Our Conor........whats happening.......

barry connell donating all our connors prizemoney this year to the injured jockeys fund

Was due to run in the Cesarewitch but said they were waiting for another staying one(might have been November Handicap)?Is he out of that now?

Great gesture none the less

Champion Hurdle winner runs at Kempton this sunday

What a class act barry connell is for donating our conor's prize money for the year.I hope he enjoys great success throughout the year, he deserves it after such a generous act of kindness like that.

I would usually have been loathe to be backing a triumph hurdle winner for the Champion, but it is a better race now since the inception of the Fred Winter, and winners have been of a higher class than in the past. Katchit may have won the worst Champion in memory, but he still won it. Zarkander belongs in the top class, if not quite the prize pupil. A similarly tough type to Katchit, in Countrywide Flame didn't have a bad season last yr. Our Conor looks a better class of animal to any of these. His hurdling at Cheltenham was simply electric. Granted he will need the ground to be on the soft side, but they don't allow it to be any quicker than good-soft on the opening day, so it is of no real concern for his principal target. O Connell has a shocking record with his big money buys, but that has no bearing on Our Conors future. I would prefer if they stuck with last seasons pilot. Nothing wrong with Danny Mullins, but if it aint broke.......
All in all, granted his well being, he surely has a great chance of being Champion Hurdler, and it is indeed a superb gesture from O Connell, signifying all that is good about the winter game and those involved, who loves his racing, and ploughs plenty into it.

kavvie......its you who are the complete tool........im not looking for any reaction at all......think that anybody that knows anything about racing will agree with me......and I know I am right when you are in disagreement.......all im short is your buddy wonky to join your camp......then its absolutely certain.......

My Tent or Yours for me, last year's supreme will shape jump racing for the next couple of years possibly. I think Ruby rode a blinder on the winner and it was possibly the best piece of pace judgment I've seen at Cheltenham. The tint when on to hammer Forgotten Voice at Aintree who subsequently showed himself to be better than ever on the flat last summer.

Danny Mullins is a massive drawback as top 2 mile hurdle races can be extremely tactical. The improvement Geraghty brought out in Jezki just brings it all home. In fact improvement is the wrong word, it is more allowing a horse to show his best.

Think myself that the Supreme and Neptune were both much better races last season and there was plenty of cut in the ground by race time on friday too in the triumph to suit OC and hinder plenty others which i av no doubt exaggerated the winning distance. No doubting how impressive he was of course but cannot have him as CH fav at all. May develop into a worthy contender throughout this season but 9/2 now is much much too short, id have him in 4th in the betting as things stand. Has to prove he can do it outside of Juvenile company (pretty poor juvenile company at that imo), has to prove he doesnt need it soft and has the added negative of the 2 stone penalty that is Danny Mullins on his back this season!

I see we are likely to see Rock on Ruby and The New One clash this weekend which should give a line to the novice form from last year.

The only horse u need to watch to see Danny Mullins' skill at presenting one at a hurdle is Anonis - was a horse i was following closely and he destroyed that horses confidence

while danny mullins isnt the best rider id put on our conors back i think the horse is so easy a traveller and good jumper i wont make a lot of difference.although id rather bg pc or rw on board..

lets hope your wrong.

a not unpleasant thought mushroom,though i doubt barry connell would do it.i remember tony getting jocked off for jonjo off dawn run.mrs hill was no barry connell!!.big furore at the time but the proof of the pudding was a ch hurdle and gold cup.

Un de Sceaux is owned by a man called Edward O,Connell.

Just remembered that Walsh rode in its races,wssnt trying to be clever i can assure you.

Ah no I get that BP, although Gigginstown seem to be looking more at Champion Hurdle horses than they were. A lot quicker turnover in that pursuit, almost as much prestige(just as much in my book), cheaper.

just say the race was on tomorrow......ruby on hurricane......McCoy on my tent......geraghty maybe on jezki......and inside in the middle of them little danny on our conor.......now please.......bar it has a stone or maybe even more in hand......it cannot possibly win.......and people say its a good jumper......which it is......but ya will see a different technique now.......

Different technique alright its called guessing.  Will all end in tears.

What was the point of taking Cooper off him , no need, let Danny ride the rest and let Cooper keep the ride ...Barry is good for racing , I would hate to see this go against him....

our conors main problem is not the ground......that's a load of codswallop......and what has barry cash got to do with anything.......what about all the middling jocks that lost big races......do ya not remember those......