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@Tonge: when even the biggest stables had fifty or so horses, a trainer could possibly have had some “hands on” connection with them all.
In the age of stables of two hundred horses or more, there is no way whatsoever that the official permit holder can know everything about every horse.
@Gladiateur quite. You wonder why owners of the lower rated horses are happy to pay the higher rates.
It wasn’t that long ago when the CoC got a slating for watering and then there was a deluge the next day. I think it may have been the year Shishkin pulled up in the Champion Chase. Looks like he has learned his lesson but you can’t please everybody.
Going for Gold Cup day:
Hurdle: Soft (Good to Soft places)
Chase: Good to Soft (Soft places)
12mm rain yesterday/overnight (2mm afternoon, 10mm overnight). Forecast mainly dry today with a risk of shower.
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Just as well the clerk ignored Mullins and didn’t pour a shedload of water on the track. Otherwise we might be looking at a very soft or heavy ground Gold Cup.
Well done Mr Pullin. Had a very wet Thursday morning in south east Wales which could have easily swept to Prestbury but didn’t to any great extent. It is spring for goodness sake.
No doubt Willie wanted them to produce DRF type ground. Yeah let’s have a running on the spot type Gold Cup like the Ten Up and Davy Lad ones.
Willie needs to take a drop more water with it.
Mark Walsh emphasizing the ground being “quick ground” “good, fast ground”
I wonder who he was riding for…
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Chase course is obvious quicker giving the times today – dark grey clouds gathering with rain incoming though it might not be in time to change the chase course.
Had to cancel their next three racedays:
It does beg the question did they run the Festival knowing there was still an ongoing issue with the drainage and potential for further holes to appear?
Funny that no mention of this work 20 days ago? What’s suddenly changed?
Just because they are having these works done does not mean it is unsafe to race on. It is possible that by not having it done could create issues in the long term highlighted by the incident they have already had.
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