Solwhit

meant the Pierse sorry (or better again Tote Gold Trophy). They must really think he's special if they're not even bothering to go down the handicap route...

The mix up at Fairhouse has forced their hand a bit id say

agree with the last comment - mix up at Fairyhouse has caused a problem (should not have won that day)

Davy will ensure if it aint going to be in the frame it will be well out the back.

How did it force his hand, 141 isn't too bad a mark?? And whats the point in running him if he's goin to be hunted around the back?

Trainer no fool, must think he is good enough to get placed.

been backed for champion hurdle

''Mix up'' is one way of putting it Allduck, lol. Thank you Tom Doyle is all i will say. As a lover of the Pierse hurdle i'm glad Doyle played his part in the ''Mix up''........ it should mean a wide open Pierse now. The horse was a cert for the Pierse but for the ''Mix up''.

Snowball i like the ''rabbit in the headlights'' role your playing, you clearly know a lot more about this whole situation than you would want us to think.

Its a long way to go and a lot of money to pay to try and fool the handicapper.Presumably he is running on his merits.

rumour has it that guesser tom segal has stuck it up

Snowball the Pierce would have been a lot more enticing off his old mark. There is a lot off money to be got back after the last debacle

Yeah probably true, if he was mine it'd put him away until the tote gold trophy 141 should leave him with a bit still in hand I'd say. Centre field no hidden agenda here!

Oh, just the mention of the title Pierce hurdle gets my blood racing, without a doubt the best handicap of the year!

Tell me about it, the Pierse is my favourite NH race of the season along with the GPT. When it comes to the flat forget the Irish Derby, i'd take the Irish Cambridgeshire every day of the week.

Weights out Monday I think.

H R I giving out passes to syndicate members 4 per member to get in for 5 euro also

not declared

smart move imo

yeah charles read this thread and realised he was wrong.

I hear tell that the steed was laid to lose a few quid on the day.....broken legs anyone?

Declared against 3 rivals at THURLES this weekend

disappointing run

thats one word for it! I can think of a few others!

Looked a trier to me.Those 3 horse races can be tricky.

Catch Me let his backers down at odds of 2/11 twelve months ago in the Horse And Jockey Hotel Hurdle and in 2008 it was the turn of Solwhit to disappoint odds-on punters as he went down by three parts of a length to Ninetieth Minute.

Solwhit was in trouble from a fair way out and try as he might under Davy Russell, he couldn't reel in the all-the-way winner.

Tom Taaffe said of his Paddy Flood-ridden victor: "We knew that the favourite was a two mile horse on the flat, they generally need up to three miles over hurdles and while Solwhit might be an exception to that rule, we decided to set a steady pace (winning time of 4 minutes 24.5)

"The horse jumped well today, he is tough and he stays. I'm delighted for the owner, Dermot Cox, he is a great supporter of not only myself but of the game in general. I'll give the horse a break now until the spring and we'll send him over fences later next year."

:0 WOW

My e500 on Solwhit at 9s is looking good now!!

:)

Like I said all previous forums HF form lines were meaningless to me

Solwhit is the real dea, Champ!!

I'd fancy Hurricane to beat him the next day!

What an outrageous piece of aftertiming by biodiesel.

Delighted winning trainer Charles Byrnes said: "He was impressive there. If we weren't going to beat Hurricane Fly today we never were.

"My lad doesn't take a lot of work to get him right. I was delighted with the pace of the race and he loves coming between horses.

"He's entered in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle and that's in two weeks' time, which is a problem.

"If he doesn't go there we'll wait and run him over Christmas."

Russell added: "He doesn't set you alight at home but he's totally different at the races.

"It was a worry whether they would go quick enough but I was confident that if they did and he was fit enough that I was on best horse in the race.

"We didn't break any track records but we went along at a nice even pace. I was happy with way he jumped and he kept quickening all the way to the line.

"He's an improver. There's very little between all of these (Champion Hurdle) horses. My horse is at that level, no-one knows what will win the Champion Hurdle but my horse is a contender

BrianTheDog Date 12 Dec 08 12:54
agree with the last comment - mix up at Fairyhouse has caused a problem (should not have won that day)

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