Sir Gino going the Arkle route

[Gingertipster]

Not really Mike.
The thread was started about Sir Gino going chasing / Arkle rather than going for the Champion Hurdle. Just one of many that trainers have suggested they’re going chasing when they have a realistic chance of winning the Champion Hurdle… Surely only right to point them out too?… And other horses (mares) with other possible Cheltenham targets rather than the Champion Hurdle.

ie Sir Gino is just one of many where the Champion Hurdle could’ve been the target.

Is the Champion Hurdle losing its status?
Or is it because Constitution Hill still might be impossible to beat and connections of rivals are keeping their options open?
Or are those questions too off topic?

Value Is Everything

[Cork All Star]

“Is the Champion Hurdle losing its status?”

An important question – and I would argue that it is.

I think it is becoming a thinner division, in a large part due to fewer good Flat horses going hurdling and also by plenty of good novice hurdlers going straight over fences (not surprisingly given their breeding and point to point backgrounds).

Then there is the Mares Hurdle taking good horses away from the race, as trainers and owners prioritise having a Cheltenham winner over going for the (on the face of it) most prestigious race.

There is also the fact of one trainer dominating the game to an unprecedented degree.

[Mike007]

Champion Hurdle thread open for business :o)

[He Didnt Like Ground]

And to think the champion hurdle in the early 2000s was the race of the week …. will we see the likes again …

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