Well Chief

[Grimes]

Read Nick Mordin’s comment on Irish Racing for January 2006 – the second entry on Nickname, towards the bottom of the page.

The handicap mark he cites for him is equivalent to Detroit City’s current one – for his last 2 races. The highest rated juvenile hurdlers in the last decade.

I’d have a saver on him, in case he runs. I’ve bet on him and wish I’d prioritised an AP bet on Well Chief, as a saver.

[davidjohnson]

Nickname is becoming a hype horse that hasn’t proved a great deal imo. Beating a regressive Central House by 10+ lengths and a Watson Lake who continues to look like he has a hole in the heart means little. Place lay on the big day for me.

[johnjdonoghue]

Nickname would need the ground to be very soft to be in contention. Well Chief is streets ahead of anything over the 2m chase trip.

JohnJ.

[Aidan]

Agreed DJ, plenty going OTT regarding Nickname. Well Chief looks a good thing.

[doyley]

Hello,

Is Soft Ground going to happen at Cheltenham??<br>From recent festivals, I don’t think so!<br>For the last few years, the staff have been watering, even after a winter’s copious amounts of rain.

The imminent good ground will surely rule out Nickname out this year and thus continuing the Hype. :)

regards,

doyley

[SirHarryLewis]

I reckon Nickname would beat almost anything on genuinely soft ground (maybe well chief apart) but I think you can pretty much discount him from a trip across the water.  Connections arent too botherd about Cheltenham anyway.

SHL

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