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Thistlecrack 176+
Cue Card 170

s/t/r

Don Cossack 185+
Cue Card 185
Vautour [184]

Cue Card 0
Silviniaco Conti +12
Road To Riches +14
Josses Hill +16+
Roi Des Francs +17+
Tea For Two +19
Thistlecrack +27+++

Cue Card looks like a winner to me but for a flutter Roi Des Francs is worth a look. The form for Thistlecrack has more holes than a string vest. He could well be very good but take his hurdle form to bits and it  is flakey. If the books take one on on the day I will be surprised if it is not Thistlecrack.

The figure for Roi Des Francs could be pushed.

Cue Card 0
Valseur Lido +12+
Silviniaco Conti +12
Ar Mad +13+
Irish Cavalier +13P
Dodging Bullets +13?
Road To Riches +14
Josses Hill +16+



Thistlecrack +27+++ a meaningless rating which is why it was left off.


If you have the 13/8 , 6/4, kill half at least and enjoy your mince pies and sherry happy in the knowledge that you have value.

LAETUS SORTE MEA  

Cue Card 0
Coneygree +8
Douvan +9+
Valseur Lido +12+
Silviniaco Conti +12
Don Poli +12
Ar Mad +13+
Irish Cavalier +13P
Dodging Bullets +13?
Road To Riches +14
Josses Hill +16+

I think he needs to fall to be beaten here and 13/8 is tremendous value.

Merry Christmas
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Djakadam 0
Coneygree +2
Rest to follow

Coneygree should run here and Thistlecrack should take the Novice chase.

Module 0
Turban +1
Thomas Brown +2
Aso +3
Solar Impulse +4
King Odyssey +5

Further down the list
Kylemore Lough +9+  Ran well enough first time back and if he comes on for that he could be in the shake up.
Village Vic +14+    A beast that keeps finding but he needs to find again.
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Un Ace 0?
Ballynagour +3???
Out Sam +7
Sausolito Sunrise +8
Bally Longford +10
A Good Skin +10

At 33/1 it might just pay to take a chance on the top one for very small stakes. Pricewise horse?

Un De sceaux 171+    rests on 174
Sire De Grugy 170    rests on 171
Gods Own 170+
Arf Mad 168+         rests on 172+
Sir Valentino 166

The winner is gutsy.
Arf Mad must have been close to 100% fitness to stick on as he did.

Highland Lodge is the horse to take out of the Becher.

Irish Cavalier 0P
Minella Rocco +1+
Many Clouds +1
Wounded Warrior +2
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Sizing Coal 0
Dare To Endeavour +1
Bob Ford +1
Highland Lodge +3
Midnight Prayer +4
Portrait King +5
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Un De Sceaux 0
Ar Mad +2
Sire De Grugy +3
Gods Own +5

NB The bottom pair are race fit.

Just push the winner up 1 and key from there.

Cue Card 185
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Native River 171

Hadrians Approach 0
Holywell  0??
Native River +1
Henri Parry Morgan +1
Aubusson +3
Saphir Du Rheu +4
Blaklion +5

With Drumacoo defecting it looks difficult. As a rule the top two are better in the Spring .
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No Planning 0
Wakanda +6
Virak +9

Cue Card rests but Conygree must go up a little I feel. Provisional 177. The reason being that , with luck , he will come on for the run.

Don Cossack 185+
Cue Card 185
Vautour [184]
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Conygree 177
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A loose end to tie up.
To rate the performance of Fox Norton one has to rely on the unreliable Simply Ned. That could give an impressive 178+ for the Tizzard two miler. Provisional of course but , if correct , he could cattle anything that turns up come March. He certainly looked the part. Young Mulholland did a good job with him!