New Posts For Thread: Cheltenham novices - day 1 ....... any thoughts?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughtsAm i correct when i say that there are only 11 British trained entries for the Supreme?Bridgewater, Fry, King, Pauling, Russell 1; Henderson, King, O'Brien 2;Mullins has 14. And then the Arkle the Brits have 6 , the same as MullinsMoore, Snowden, Tizstrontium03 Mar 24 19:21Joined: 21 Sep 05 | Topic/replies: 4,536 | Blogger: strontium's blogYou will not improve the festival by excluding one-third of the best horses before it starts.How can anyone argue against that statement , we talk about diluthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563846259#563846259strontium03 Mar 24 19:21Joined: 21 Sep 05 | Topic/replies: 4,536 | Blogger: strontium's blogYou will not improve the festival by excluding one-third of the best horses before it starts.How can anyone argue against that statement , we talk about dilutMon, 04 Mar 2024 06:37:05 -0600British entrants unfortunately are in for a good old Irish kicking…..One or two if fortunate…..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563846147#563846147British entrants unfortunately are in for a good old Irish kicking…..One or two if fortunate…..Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:31:13 -0600Absolutely Ladcarla.Cacique, Nicholls does have near favourites in the Turners and the RSA, so it's not all doom and gloom. But he's basically interested in staying chasers, rather than running young hurdlers at the Festival (which is why he doesn'thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563846063#563846063Absolutely Ladcarla.Cacique, Nicholls does have near favourites in the Turners and the RSA, so it's not all doom and gloom. But he's basically interested in staying chasers, rather than running young hurdlers at the Festival (which is why he doesn'tMon, 04 Mar 2024 03:25:59 -0600Agree with Hayden, humans always knock success and always will. Enjoy Mullins while he's still in his prime, when he packs up we will miss him just like Cecil etc.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563846045#563846045Agree with Hayden, humans always knock success and always will. Enjoy Mullins while he's still in his prime, when he packs up we will miss him just like Cecil etc.Mon, 04 Mar 2024 03:15:49 -0600Nicholls and other British trainers have noticed there is more prize money and less competition away from Cheltenham (and it all counts for the trainers' championship). We are maybe starting to see this in Ireland as well, but the top owners still wahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563846025#563846025Nicholls and other British trainers have noticed there is more prize money and less competition away from Cheltenham (and it all counts for the trainers' championship). We are maybe starting to see this in Ireland as well, but the top owners still waMon, 04 Mar 2024 02:44:21 -0600There is also a clear preference among the leading Irish trainers to target the Supreme with their best novice while Nicholls tends to have horses more suited to the staying novice races. That does not mean that Mullins won't win all three but Ballybhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563845993#563845993There is also a clear preference among the leading Irish trainers to target the Supreme with their best novice while Nicholls tends to have horses more suited to the staying novice races. That does not mean that Mullins won't win all three but BallybMon, 04 Mar 2024 02:04:36 -0600We've just had a Grade 1 chase in England worth 175k to the winner with 4 runners where two of the main protagonists basically weren't trying and not an Irish horse in sight.No good squealing about the poor downtrodden British trainers when we've gothttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563845829#563845829We've just had a Grade 1 chase in England worth 175k to the winner with 4 runners where two of the main protagonists basically weren't trying and not an Irish horse in sight.No good squealing about the poor downtrodden British trainers when we've gotSun, 03 Mar 2024 16:31:33 -0600Its not about limiting the amount of runners the trainer can have in a race... thats a silly idea I'm baffled as to how Nicholls and Skelton have no entries in the Supreme and the Arkle...Where are they sourcing the next generation of chasers/hurdlerhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563845825#563845825Its not about limiting the amount of runners the trainer can have in a race... thats a silly idea I'm baffled as to how Nicholls and Skelton have no entries in the Supreme and the Arkle...Where are they sourcing the next generation of chasers/hurdlerSun, 03 Mar 2024 16:27:59 -0600i agree with the last posts . but why has the question never been put to willie ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563845805#563845805i agree with the last posts . but why has the question never been put to willie ?Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:13:47 -0600When owners pay the money they do in training fees,they shouldbe allowed to have who they want as a trainer & run in racesthey want regardless of how many they've got.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31833973/cheltenham-novices---day-1-any-thoughts?post_id=563845797#563845797When owners pay the money they do in training fees,they shouldbe allowed to have who they want as a trainer & run in racesthey want regardless of how many they've got.Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:02:06 -0600