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Ginge – I would imagine Townend was hoping that something was going to take him at last part way to bridging the gap to IEF considering there was a stamina question mark but when he realised nothing would he probably had to use a lot of that speed to get him into a challenging position but as Banbrdige seemed to really see the trip out well I would imagine that they wouldn’t ride him as far back in the future.
Irish Gold Cup/Betbowl Chase/Punchestown Gold Cup (especially if he misses Cheltenham if the ground is soft) would all be options that have now opened up to him now he has shown he stays 3m – likely to see him in the John Durkan next season too.
Could be another Allaho type of horse that runs in all the G1 chases between 2m4f to 3m.
WD winners
Just watched the race. Bit of deja vu there, with Banbridge doing a Hewick (2023).
What a price, VTC! One of your ‘legendary’ bits of tipping there
.I bet Skelton regrets running GD, so soon after that Haydock slog.
He’s a player in the Gold Cup picture Banbridge is, that was a good test of 3m albeit Kempton is sharper but you dont tend to get a breather in especially when the front runner is pinging them and not stopping. We’ve seen it before with these horses with good form over shorter improving again for further, Sizing John is the recent one I have in mind but there will be others. Cheltenham winning form. Theres lots to like but the one thing which will probably go against him will be a wet March which seems to be the norm now.
Fabulous stuff from VTC, a consummate judgement of the horse on 12th January, 2024. One of his specialities, but nonetheless quite remarkable.
Absolute belter of a race. Let’s see IEf in the Gold Cup- granted good ground and a more conservative ride they’ve got to have a shot – Ryanair is a cop out race, there’s only one Gold Cup. I haven’t see a horse fly those Kempton fences like that in a long time. Once again a top Townend ride- I did not think Banbridge would stay the trip but he’s also some beast to win a KG 6 months after a grade 1 win over 2 miles. We want to see the best horses in the Gold Cup and the front two deserve their shot at Galopin.
Fab to see the true Champion hurdler back but mixed reactions to Nico’s comments about Paddy B. To me a little trash talk isn’t such a bad thing. He loves the horse and didn’t like the way some pundits hadn’t written them off -so it showed it really matters. Wouldn’t like to see it as a regular occurrence though- Nico is a gent after all .
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