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My local shop had sold out of RP’s by the time I got there this morning so I was not able to see who Paul Nicholls "likes" for the National. Can anyone tell me who it is and what he says about the horse in question?
At a guess I would think it is Cornish Sett given his dual Grand National winning pedigree but would appreciate someone telling me.
Ta very so.
Surely Turko is only 6/7 and carrying @11.9?
Does that matter?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysIt matters if you follow National trends. It’s nearly 70 years since a horse younger than eight won the race; nothing has won carrying more than 11-1 since Red Rum in 1977 and no French-bred has ever won.
Stats are there to be broken but Turko would have to be a lot more special than he’s shown himself to be so far to win under 11-10 as a six-year-old, especially having had a fairly hard race in the Ryanair LTO.
Having won the Champion Chase with a 5-y-old, Nicholls probably thinks age related trends don’t apply to his horses!
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Mr Pointment too much wieght, ran like a cow last time out, trainer fancies something else out the yard……Mr P must be a cerainty
Nicholls seemed to be of the opinion at the start of the season that Turko was fully exposed off 150, which is a strange thing to say about a 5y-o. He has since improved, and stamina has looked to be his forté in his career so far, but asking him to lug 11-10 to victory at Aintree is a bit steep for a relatively young horse.
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