Results for tag: Karabak
Posted by:
TimeformBlog
on Dec 31, 2010 at 03:05:48 PM
[b]The World Hurdle at Cheltenham revolves around one horse - Big Buck's - who is attempting to complete a hat-trick of wins in the race, but Timeform reckon they have found a good ante-post play against the odds-on favourite...[/b]
Make no mistake; [b]Big Buck's[/b] is by far and away the most likely winner. He was sent off at 1.96 when landing his second World Hurdle for Paul Nicholls in March and will be an even shorter price this time around (currently 1.81), assuming everything also goes to plan in his next reported assignment, the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham.
A dominant force in the staying hurdle division for the last couple of years, Big Buck's extended his winning sequence over hurdles to ten when easily landing the rearranged Long Walk at Newbury in December and has an...
Posted by:
TimeformBlog
on Nov 24, 2010 at 07:40:49 PM
[b]The current Cheltenham Gold Cup holder and the former dual Champion Chaser both made impressive seasonal returns at the weekend; Gregg Taylor reflects on the merits of their performances.[/b]
[b]Imperial Commander[/b] (182) didn't have to match the form of his Gold Cup-winning performance to land a high-quality renewal of the [b]Betfair Chase[/b] by a length and a quarter from [b]Tidal Bay[/b] (160$). It was the first time in five years that his old adversary Kauto Star had not shown up and the race failed to attract any of last season's top novices, yet Nigel Twiston-Davies's stable star left the impression that he's returned as good as ever. Hopefully the cut he suffered to his leg won't prove severe enough to make him miss his intended clash with Kauto Star at Kempton on Boxing...