Cheltenham Day 3

Teahupoo (Nap) to duff up the old timers.

Zanahiyr being being backed

Cobden is a one trick pony, well done to the skeltons.

more like it

about 14s over std for extended 2m 3f

Slow ?

a soft ground time

old course 1st 2 days heavy both tracks

new course isn't watered in the autumn like the old is

ok thanks

Off 1.30
Time 5m. 4.64 secs, which is 2.09 secs faster than the course average on today's going

a top horse will run to near std (4:52) on good ground on inner lines

I see the rail out 5yds tho adding 46yds to dist that would account for 3-4s
is near to as described prob between g/s & soft
on 1 time

Nice hold up ride Harry

6:02 on inner line hurdle course...soft

1stMonmiral (FR) (14)25/1
2ndKyntara (GB) (22)16/1
3rdCuthbert Dibble  (12)11/2fav
4thBold Endeavour (GB) (5)50/1

OFF 2.11.22 Ran
Tote Win £31.70 ; Plc £6.10, £4.20, £2.20, £9.10Trainer Paul NichollsJockey Harry CobdenOwner Sir A Ferguson G Mason J Hales & L HalBreeder S.A.R.L. Carion EMMTote Exacta- £567.50 Tote Trifecta- £6391.60 CSF- £371.11 Tricast- £2557.81NRs - Judicial Law (IRE), Springwell Bay (GB)

had 1st 3rd 5th in my trifecta

probably soft, g/s pl on chase track but soft is fair

unlike tues & weds

Hopefully Stage Star can perform for PN

We need an official  "I gave up on Monmiral ages ago" thread

Cool Survivor 5.30 and Arctic Bresil 4.10. Hoping for places at least.

I backed Emitom ew as i thought it won well at newbury (was rated much higher when trained by that idiot) and given a good ride, today it raced wide and finished 5th

Dutch Ahoy Senor and Protekorat in the next.

Backed Protektorat as I think he will lead for most of the way, got nicholls in a multiple as well so I guess the irish will win.

Conflated 16s and Fil Dor 50s both look great prices though slight concern about Elliots horses this week. Most are running okay but not sparkling

What an excellent decision to put him in the ryanair

This Skelton lad seems to know what he is doing!!

Unbelievable strike rate.

Maybe deserves to get some of the cream of the crop?

Certainly timing his riding better, used to get too excited......

wd ibra

and barstool

wd barstool

4/8 at 50%

For context.

Mullins has run 43 for his 6 winners!!

Certainly timing his riding better, used to get too excited......

I meant the trainer!!

Mar 14, 2024 -- 3:59PM, tomo1984 wrote:

4/8 at 50%For context.Mullins has run 43 for his 6 winners!!

aye but mullins is sh1te like

Cheers Sonko and well done too.

Well done Protektorat! I backed you twice, and you over-raced. No worries, you ran in the correct race. And, the owners? They are so lucky; I understand they lost a good horse recently. And, then bought the most expensive horse ie Caldwell Potter. Well done!

part own CP

Flooring Porter win and place in the Stayers.

I am just going to bet in running, hopefully SDB will hit a massive price and take off.

well done barstool

wd sonko

irish 1-2-3-4-5

shame i had 1-2-5 in my trifecta

The front 2 are crazily short in 410, cant have a jonjo trained orse.

Harry

Really need Crebilly unplaced for the pp

4th in the hennessey

Most enjoyable day of the week so far.

And by far as well!!

Feels like proper racing today.

oh its proper racing today

Feel bad for Fergal.

Guy still can't get a Cheltenham winner.

Suffered the sad loss of HH earlier in the week, then Crambo runs a shocker and probably best chance Dysart Enos comes up lame in the morning.

Well done mr Scott

some big spending owners in behind...a big FO from lorcan

Ok, now turning into a really proper day.

That'll warm the heart.

A Jeremy Scott winner at Cheltenham.

No fluke, it's hacked up.

don't underestimate taunton form innit

2 jockeys with their 1st festival winner b2b...superb stuff

jeremy's 1st festival winner too

I bet Fergal is kicking the cat even more now though!!

Female Golden Cygnet (if only!!!)  Well done Jeremy Scott.

Jeremy Scott? Was he not a Liberal MP?

His son!!!



NOT

And a fine piece of training to avoid the penalty that the three Irish all had to carry.

So we have found out today, that there are some absolutely top trainers still in Britain if the owners would give them the ammunition.

I mean we knew that anyway, but it certainly gives more food for thought.

Mar 14, 2024 -- 6:00PM, wondersobright wrote:

2 jockeys with their 1st festival winner b2b...superb stuff

lorcan's 2nd I forgot about the covid foxhunters

Ukraine vs Russia. The Russians realised they are in a war, why and how? The ammo from the West and USA; ammo is the key! Any horse trainer is "professional" impotent if they are deprived of their hardware.

Mar 14, 2024 -- 6:06PM, tomo1984 wrote:

And a fine piece of training to avoid the penalty that the three Irish all had to carry.So we have found out today, that there are some absolutely top trainers still in Britain if the owners would give them the ammunition.I mean we knew that anyway, but it certainly gives more food for thought.

max 1 runner per trainer per race would be the stick should the carrot not work

I don't mind two or three to be honest.

But five or six!!  Nah.

And then I look at the National entries and remember that Elliott has 15 in the top 46, Mullins has 12 and Britain combined have 7!!

That might be the straw that breaks the camels back this year?

Cheltenham now a bloated borefest with nothing handicaps that wouldn't be out of place at Uttoxeter -on top of a slew of odds-on favs in the Championship races. Go back to 3 days ffs and give us a genuine festival of concentrated quality.

I thought it was good today.

Nice range of winning SPs and nice range of winning trainers, plus some interesting and close racing.

You have to laugh Elliot and Mullins bring a couple over with sky high reputations only to get stuffed buy a little mare from Somerset ffs....Fukin Mugs game this is.

backed demnat at 90.

She had plenty of solid form though to be fair, including against geldings and a very nice pedigree.

Fair play, would not be Cheltenham without a proper JP punt.

Caps an enjoyable day all-round.

Inothewayyurthinkin goes in and what;s the first thing the post race interviewer numpty asks Cromwell, unwittingly and totally oblivious to its relevance is - "What were you thinking"?  lmao.

In education even the elite establishments have a "reserved" allocation for bright pupils from lesser fortunate families and inner-London state schools, why? Otherwise, horseracing could go the similar way to some well-sought after properties in some parts of England eg the Lake District, Sandbanks, etc where outsiders eg those from London buying them up as 2nd homes to the detriment of the locals.

The people with deep pockets can and will always change the market and dynamic of any entity or commodity and make these more desirable and lesser affordable to the majority.

Horseracing is a sport and a commodity, and is no different, I believe.