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It doesn’ look a very original choice after Rich and Batt’s posts, but i’v been following Hold on Julio for some time now. I backed him at last year,s festival as if he was the certainty of the meeting, I was so impressed with him prior to the meeting I thought he looked an absolute machine, with a change of pace at the end of his races that very few horses show. I was so gutted when he didn’t look the same horse and he has been expensive to follow since.
However, I still, maybe foolishly, think there is a big race in this horse. If he were to come back to anything like his best, I think he would walk this. That takes a bit of a leap of faith, but there is hope, not least because King’s horses seem in rude health and there’s no doubting that Sandown has brought out the best of him in the past. 12/1 I think is a pretty good e/w at 5 places with PP.
So he gets his last chance from me, if he doesn’t get his act together this time I’m giving Findus a call.
Away We Go and Duke Of Lucca are my two picks here.
Away We Go is an unusual Irish raider in that he has not been forced to race from a rating far above his Irish one. He ran very well in the Irish National and has a good claimer to help. Featherweights and claimers do well in this race historically.
Duke Of Lucca seems to be built for a long distance staying test. His run behind Rolling Aces and Opening Batsman (staying-on) reads well and he could continue Philip Hobbs’ great record in the race.
It doesn’ look a very original choice after Rich and Batt’s posts, but i’v been following Hold on Julio for some time now. I backed him at last year,s festival as if he was the certainty of the meeting, I was so impressed with him prior to the meeting I thought he looked an absolute machine, with a change of pace at the end of his races that very few horses show. I was so gutted when he didn’t look the same horse and he has been expensive to follow since.
However, I still, maybe foolishly, think there is a big race in this horse. If he were to come back to anything like his best, I think he would walk this. That takes a bit of a leap of faith, but there is hope, not least because King’s horses seem in rude health and there’s no doubting that Sandown has brought out the best of him in the past. 12/1 I think is a pretty good e/w at 5 places with PP.
So he gets his last chance from me, if he doesn’t get his act together this time I’m giving Findus a call.
That’s a fair assessment BigG and good pointer to the PP offer. But can I ask you, having followed the horse closely over the past year or more, what are your thoughts on the first time application of blinkers by King?
Hold on Julio for me. Has stormed up the Sandown hill and won on the two occassions he’s run there. Hutcinson and King, Scottish National combo, and blinkers first time might just bring him alive at his favourite course. 12/1 will do me. I think they’ve been planning this one
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Good luck vf. Think the PP first 5 each way is the way to go
It doesn’ look a very original choice after Rich and Batt’s posts, but i’v been following Hold on Julio for some time now. I backed him at last year,s festival as if he was the certainty of the meeting, I was so impressed with him prior to the meeting I thought he looked an absolute machine, with a change of pace at the end of his races that very few horses show. I was so gutted when he didn’t look the same horse and he has been expensive to follow since.
However, I still, maybe foolishly, think there is a big race in this horse. If he were to come back to anything like his best, I think he would walk this. That takes a bit of a leap of faith, but there is hope, not least because King’s horses seem in rude health and there’s no doubting that Sandown has brought out the best of him in the past. 12/1 I think is a pretty good e/w at 5 places with PP.
So he gets his last chance from me, if he doesn’t get his act together this time I’m giving Findus a call.
That’s a fair assessment BigG and good pointer to the PP offer. But can I ask you, having followed the horse closely over the past year or more, what are your thoughts on the first time application of blinkers by King?
Hi Batt
It’s hard to say with blinkers, he certainly has not been travelling with the ease he used to. Perhaps the blinkers will put his focus back on his racing rather than having to be cajoled along, as he has needed of late.
If it has a positive effect he has to have a great chance, but it’s still an unknown so difficult to be over confident.
I can’t for the life of me see him being out of the first five, and with any improvement he has to have a mega chance of winning.
Good luck to him and his faithfull followers.Hold On Julio has as good a chance as any,I just feel he would be better suited to softer going,I am having a small ew bet on Galaxy Rock,good luck all it looks a good race.
If you go to back a certainty always buy a return ticket.
Duke Of Lucca each way for me. Acts well on right handed tracks, been staying on over 3 miles, O’Brien has good course record ( whereas someone like Tinkler hasn’t a win there in 5 years despite riding for the best stable in the country )
The trends say it should be a horse 8 or older carrying 10-13 or under and with a run in previous 46 days. Of these, There’s No Panic would be my pick. The horse has won every time Ryan Mahon has ridden him ( 3 from 3 )
Taxi for Julio…… Well that is that as they say. Blinkrs most certainly did nothing for him, except perhaps making him sulk more than he has all season. I don’t think I’ve seen a more disinterested performance from a horse all season.
The vibes were bad from the trainer’s interview a few minutes before the race, and with just cause I wish he had been a bit more vocal in the lead up to the big day. I don’t think Julio ever got out of the last three and whatever has happened to this horse, his interest in racing has definitely gone and I don’t see it coming back now.
Anyway,onwards and upwards with the jumps season concluded. I am a jumps man,but I’ll just have to get my head round these namby pamby flat divas before the real horses reappear in the autumn. Ba humbug.
Duke Of Lucca each way for me. Acts well on right handed tracks, been staying on over 3 miles, O’Brien has good course record ( whereas someone like Tinkler hasn’t a win there in 5 years despite riding for the best stable in the country )
Racing always bites you on the bum whenever you put it on paper/type in text!Duke Of Lucca each way for me. Acts well on right handed tracks, been staying on over 3 miles, O’Brien has good course record ( whereas someone like Tinkler hasn’t a win there in 5 years despite riding for the best stable in the country )
Racing always bites you on the bum whenever you put it on paper/type in text!
His first win there for 5 years and he picks that day !!!
Racing always bites you on the bum whenever you put it on paper/type in text!
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