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Jukebox Man has beaten Masaccio Hyland and Iroko, all handicappers. Jango might turn out to be best of the brits though i appreciate Jukebox did get injured.
I think Jango is the better of the two and going forward I see TJM as a Ryanair horse with 26.5f around Cheltenham’s new course being a step too far. Jango on the other hand is bred to stay a lot further through his dam. Kempton , I feel, is TJM’s best chance of beating Jango over 3 miles to be best of the UK horses but that may become moot anyway.
The KG prices for both Jango Baie and The Jukebox Man are a complete joke. Nothing happened today as they only won 2m5f chases against horses that will never line up in a KG. To have them both at single digits is an insult.
I was well impressed by Jango Baie, who travelled throughout like the best horse. 33s for the Gold Cup much better value than 4s for the King George
It’s got potential to be a classic this year if they all line up.
After reading on here that Kempton was to be sold off by next year I told my Mrs Xmas was cancelled this year as we would be driving to London Xmas eve for 3 nights to be able to take in a king George! It was clearly a genius move by me! Even if the rest of the family hate me, I can take the flack and lie soundly in bed on the night of Xmas day knowing the choices I made were the right ones
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Jango was the only horse to run under standard at Ascot yesterday. They didn’t hang about and he was able to kick clear off a decent pace.
Jukebox on the other hand ran the slowest time by far in comparison to the other races at Haydock, basically able to do what he liked up front.The way I see it Jukebox has the higher cruising speed , Henderson horse will be attacking late so it’s a question of Jukeboxes staying power , forgetting the other horses I’d have Jukebox beating Jango
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Does anyone know anything about the current fitness of Banbridge? I haven’t heard or seen anything. Assume he’s had a setback….
oldwater1984 it’s been very soft ground, the Hilly Way Chase may be next for him depending on the ground according to the trainer’s stable tour. I’m not aware of a setback.
What if GDC doesn’t make it to the Savills’? Could Willie go for the KG with FTF and have GW run and Leopardstown? Something I wouldn’t necessarily want to see, but with him you never know.
Has Mullins got Gaelic fitter earlier , go KG then miss Cheltenham for Ain and Sand again
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I’m not so sure , it may well be he needs a decent break between runs , we’ll see
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If the first two in the Durkan have a go it could be a real spectacle. I thought both TJBM and Jango were impressive (esp the latter) and perhaps are less exposed with more scope for improvement than the Mullins pair.
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