New Posts For Thread: Thoughts on MIDNIGHT CHASE????https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chaseHas a record of 6 wins from 8 at Cheltenham and was a respectable 5th in the Gold Cup last year.Backed him again this year @ 16/1, think he's around 12's now.What are peoples thoughts?Cheers"either have the class / ability to win it at the first attempt or you never ever do it" Mon Mome?Normally I'd be looking for 7 8 year olds for a profile winner and usually previous winners fail dismally or are Best mate/Kauto Star types who retain thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517598593#517598593"either have the class / ability to win it at the first attempt or you never ever do it" Mon Mome?Normally I'd be looking for 7 8 year olds for a profile winner and usually previous winners fail dismally or are Best mate/Kauto Star types who retain tFri, 16 Mar 2012 07:42:05 -0500You could say only The Fellow has been good enough to win the race after being beaten in it before and that stat probably takes us back 30+ years. Yes Kauto has been beat before and See More Business who did not complete through no fault of his own.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517598591#517598591You could say only The Fellow has been good enough to win the race after being beaten in it before and that stat probably takes us back 30+ years. Yes Kauto has been beat before and See More Business who did not complete through no fault of his own.Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:42:00 -0500great place chance or maybe better today..last year he came to the Race on the back of three wins and may have been just over the top by the time the race came around . As with Overturn in Tuesdays champion hurdlehe come here much fresher this tihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517598109#517598109great place chance or maybe better today..last year he came to the Race on the back of three wins and may have been just over the top by the time the race came around . As with Overturn in Tuesdays champion hurdlehe come here much fresher this tiFri, 16 Mar 2012 07:23:35 -0500I think a few subsequent National winners had tried and failed previously in the racehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517597287#517597287I think a few subsequent National winners had tried and failed previously in the raceFri, 16 Mar 2012 06:54:40 -0500think the Gold Cup is very much like the National - you either have the class / ability to win it at the first attempt or you never ever do itMust be a long time since a Gold Cup winner has failed in the race before winning it? The Fellow or Deserthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517596681#517596681think the Gold Cup is very much like the National - you either have the class / ability to win it at the first attempt or you never ever do itMust be a long time since a Gold Cup winner has failed in the race before winning it? The Fellow or DesertFri, 16 Mar 2012 06:33:08 -0500Cheltenham specialist and a great jumper. BUT sorry does not have the class to win this. He might run a bit better this year if ridden with a little more restraint. Let's face it Scudamore does not have his dads clock and no doubt burnt him out lahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517595485#517595485Cheltenham specialist and a great jumper. BUT sorry does not have the class to win this. He might run a bit better this year if ridden with a little more restraint. Let's face it Scudamore does not have his dads clock and no doubt burnt him out laFri, 16 Mar 2012 05:38:19 -0500Good luck today DirtyLeeds.I am working today but have backed Long Run in the GC. Also backed e-w Baby Mix,Caught In Session and Rocky Creek.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517595287#517595287Good luck today DirtyLeeds.I am working today but have backed Long Run in the GC. Also backed e-w Baby Mix,Caught In Session and Rocky Creek.Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:24:42 -0500zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517575651#517575651zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzThu, 15 Mar 2012 15:51:14 -0500thank god the race is tomorrow so that this thread can drift off into obscurity.wont be placed (again!)https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517570703#517570703thank god the race is tomorrow so that this thread can drift off into obscurity.wont be placed (again!)Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:03:41 -0500ground like today no chancehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28966839/thoughts-on-midnight-chase?post_id=517566823#517566823ground like today no chanceThu, 15 Mar 2012 12:22:13 -0500