The "Cue Card" train to the Ryanair....

hope you are right about the bolting in on boxing day !

If he doesn't get near them at Kempton he could go for the Champion Chase. Choo Choo.

If he wins easily or otherwise Boxing day they'll surely go for Gold Cup(PS Already on for Ryanair so i'm hoping for a big run without placing)

The Ryanair is such an uncertain race to bet in atm. None of them you can say for sure will definitley run. It's a mixture of Champion Chase horses and GC horses.

And Albertas!!

If he "bolts in" at Kempton the chance of him going for the Ryanair will be precisely ZERO.

agreed, weird logic on this thread

if he bolts up then there is only one festival race he will go for and thats the gold cup !

Be in the Ryanair imo,been saying it for ages now,and as yet seen nothing to change that view.Looks a 2 and half miler to me,but Still its all about Kempton,and that will decide his target.

I cant imagine that they would go for the Gold Cup unless it blows the field apart in this, and I cant imagine that if its as soft as we're led to believe. I think Cue Card will go for the Ryanair, and is my idea of the winner at this stage. But I dont think it will win the KG.

It's all about the Gold Cup with this fellow. I've taken advantage of the Victorbet ante post offer where you get a bet to the same value if the horse doesn't run

If he does win the King George I doubt the trainer will have any other race on his mind. He clearly believes in the horse and will surely declare his intention to go for the CGC if the horse wins.

As I have explained in several other threads, the similarities between Cue Card and both best Mate and Kicking King, at the same stage of their careers, are quite striking. I just don't see the trainer ducking the issue if the horse performs really well at Kempton. If he patently fails to stay at Kempton then sure they will be looking at the Ryan Air so we shall have to wait and see.

Agreed with other peoples comments on the logic to this thread. Very bizzare, if he bolts up on boxing day then the only race at all he will be going for at Cheltenham is the Gold Cup :-S

Ryanair is going to be very competitive again this year like last. SE likely to run and should be fav. You then have Grand Crus now he's in-form, Champion Court, possibly Flemenstar if he does not get the trip tomorrow but I think he will, Menorah back on form who won the Supreme. Looks a deep field.

Very good field shaping up, you can throw in Finian's Rainbow as well. But take out Grand Crus, he will go for the Gold Cup if he makes the meeting. I'm not sure Cue Card stays well enough for the Ryanair myself. He was never going to get 3m in a horsebox. He needs to learn to settle or he'll always be without a trip really - the Haldon Gold Cup was perfect for him, but he showed at Newbury last year that he doesn't really get 2.5m in top company.

settling is vital,maybe he never will,but imo a different jockey would help.

He had a reaaly hard race on Wednesday. I just hope they haven't bottomed him.

He settled much better on boxing day after that first fence blunder , he's got an awkward head carriage at the best of times that makes it look worse.

Flemstar 5/2 Fav in places after today. FWIW.

If flemenstar runs in the ryannair, I think he will obliterate CC and co...ott I know

he should run in the QMCC

Choo Choo - departing last station headed for the RYANAIR as advised ... your welcome

yep,was always to me the most likely race.Although i did see his trainer still mention the QM!!

Not sure what would have happened if CChris had jumped the 2nd last,but it looked to me that Cue Card got home fine,and for me he will be ok at a furlong more at Cheltenham,although i concede it aint a given.
Major player though,has to be.
I would still be concerned if hes lit up early on,cos their will be horses in the Ryanair that will make sure whoever wins will have to stay well.
Around 4/1,not sure i would take that right now myself,would ideally like to see what else out of the current entries actually lines up,before taking those odds.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooom!!!

YOUR VERY WELCOME !!!

All the nay sayers that said that this was a bizarre thread have not shown their faces since it bolted in.... unbelievable lack of appreciation for a master tipper

Love this horse

Hope he gets good ground for the King George 2013

18 Dec21.07

Called it

Well done Shiekh, what price did you get?

Had a $15 win trixie in December-

Hurricane Fly 5/1
Cue Card 6/1
Long Run 7/1

Would have cleared 7 grand for Long Run but not to be :(  - Ended up with $630 so alls well that ends well

Just nice to be right about something for a change!

You fancied it so much you put it in a Trixie??

FFS

I put it in a trixie as shown and also in 2 x $20 separate doubles with Boston Bob 10/1 and with Captain Conan 7/1, so yes I faniced it so much I put it in all my bets for Cheltenham Ante Post...

What would you rather me put it in ?? a lasagne?

I still won more than I staked.   (staked $100 - returned $630 = +$530)

I thought that this was the whole point of gambling....

Did you win Brian? You sound bitter? I hope that you won.