- This topic has 160 replies, 33 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 8 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Don’t have the sectional’s and i don’t think it was a brisk pace in terms of times but visually it was very impressive and gave that impression
Visually it was awesome. He’ll probably be a nice price too as plenty of punters simply won’t want to back Magnier.
Wonder will he run for JP Mc next year like Quantitativeasing and Belvano?
"Imperial Call" wrote: Drumbaloo would need it like the Bog of Allen to win the bumper. He looks a right boat to my eyes. Tornedo Shay was given too much to do against him at Navan and Barry Connell made a right hash of things in the bumper up the North.
Prepare to be surprised Imperial!
I’ve backed Hidden Universe but I have a feeling Drumbaloo will give them all a race!
A race to savour!
Doubt it Imperial.
Magnier and O Grady are good friends….don’t need to reel off all the superb animals they have had with each other down through the years.
Hopefully those black silks are kept on him
Shot from the Hip was very impressive IMO. The only two concerns are the rider and that race looked to be quite tough which could take a lot out of him
Any chance John Magnier’s godson will replace his son on Shot From The Hip? Sure he’s already won the bumper for EOG with a brilliant ride on Pizarro denying the Magnier owned Rhinestone Cowboy!
Any chance John Magnier’s godson will replace his son on Shot From The Hip? Sure he’s already won the bumper for EOG with a brilliant ride on Pizarro denying the Magnier owned Rhinestone Cowboy!
forgive my ignorance,but who is magniers godson?
Drumbaloo would need it like the Bog of Allen to win the bumper. He looks a right boat to my eyes. Tornedo Shay was given too much to do against him at Navan and Barry Connell made a right hash of things in the bumper up the North.
Prepare to be surprised Imperial!
I’ve backed Hidden Universe but I have a feeling Drumbaloo will give them all a race!
A race to savour!
Drumbaloo being well backed – now into 10/1 from 16s.
Anybodys race on paper, but the value was in this horse in my book and Shot from the hip still looks long at 10s. Mr Magnier is not that bad a jock – i remember a decent ride on Rhinestone Cowboy to win the Aintree hurdle a few years back. He just looks like a sack of spuds
Kiely gave Araucaria a shocking ride the other day and SFTH was given a very soft lead and a 10 length start on the field. Certainly wouldn’t take the form at face value.
- Total Posts 17716
CHAMPION BUMPER
89 Shot From The Hip
89 Frawley
88 Al Ferof
88 Drumbaloo
78 Day Of A Lifetime
70 Bishopsfurze
70 Hidden Universe
70 Dunraven Storm
70 Shannon Spirit
69 Tavern Times
67 Fishoutofwater
67 Forty FootTom
67 On His Own
66 Jetson
64 Elegant Concorde
59 Up Ou That
56 Mizzurka
43 Cue CardBETTING
Elegant Concorde (6) , Hidden Universe (8) , Day Of A Lifetime (9) , Al Ferof (10) , Drumbaloo (10) , Shot From The Hip (10) , Tavern Times (12) , Up Ou That (14) , Bishopsfurze (16) , Dare Me (25) , Dont Turn Bach (25) , Dunraven Storm (25) , Forty Foot Tom (25) , Frawley (25) , Lios A Choill (25) , Made In Time (25) , Megastar (25) , Old Mcdonald (25) , Royal Swain (25) , Shannon Spirit (25)
VERDICT
The Champion Bumper is always a tricky race to assess especially from a speed perspective as the ground in Ireland is dead and horses are taken care off when racing, not being thrashed around at a ridiculous pace but they all still have to run a time on the clock which can still give us important information as to who has the biggest potential. The Dermot Weld pair
Elegant Concorde
and
Hidden Universe
are both well touted in the market with the trainer unsure of who would run the best race probally the same position were in and I would rather a more confident and bold statement from such a well regarded trainer.
The winner looks most likely to come from the Eddie O’Grady stable in
Shot From The Hip
, this horse was an impressive winner at Leopardstown a few weekends back and has catapulted himself towards the top of the pecking order above Al Ferof and Drumbaloo who are both beneficiaries of Group wins yet you always have to take caution with such a big performance on the clock as you don’t want Shot From The Hip leaving a Cheltenham performance at Leopardstown although he done it with ease without having to be extended suggesting he has genuine class and with even more to come then he is going to be an extremely hard horses to beat on the day.
The race wouldn’t be right without a Willie Mullins runner going close considering his contingent of runners and I think his best hope would lie with
Day Of A Lifetime
who is open to any amount of improvement with a very promising run on debut but his price looks to be on the short side for me and Cheltenham after all is about trying to find value which is why you shouldn’t overlook John Kiely’s
Frawley
, even though he looks to be held by Elegant Concorde the 5yo gelding has experience on his side which is a massive plus in this type of race and has come out to record a solid time at Leopardstown last time out with the second coming out and hacking up of late, let’s not forget Frawley was 8l behind Quantitativeeasing on debut in a 24 runner field a Punchestown and that horse is a 137 rated hurdler now, it is also interesting to see Frawley has been kept to bumpers he looks a good shout at 25-1
BETS
Shot From The Hip EW @ 10-1
Frawley EW @ 25-1Mr. Wilson, I don’t know what sort of system it is you use, but how in God’s name is Frawley 25 points higher in your ratings than Elegant Concorde?!
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.