Kopek des Bordes.

greatrex beat a furlong & grinning

Monster. Interesting the beforehand on the McManus horse considering Willie was bigging it up all week. The run proved the betting right.

* betting

Third prize there more than the vast majority of GB winning prizes. Owners want prize money not class 5 wins.

Highly impressive.

Great passion from the family, lovely to see.

.... Just thinking that myself Slippy, if I lived anywhere near Fermoy I would be joining them. !!

Indeed G.C. Cheering your own home and giving it the big "Oi Oi" is one of life's great pleasures!

JP opening the cheque book as we speak..

I doubt if he will be sold until after Cheltenham. Meanwhile why does Gaelic Warrior keep being backed when he has yet to win out of novice company?

Take out the Arkle win and GW is a very consistent 155 horse. How good was the 2024 Arkle?

Very impressive there

He won the postponed race at Navan today. And, he's now fav for The Arkle; 2f is Lulamba who won another novice chase at Exeter today. Are they that good or merely stable induced? Kopek won The Supreme, and Lulamba was 2nd in The Triumph.

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Do you ever bring anything worthwhile to the table?

None that I have ever seen

Townend says Kopek and Final Demand are two different types.  In style and temperament presumably.  Final Demand the more likely to be a Gold Cup horse?  In 2027 one would assume.

Kopek looked a Kauto and Final a Denman .

On looking up Final’s form was astonished to note that after two ptp’s he by-passed a Bumper debut to go straight for a very valuable hurdle debut which he won easily.  He beat the same Elliott horse by the same distance in his recent Beginners ‘chase.  Very exciting horse already.