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taken to the vets suffering from colic, didn't need surgery, sure we won't see him until next season.
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poor CH probably got in a sweat/panic about appearing in yesterdays boat race with th added pressure of his owner,telling everyone he would win it, at least he missed getting E-COLI
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The Emma Radacanu of the Horse racing world.
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Doubt we will see him again.
I like the Raducanu comment |
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What an unfortunate sequence of events? I hope he gets over his latest predicament, and starts off in the Fighting 5th again. Then X'mas hurdle (or Morgiana) and Cheltenham.
I did not think Hendo had the kahunas to do battle against State Man at Punchestown next month either. |
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RADUCANU was the most transparent ,ITS YOUR TIME EVENT ,never to be repeated sporting event in history but the pundits couldnt or didnt want to see it,1st of many grand slams to come
, seeded players pulled out with injury some played with injury other players knocked out the top tournament seeds for RADUCANU think she won without playing a top 10 seed in tournament,never mind top ten in world fair play to her but to think it was the start of multiple grand slam wins and world domination was patently ridiculous,but its the way of uk sport and pundits |
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Spot on 1sttp
Raducanu had to win 7 matches to win the trophy last year and was a qualifier herself. She beat 5 x unseeded players , one ranked 11 and one ranked 17 to lift trophy. Basically the draw just fell apart for one reason or another. Fernandez had a totally different path to the final beating Osaka ( 3 ) , Kerber ( 16), Svitolina ( 5 ) and Sabalenka ( 2 ) In Raducanu's half as soon as Barty , Pliskova , Kvitova , Swiatek and Andreescu flopped before the 1/4 final you were left with no slam pedigree in that half and the draw became extremely lop sided |
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The UK had been deprived of a genuine tennis world champion post Virginia wade and Murray (he was determined). The rest were weaklings and did not have the killer instincts necessary in the game to be effective and successful.
Then up-popped Ms Raducanu (from obscurity) who won several games in America in a competition as an outsider. She was also very young, personable and daughter of an immigrant couple. I think "Sweet Caroline" also enhances her fondness to the British public. |
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Emma is (was) talented enough to be able to get right to the top of the game in my view. But for talented female tennis players, once they get into the public arena, it can go one of two ways. Those who don't look like the back of the bus can quickly have their heads turned by the multi £millions, glamour, red carpet, sleb circuit. Alas that's the way she has gone, and the actual tennis just gets in the way.
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Raducanu's name will always be on the trophy.Unlike many others.
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Was never going to run again this season anyway, must be a doubt if he will ever run again.
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Correct, In Hell, but I doubt Hendo will learn the lesson.
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Spot on,In Hell..
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I think the decision not to run at |Newcastle on fastish ground was probably right , but the decision not to run at Cheltenham in January on heavy was a mistake. He would have run on heavy at Cheltenham in March .
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When was he pulled out of Newcastle because of fast ground?
When was he pulled out of Cheltenham because of heavy ground? |
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It's hardly material as (presumably) he would still have missed the important stuff.
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with the mullins grade one hurdlers, to seperate sir gino,de brooms,no penalty kicks next yr so unless they no its back to best,might be retired unbeaten
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Forget the racing. Colic has sadly taken the life of many top horses over the years. Only thing that is important is that Constitution Hill recovers from this dreadful equine disease.
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If you don't run them when fit tough luck when illness scuppers your plans. This isn't a racehorse as it doesn't race.
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why do top class horses run so rarely now days, I don't remember the likes of Night Nurse, wayward lad, sea pigeon, desert orchid missing lots of races, they seemed to running every other week.
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I still remember J Jenkins running his charges very regularly even the prolific winners, and on hard ground too.
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think thats the point,back in the day every horse ran 6/7 times a yr so if you were slightly below par didnt really matter as chances were opposition would be,back in day you didnt have to be at best/improve every race, since best mate trainers think theyve show their hand/at a disadvantage with a fresh horse ,with few runs on the board
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State Man ran 4 times only. Three against Irish opposition and the CH which he won easily. Galopin also ran 4 times, beaten on the first one. I know they ran and won on the big days but still not really extended more than once per season. El Fabiolo won 2 trials and then fell at Cheltenham. I agree that they should run more but why don't they? Is it really because the trainers believe this is the right strategy or because the prize money and race programme makes it uneconomic to risk them anywhere else? Nicky keeps saying that there are only four suitable races each season. That is an exaggeration but it is part of the problem. Neither Irish nor GB trainers seem willing to travel abroad more than once a year. Arkle raced in England more than he did in Ireland. What has changed?
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Poor horse, poor conns. Like others I doubt if we will see him again. Hope I am wrong.
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They no longer run the best horses in handicaps. That is part of the problem.
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What handicaps do you want them to run in?
Cheltenham is the problem, polarises the season. |
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agreed barstool but the elephant in the room this season has been trainers Championships. Willy vs Gordon and Paul vs Dan. None of them want to risk losing that by running their best horses in other countries.
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True. Only it isn;t.
Willie Mullins only took 75 to Cheltenham. Then took one to Uttoxeter. Don;t know how many Elliott took? Anybody? The past is another country? |
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It simply comes down to how many times a season can you have your horse spot on.
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Get the hoss ooota the stable
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God dammit…no chance of him making the Guineas now.
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The Cesarewitch might give him the time.
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He doesn't do himself any favours does he. Comes on the telly box puffed up like he is going to cry you would have thought he might have made the press aware on Wednesday took until Sunday if only because it is such a high profile horse. I know all that about owners prerogative he might be old school he is beginning to look increasingly out of touch with the larger racing public you cannot have your cake.
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The horses are run less at the top level because of the top heavy prizemoney.
You want to win half a million in one outing of course you will try to get your horse spot on for that race. Thats why they are so competitive. The other thing is that Irish jumpers go point to pointing usually on heavy ground, and they then get used to heavy ground. English BHA doesnt want Good in the going description at Cheltenham day one....they watered soft some years...plays right into Irish hands. |
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update from hendo, Constitution Hill back at the yard this morning, no ill effects, going to need a long rest.
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Back at that yard is the last place you'd want a sick horse to be.
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hendo says time for a summer holiday
been on holiday since dec 26th |
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irishone you are right that there is too much concentration on particular races but are you sure that they are competitive. How good a race were the Champion Hurdle or the Champion Chase this year? State Man is clearly good and might have been a bit below his best when destroyed by Constiution Hill last year. But what other 2 mile hurdlers currently in training are much good?
With the favourite out of the race early and the second fav a non runner, the Champion Chase was the weakest since Newmill in 2006 who also benefitted from the falls and absence of other fancied runners. I just had to look at Wikepedia to remind myself that the winner was Captain Guinness. The Gold Cup and the Stayers were very competitive and the winners were the best around. |
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This season State Man has been fortuitous; he'll win at Punchestown too. And, this year's Champion Chase is pants!
Is the horse (genuinely forgotten his name) trained by Hendo ok? If so, and Punchestown bound he'd give El Fabiola a race with Captain Guinness placed at best. |
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Jonbon? Who knows? Good news about the Hill though and good luck to him over the summer.
I want to see his flowing stride on a racecourse again. |