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Anybody have any ideas apart from Bensalam??
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Saving them for the Ten To Follow
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Diamond Harry, goes well fresh and will have a chase mark well below that of his hurdles form.
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I've found a few Meat Loaf. Take a read of my blog (waywardlad.blogspot).
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Great read Wayward Lad
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razor royale
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With only 3 chase runs, and having missed the Festival thru a late injury, THE SLIOTAR has to be on anyone's list of unexposed chasers. Has no chance with Burton Port LTO, but I reckon he's a lot better than OR138 (he was dropped 2lb after his last race!). David Pipe knows his way around the handicap and this one could pick up a decent prize over 26f+. The marathon chase's at Exeter are the sort of races I can see him being involved in.
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wayward excellent stuff
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PRINCE DE BEAUCHENE is the one for me. Very lightly raced, well regarded, did me a favour lto, and related to Welsh National winner Mike.
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 Mike. Miko, obviously. |
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I agree with you there sintonian. Welsh National has to be on the cards this December.
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I read your blog later WWL. Does he get a mention ?
I mention the horse because I believe he has been handled with kids gloves. Certainly a nice pot or two for him. |
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Well spotted sintonian!
I posted a write-up on 4th August, but then omitted to add him to my alert list. Here it is:- PRINCE DE BEAUCHENE, 7yo chaser trained by J Howard Johnson There may be some thoughts that we may have missed the boat with PRINCE DE BEAUCHENE after his class 2 chase win at Haydock on 3rd April off OR132 after which he was raised to OR140. However, his half-brother Miko De Beauchene improved 18lb in his 7yo-8yo season winning the Welsh National and the Red Square Vodka Gold Cup at Haydock, so we may yet have more to come. This is especially so as PRINCE DE BEAUCHENE has only had 6 chase runs. He has only finished outside the 1st-3 once in those 6 chase runs, when unplaced behind Our Vic in the Peter Marsh at Haydock – a race for which he started fav. As a result of that, it’s considered he didn’t stay the 3-mile-plus trip, but that was a very competitive race and a blunder at the 5th last fence was something he was unable to recover from in that top company. He more than showed he stayed the trip in the race before that at Carlisle, his first since the previous January, when he was 2nd to Huka Lodge. He’s never run on going better than soft; he handles heavy very well. I think we will see a much improved horse next season, one who is possibly very well handicapped if he can match his half-brothers form – and there is no reason why he should not. He has plenty of speed and will be hard to beat at any trip over 21f next season, and can be supported 1st-time-out. He’s likely to start at decent odds if that next race is over 3-miles, a trip that’s considered beyond him. |
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WWL, I dont think 3 miles will be a problem for him. I watched him win a novice hurlde at Ayr (20f Soft) and it was quite a stamina test as there was a strong head wind in their faces up the straight and he lasted home well. Given he did that as a novice, 3m should be OK.
You mention the blunder in the Peter Marsh, and it was a real momentum stopper! But for me he never stood a chance that day anyway, was sent off 7/2 fav,iirc. It was just his 2nd start over fences in the UK, and he was taking on some grizzled pro's in a G2 h'cap. I thought it was quite an odd decision to run him at the time but he learnt from it. |
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Nice site, Wayward lad, and some good articles there. Well worth a read
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