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I have always wondered why King doesnt come over more.
I remember he was interviewed after the year Blazing Bailey won and he said he loved it and would be back with a larger team next year round…… For some reason he didnt return at all the next year.
Moving it to the afternoon was a brilliant idea, attracted huge crowds last year.
Why Pipe ignores the festival like his father did is beyond me although he doesnt have good enough horses so perhaps thats why
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The four year old race is without doubt the best 4 yr old race this season…
Why Pipe ignores the festival like his father did is beyond me although he doesnt have good enough horses so perhaps thats why
He has the ammo alright Joncol, you just need to look at his Cheltenham record to see that.
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His record in handicaps is terribly good alright but doubt somehow he has a horse good enough to compete in the Grade Ones at Punchetown
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i think over the next 5/10 years punchy will overtake liverpool as the 2nd biggest NH meeting in GB and ireland
Do you? Now
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think that Aintree is most certainly going to overtake Cheltenham, so where does that leave us in this game of rock/paper/scissors??
The problem with "punchy" is the same as "chelters": i.e. they both go on for longer than humanity or horseflesh can stand. Aintree, with a glorious quality-packed 3 days culminating in the greatest horse race in the world, has a much better concentration of thrills than either of them.
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Quite frankly bar the National itself I find the Aintree meeting all very boring.
i think over the next 5/10 years punchy will overtake liverpool as the 2nd biggest NH meeting in GB and ireland
Do you? Now
I
think that Aintree is most certainly going to overtake Cheltenham, so where does that leave us in this game of rock/paper/scissors??
The problem with "punchy" is the same as "chelters": i.e. they both go on for longer than humanity or horseflesh can stand. Aintree, with a glorious quality-packed 3 days
culminating in the greatest horse race in the world,
has a much better concentration of thrills than either of them.
Since when is the Dingle Derby run at Aintree??!!!
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Half the problem with Aintree is the BBC production and more so McGrath commentating. I think he is a good flat commentator but certainly not jump racing in my opinion..
Yeah. It’s good to be yourself. Same with you, I will try to do something. So I support your decision!
antree is getting better and better with each season but how long will it be before they go to 4 days?
Hats off to the thousands of UK punters who made trojan efforts to be here today- to my eye the crowd looked up on last year and I saw many faces from across the water who had braved long car and ferry journeys to see a fabulous card.
Today is the day that shows the effect of extending to 5 days- sadly a lot of dross apart from the G1.
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