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” Henderson said: “It’s the perfect race for him and the timing couldn’t be better. It’s our intention to go and the horse, a jockey, the owner and trainer will attend. It’ll be great and he’s used to having crowds for his races, so it’ll be good for him.”
Oh wow the horse is actually going to join in the race live, not just via video link from his stable??? With a real live jockey on (although TBH that’s a bit of a disappointment, I had hoped for a hologram, one of those camel racing robot jockeys, or Kermit from the Muppets strapped to his back). Still, sounds like Hendo and Buckers will be gracing racegoers with their august presence, what a treat.
I wonder if the attendance will beat Auguste Rodin’s trip to the course which garnered 1500 gawkers. IIRC, Southwell even laid on a wee bell at the start, just like in America, to prep him perfectly for his triumphant storm to victory in the Breeders Cup.
“Skelton should absolutely banter it and enter The New Lion in this completely=made-up-race-for-Henderson’s-benefit.”
That would be hilarious. Do it, Dan!
“I’m thinking of going to Southwell to watch , fancy dress …. as a white hurdle ..”
Even better.Just wait to ITV overhype the **** out of it , the place will be full of pissed up youngsters who couldn’t tell the difference between the hill and Dobbin from Rentaghost , and you wonder why uk nh racing is in the **** , they should do a gogglebox special of Mullins , Skelton and Nicholls watching this shitshow
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Dobbin from “Rentaghost”. You have probably lost the young crowd there, HDLG.
I remember seeing an episode where the two “actors” who played him received a higher billing in the cast than Christopher Biggins did. Although I expect Biggins might have found that quite amusing.
Not many posts actually make me laugh out loud, but your last couple have managed it HDLG. Great stuff.
Sure if we’re all going in fancy dress for the craic I’ll get a brown fedora and a nice pastel V neck jumper and go as the trainer.
If it’s open to winners of one, Poniros would be eligible. He won’t , but it would be funny if he did
Can’t wait to hear Fitzy’s pearls of wisdom on it.
The more I know the less I understand.
….. Micks tipping him , we all know it , Henderson could enter him in the Beverley Bullet and Mick would tip him
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“Perhaps Golden Ace should go for the hat trick”
She’s by Golden Horn, who has 125 AW winners, his progeny having a slightly better record on tapeta than turf; and out of a Dubawi mare who herself won on the AW, and whose next best offspring after Golden Ace is a winner on the AW. I’d be backing her against CH.
Slow down guys…. we don’t want this thread gathering another 2,273 posts and a thread of the year nomination again, do we? do we?
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Matron,
“I would love Alan Potts to opine if he owned “Constitution Hill”.
Well we wouldn’t be in this god awful mess. Because absolutely the last person I’d ever want training a horse for me is N Henderson.
Three runs in novice hurdles as a 4yo, winning the last one to get a mark of around 125. Then put him away and the following season, win the big 2M handicap hurdles at Cheltenham, Ascot and Newbury. Ignore the festival and start him novice chasing asap after that. The Arkle as a novice, the Ryanair in his second season, then, and only then, try 3M in the King George and go from there.
And if he got passed to me now with the current history, I’d send him to Laura Collett for jumping lessons and plan a chasing campaign. It’s long forgotten now and caused no fuss at the time, but Desert Orchid fell in both his last two starts over hurdles, but won his debut over fences at Exeter less than a month after the last of those falls. If Laura, who by chance I met when she was a teenager, told me he was not a chaser, then retirement.
Yes it’s up to the owners at the end of the day, I do wonder if Henderson had a day or just goes along with it. Either way it’s not a good picture for the sport
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