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Has it been traditional for horses like Le Duc to run in the Royal Artillery Gold Cup???
He has 4 legs, a front end and a back end.
I don’t know whether Charlie was having a pop at him like so many have but seriously, I’m sick of people moaning about Nicholls running his horses in these races.
I’m all for tradition but when I’m attending a race meeting I’d rather see old friends like Thisthatandtother, Le Passing, Le Duc & Armaturk close the show than some fat nag out of a field.
Why should Hunter/PTP trainers expect to automatically pick up prizes with average/poor charges? The good pointers will still come through (Teeton Mill, Kingscliff etc) so I don’t know what the problem is.
I don’t bother looking at Amateur races like this and have no idea who qualifies to run and who doesn’t, but is this race meant for horses of his ability
Seems strange a 130 rated horse having 12 stone and a 120 78 rated horse carrying 5lb more
Not sure what the problem is here. The Royal Artillery Gold Cup isn’t a Hunter Chase, it is basically a conditions race open to all horses that have an official rating of 130 or less – hence the appearance of the 130-rated Le Duc. Horses have to be owned on the day by past or present officers of the Royal Artillery – I say "the day" because the majority of these will be leased to General Melchett or whoever to satisfy the ownership criteria.
As far as a "rich tradition", Nicholls has won this in the past with Whitenzo, while back in 1995 it was won by ex-Gold Cup winner Cool Ground.
Because there are penalties for wins after August 1st 2006 and he hasn’t won a race since 2005.
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There were penalties for horses that had won steeplechases since August ’06; Le Duc hadn’t won since Jan ’05.
A good bit of placing by the trainer, IMO !
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