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Kopek wasn’t too bad at the last, he just landed awkwardly.
He’s the most talented 2 miler in the race but just had an awful prep.
Lulamba should be aimed for the King George and Gold Cup from here on.
Maybe the Ryanair next year as 6yo is pretty young for a Gold Cup.Kargese is such a likeable mare. Never runs a bad race.
If your making mistakes are you the best ? , the 2nd is likely a better horse in time , Lalumba the new Jonbon ?
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“Romeo’s gone to the wrong race probably. I think he’d have won that with his jumping.”
Shorter trip than Leopardstown and better ground- Kargese would have beaten him.
HDLG
Lulamba, Shishkin and Jonbon all have something in common. The trainer continuously ran them all over the wrong trip.
I think he’ll learn from his mistakes with Lulamba this time though.
Very sad news that Hansard had to be put down – condolences to all connections, especially the groom.
You aren’t the best horse if you don’t jump best on the day.
The more I know the less I understand.
Kopek didn’t make any ground up the hill , no doubt Henderson will step his horse up but that’s 2 Cheltenhams he fluffed up …
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Sad news about Hansard. He landed awkwardly over the water jump, wonder if that did any damage.
“Kopek wasn’t too bad at the last, he just landed awkwardly.”
Cost him the race Townend confirmed after.
Disagree re Romeo – he is not a natural 2m horse to me and on that quicker ground he would have been caught out when they quickend down the hill even more than he was at Leopardstown, where if Kargese hadn’t have made the mistake at the last she would have beaten him.
That being said I think that at this stage 3m might also be a problem for him and he would have been a shoo in for the 2m4f Turners had they not axed the race.
Lulamba, Shishkin and Jonbon all have something in common. The trainer continuously ran them all over the wrong trip.
They also have/had the tendency to make that one BIG mistake.
Romeo is a 3 miler though , I reckon it’s his class that’s got him through at 2 ( helped by winter ground )
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HDLg – I wouldn’t actually disagree given that he won his PTP over 3m but at this stage of his career, I very much doubt they would have wanted to try 3m for the first time at the Festival, especially off the back of his last two runs at 2m1f.
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