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Appreciate It has the form in the book to serve it right up to Honeysuckle.
Unfortunately, what we don’t know, is how fit Appreciate It is. If he shows up for the Irish Champion Hurdle and wins or runs Honeysuckle close, then odds of 8/1 for the CH, are going to look very generous indeed!
Latest odds for the 2m 5f Ladbrokes Novices Chase at the Dublin Race Festival – GDC 4/7 and Bob Olinger 10/3 (PP).
Bob Olinger to be wrapped away in cotton wool and head straight to Cheltenham from his last run?
I am in fairly deep on Galopin Des Champs from 10/1 down to 4/1. Earlier this week Paddy Power had GDC at 11/8 and now they have put him out to 7/4. Not sure what to make of that? He may have had a setback or Mullins will pull one of his usual moves and run him in the Turner’s Novice Chase? GDC has plenty of speed but is also a strong stayer, with the Gold Cup probably being next year’s target. Then, why would he go for the shorter trip at Cheltenham and potentially get done for speed by Bob Olinger?
What exactly did Willie say on the podcast?
Age and injuries have caught up with Walsh as is life. Hope for his own health and dignity that this is his last season but I suspect with his rather gigantic ego, it won’t be.
I had the kitchen sink on Altior to win this year’s QM CC since he won last year’s Arkle. The amount of stress and worry I felt for the best part of a year, was not good for my health, as it looked like he wouldn’t run on many occasions over the last 12 months.
Lesson learned, I’ll never ever bet antepost again, without NRNB.
Great win considering the setbacks this year and the ground was definitely not favorable for him.
Not sure we will see Altior V Douvan again this season or even next.
The more I hear from Ruby, the more I think he wants to ride Min.
If the Mullins camp told me tomorrow is Saturday, I would go and check the calendar first.
Which begs the question, will Douvan run at all? Sunday and Monday decs will be interesting, that’s for sure.
Glad that the Mullins camp are so bullish about Douvan running.
Looking forward to seeing how he will get on next week. Should be a cracker of a race.
So then there were 10.
Soon to be 9 as Un De Sceaux will almost certainly run in the Ryan Air (maybe even more so now that Waiting Patiently has dropped out).
Will Douvan run?
Gents,
Our great game is a game of opinions, that’s the beauty of it. We really shouldn’t be trying to shout each other down or belittle one another.
I loved how Altior jumped last Saturday. Amazing really as he only had one proper schooling session in almost a year.
Now, Altior was very workmanlike in winning last year’s Arkle, no doubt. I think he had an off day yet still beat a fair animal in Cloudy Dream by six lengths. Not a bad “off day” at the office all the same!
The reality is, there are no “Cheltenham Bankers”. Not Altior, Samcro, Footbad or Buveur D’Air. If there were, the bookies would be out of business.
Rich Ricci has stated on many occasions that Douvan and Min would be split, should they both turn up at Cheltenham. He has said this as recently as last month. I for one, do actually tend to believe him.
LD73 – Politologue has run since the Tingle Creek. Last run was at Kempton over Christmas.
Henderson sounding a little bit pessimistic earlier about Altior.
I think Hendo doesn’t really want to run him but knows he has to, as it’s highly unlikely the horse can win at Cheltenham without a run.
Looking at the weather forecast, seems like quite a bit of rain is due on Friday.
Will both Fox Norton and Politologue definitely take up their entries?
