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Seen as the forum members like an early bet on the festival. Maybe in everone’s interest to pass on what they see in the press ect. regarding doubts on possible runners.
Apples Shakira
“She is back over in Ireland for the foreseeable future and I would think it’s more than likely she’ll be covered in due course.”
Eric bloodaxe? Apperently they may go for the punchestown bumper does anyone know more?
Gigginstown, for all that they’ve had a few recent runners, are not a fan of the Champion Bumper.
Douvan
Klassical Dream
Saldierall of them out of the Festival. Though Douvan is no surprise at all.
What idiot started a thread like this. It gives me a heart attack every time i see a new post
Lydia Hislop asked Ruby Walsh about Saldier on RTV last night and he dodged the question. Now we discover he is out for the season. Cannot believe he did not know there was at least something wrong with the horse.
Lydia Hislop asked Ruby Walsh about Saldier on RTV last night and he dodged the question. Now we discover he is out for the season. Cannot believe he did not know there was at least something wrong with the horse.
Give em credit Cork, at least they are telling people a month before as opposed to 24 hours.
If The Cap Fits & King Roland
Details below : From Racing Post
If The Cap Fits will miss the Cheltenham Festival and instead go straight to Aintree, trainer Harry Fry revealed on Monday.
The eight-year-old, who was as short as 10-1 for the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle, will now sidestep the race and instead tackle the Ryanair Stayers’ Hurdle, which he won last season when edging Roksana and Apple’s Jade in a thrilling finale.
If The Cap Fits was last seen finishing fifth to Paisley Park in the Cleeve Hurdle on a day he was fancied to give the red-hot stayer something to think about.
Fry said: “If The Cap Fits is going to be scratched from the Stayers’ Hurdle in order to focus on Aintree. He’ll go back for the race he won last season, and if that went well he could go to Punchestown too.
“He just wasn’t good enough on the day against Paisley Park, and we’d rather do this than go back to Cheltenham simply making up the numbers.”
Another who will miss Cheltenham is King Roland. The classy novice hurdler suffered a pelvis injury when second to Harry Senior on Cheltenham’s Trials day and will now miss the remainder of the season.
However, Fry is already looking forward to having the six-year-old back for a novice chasing campaign next season and still holds very high hopes for him.
“King Roland picked up a stress fracture to his pelvis at Cheltenham and has been scratched from the Ballymore,” said Fry. “While this season is sadly over, touch wood that’s all. He’ll have a break and his usual summer holiday out in the field, then come back next season when we can look forward to going novice chasing with him.”
The trainer added: “We are lucky it wasn’t something more severe on the day, and with hindsight perhaps it explains why it went from looking a case of ‘how far is he going to win’ to him not delivering what he looked set to deliver.
“He’s still one to look forward to enormously next season. He was always going to be a chaser and it’s not the end of the world.”
The best things in life are free.
But you can give them to the birds and bees.I don’t know if this one would be of interest to many, but recent impressive Leapordstown winner Traceyenniscorthy is not going to go to Cheltenham.
NATIVE RIVER out of both Gold Cup & National with a tendon injury
The best things in life are free.
But you can give them to the birds and bees.
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