Champion Hurdle 2010

[clivexx]

The very title of that blog…raises concerns

[jibsa]

Definitley going to have some of the current odds of Kyhber Kim. NTD’s stable still running well, he’s had a long time off and beaten most of the other rivals in trials and qualifiers earlier in the season. Back on Good to Soft I think KK will be plugging on again at the finish.

Forgotten player like Punjabi was last season.

[monksfield]

An utterly ridiculous trend. ‘5 year olds can’t

win

the Champion Hurdle’. Putting aside the very poor Katchit, 10 5yos have run in the race in the past 3 seasons. They’ve finished 3rd, 6th, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and the rest were also-rans. .

So, how many winners there ?

[CheltenhamSpecialist]

An utterly ridiculous trend. ‘5 year olds can’t

win

the Champion Hurdle’. Putting aside the very poor Katchit, 10 5yos have run in the race in the past 3 seasons. They’ve finished 3rd, 6th, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and the rest were also-rans. .

So, how many winners there ?

I remember Kirriemuir winning as a 5-Y-O after finishing 3rd as a 4-Y-O

Is that recent enough?

[Zarkava]

An utterly ridiculous trend. ‘5 year olds can’t

win

the Champion Hurdle’. Putting aside the very poor Katchit, 10 5yos have run in the race in the past 3 seasons. They’ve finished 3rd, 6th, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and the rest were also-rans. .

So, how many winners there ?

That’s not to say they can’t win it, just to say that the most recent decent batch hasn’t been quite good enough, and looking at the subsequent performances of Binocular, Celestial Halo, Crack Away Jack, etc, I think that’s very fair to say.

And having said that, look at the subsequent performances of Katchit. Doesn’t exactly take an exceptional 5yo to win it, does it?

[monksfield]

Doesn’t exactly take an exceptional 5yo to win it, does it?

I suppose not, when you think that the last three 5yos to go in (before Katchit) were See You Then, Night Nurse and Persian War.

They wouldn’t even get placed this year, would they ?

[Zarkava]

If you say so.

And I suppose Fangio’s Ferrari of the 1960s would dominate the current crop of cars and drivers as well, simply because he’s a part of history.

[geordielegend]

I must admit i can’t wait for the race. I have already backed Go Native antepost. I just can’t see anyone else winning. God i can’t wait for the festival to start.

[Zarkava]

Neither can I but it doesn’t look as if I’ll be having a bet after the Ballymore. Just such a tough Festival this year.

[davidbrady]

Binocular is a NR

[seabird]

Story here:

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news … _Snap.html

Colin

[CheltenhamSpecialist]

Even the most blinkered Binocular fan …..and there’s a few on here….should have expected this, he’s a mere shadow of the horse he was a year or so ago.

[wallace-no7]

Had little chance anyway this year.

Right Decision…is he big enough to go Novice Chasing?

[rich1985]

There goes another small ante-post bet down the drain! Think I’ll just back on the day, Go Native now the main hope for me but I’m now leaning towards the Zaynar camp after examining some of his form, is extremely tough and resolute which is a good attribute to have.

[Peruvian Chief]

A shame for the horse, and a shame for punters that the talking horse won’t be taking a chunk out of the market.

[CheltenhamSpecialist]

A shame for the horse, and a shame for punters that the talking horse won’t be taking a chunk out of the market.

I somehow doubt if even the "real" Binocular would have made the frame in this year’s field

[Peruvian Chief]

I’m not saying he had no chance – i’m just saying his price would have undoubtably been far too short thus making other horses value, like Go Native for example.

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