Countrywide flame

the irrrrrrrrrrrrrrrisssssssssh horse

Countrywide Flame: John Quinn, trainer: “He’s in fine fettle and I’m very happy with him. He was second in the Finale on testing ground and second at Leopardstown in heavy ground but he would prefer better ground. It was Dougie’s decision not to ride but Denis is a top-class jockey and he’ll have no problems on him. He is a very versatile horse in terms of how he can be ridden so it is not a worry for me the size of the field. I’ve got him in at Leopardstown over Christmas and I’ll look at the next Cheltenham meeting and there’s also the Christmas Hurdle so he’s got plenty of options but I’d definitely prefer if it was on.” (11 mins ago)

fav to win imo

thommo thinks fav has an outstanding chance so thats a positive for u!!

Trifolium for me. Race fitness to tell.

put him in place fair and square

fink it "burst " there Glossy ??????????

Great call.

Horse seems to just keep on improving.

WOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!

Yeah something obviously not right with Trifolium. Just came to a standstill.

Fitter horse won, but JM was pretty idiotic from the start!

WTF did Maguire think he was riding?  He was never going to quicken more than the winner.  Flame had too much speed.

I agree with Diamond Joe Quimby.

that thommo could stop a train....completely clueless....

25's in to 8's...is it april 1st?

Probably should have backed it, nice horse plenty more to come, but 8/1 for the CH.

I am certain that flattered Countrywide Flame, Cinders and Ashes was never travelling on the ground.

W,D winners..............but I wouldent get carried away with that!

Ardlui is 7/2 off 125 in the next and has strong formlines with CF

Meet again next month with a new pace on and a more positive ride from JM and the result is reversed.

^^ you hope

But i agree fitness may have played its part today.

Ardlui fto

Out for the run in a £58k race ? Behind at the start, never put the horse in the race at any time, what was all that about ? Trainers can get horses to win big races without a run these days, baffled.

Winner visually very impressive but second has either been sent out woefully short of peak fitness (most of the stables horses are ridden to exploit a fitness advantage but this one  clearly wasn't) or is way short of Champion Hurdle class.

Howdi did yopu back it Ante Post because we thought 40s was too big?

Very magnanimous of you Thunder.

Great to see a struggling Trainer **** The Big Boys.

a seriously good horse.

excuse for cinders was the ground.....work that one out.

So are we saying both the irish horse and the fav ran way below form?

I thought cinders and ashes had won on heavy

Has won several times on heavy.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if it works out that last year's Triumph was a better race than the Supreme. Certainly was that way the year before.

How can the ground have been excuse - won twice on heavy and on soft - presumably it's a different type of heavy at Haydock? If anything on past history the ground should have been against the winner. The winner is solid but if he is a realistic 8/1 chance almost anything may as well pitch up in March.

As it was in 2007 glossy

the winner 12 stone grade 1.