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Jack Mullins has said Townsend wouldn’t swap his for anything else , tactically it’s going to be fascinating to see how it plays out , another race to look forward to , I’ve tickled Nubre e.w and if they do go hard it may help him if the front ones do stop
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“Jack Mullins has said Townsend wouldn’t swap his for anything else”
No jockey is ever going to come back after a race and tell connections “We’ve got no chance of reversing the form next time”.
Let’s see what Blue Lord does next weekend; wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if Townend deserts Energumene in the QMCC should the Munir horse win impressively at the DRF.
No chance , Blue Lord couldn’t touch edwardstone in the arkle , Townsend wont switch
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Not that I think he would but can Townend switch, given Jacob is the retained jockey
“He hasn’t beaten a good 2 miler”
I’m not sure Energumene did either before he won ;o)
A fast run 2 miles would suit Blue Lord imo. He’d be in with a shout.
“Jacob is the retained jockey”
Not for Munir/Souede horses trained by Willie Mullins. There, Townend has first dibs.
Mike he,s F and 4 at cheltenham , he,s won 2 weak races this season , plus likely he’ll go to Ryanair , I can’t see him beating the horses at the top of the Champion market
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Alan King just confirmed that other G1 races don’t seem to matter as much as the Fez.
“We’ve lost a battle, not the war” he said.Yeah, losing out by a nose in a proper G1 race restaged at the home of NH racing, doesn’t seem to bother you much.
As predictable as it is depressing, ERL – I echo your sentiments.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Agree about King’s comments. I said as much yesterday. Even allowing for speaking off the cuff in the aftermath, it was an unfortunate choice of words.
I think he will be celebrating in March. Editor got a great ride and it is difficult to begrudge his connections. But I cannot believe he is a better horse than one that has won an Arkle and Tingle Creek impressively.
I think he (Edwardstone) should be winning in March, but I hate the idea of people using a G1 race as a prep run for Cheltenham. No doubt, we’ll see a much fitter horse in the CC and I’m quite sure he’ll be ridden more vigorously as well.
As Cork pointed out, he’s won an Arkle and a Tingle Creek in quite convincing fashion and no matter what the excuses for Energumene are, he won a very weak CC last year.
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