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looks an ideal type. mattie batchelor 1st ride in the race a winning 1 would make a great story. great guy batchelor
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Carruthers might be ideal for the race but Batchelor most certainly isn't. He might be a nice bloke but his ride at Aintree was the worst i saw all weekend. I don't think he saw a stride the whole way round....put the poor horse wrong at every single fence. If Carruthers runs in the National i really hope they put a jockey on him because otherwise i'd fear the worst.
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no keep batchelor on a real character . hes never done anything wrong on carruthers imo . lord oatsys horse aswell that would be a syuper story. souldnt have too much wieght with denman in .
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king george winner imo
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Last year's Sun Alliance was a fairly spectacularly bad ride.
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cant have carruthers winning a grade 1 especially with kauto around . does any 1 knoiw if he will be aimed at the national
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It can't be a coincidence that the bloke has been riding for years yet has never ridden in the race. I wouldn't back Mattie to get a horse out the paddock on it's feet at Aintree.
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Carrurthers only runs well in small fields...so no chance
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Batchelor has a rare ability to set a horse incorrectly at pretty much every fence it jumps. It is an absolute credit to Carruthers' jumping ability that he is able to complete races despite this. There are quite a few NH jockeys who appear to close their eyes a few lengths prior to every fence and hope for the best, but Batchelor is so bad that he actually seems to ride a horse into a bad stride fence after fence. I would be astonished were he to ever finish a National, let alone win one.
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The answer to the OP is no. Hth
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