New Posts For Thread: What price Altior if campaigned for champion hurdle now?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-nowNot alone is Willie Mullins the better trainer but is much the better poker player.His aim isn't to put away ante-post punters but to ensure that the opposition is as weak as possible.Altior may have the physique of a chaser but would win this champiWould think once Annie and Faugheen were ruled out he would have accepted the champion hurdle was going to another home this year though he still could win it.For Yorkhill and Altior though, they had gone down the chasing route before those injurieshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551375443#551375443Would think once Annie and Faugheen were ruled out he would have accepted the champion hurdle was going to another home this year though he still could win it.For Yorkhill and Altior though, they had gone down the chasing route before those injuriesThu, 09 Mar 2017 12:22:52 -0600Just going back to the original few posts Firsttimevisor,ie declare everything and put the horrors in the opposition, as time wore on though between Faugheen first and Annie then,he seems to have ended up with a poor hand.Poor use of English alright(https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551374937#551374937Just going back to the original few posts Firsttimevisor,ie declare everything and put the horrors in the opposition, as time wore on though between Faugheen first and Annie then,he seems to have ended up with a poor hand.Poor use of English alright(Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:15:47 -0600I've lost you there Pa...bluffing how?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551374779#551374779I've lost you there Pa...bluffing how?Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:49:14 -0600It has ended up a very mundane looking Champion Hurdle,nothing exciting and much of a muchness on ratings.It probably was at the mercy of Altior now,Henderson though in some mitigation has a couple of legitimate challengers. To a slightly lesser extehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551373297#551373297It has ended up a very mundane looking Champion Hurdle,nothing exciting and much of a muchness on ratings.It probably was at the mercy of Altior now,Henderson though in some mitigation has a couple of legitimate challengers. To a slightly lesser exteThu, 09 Mar 2017 07:37:42 -0600I see Min is out of the Arkle,https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551134757#551134757I see Min is out of the Arkle,Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:06:43 -0600You'd want to get yourself a stiff drink now Frankhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551134695#551134695You'd want to get yourself a stiff drink now FrankMon, 06 Feb 2017 10:01:46 -0600I laid Altior for the Arkle myself at 1.8 not because i dont think he will win but for the reasons that Wildman outlines in his post,theres also some good horses still in the race, i hope some of them will take him on,time will tell.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551134247#551134247I laid Altior for the Arkle myself at 1.8 not because i dont think he will win but for the reasons that Wildman outlines in his post,theres also some good horses still in the race, i hope some of them will take him on,time will tell.Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:32:18 -0600Altior is flat bred through and through,he's not unlike Istabraq in that regard.He hasn't had a decent race over fences yet so we don't know how he would jump under pressure.They should have given him a shot at the Champion Hurdle.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551129335#551129335Altior is flat bred through and through,he's not unlike Istabraq in that regard.He hasn't had a decent race over fences yet so we don't know how he would jump under pressure.They should have given him a shot at the Champion Hurdle.Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:47:28 -0600Neill, Altior was always going to be a chaser.He wasn't sent chasing to avoid Faugheen over hurdles.Next season he'll be meeting the likes of Douvan and/or Thistlecrack.For sure he would be a force over hurdles too but he can't run in everything.If hhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551127295#551127295Neill, Altior was always going to be a chaser.He wasn't sent chasing to avoid Faugheen over hurdles.Next season he'll be meeting the likes of Douvan and/or Thistlecrack.For sure he would be a force over hurdles too but he can't run in everything.If hSun, 05 Feb 2017 14:10:11 -0600or*https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30819101/what-price-altior-if-campaigned-for-champion-hurdle-now?post_id=551125495#551125495or*Sun, 05 Feb 2017 10:06:20 -0600