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Baracouda is by far and away the most talented staying hurdler I’ve ever seen, although he irked me as he was such a lazy old sod. Looking back at some of his runs would also lead me to put him ahead of the Drever by a few lbs in the form book, but close enough that I’d back Howard Johnsons’ if the two were ever to meet due to his markedly superior battling qualities.
Baracouda would probably have had a further stone in-hand, if he hadn’t been handicapped by Wee Terry trying his hardest to get him beat, every time he threw his leg over the horse.
I remember him well when they said on TV he was the
only danger to the horse in the race
Just for you TC as you do depend on newspapers for your info.
"Meanwhile, Jonjo O’Neill’s Wichita Lineman may head to the Ladbrokes World Hurdle without the aid of another run.
The JP McManus-owned staying hurdler won at the Cheltenham Festival as a novice last year and was expected to emerge as a leading contender to Inglis Drever’s superiority.
And while the the seven-year-old has yet to win a race this season, both his runs have been over an inadequate test of stamina.
“He’s fine at the minute, but he didn’t run in the Cleeve on Saturday because the ground was quite soft and it was a hard race, we didn’t want him to have a really hard race just before the Festival,â€
Might be worth Getzippy deleting the link, and replacing it by
copying and pasting the article to which it links into the post instead?Yep, that looks to have worked – thanks, Getzippy!
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