New Posts For Thread: Would Big Bucks win the ascot Gold Cup?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cupi'd love to see him have a crack at it,while were on the subject of BB,Does anybody know if paul nicholls has a flat licence?i know he was in the process of getting one last year with the intention of running pepe simo at Royal ascot, but not sure ifhe won win ascot gc easily imohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520845457#520845457he won win ascot gc easily imoFri, 15 Jun 2012 07:28:23 -0500Dont think BBs would be in the 1st 3 in the Ascot GCup imo.Think they put that Q to Ruby about that race before, sure he said that he would prob get well stuffed, not a flat horse & if they thought that he was quick enough, he would have had a crackhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520809901#520809901Dont think BBs would be in the 1st 3 in the Ascot GCup imo.Think they put that Q to Ruby about that race before, sure he said that he would prob get well stuffed, not a flat horse & if they thought that he was quick enough, he would have had a crackThu, 14 Jun 2012 08:08:35 -0500he's not as pacy as he once was and really needed a strong, hard pace to swat off pacier animals like Oscar Whisky. That was the reason he took it up with 3 furlongs to go - he couldn't afford for it to turn into a sprint. It was one of Ruby's greathttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520807985#520807985he's not as pacy as he once was and really needed a strong, hard pace to swat off pacier animals like Oscar Whisky. That was the reason he took it up with 3 furlongs to go - he couldn't afford for it to turn into a sprint. It was one of Ruby's greatThu, 14 Jun 2012 06:52:29 -0500I love Big Buck's and he's made me a small fortune in time. However, you could see from the positive ride he was given by Ruby at this years World Hurdle (which in fairness was his toughest race yet) thathttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520807925#520807925I love Big Buck's and he's made me a small fortune in time. However, you could see from the positive ride he was given by Ruby at this years World Hurdle (which in fairness was his toughest race yet) thatThu, 14 Jun 2012 06:49:27 -0500Interesting thought but perhaps he is where he is because they know something we dont.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520807851#520807851Interesting thought but perhaps he is where he is because they know something we dont.Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:46:01 -0500Nicholls flat licence is quite recent which is why it hasn't been used much so far. His book hints it's so his daughter will be able to ride for him when she's old enough.I think BB would have had a great chance in the Ascot Gold Cup a couple of yearhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520807427#520807427Nicholls flat licence is quite recent which is why it hasn't been used much so far. His book hints it's so his daughter will be able to ride for him when she's old enough.I think BB would have had a great chance in the Ascot Gold Cup a couple of yearThu, 14 Jun 2012 06:23:12 -0500yes, would win quite easy...he's got a winning mentality which counts under any codehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520804591#520804591yes, would win quite easy...he's got a winning mentality which counts under any codeThu, 14 Jun 2012 03:29:44 -0500I thought american Trilogy would end up a Champion Hurdle horse when he won the countyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520804093#520804093I thought american Trilogy would end up a Champion Hurdle horse when he won the countyThu, 14 Jun 2012 02:47:29 -0500He'd be tailed off in my oppinion but it is just that, completely different disciplines, nippier flat breds would string him out before the stamina kicks in. The likes of Yeates and F&G were formerly Group 1 mile and a half horses and Derby favs, thahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520804061#520804061He'd be tailed off in my oppinion but it is just that, completely different disciplines, nippier flat breds would string him out before the stamina kicks in. The likes of Yeates and F&G were formerly Group 1 mile and a half horses and Derby favs, thaThu, 14 Jun 2012 02:45:29 -0500don't think you can use kasbah bliss as a yardstick. he was a top stayer on the flat and over jumps but some horses prefer one or the other. we have had 3 times champion hurdle winners who were tailed off every time they tried the flat and we have hahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29176889/would-big-bucks-win-the-ascot-gold-cup?post_id=520803949#520803949don't think you can use kasbah bliss as a yardstick. he was a top stayer on the flat and over jumps but some horses prefer one or the other. we have had 3 times champion hurdle winners who were tailed off every time they tried the flat and we have haThu, 14 Jun 2012 02:35:15 -0500