is like 10th and low and behold a 40/1er wins the race again lol.

Am sure we have all been there lol

The Derby winner didn't run as a 2yo.

Treve gets short-headed (by a Japanese contender) in her quest to win 3 Arcs in a row.

1. UDS bubble gets burst
2. Mullins draws a blank at Cheltenham

bloody hell jasey if your number 2 is right ill beer you a beer at the fez