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why would the ground drying hurt his chance, he goes on any ground imo.
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Think WAF prefers it with less cut in tbh
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It seems almost unfair going to the well again so soon with a GC winner.
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If Nacarat beats Imperial Commander i'll give up betting!
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Lol I will ttt this tomorrow :)
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I would welcome it, but it ain't gonna happen! :D
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:p
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gotta lay!!
GL lads |
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taking a chance on what a friend myself.
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You lot are failing miserably @ talking me out of lumping on him. He's got 23lbs on the field & odds against ffs!
Hurry up & give me a valid reason not to back him or the b*ll*cks will be on the line!!! |
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isnt he much better left handed - apparently
thought he would be definately odds on |
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Isiris tipping is yesterday was a laugh, spent 5 minutes saying why not to back it, then gave max 8 pts win :D
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Went around Haydock OK, so not just a Cheltenham specialist, and could run a stone below the Gold Cup and would still win, imo...
All true, but doesn't necessaarily mean he is good bet at the price. The horse regularly runs stinkers has only once run to within a stone of a his gold cup run (according to Timeform) |
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When racing is over tonight and we're all tucking in to our steaks, some of us will wonder why we didn't supersize that meal by lumping on at an unbelievable price of 6/5.
Lump on, get a bigger steak! |
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I rarely back short price favs but I think this is a great price.Best fresh/bounce factor only negative .IMHO bounce factor is term invented by pundits to explain the unexpected.Never heard the term until a couple of years ago.Horses are not machines .IC may well be beaten but he should be 4/6 not 6/5
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I concur with loyola...it certainly should be odds on.Pundits talk about What a friend but on Henessey form when getting lumps of weight from Denman how can he be in the same parish as Imperial who beat Denman comprehensively on level weights.
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the fact he should be 4/6 is the only thing stopping me lumping on - kind of contradictory i know
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If Kauto and Denman hadn't fluffed their lines in recent times, this horse would be massive odds on today. Fact is he's got lumps in hand and should romp home.
P.S. I've backed WAF |
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2.25 with stanjames until midday if anyones interested
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that 5/4 was a happy hour promo 11 till 12
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Anything above evens is value in my eyes.
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8\9 and btn a nose by kauto when having a 7 week or more break......................................1\9 when not fresh.............just a litle bit of a worry
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The point is he wont have to be at his best to beat these horses he is a value bet in the race. (at the price he is now)
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ash............the point is when he does run badly its almost always off the radar
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You may be right not long now until we will find out.
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ash......why dont you back in running............youll probably have some idea after 3 or 4 fences and the price may not drop that much
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Unable to as at work today but up at anitree tomorrow and saturday. I have backed all of his last wins starting when he won the paddy power at big odds a couple of years ago anti post. So horse owes me nothing.
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The 'he needs to be fresh' factor apart, I think it's worth remembering that he hasn't got to beat Kauto Star or Denman today, he's got to finish in front of a field of horses who have fallen short of the very highest class on many occasions - his two main rivals have both been beaten in handicaps this season.
Given that Imperial Commander could run a stone below the Gold Cup performance and still win comfortably, the offer at the moment, in my opinion, seems to be better than even money about the best jumper of a fence in training getting round... |
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3.10 - Imperial Commander is very well and looks to buck the trend of Gold Cup winners in this race. Much is being made of his record away from Cheltenham by the RP pundits today but how much different would it be had he been a nostril in front of Kauto Star at Haydock instead of (officially!) a nostril behind? He is now rated 23lb in front of his nearest rival in this, is in tremendous form at home and we wouldn't be running him if we didn't believe he can deliver the right result. Paddy rides again.
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There was a nice story about one of the owners of Imperial Commander in the paper this morning. Him & his mates had a £100 acca, won 10 odd grand each. Bought a horse. Horse pegged it, copped the insurance. Next horse they bought was Imperial Commander, who has won £750,000 prize money so far. He plans to go to the races with his liverpool scarf (He's a Liverpool ssn ticket holder) and hopes to be able to give Fergie some stick after his horse does the business :)
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11-8 :0
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Easy pickings for layers :D :) B-)
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Hope horse and jockey safe
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:(
Time to find another hobby! |
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