Feb 15, 2015 -- 11:18AM, delsie777 wrote:

I guess so - but I have the feeling that Henderson and Jonjo have had pretty serious problems this year, don't you? Don't know much about their operations but surely they've been disappointed with their seasons - moreso Henderson who normally bangs in winner after winner from November onwards. Can't ever remember so many of his fancied ones getting beat. Didn't he have a disappointing Festival last year?

Yes, that's fair. I think basically that Henderson just does n't have quite as many good horses as he did a few years back - plus as somebody else wrote on here, he's become obsessed with the idea that most of 'em need decent ground, so he waits for it and then finds they're not race fit until the season's over. I suspect his festival performance this season will be an improvement on his overall performance this season to date but not dramatically so, two or three winners perhaps (though it's a silly prediction because the handicaps are a total unknown and he'll run about 8 in the Grand Annual!)

Anyway, I did n't mean to take the thread off topic - all I'm really trying to say is that I'll be trying not to get sucked in by the media hype over the next few weeks - Mullins is at the forefront of that because he has more fancied horses than anyone else, though I accept it's not really his fault.

I quite fancy Ma Filleule for the Ryanair because she'll now be race fit and I can see her turning yday's form around on better ground!!!!