Horses staying is a funny one really,

Ive always felt that a non stayer will struggle to get home in distances a few furlongs above their limit but the bigger the gap the better the chance they have.

A bit like the old adage a 2.5 miler for the grand national,

The reason being their cruising speed puts stayers under pressure and the longer the race the slower the finish so the non stayer is at less of a disadvantage plus he might have burnt off a few anyway with his superiour pace mid race.

In summary while Valser might have struggled in top class races over 3 to 3 1/4 he might have been very good at 3 mile 5 or further with his cruising speed,

Gilgamboa is a very interesting horse chelts,

Decent run in the paddy power off top weight for 4th where he was the only  horse to carry 11 plus in the first 10 or so and travelled well from memory.
Dissapointing in the irish GC in what looked a poor renewal but then upped again he put in his best ever performance where again and ive just checked he was  4th and the only horse carring 11 plus in the top 15 on soft ground 2 at aintree.

They were his only runs above 21 furlongs .

They have gone back to 2 mile with him and he reminds me a lot of papillion but he does seem to need soft and carrying 11 plus again if he gets soft will be very hard so its a case of damned if you do and all that.

Probably his only hope would be if a really top class one held their ground and let him in with a chance.

I suppose he has the right owner to make that possible.

https://soundcloud.com/user-275456286/weighed-in-episode-two-gn-weights-the-future-of-racing-on-tv

That Bryan Cooper article a great read.

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