......Leopardstown tomorrow ........

I think it will be another Willie Mullins benefit day.

What will probably be unusual is he will have at least four winners with four different jockeys.

Ruby Walsh,Tony McCoy,Brian Cooper and Patrick Mullins.

like VENT DE LA COTE 3.15 won well lto,going to give Windsor park another chance took 7/1 e/w I think silver concord is a better horse on good ground?the bumper is a giggy fest, I know there was some upset faces when potters point was beat on debut, but I like archive to run him close at the prices..

1.15 Officieux at 7/1 in an open race. Won well last time and runner up has franked the form
2.15 Identity Thief is a good price in a one horse market.
2.45 Apache Stronghold didnt quite get the trip last time and the shorter trip to suit.
3.50 Boston Bob should not be far away.

Good luck all.

Have also layed Alvisio , he won his maiden well , but what did he beat , very little imo and this is much tougher ...Keen Leader was on a thread over on the main forum last night , he's against PDB in the hunters chase , says hes a bleeder and due to bleed again ...

I cant get over how short Alvisio Ville is. I'm not saying it wont win, it probably deserves to be fav, but only just. 2.4 is madness. There are plenty of plausible alternatives.

On another note, its refreshing how competitive it is, in contrast to the vast majority of Grade One novices over here these days. A cracking event, and makes up for the lack of class acts in the Big One.

I will give Kalkir another chance. I though he had a couple of excuses at Xmas, and if he had not of ran there he would be 4-6 here.

heard a rumour that Kalkir is a NR in the opener but seeing as it hasnt been taken out yet..
Officiex ew for me provided we have the dead 8
IMO Sempre Medici is the best of Willies 4 so that'll do ew
Valseur Lido, probably impresively
the Hennessey is obviously wide open but im not put off by PT riding Boston Bob, ground has dried up plenty and i think thats key to the beast
im a layer of Prince in the hunter chase

good luck all

Kalkir definitely runs, ignore me

OFFICEAUX /PETITE PARESSIENNE

MOUNT CORKISH GIRL EW

WELD CAN WIN THIS  BACKING BOTH

APACHE STRONGHOLD  EW NAP  DANGER    REV4CAST  LE VENT DANTAN

JP WIN THIS  SOTRT IT OUT WON VEERY GOOD RACE AT DOWN ROYAL  SAVER VENT DE LA COTE  REV4CAST

LORD WINDERMERE
  HAD SAVER  1ST LIEUTENANT @16   AND CAN SEE TEXAS JACK @44  GOING WELL ON BETTER GROUND IN WIDE OPEN RACE

ON THE FRINGE  ND   CAME UP AGAINEST DECENT HORSE OSCAR BURTON @D ROYAL

HERRON HEIGHTS EW

WITH ALL RACES ULTRA COMPETITIVE IM GOING SAY MULLINS MIGHT GET JUST ONE WINNER

ALVISIO VILLE = MY BISMARK

OMG YOUR BISMARK  ...I'm sunk , sunk I tell ya....

anyone know where the jockey d n fox is, only just saw he rode 2 winners at this meet last year. does he still ride ??  ta.

Two e/w bets for me today;

Silver Concorde 14/1
Wasn't a terrible run first time over hurdles and better ground will suit him better today. Could sneak into the frame.

Shanahans Turn 16/1
Form of his two novice chase wins have held up okay and step down in trip and better ground should see an improved performance today.

Done a super yankee,
Vercingetorix betting w/o kalkir 4/5
Nicholas Canyon betting w/o Alvisio Ville 3/1
Le Vent Dantan betting w/o Valseur Lido 4/1
On the fringe betting w/o Prince De Beauchem 4/5
Archive betting w/o Potters Point 4/5,

Who's That ew in the 2nd
Captain Carleton in the 3.15
Ruby to win the Hennessy and
Nina to win the Hunters.

And Valseur Lido  (NAP)

Adriana Des Mottes and ARCHIVE in thelast  e/way double.

Petite Parisienne
Silver Concorde
Le Vent Dartan
Lord Windemere
Prince Du Beauchene

Great days racing.

First Lieutenant E/W at 14/1.
He is the forgotten horse in what is a below average Hennessy. He finished ahead of Lord Windemere last time out, yet Lord Wind is trading at 6's.
He has run 6 times at Leopardstown and only out of the frame once.
Mouse Morris has his horses in fine form at the moment and I expect a big run.

Blue Hell E/W @14/1.
Lightly raced French Import who has acquitted himself well in some decent handicaps. Will need to win this to get into the County Hurdle which I suspect is a target. He is coming back from a 9 month lay off but has run well when fresh. He has been drifting in the betting all morning so late money would be significant in what is a very tricky race. However, Blue Hell has more potential than most in the race.

Well done workrider your off to a great start,

WD Workrider!

Sempre Medici is a decent e/w bet for me....decent on the flat in France won an admittedly poor maiden hurdle in

heavy ground in Cork and would have been a lot closer to the winner last time but for a bad mistake at the

last....lovely moving horse which todays better ground should suit.

well done winsamsoon..great picking

WD to winsamsoon....great thread so far.

