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Uncle.....That might be a ticket to hang on to,tremendous run from Whisper,it does beg the question what was
Hendo doing winning a two runner race,giving him the 4lb rise. Only his 7th start over fences,that must put him right in the picture for the blue riband. Rarely do the beaten riders get credit,thought Russel gave him a peach,not much he could do as the horse took him there,he ran all the way to the line. Nothing else on the chase course came near standard,TR winning time 1.4 secs faster than standard. There were a few in behind that caught the eye,a race to return to over the coming months. Come racing they say,another 136% book,following the betvictor 132% book. Somebody....somewhere......surely you are in danger of biting the hand that feeds you. |
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had my biggest bet of the year on Whisper, comfortably beat everything else in the race, just found one too well handicapped
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harry, maybe it was the Cheltenham win but what ever, RV is not the same horse this season. Blinkers on yesterday and almost pulled himself up at halfway.
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Henderson made a big mistake, he didn't realise Whisper would get a 4lb penalty for Kempton nocturnal, cost him the race surely. One of the consequences I suppose of training so many horses, you would have thought someone would have put him right though.
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I accept that the penalty cost him the race but he would have found it hard to finish behind Clans Des Obeaux in a 2 horse race which would have been the ideal outcome. Without the run he probably would not have lasted home at Newbury.
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No trainer worth his salt sageform would pick up a penalty which would mean he was 4lbs wrong in a race like the Hennessy, he would either run prior to penalties kicking in or run without a prior run. Henderson made a mistake, he thought because Smad Place run in both races without a penalty when he did the double a couple of years ago the same would apply to Whisper.
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Then again, If Whisper had won a half length, Mullins could have blamed himself for the 18 lbs he picked up for winning previously. The fact that they both pulled clear of the rest shows they were both well handicapped despite the penalties.
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