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Dont listen to any of these silly preview nights , Ruby Walsh or trainer comments

ZEALOT

01 Mar 22 21:13

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So chemical Nicky says JONBON is going well at home !!! did he tell us when Binocular jumped and looked brilliant over 5 hurdles the sat before the 2010 fez , after flopping in the fighting fifth and the christmas hurdle ? nnnoooooooo

I also remember Walsh saying that RED SHERLOCK was the one to beat in the novice hurdle when he fully knew all about FAUGHEEN !!!!

And as for the preview nights - oh i like the fav or the second fav and the 6/1 ew .

PICK YOUR OWN .

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FOYLESWAR When: 01 Mar 22 21:44

said this in a post last year ,they bamboozle ya wi bollax .

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Jb23 When: 01 Mar 22 22:07

I like preview evenings for two reasons. One, they're brilliant for building excitement and getting the juices flowing. Secondly, I think it's sometimes useful to get a different view point and opinion which doesn't necessarily agree with your own. It just provides a different angle for thought. Now, of course it does remain up to you what you do with what is said with quite often the large majority being utter guff and Chinese whispers but there may be angle or factor you hadn't considered (pace angle, new/old course factor, etc).

But I do agree with the premise of the post. Pick your own FFS. We haven't sat and watched 5 months worth of racing just to back what a guy on a panel has had a shout for. Back your own opinion, your own judgement and don't look back

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Ramruma When: 01 Mar 22 22:56

Hollywood Bets have just uploaded the video of their preview to Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ckxPprz3lg

Unbelievably, the first 20 minutes of the video is nothing, just silence and the Hollywood Bets splash screen. How incompetent is that? Before you answer, bear in mind they've also left in the 10 minute intermission, and it has taken them five days to upload the thing. And the chairman's microphone barely worked.

Taking previews in general, they spend far too long on the championship races where we've all made up our minds weeks ago, and not enough on the handicaps, perhaps inevitably. Some have too many panellists, who end up repeating each other. But I like them as part of the build-up to the Festival.