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As it’s such a poor looking Arkle this year, I’ve decided to bet Edwardstone.
I won’t bet him here, but I certainly hope that I get some encouragement at the very least.The tactics will be interesting
If Skelton can restrain himself and hold onto TTL for as long as he possibly can i think he has every chance of reversing the form
Edwardstone will win this easily, was fairly surprised hes around evs, id have him about 1/2 for this so will have to bet him
I agree completely with that Ham, but it’s definitely not a betting race for me this one
I’m in the group who,ll think Third Time Lucki can reverse the form
Pick 3 on Saturday champion 2025/2026
Doubt I will have a bet but I hope Edwardstone wins and then wins the Arkle. I think he would already be clear favourite for that race if he was trained by one of the Big Four.
The Arkle winner. Glad I took the 3/1 before the race. Surprised he is still as big as 9/4.
As good is he is and like i said i felt he was miles clear of them today, i cant see him beating blue lord/riviere detel and i still feel haut en couleurs has plenty we havent seen yet
Ill be laying him if he goes off the arkle fav on the day
Professional, no nonsense, slick fencing, get the job done performance and I have to say I am on board with him for the Arkle now that Ferny Hollow is out.
His jumping will be a major asset at Cheltenham which I believe will find out Blue Lord (who’s jumping looked unconvincing and he fell at the last in the Supreme last year) and Riviere D’etel whose last fence blunder cost her the race – she also likes to be on the pace and that could well not be the place to be on the day with other front runners.
I favour the Irish horses Arkle bound. Edwardstone is an 8 year old with 17 races under rules. Blue Lord has 11 and Rivier D’etel even less with 10. Unless all the Irish horses coming over are ‘useless’, I think something with more scope will win it.
I was not impressed by either Blue Lord or Rivier D’etel last week.
The former was laboured, was fortunate to win and (in my opinion) even more fortunate to keep it in the stewards room. The latter does not always convince with her jumping and will receive a smaller Mares allowance at Cheltenham. She is not guaranteed to reverse form with Blue Lord.
Edwardstone would be a short priced favourite now if he was trained in Ireland.
I can understand why you wouldnt be impressed with them, but a line through ferny, blue lord didnt put up a performance that much below what he had ran against RD,
Im most certainly not saying edwardstone wont win, but i think the irish form through ferny/blue lord/ riviere is miles ahead of TTL
That being said, its only my preference for irish form thats making me formulate the above, if edwardstone did that in ireland, id be with you
Hes much the best of the british and its nice to have one of ours at the top of the market
I thought he was way underpriced today, 1/2 seemed a minimum for me, so im very happy with his performance, very neat over a fence
Hes the right fav for the race
“That being said, its only my preference for irish form thats making me formulate the above”
That mindset has certainly paid the bills at Cheltenham in recent years
It might be wrong in this case but there’s a good chance its not
And over the course of the week if I’m ever in doubt I back the irish horse
Fwiw I thought blue lord did tremendously well to even be fighting out the finish with the mare given how average his jumping was. It was his first real race of the season and I can see him improving a good bit from that experience.
I was at Warwick yesterday and it was a cracking race
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