WELL DUN WILLIAMSON  GREAT PRICE

Thought Robbie very gentle with silver Concorde there myself, wouldn't be surprised to see a big improvement

Nice start w/done  W/R

SEE WR STUDYING UP LOVELY MARE ROZ PURCELL GETN INTERVIEWED  BY TRACY ON RTE

Le Vent D'antan sadly suffered a fatal injury.

ID SAY WR WAS SWEATING ON LAYN FOXROCK

WHAT GREAT COMMENTS FROM TRAINOR JOHN KIELY REMBERING JOHN THOMAS MCNAMARA IS THE WORK HE DONE IN BREAKING THIS HORSE

Well done workrider, that's you sorted for Cheltenham.

TG  HE TOLD ME WAS HAVING DECENT EW FORT SMITH I LAUGHED

anyone think nina gave the fringe to much to do?

6/1 and 9/2 winnwrs w/r  nice going,,    foxrock made you sweet ,but a good day overall

she was a fair bit behind allright Tony;  The race is not up on A.T.R. WILL HAVE A LOOK LATER WHEN IT IS.

yer frank had it in e/w double with archive..she was way out the back all race..winner may have won anyway but she seemed super confident? pocket talking..maybe?

sorry double with archive had e/w double archive and windsor

At The Races - Willie Mullins Stable Tour...Matt Chapman will be at WILLIES STABLES TOMORROW,

i HAD Adriana Des Mottes and ARCHIVE in in a e/way double myself Tony.

Great days racing, some fantastic opinions and winners picked on here, well done winners

And yourself Goretski ,smashing tipping ,well done...

hope your well ahead wr?..

Just in from work, watched the racing. Tear in the eye watching AP bring Carlingford home. An all time sporting great. Wish I had of gone.

Would fancy Foxrock to finish ahead of CL in the GC,A really likeable tough horse when allowed run his race.

CL was value for a bit more than the winning margin today though. Done well to win after the mistake two out. Shows how poor a GC it is though, that yokes like these are only 10-1. Bibs Worth at 16-1 is a cracking bet. Yes he needs forgiving, but not too much. He wont be 16-1 on the day. Nowhere near it.

Tony....A very good day tbh...

watched the racing. Tear in the eye watching AP bring Carlingford home.

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Me too,I backed Foxrock....

Very good Punchestown...

Very good!!

I backed Carlingford, but if I was on Foxrock I prob would have found myself still cheering AP home. Very fitting. Wasn't going to go to Chelt this year, but might make the trip for GC day. Whatever AP rides in the Grand Annual will go off 6-4!!

what a cracking days racing that was , an absolute pleasure , great crowd , will live long in the memory.

I'm not surprised there is no sign of Lester Wallnuts or DJ876 on this great thread.

The opening poster puts up 8/1 and 5/1 winners with logic and reason,he follows it up with two lays an 11/10 shot and one that probably cost his heart to beat a bit faster Foxrock,he collected both times all the same.

Great day for workrider.

Looked great on TV, indeed.

Could be a nice trade in that Callit if you could guess a few weeks before what he is likely to ride.

I Wonder if Ted will run Foxrock in the gold cup, he was 2nd with Commanche Court in 2002 behind Best mate[made a mess of the 2nd last,] 50/1 here most lilkely wont run.

The 50/1 lasted 5mins after my last post, i take it he will be running. hope someone on the irish forum got it.

The contents of wonky's bowels were strewn across the grandstand as Foxrock jumped the last in front. He was layimg Ted's horse ferociously on his laptop and could see all his each way thieving gains being extracated from his pocket. You got lucky wonky...

I think you will find Workrider is made of sterner stuff.

Its Rocketfingers and Paulie have that problem,Rocketfingers suffers it when he boards opposing team buses,Paulie gets it during most races which is why he is an expert on the toilet facilities of every racecourse.

Thanks Boychild , seeing as YOU didn't put up ANY selections ,I'm sure you made a packet as USUAL....

Thanks wonks I did. A nice each way thieving lucky 15. 3 winners and a second. Stevie Wonder could have seen them yesterday. Made all the more easier when that disgrace of a "tipster" napped Valseur Lido and nbs Kalkir. Cheers Peter...

I believe you .......
Wildmanfromborneo , You deserve a pat on the back yourself , saying Willie would have 4 winners all ridden by different jockeys ..Amazingly AP was the one that let you down ...

It was a superb days racing yesterday slightly spoiled by the amount of noise on a constant basis over the public address system. Nicholls Canyon really impressed me and I feel he can follow up at Cheltenham. Apache Stronghold ,under a vintage Paul Carberry paid the days expenses and this is a horse with a big future. Valsour Lido lost nothing in defeat. They will probably renew rivalry next month. The finish of the big race was the only time the P.A. system was drowned out much was the noise of the crowd.
A taster for next month. Can't wait.

Santry agree with you re N.C.  brilliant front riding from Ruby..

Wildman...a exceptional post 16.19