What price will LABAIK be if he jumps on terms

My advice is wait to see if he jumps off and then back him at 4.3 if he does.

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Apr 25, 2017 -- 3:59PM, dan hardcore wrote:

My advice is wait to see if he jumps off and then back him at 4.3 if he does.

How do you plan on getting that price, went 50s to single figures last time!

I reckon he will be about 30% below it's BSP if it jumps ok

4.3 will be gone in milliseconds. I think he is the best horse in the race but with the mullins/ruby factor i reckon he will go 2.5 at the start.

Ok, 3.95.

Definitely wait, I feel sorry for the bookmaker punters though

What makes you think Melon will improve past? Labaik looked like a beast to me. Reckon it'll be around 2.5 to 3.0 if it jumps off properly.

I think Melon will prefer this track, short though

he will be dropped in last probably and as such, will still be around the 4 mark after jumping the first!

Melon looked a monster as well at Chelters.

i thought it would be 7/4ish if away level.

3.35

good luck all

Sorry all who fancy it, I'm backing it pre race, so that confirms it plays up.

Apr 25, 2017 -- 4:12PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

What makes you think Melon will improve past? Labaik looked like a beast to me. Reckon it'll be around 2.5 to 3.0 if it jumps off properly.

He travelled very well at Cheltenham and looked like the winner for most of the race. With that experience behind him and on this track, I think he will show the benefit. Just my opinion...

they will be not far off joint favs imo if he jumps off

deliberate by ruby imo

doh

knew it!

Told you, my luck is really bad at the moment.

on the first run at the start he seemed fine

that horse will have to be campaigned exclusively in england I'm afraid

Clearly tried to balls up Labaik up there and it worked.

Oh wait, it's cantering nicely.

cmon Pingshou

why hasn't it hit 1000? did it jump off eventually?

Ruby

Melon 1.5

Labaik would had smashed them

On you go Labaik, you little beauty.

Enjoy the rest of the day folks, I'm going to disappear now and tilt the rest of my balance.

having watched the race you'd say labaik will beat that lot every time that he starts on terms

85/40

The last time he refused to race, they managed to get him going off-camera and he completed the course and the same thing has happened just now.

How do they get him to eventually jump off?

Glad Ruby got chinned. Nobody on commentary mentioned the elephant in the room of Ruby turning his horse to delay the start thus messing with Labaik.

As for Kennedy what was he doing making him jump off 2 furlongs behind. Very sour note to start the festival.

Apr 25, 2017 -- 4:33PM, trigger3 wrote:

Glad Ruby got chinned. Nobody on commentary mentioned the elephant in the room of Ruby turning his horse to delay the start thus messing with Labaik.As for Kennedy what was he doing making him jump off 2 furlongs behind. Very sour note to start the festival.

won't count as a refusal doing that

how do they get him started.
wait till he finishes his cigar,

Are they allowed to stick a hood on him like on the flat and then pull it off last second, got to try something because this is becoming farcical.

Ruby broke no rules but it was gamesmanship at it's best imo.

Maybe they should enter a companion that he would run with at home

just seen the replay , ruby looks around to see if labaik started , cheeky .

is that well played , or poor sportsman ship ?

The biggest disgrace is the fact that the so called racing 'experts' on tv are afraid to call him out over the incident. All up each others backside. Not even mentioned.

well played, how long is this going to go on for, we'll get to a situation where there will be less and less money for the horse through fear of today's events but the books will still be pricing him up at the top of the market.

Experts are saying Walsh had to turn as was 20 secs before the off time.

Labaik should not be allowed to start 15 seconds after the rest.  To all intents it is a refusal and needs to be treated as such under the rules.

Glad to see Betfair refunded Labaik 5/4 offer to void if the dratsab refused.

Apr 25, 2017 -- 5:11PM, Storm Alert wrote:

Experts are saying Walsh had to turn as was 20 secs before the off time.Labaik should not be allowed to start 15 seconds after the rest.  To all intents it is a refusal and needs to be treated as such under the rules.Glad to see Betfair refunded Labaik 5/4 offer to void if the dratsab refused.

Just checked the off time which was exactly 30 seconds after 4.20pm so I'm not buying the fact that there was a 30 second gap let alone a 50 second gap between the original turn and the actual off time. Maybe someone can clarify this but it sounds like someone trying to justify Ruby's deliberate turn.