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what is even the point of running the john durkan today?
what is even the point of running the john durkan today?
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He wasn’t suggesting it was for betting he seemed surprised at the price.
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A bit of money for Fact To File into 2.88, but is still bigger than antepost a few days ago. I hope it's JP's and his cronies.
Let's hope for a clean and safe race for all participants. Has any fence been omitted? It's bright and sunny where I am. |
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Will never understand why people purport to watch races because of the variety of trainers involved and not the variety of horses.
 Fascinating race in my view. |
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Unless your in punchestown impossible it’s pretty irrelevant what the weather is where you are
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Is Punchestown bright, sunny and breezy? It's in mine.
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JP's money is on. Fact To File is into fav again.
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Gone too fast Gaelic Warrior or a soft lead?
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1 of the races of the ssn
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heart of a champion gaelic warrior
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Cracker,Wnr battled back well.
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Gaelic just held on. Both to the King George? Fact To File was running on at the finish. A soft lead was the key to the winner, I think.
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Brtilliant race.
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1.05 the 2nd, how good a battle was that
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THAT was the point of running the John Durkan toaday !
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Brilliant race. No need to wager on any participant. I relish watching top class performers like those two magnificent athletes.
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Good finish but it was a 2 horse race from flag fall.
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Townend had given his horse a big breather for much of the last half mile so was able to battle back.
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best horses avoid each other people complain
best horse run against each people complain |
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Great race i am trying to decide who is the better Jockey but i cany split them.
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its november its a starting point for all horses
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townend is better than m walsh acey
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That’s this forum for you ,sageform doesn’t like anything to do with Irish racing if that race was at Cheltenham or Exeter it would have been a classic |
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wondersobright23 Nov 25 15:13Joined: 13 Jun 06 | Topic/replies: 114,662 | Blogger: wondersobright's blog
townend is better than m walsh acey Maybe.....Maybe not.  |
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O'keefe is fav for the Irish Jockeys Championship, not Townend. I wonder why.
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jimnast, it was classic match race but the rest were 200/1 before they had jumped a fence. I watch some Irish racing but must admit I marginally prefer French. If you are Irish, of course you enjoy it the most but I am English so that is my first choice.
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Some punters seem to like it sage, where they stretch out like the M6 after about 50 yards.
Being a steward over there must be easiest job ever invented, as they don't give a ferkin about it. |
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Perhaps you should have Layed then Sageform?
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A fabulous race with two top class horses from the same Yard off for their lives.
Anybody who doesn't realise that should pack the game in |
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The horses and jockeys from the biggest stable and the biggest owners in Ireland are sacred eg the rescindment of a 30-day ban for an injudicious ride by Mr Geraghty (JP's jockey) on Noble Emperor at Limerick is a point in question.
The John Durkan was just another one of such races when a horse was given a very soft lead. |
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Misses the point really up theirons, you had the winners of the two biggest races of the year out for an exercise gallop. I'm not passing an opinion on that, but that's what people are talking about, not the ones ready for today and in the race to win. ie, the reality didn't match the hype, it matched expectation.
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GW especially seems to know when he has been heavily backed, smart 'oss
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Agreed irons.
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jimnast, he’s not too keen on anything Scots either but. I don’t hold that against him.
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Funny you should say that loyal someone told me they saw him at lingfied Tuesday wearing a Denmark shirt.
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Cider,if the Gold Cup winner had been trained to an inch of its life it still wouldn't have won.
The rest of the field faced mission impossible today barring falls. |
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BTW,I couldn't have Fact to File on my mind for the Gold Cup
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trouble is no one trust the mullins camp nor coolmore any more , even in the past with all sort of skullduggery in racing, you could guarantee group1 racing was 99% legit , now id say uk british group 1 is 99% bent, and its driving loads off the sport,
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99% Bent?
A ludicrous statement,Elis. |