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Nico moves Jango away from the inner and surprise surprise the horse jumps better. He doesnt learn does he lol
Townend on the other hand out wide and didn’t overcomplicate it.
I was on Impaire Passe at Cheltenham. I said after the race that Townend never tried a yard on him and that it looked like a glorified racecourse gallop.
That was proved today before his fall. Gangsters.
The four week gap helps yet again.
I think JB wins even if IEP doesn’t fall
The ground in the home straight looks soft.
The bare end result does tell even half the story of the race – IET (glad he got up) would have made a race of it for sure but I am rather inclined to think that JB would have outstayed him regardless.
After the rain on top of three days of 8-10mm watering, times would suggest that the ground is soft with maybe a few good to soft places:-
1st race slow by 6.92s (hurdles)
2nd race slow by 9.24s (chase)
3rd race slow by 8.85s (chase)At best it is on the softer end of good to soft with the hurdles course looking a shade quicker.
Foxhunters was 9.84s slow
I firmly believe JB would have won regardless if IEP stood up or not. He stayed very strongly and the distances he put between protektorat and Pic D’hory, he’s probably still improving or peaking.
It was a strange fall by Impaire Et Passe. He appeared to take off a stride too early and landed in the fence.
“Horse won in spite of Nico. How many fences has he hit there again. Awful jockey.”
Have to agree. I doubt the horse would have won around the old Mildmay course with its stiff fences.
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