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31 Dec 12
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IMHO
Hacked up from a useful field at Chelt tother day despite connections feeling he will be better over further
N Schofield could put him where he wanted then and picked up and carved them apart when he quickened up
The second horse is a very highly thought of animal and cost Tinkler 150k and the rest were very decent animals
Great bet imho from a VERY shrewd trainer ( If JP don't buy it first
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Great story for the owners , it cost buttons
Hacked up from a useful field at Chelt tother day despite connections feeling he will be better over further
N Schofield could put him where he wanted then and picked up and carved them apart when he quickened up
The second horse is a very highly thought of animal and cost Tinkler 150k and the rest were very decent animals
Great bet imho from a VERY shrewd trainer ( If JP don't buy it first
)Great story for the owners , it cost buttons
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Could do with having a proper jockey, one bonus if JP did buy it would you'd get one onboard.
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Imo MCCoy is certainly not one the best at Cheltenham in recent years.
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Agree with that, but he, and almost everyone else in the weighing room, are a damn sight better than Schofield.
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Pity connections are targeting the Supreme.
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Pity connections are targeting the Supreme.
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I backed MR at Cheltenham and came away from the race thinking he wouldn't beat the 2nd again. May have to re watch the race
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Nice horse with a decent turn of foot. Always baffles me why people think blatant 2 milers should step up in trip. Very fast horse, no need.
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on course for the Neptune,good call from the thread starter,
well done Edward,wish i had listened!! |
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wish people would stay muddying the waters, trainer said after todays race:
"he will have entries in both races and we will take a view nearer the time." so not "on course" for the Neptune. If they have any sense they will go Supreme. |
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ok sorry,hes not off course then.
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Reckon it will depend on the ground - soft or heavy supreme,good or good/soft neptune.
Looks like he will stay further ok to me. |
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think this horse will be seen to even better effect on better ground.
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Can't believe you're trashing Schofield.
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Don't rate him at all. Be boring if we all agreed on everything.
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Al I can say is before Chelt debut they were convinced another half mile is what the horse wants and better ground so what we have seen might be just the start
9/2 was massive today based on his improvement at home My friend has one leg and they are buzzing , turned down fortunes fte his second run Well done IMO |
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I was well impressed with his pace and, much more, his attitude - looks a proper battler, and have backed him for Supreme with Betvictor (NR-free bet)
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Impressed with all that as well Steeple,backed him for the Neptune this morning on here.
Well at least you get another bet if you are wrong on his race,i wont. I would like him on my side if he does go supreme though,proper genuine horse. |
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budd
All I can tell you is the Neptune has ALWAYS been the target up until he won at Chelt where they were worried about it beint too short a trip and bad ground One of the lads with a leg is a pal of mine and not spoken to him since Sandown ( He is still drunk  )I will ask him if he knows more about huis intended target and if he don't mind I will post it here. I am absolutely certain this horse will be better over further on decent ish ground , there in prob lies the answer in that it will be ground dependent but for me he is a true staying hurdler who has enough speed over 2m on bad ground Hope they get to Chelt whatever , I have had a nice bet for the Neptune at 50/1 but not bet it for the Supreme GL Ed |
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Cheers Edward,any info much appreciated mate.
Does look to me its all about the going,and we may well not know till very near the festival. |
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Agree with all of that. MR is first and foremost a stayer, and the Neptune is the correct race for him. Wouldn't expect to see him in the Supreme unless the goiing was very testing. And Nick Scholfield is top-class. Wouldn't want any other jockey on board MR or Empiracle....who is rated even more highly in the yard!
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"MR is first and foremost a stayer"
This is complete rubbish. Care to provide some evidence? Horse has been winning comfortably over 2m, showing an impressive turn of foot. Has not been getting outpaced, and has not won over further than 17f. Baffling that people think the Neptune is the race for him. Just bizzarre. |
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Baffling??
Every year we have horses entered in both novices,some are entered in all 3!! Connections will know the horse better than any of us,and his next entry will be interesting imo. Its all ground dependant i think,and their is no doubt in my mind that connections think he will be fine over the Neptune distance,and he certainly looks like it to me. |
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"MR is first and foremost a stayer"
Workforce, it's not me saying that but his trainer. But you seem to think you know the horse better than him. Ah well. |
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Would back my judgement of the formbook against that of any trainer, 100% of the time.
