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This could be one of the most open races of the festival as long as ( as looks very likely) the good thing DON POLI heads for the RSA. For me he wins whatever race he opts for and also his form will hold up.
Assuming Don goes the RSA route I really think The Young Master will therefor bypass the RSA and take this easier option. The dark one may well be Very Wood IF they can bring him back to last seasons form.
Very Wood is no longer a dark one GCD after winning in impressive style at Navan today. He looks like he’s back to something like his best now and the four miler looks the ideal target. He showed bundles of stamina in winning the Albert Bartlett last season and he has a very efficient style of jumping fences, not using too much energy, and that will stand him in good stead in the National Hunt Chase. He may still head for the RSA but with Don Poli for that and Meade keen to run Wounded Warrior there too I imagine he’ll go for this race. 10/1, I’m in.
Very Wood now looks like heading for the RSA according to Meade. Another ante post bet sunk, but at least I have him in the TRF vs Pricewise comp at 66/1 for that race
So what are Gigginstown up to? Looks like Very Wood is now back on course for the RSA with Wounded Warrior going for 4 miler BUT does that mean Don Poli is RSA bound too? Jeez who knows
Even though Meade said Michael O’Leary is leaning towards the RSA for Very Wood, the markets haven’t really moved in either race and a few firms actually cut him for the four miler today.
What?! I smashed the 14-1 straight after the Navan Race.
Rapidly turning into the worst ante post book for the festival I have ever had.
I did occur to me that it would be odd for Meade to have two horses in the same race but also thought Poli looked the best and speediest and would go 3m route.
Hopefully that is how they go.
I do wish the owners would stand up to Mullins.
It seems he only cares about his stable having a representative in each race. Ricci hasn’t got a clue. Vautour should be going Arkle, Power WH, Champers Ryanair. Mullins ants the others and will get his own way.
I agree with that, Sketti. UDS should have been in the Champion Hurdle last season and this year he’s playing silly beggars with the GWR horses ( Gigginstown, Wylie, Ricci )
As for this race, i’m on Perfect Gentleman and Sego Success but i expect there will be something which catches the eye on the day, too. Often a race where something improves a deal for the big step up in trip.
Add me to the Sego Success camp. Since the change in race conditions, this usually goes to the classier horses. Sego Success showed a willing attitude last time and AK seems bullish.
Was at a preview last night and Bryan Cooper indicated Very Wood would run here, with Don Poli and Wounded Warrior in the RSA.
Was hoping to see Cause of Causes go Kim Muir, but now that he heads here, I’ve had a go at the 25’s, and very hopeful, especially with Jamie Codd booked
He’d be my main hope now. These are the ones I’ve bet, and that’ll do me.
Cause of Causes 25’s
The Job Is Right 20’sWith Don Poli and Very Wood going for the RSA, Wounded Warrior looks by far the best of the Irish. I’m surprised the likes of The Job Is Right and Causes Of Causes are only twice the price of the Meade horse because if they ran in Ireland I think Wounded Warrior would be a raging hot fav to account for those two. Surely goes off sub 3/1?
Woooooooo Hoooooooo – they read forums!! Very Wood finally declared for 4 miler :-)))))
Woooooooo Hoooooooo – they read forums!! Very Wood finally declared for 4 miler :-)))))
Delighted with this, hopefully he can go on and win the damn thing now
For me, Very Wood‘s participation in the Four Miler is a huge negative for his chance. The RSA is the more prestigious race and arguably the more suitable race for a horse with his turn of foot. To shift him out to this race in place of a horse who looked tailor-made for extreme distances (Wounded Warrior) doesn’t inspire confidence. His jumping is also far from natural, so he isn’t the safest conveyance for an amateur rider, even if it is Nina Carberry. Big lay for me.
Cause Of Causes would be hugely outrunning his pedigree if he won this race. Though he closed on Spring Heeled at the end of the Kim Muir last year, I am not convinced he even gets three miles strongly. There, he had the advantage of being held-up in a very strongly-run race, but still couldn’t catch a headstrong leader who made all despite sweating up and making various mistakes.
Doing Fine will do for me. Rebecca Curtis won the race with Teaforthree and seems to be bringing this unexposed chaser to the boil at the right time. He came out of his recent meeting with Cogry looking like the better-suited to marathon trips of the pair.
Sego Success might well win, but I think he is underpriced on his last run. There, he outstayed Grand Vision, who never gets home and beat a below-par Deputy Dan and Mosspark. Seems like a very poor bet at single figure odds.
Broadway Buffalo is my each-way bet to go with Doing Fine.
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