your lay of the festival? Cheltenham 2013

[elgransenor1]

Thank you mate even I get lucky occasionally.

That was actually kudos to Nick Mordin who put it up on his excellent website- this is what he wrote:

OUR CONNOR JUST HAS TO WIN THE TRIUMPH AFTER THIS HUGE RUN

OUR CONNOR (41) earned the biggest speed rating I’ve given a juvenile hurdler since Detroit City when demolishing his rivals to take the Grade 1 Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown by five lengths. The strong, good-bodied gelding was moving a lot better than his rivals from a long way out and cruised clear to win comfortably.

There aren’t many juvenile hurdlers that have as good a physique for jumping as Our Connor has. And it’s been a long time since we saw one run as fast.

For comparison Champagne Fever completed the last two miles of the Grade 1 Deloitte Novice Hurdle 2.26 seconds slower than Our Connor, and Champagne Fever was not running slow.

I have a hard time seeing how anything can beat Our Connor in the Triumph following this huge run. He’s hosed up in all three of his starts over timber and had the juvenile who’d previously earned the biggest speed rating from me this season over nine lengths back in third.

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