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By:
Daryl Revok
When: 11 Mar 25 17:08
No. The pony tail makes him look ridiculous
By:
CagliariG
When: 11 Mar 25 17:10
Muppet!!!
By:
CagliariG
When: 11 Mar 25 17:10
Howard btw!!
By:
howard
When: 11 Mar 25 17:32
'People may not like it but we made the right decision'

15:42, 11 March 2025    rich ricci     Laugh
By:
CagliariG
When: 11 Mar 25 17:34
And they did so where does your laugh come from Komrade Howard, did they win?
By:
geoff m
When: 11 Mar 25 17:35
If yer aint innit Rich yer canna winnit. Bottled it.
By:
howard
When: 11 Mar 25 17:36
Everyone is laughing but you  ydc
By:
aberdonia
When: 11 Mar 25 17:39
Shows the ego of the man, utterly bizarre decision, when you have as much money as Ricci has....also shows a complete lack of confidence in his horse, as im certain Mullins was desperate to run in the CH irrespective of what he has said publicly.

hopefully we have CH and Lossie running against each other in ireland...
By:
CagliariG
When: 11 Mar 25 17:39
Really, seems like only after time morons doing that tbh but that is your level!! HTH
By:
Autocue
When: 11 Mar 25 17:40
As the winning trainer said about his owner - who dares wins Rodney.
By:
wondersobright
When: 11 Mar 25 18:01
likely left a champion hurdle behind but hey least they won a mares hurdle
pmsl
By:
wondersobright
When: 11 Mar 25 18:01
funny old game saint
By:
spyker
When: 11 Mar 25 18:47
I top thing about the result is knowing how much RR is pissed off. Willy gave the game away when he was interviewed about SM and said he blew L away in work or something similar so prob thought 4th at best which is why they went for the mares., while that was the reason the winner went for the Ch after L switched!
By:
CagliariG
When: 11 Mar 25 18:54
Strange that the experts on here think the owner and trainer got it so wrong given they won the mares and would have won the CH bar the fall, when will the Forum start training these horses and making the entries etc?

And pay the bills?
By:
duffy
When: 11 Mar 25 18:57
Think CH might have won without the fall too, especially considering as the expected strong pace that was supposed to have stretched the field did not materialize....Supreme was run quicker at all points to this race.
By:
CagliariG
When: 11 Mar 25 19:26
Howard called me ASDC when I questioned his view that ORMOLULU would be a 90 rated horse, beaten again a few minutes ago off 82 with the jockey claiming 5lb, only had £86 on the winner tbf, Howard must have lumped on the second or not?
By:
Hushwing.
When: 11 Mar 25 19:29
CagliariG , Irrelevant that State Man nearly won, this thread is clearly about Ricci and whether he made the right decision.
By:
CagliariG
When: 11 Mar 25 19:33
So you are saying Lossie would have won the CH Hushwing? More irrelevant than any view given before the race, are you saying they were wrong and would have won the CH?
By:
elisjohn
When: 11 Mar 25 19:37
lossie would habe been 3rd imho if ch and state man hadnt fall,  wouldnt mind seeing them 3 at aintree over 2.5 miles
By:
geoff m
When: 11 Mar 25 19:43
elisjohn11 Mar 25 18:37Joined: 15 Jun 03 | Topic/replies: 18,930 | Blogger: elisjohn's blog
lossie would habe been 3rd imho if ch and state man hadnt fall,


and thats why she should have been in. Riccis been in the game long enough to know that. ONly horse ever to get within 3 lengths of Con. Hill .A truly bizzare decision. Even more so if they had declared , as Golden Ace would have gone Mares as they where tracking on BHA website which way Lossie went.
By:
CagliariG
When: 11 Mar 25 19:43
Simple fact is that Mullins got it right bar the fall, whether it would have been had CH not fallen is moot, he would have won both.
By:
Hushwing.
When: 11 Mar 25 19:53
ah you need the 'did Mullins get it right thread' Crazy
By:
isleham
When: 11 Mar 25 19:54
decision to go the mares would definitely have been Willie's. not aftertiming to say Nothing ventured nothing gained
By:
impossible123
When: 11 Mar 25 19:59
I'm sure Ricci will insist Lossie turns up at Punchestown. I hope so too CH and SM. I think if CH is sound his owner ought to dictate to Hendo.
By:
MJK
When: 11 Mar 25 20:02

Mar 11, 2025 -- 7:54PM, isleham wrote:


decision to go the mares would definitely have been Willie's. not aftertiming to say Nothing ventured nothing gained


If you watched his interview earlier after the win it was quite obvious it wasn't his decision

By:
aberdonia
When: 11 Mar 25 20:42
Joined: 10 Aug 02 | Topic/replies: 2,699 | Blogger: isleham's blog
decision to go the mares would definitely have been Willie's. not aftertiming to say Nothing ventured nothing gained

it definitely wasnt Willie's decision..
it was the man who loves the limelight who made the decision.
By:
impossible123
When: 11 Mar 25 20:47
It was the correct decision. But, it will hurt them like hell given the fate of CH and SM. A different stable Lossie would have run in the Champion Hurdle eg Golden Ace.
By:
sageform
When: 11 Mar 25 20:51
And how do you know that Lossie would not have been brought down in one of the falls? Golden Ace was lucky to avoid both of them but showed real class to win easily.
By:
Hayden
When: 11 Mar 25 21:10
You'll never know how it would have panned out if Lossie had run , horses would have been in slightly different track positions in all probability and it's impossible to compare as it's not like for like , could easily have meant both stood up especially State Man on the assumption he'd have had something to race against at the business end.

Pure conjecture i'm afraid    Happy
By:
impossible123
When: 11 Mar 25 21:19
I think her connections would have taken the chance regardless. Her running style over 2m would have precluded her from being up with the pace; she'd be behind both CH and SM, I reckoned.

Imagine had she not taken a bad fall at Leopardstown? Anyway, it just was not to be.
By:
Angela Rebecchi
When: 11 Mar 25 21:20
Clearly Rich wanted them to run in the Mares. I personally would have gone for the Champion Hurdle as would rather take a shot at the big one
By:
impossible123
When: 11 Mar 25 21:24
That was the major difference in mind-set between connections of Lossiemouth and Golden Ace. Fortune favours the brave as the saying goes.
By:
MJK
When: 11 Mar 25 21:30
Can just imagine if either of the falls had resulted in a fatality. The anti racing brigade would've had a field day with such high profile horses. Great to see all involved walk away.
By:
eric_morris
When: 11 Mar 25 22:58
The jockey decided the Mares not the owner. The trainer supported the jockey in his desires and not the owners desires.
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