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    Avatar photoVenture to Cognac
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    Obviously all about GDC here, though I suppose Fastorslow is big enough at 7’s

    If Stattler runs like he did at Cheltenham in March, then he’ll get lapped, but having actually considered Appreciate It, I have to go with my old pal Stattler to run into second. If they’ve got him back (which I’m not convinced they will have), then I had to take the 28’s. Bet him for Aintree and Cheltenham this year anyway, so might as we throw some more his way tomorrow

    Stattler 28’s EW

    #1671820
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    I’ll be backing fastorslow , far to big in my eyes

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    #1671846
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    Can’t find much of a bet on that card so I’ve just doubled Imagine and Galopin for an interest, and put them in an acca with Danny Mullins’ rides in the chases at Cork as I think they’re all nice horses (Night and Day, En Beton, Macdermott- those 3 are all odds against so I’ve had a bit on each of them individually too).

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    If the Gold Cup winner is ready then a no contest but Appreciate It is a not too serious interest.

    The more I know the less I understand.

    #1671883
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    RTB plus we’ll see if the GC has left a mark on GDC

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    #1671934
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    Lol love it , the stats never lie , you take the GC winners on

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    #1671936
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    Well done HDLG.
    Proper Grade 1 race that.
    Appreciate it ran a stormer and it was nice to see Stattler lobbing away till he got outpaced.
    Fastorslow a deserved winner.

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    Poor ride from Townend. Why hold a Gold Cup horse up over 2 miles 3?
    Get on with it and stop it getting tactical.

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    Wd winners

    #1671939
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    Mike sorry that’s bollocks , nowt to do with the jockey , beaten fair and square , some iffy jumping and like Punchestown he got tapped for speed

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    #1671941
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    Green don’t you think Stattler looks like a national horse …. as I hold some 50s tickets

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    #1671942
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    “Green don’t you think Stattler looks like a national horse …. as I hold some 50s tickets”

    Don’t lose them down the back of the sofa anyway.

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    Agree HDLG, nothing wrong with the ride atall, gave the horse every chance and looked after him when he wasnt closing, just lacked the gears for the trip, not sure what the blowup is aboit, the horse who beat him last time, beats him again?

    Doesnt change anything currently imo, he was close enough from a layoff, didnt tail off, jumped fine bar 3 out, looked in need of the run?

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    Wd HDLG, Mullins had one turned over at 1/8 earlier on the card by 24l.

    The more I know the less I understand.

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    Ham Fastorslow doesn’t normally win first time out , he’s now beaten him twice over 2 different distances …. has the GC claimed another horse

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    #1671948
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    Rtb fair to say while his stats are ok Mullins isn’t motoring yet , the 1/8 looked to have a issue … poss back

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    #1671950
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    Exactly ham lacked the gears for the trip. Should’ve made it a test.Won his 2 and a half mile races being exuberant. If he’d got on with it would Appreciate It beat him? That horse is 2 stone inferior. Unsatisfactory race to watch for me. GDC was making jumping errors too going that steady. Winning jockey described the race as a sprint. Winner in amongst it for Cheltenham atm as he won again. Let’s see at DRF where GDC is as that will be a proper race.

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