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I have been following racing for 26 years plus and I have NEVER seen a chaser as good as ELEGANT ESCAPE. Dont forget I have seen kauto stars and Denmans careers come and go and make.no mistake about it when it comes to 3m2 1/2 f ran at gold cup pace then the horse who can beat THE GREAT LEGEND HIMSELF has yet to be born.
THE TEAM ARE READY
Now the talking has to stop. Will potato be prize champ or chimp ? We are about to find out. A Tizzard 1,2,3 led by Native River would do nicely for me !
This is it; the peak of NH racing, always love that moment on the back straight 2nd time round when it becomes clearer who is travelling + who isn’t. As a C4 commentator said a few yrs ago, “Now we’re entering the torture chamber.’ Clan des Obeaux has been my nap of the week since Newbury; surprised he isn’t a strong favourite
If you can’t work out that Elegant Escape’s best atribute is stamina, Potato… And good-soft doesn’t play to those strengths as much as soft… then you’re a novice punter no matter how many years you’ve been punting.
You’re a great read, Potato; thanks for that. But to make a profit punters need to look at a race/horse without being so blinkered.
Elegant Escape might (MIGHT) still win on good-soft, but by far his best chance would’ve been on very soft.
Value Is EverythingCrazy early pace set by Nico. Can’t wait to see the sectionals.
Congrats to connections of Al Boum Photo and its backers.
Page 9 of this thread I explained why I thought ABP performance in tramore was the best piece of form of the season. Beating total recall by 6 lengths giving him 10 pounds, with the subsequent thyestes winner invitation only back in third. Great advertisement for tramore racecourse, and hopefully Invitation only has survived his fall.
I reckon this winner is very very good indeed. And I am delighted that Paul Townend after his error at Punchestown last year has had this day of celebration on the same horse. Great story
Wd to winners
on reflection THE HORRIFFIC FORM of tizzard over the last 2 weeks means undue normal circumstances in 2020 the gold cup will go to the rightful champ the great legend himself ELEGANT ESCAPE
The team are ready for 2020
Congratulations to Al Boum Photo and Mullins deserves a Gold Cup after all his seconds, albeit a bittersweet one.
I don’t think this will go down as a vintage renewal though.
Might Bite’s jumping let him down. You can win from the front if you jump like Frodon and Sirah du Lac did yesterday but he made too many niggly mistakes.
Native RIver used too much energy to get to the front and the ground wasn’t soft enough. The stable form didn’t help. Needless to say I did Thistlecrack. And the pace was too quick for Elegant Escape.
BDM ran a cracker. If the ground comes up softer next year then who knows.
CDB is the one I’m not sure about. He seemed to run his race and didn’t seem to have any excuses.
As for the favourite is it possible he’s not as good as we thought or did he miss his last run for reasons we aren’t being told?
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