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thats fair enough,but its no good if the trainer decides differently,which is the point Michael is saying.
Then it dont matter what you think,in that scenario he aint running in your race!! |
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Workforce
The "form book" is only part of the puzzle and as he has yet to run over further how can the "form book" help you make your decision Perhaps bumper winners should all stick to 2 miles because that is as far as the "form book" tells you they have run despite the fact that MOST go on to be staying hurdler/chasers Do your eyes not tell you ( esp at Sandown ) that the further this horse went the better he looked After the last he didn't go past the second with an "impressive turn of foot" ( your words ) he actually wound it up and pulled clear through stamina up the hill Perhaps you should watch it again ( without the 2m blinkers on ) and think about what "might" happen rather than what you have seen thus far We simply don't know yet but I would rather believe a very capable trainer who has not got carried away with the 2 wins at 2m than a bloke on a forum who lacks both the foresight / knowledge to see where "natural" improvement might come from. It seems you have the game by the balls and I will inform my friend to get Jeremy to seek your advice about his target as 100% of the time your judgement is better than his. Go look at his bumper form and show me this "impressive turn of foot" as I would love to see it. For me it will "probably" be the longer race on decent ground and the shorter race on bad ground but no doubt if he goes for the Neptune and god forbid gets beat you will be along to tell the world what a mug the trainer is. Open your mind pal and might I say your eyes also. Let hope the horse does well whatever and they decide not to sell it |
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Market on here says aint going Neptune, if so think you better fill your boots, good luck with whatever route he takes.
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Edward
Firstly the trainer is not a mug, he is a very good trainer. If the horse ran in the Neptune I would certainly not call Jeremy Scott a mug. When I referred to the formbook, I was referring to my reading of the race, not the bare facts that he's merely run over 2m. His turn of foot was perhaps most in evidence at Cheltenham, where he led on the bridle over the last, despite a very steadily run-race. That to me demonstrates speed. RE Chepstow bumper win - horse barely came off the bridle and powered clear under minimal urging. As Timeform put it, he was "always cruising in mid-field and quickly left largely NH-bred rivals for dead when his rider let some rein out at the 2f pole" Why should he be stepped up in trip for the festival? If the horse was blatantly outpaced and being beaten over 2m, then by all means step it up in trip. There is no need to do so at the moment IMO. I'm not denying that the horse will stay further in time. Anyway, lets agree to disagree. I hope the horse runs well/wins at the Festival (whatever the target). It would be nice to see a smaller yard in the winners enclosure. Good Luck with your bet. |
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I think that Jeremy Scott believes that he doesn't need to make a decision yet ! he can keep his options open and wait to have a better idea of where the opposition is going and the likely ground conditions, If it looks like the ground is going to be softer than the cotc would be aiming for he has the choice to stay at the shorter trip, I don't know if MR will run again before the festival but either way he will get to see The New One again and Puffin Billy I believe is due to run again,just my opinion but I wouldn't want to be getting involved with so many variables at the moment, not a good AP option for me at the moment,good luck to all who guess correctly...
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70 now on here for neptune,certainly suggests Supreme is the race for him.
Just had a bit of that,still think its up in the air a tad. If it is going dependant,thats a big price. |
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There's no need to try and work out what's happening from the markets. The trainer himself said straight after Sandown: "he has loads of pace and will probably end up in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle." I'm surprised nobody has pointed this out.
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Yes,but probably means just that,i will cover him in both races just in case,and 70 means i dont lose a lot.
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Budd did you nick the 85s as well?
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no mate,missed that!!
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What a lovely horse
Neptune or Supreme, good luck to the boys Already scooped a fortune from the last 3 wins |
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Didn't back it today, though I had interest in the Neptune at a decent price, all green now. Good luck to the connections whatever route they decide to take.
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Jockey said after the race today,he was heading for the Supreme,but now he reckons a decision will be made nearer the time and will probably be ground dependant.
Makes sense,and my gut feeling is he will be in Supreme. |
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sounds to me that if it comes up genuinely soft he will run in Supreme and if it's normal ground will be neptune.
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Is it as good as VILLAGE VIC, OP?
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