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    Avatar photovikingflagship
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    Dual Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs could miss John Durkan reappearance due to a setback

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    #1742756
    AndrewBeamish
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    9 going on 10. I think this season was going to be hard enough without any setbacks, no matter how small. Its amazing how quickly these horses go from the exuberant new kids on the block to veteran stage.

    Retaining the Gold Cup will be super difficult, younger legs always seem to prevail, but he’ll still be good enough to pick up his two mid season Leopardstown G1s.

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    Avatar photoNathan Hughes
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    Agree Andrew… He’s a beast a beautiful one at that
    but a new beast is brewing, a warrior in fact.. Patrick Mullins knows who I mean. :rose:
    expected to start the season in the John Durkan

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    Hughsie … Do you remember Potato …

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    greenasgrass
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    Retired to a private island, he gallops the boundaries every morning on Elegant Escape.

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    Avatar photoNathan Hughes
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    Potato, yes.. only one person could write a poem better than Potato and that was gamble :mail: :mail: :mail:

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    “only one person could write a poem better than Potato”

    An Elegy to Elegant Escape?

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    Hughsie don’t become the new potato …

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    Patrick just wants a horse to ride in the GC! He knows he isnt getting on GDS.

    I think Inothewayurthinkin could be the type to not win a race all year and still win the GC.

    I really wish we could just throw one decent english horse into the equation.

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    Well, there’s Haiti Couleurs. Oh wait – he’s Welsh.

    Never mind: there’s Myretown. Oh wait – he’s Scottish.

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    Gladiateur – i should have said British. I dont think either would be good enough though. Who knows though, cant imagine many thought syncronised (or even native river) would turn into Gold cup horses as novices.

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    at 33/1 I have a 97.06% chance of being the next potato
    16’s now
    then 8’s when the Warrior wins the Durkin
    then the King George 4’s
    I can see Gaelic Warrior going off favourite for the Gold Cup
    toss a coin, spud… :bye:

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    Look out for potato at Cheltenham Friday Elegant Escape parades :yahoo: lol

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    #1744335
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    Poor Potato …Elegant burnt him to a crisp

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    Avatar photoNathan Hughes
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    Apart from the news of GDC’s early season setback.. he came back and ran two decent enough runs before the further setback….. anyway the rest of the thread is poetry :whistle:

    Potato who?? :heart:

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