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Limini - Mares Novice Hurdle
Limini - Mares Novice Hurdle
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Steps out of mares company to face Buveur D'Air, Ball D'Arc and others
Fancy this may be the only time we get her at odds against for a while over obstacles |
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tony57 • April 8, 2016 3:37 PM BST
limini came back with blood on her leg, and limping... |
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Apologies for starting another thread just found this one
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Forgive me and let the thread i created drop out to oblivion
 It has just appeared on the racingpost website that he is to be aimed at the Mares race at the festival. This possibly might throw a few spanners in the works as regards any of us who's taken the 53/1 treble Faugheen/C'hdl, AP/Mares and Uno/stayers. Must admit its thrown off guard a little bit too, could be backed at 14/1 this morning, is now into 12/1 in a place generally 10s and 8s now so bookmakers have clearly taken note. If Limini was to take the mares route, where does that leave Annie Power? A tilt at the stayers or poss just stay in her box and wait for Aintree  Limini on course for Mares' Hurdle tilt BY BRIAN SHEERIN 6:48PM 16 JAN 2017 IF HISTORY is anything to go by, Willie Mullins will go on and train the winner of the OLBG Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham and the Irish champion jumps trainer has provided an upbeat bulletin on potential leading contender Limini. "She has really come to herself in the past few weeks and is really pleasing me," Mullins said. Stablemate and former festival queen Quevega landed six consecutive mares' hurdles throughout notoriously light campaigns but Mullins admits he would be eager to get a prep-run into Limini as he attempts to stretch his winning sequence in the race to nine. "If I can get a run into her before Cheltenham I will but it might be hard to find a race for her now. "Her main target at the moment is the mares' hurdle and she is looking like she is back to herself." An easy winner of the inaugural mares' novice hurdle at Cheltenham last season, the Rich Ricci-owned Limini can be backed at odds of 14-1 to record back-to-back festival wins in the mares' hurdle in March. Inexperience blamed for Mome reverse Reflecting on Saturday's defeat of Crack Mome in the Grade 2 Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle, Mullins believes the five-year-old remains an exciting prospect and puts his defeat at Punchestown down to inexperience. "He ran a bit green at Punchestown and he was just beaten by a very good horse in Any Second Now," Mullins said. "We still think we have a very nice horse on our hands. I hope better ground would bring out a better performance and there are still plenty of good races to be won with him." |
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Its getting to the point where RR has so many horses that he cant keep splitting them all up. I dont think Limini really changes their main plan. If the 3 big guns and her all make it to the Festival there aren't really four different options for them anyway (assuming VVM is staying over hurdles).
They are going to have 2 darts at one of the races... I suppose its possible AP and Faugheen could take each other on if they think Limini is in rude health and up to winning the Mares... but Id be surprised. I think its much more likely Annie and Limini run in the same race. |
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If Annie, Limini, Jers Girl and Apples Jade all run in this, it'll actually be a really good race and would probably be worth the G1 status it has got, rather than the joke it has been over the years.
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True mate. Probably not far off the CH in terms of quality!
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Limini won a shockingly poor Mares Novice and has since been beaten decisively. Really hope they don't shuffle the other Ricci mares around to make way for her as #1 in the Mares Hurdle. Can't see it happening but who knows with this crowd.
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