Nice bet, well done Rico.

Well done Rico now. If yer havent watched take a look @ the Cromwell interview with Nick Luck   Luck on sunday on you tube. Loved the way the hoss wanted to try & get Cromwell out the way so he could hogg the limelight. Certainly loved the camera.

11/4 for this race with 'Denise' (nrnb).

Would think he will run in the GN.He has always looked like an ideal GN type and this was the aim all season. The Gold Cup was an after thought.He is some horse now and could win more Gold Cups but off this mark he could win a grand national in third gear if he can avoid trouble in running.

Punchestown under consideration as well as National for Inothewayurthinkin as favourite backers face nervous wait
Inothewayurthinkin (right): is red-hot favourite for the Grand National
Inothewayurthinkin leads Galopin Des Champs over the last in the Gold Cup
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Inothewayurthinkin appears likely to run again this season but his Randox Grand National backers are set for a nervous wait, with the Ladbrokes-sponsored Punchestown Gold Cup looking a serious alternative.

Gavin Cromwell told the Racing Post on Sunday that the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner had emerged in fine form after dethroning Galopin Des Champs last Friday, and said he does not see why the seven-year-old wouldn't be seen again before the campaign draws to a close.

Inothewayurthinkin's revised official rating is likely to be in the region of a stone higher than the 160 he was awarded when the National weights were revealed last month, making Aintree an obvious temptation for Cromwell and owner JP McManus. But the gap between the Gold Cup and the National is 22 days, whereas Cromwell would have an extra three and a half weeks to prepare Inothewayurthinkin for a potential rematch with Galopin Des Champs at Punchestown on April 30.

"I haven't spoken to JP or Frank [Berry, racing manager] about it yet so we'll see, but I don't see why he won't run again this season," said Cromwell. "If he does, I'm not sure where it will be, but Aintree or Punchestown would be the two obvious options.

CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 14: Winning jockey Mark Walsh (r) poses in the winners enclosure alongside owner JP McManus (c) and trainer Gavin Cromwell (l) following the Gold Cup victory with Inothewayurthinkin in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase during day four of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse on March 14, 2025 in Cheltenham, England.  (Photo by Michael Steele (Getty Images)
Gavin Cromwell, JP McManus and Mark Walsh after Inothewayurthinkin's win in the Gold Cup
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"We'll let the dust settle and discuss it. It's a question of whether we stay on the championship route and go for the Punchestown Gold Cup or go for the Grand National. He's in good form and has come out of the race well."

Inothewayurthinkin is a best-priced 4-1 with Paddy Power and Betfair Sportsbook for the National, and if sent to Aintree would likely go off one of the shortest-priced favourites in the history of the race.

Cromwell and his team have worked hard to improve how Inothewayurthinkin has jumped through the course of this season, and the trainer has expressed fears in the past that the hustle and bustle of a 34-runner National could undo some of that work.

He's a Gold Cup winner. He's only 7, and he'd run in another 2/3 Gold Cup, if sound and capable. I'd skip this year. Next year esp if things do not go according to plan.

N/R.

The right decision and for me pretty much an inevitable one. Hard to believe so many on this thread thought there was any chance of it happening. Glad they haven't wasted too much time in announcing it.

Bookmakers pocketed a nice bit of ante-post money. Normally I would be sympathetic towards backers, but not in this case. They didn't understand the jumping issues, clearly misjudged the ability of the horse, and didn't listen to Cromwell who was never keen on going for the race. Plus ignoring the owner's multiple entries.

Agreed good decision and well handled by Crowell, JP and Berry.


Got to the decision quickly and feel its the right thing for the horse. Hope they're rewarded and he stays sound and keeps putting in that kind of performance as I know there is people talking of GDC not running to form, but what he did in the Gold Cup was pretty breath taking.

....They can't supplement him again though can they???

Yes a tremendous performance in the GC  , but that leads to the Question of its previous Runs , So I would not be Shouting the connections names from the roof tops ,it has improved a stone and a half

on all known form it could not Beat Champs

Yes a tremendous performance in the GC  , but that leads to the Question of its previous Runs , So I would not be Shouting the connections names from the roof tops ,it has improved a stone and a half

on all known form it could not Beat Champs

beaten 8L in the paddy power gold cup and never tried.

Horse has not ran to its Merit was not in the biggest National Hunt race of the Year is suddenly supplemented  ,What about AP gold cup  Bettors surely if you are betting into a market and then a new entry suddenly

appears how can that be fair ?

The whole lot stinks tbh , Not to mention those who spotted the Rick in the national Market

it was worst kept secret in racing it was having national float ups
horse has come right in spring again hence ran in gold cup

Most surprising thing to me ( in hindsight ) is that there was anything in the lay box considering everyone seems to now know it was never going to Aintree , thought all the apparent free money would have been gobbled up by fellow forumites.

Hayden 18 Mar 25 14:50 
Most surprising thing to me ( in hindsight ) is that there was anything in the lay box considering everyone seems to now know it was never going to Aintree , thought all the apparent free money would have been gobbled up by fellow forumites.


DD jussed booked a mth in vegas.

We'd better all switch to Iroko now. that's the one they've been messing about with the most after this one.