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I wonder if Barry and Michael actually made up at all since the trainer was pretty quick to dump him from his operation. Bit sad if not, choices were made from both sides.
Ruby Walsh said Liberty Hunter was tanking when he fell and was unlucky. I was looking at the front so wasn’t looking.
Jonbon jockey said it was lost at the start when the tape went up near his nose.
After yesterdays arkle you can see the winner winning 1 or 2 more , got a 10 length + ticket to at 25s to
Had to be really – sometimes racing provides those feel good fairytale results and this is probably the one that trumps them all.
The start was messy and put Jonbon on the back foot to start with but he does have previous with throwing in howlers at the wrong time in races but full credit to the horses to run on and Nico just said he didn’t like the tape underneath his nose.
With the way the big hot pots in the big races have been getting sunk, starting to worry a bit for things going pear shaped for GDC now as well.
He lost it when he made a horlicks of a fence …. hes out of excuses … and even if he stood up he wouldn’t have beaten the winner
Hope Energumene is ok as he was pulled up and dismounted – likely the better ground as he cut out rather quickly as they came down the hill.
“Ruby Walsh said Liberty Hunter was tanking when he fell and was unlucky”
Couldnt see it, Mike. Cameras didnt pick it up – well, certainly not ‘live’, at the time. Hopefully, a replay will show it or find it on youtube later on.
I’m not sure Nico is a top level jockey at the Festival. Just look at the mistakes his odds-on shots made in the past (Shishkin, CH and so on). You have to be better than that.
Mike, he’s got the best horses in training and the Festival is a bit more than demanding than other meetings. I think he feels too much pressure at times. Not easy to ride for JP, the Donnellys, Buckley etc.
Nico has had a face like a skelped arse all week , they said last year was a disaster with the virus …. you could argue this has been worse so far
“Ruby Walsh said Liberty Hunter was tanking when he fell and was unlucky”
Couldnt see it, Mike. Cameras didnt pick it up – well, certainly not ‘live’, at the time. Hopefully, a replay will show it or find it on youtube later on.
I saw it on RTV’s coverage live. He was going OK and may well have been placed but Walsh is pocket talking to say he was “tanking” (he put him up as a bet on the preview show on Monday).
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