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Master Minded was faultless last time out at Ascot and it’s hard to oppose him in the Tingle Creek. He is easily the best horse in the race and on his day he’s pretty much untouchable. It also makes me laugh the way these jokers say he may be "past his best" or "over the hill". Sort your lives out, he’s only 7 and should have a good few years in him yet. A total superstar !!!!!!
kybher king still in the reckoning ? take binocular out of the equation and KK was a top winner . also saw a preview evening when paddy brennan said he was like a ferrari in greatwood 2009 .
14/1 has to be worth a shout
14/1 for a horse that doesn’t exist!!!! . . . . Don’t you mean khyber kim? The 2011 champion hurdle is also a world apart from the 2009 greatwood hurdle, so paddy brennans quotes mean nothing
How can some jokers say Kauto Star will be retired after the King George? He’s only ten, Clive Smith (his owner) and Paul Nicholls have both said he’s got a couple more years left in him, so do they know less than these idiots once again trying to shoot down the horse and all his achievements. Looking at the king George, unless Kauto falls or unseats, nothing will touch him around Kempton. Nicholls is saying he’s got the horse exactly how he wants him, and lets not forget this is a trainer who says it how it it, good or bad. The most likely contenders are Imperial Commander, who quite simply won’t reverse the form from last years king george, he is a cheltenham horse all over. Long Run is a Champion in the making, but his jumping won’t stand up to the test as kempton is quite a sharp track regards jumping. Long Run will be in contention but once Kauto Star hits the front and puts on the pressure, he will be forced into jumping errors. Nacarat isn’t quite good enough as with most of the field, im gutted i never took Kauto at a bigger price, he’s 11/8 now. I suggest you take that, because come boxing day and the start of the race, that price is going to look like great value. And please, stop chatting **** about the best horse of our generation
This year’s Gold Cup is going to be a graet renewal. There’s Kauto Star, Denman and obviously the champion Imperial Commander re-opposing. Then we have Long Run, who is quite obviously a champion in the making but i think its going to be 2012 rather than this time. It’s interesting to see that Denman will not have another run before Cheltenham, and if he runs like he did in the Hennessy then he must go close, with a bit of cut in the ground of course. Good to see he’s getting back to his best. There’s no doubt that Imperial Commander goes well around Cheltenham, after all he is the champion, and has won six times there, and at 9 going on 10 is at the right age to make a successful defence of his crown, however the horse everyone wants to be on is undoubtebley Kauto Star. A year older than the champion, so time isn’t on his side, but he is quite simply the best horse in the field. Yes he wasn’t going well last year when he fell, his jumping wasn’t what it can be, he was sweating up though at the start and wasn’t himself that day. If he turns up in March this time round and performs, he wins the Gold Cup for a third time. Everybody keeps trying to pick holes in his form, but i suppose when your that good your there to be shot at. I for one will be all over Kauto Star should he come out of the King George in good order and stay in good health
If Hurricane Fly makes it to Cheltenham this time round fully fit i simply can’t see him being beaten in the Champion Hurdle. The past couple of years i have backed him ante-post and unfortunately he’s got injured. He bounced back from injury last time out to win the Rabobank hurdle, beating Solwhit in the process. Looking at the facts, at six going on seven he’s the right age for a Champion Hurdler. He’s raced in and beaten the best company in Ireland, winning four Grade one’s in the process, in fact the only time he lost was to Solwhit on Heavy ground, something which he will not encounter at Cheltenham. His turn of foot is exceptional, whenever asked the question he can win a race in a matter of strides. Willie Mullins once described the horse as " a machine ", which has more or less been proved considering the horses he has beaten and like mentioned earlier, the way he came back last time was like he’d never been away. The one grey area is will he get up the hill? We won’t know this until the day however i see no reason why he won’t. He’s racing in the Hattons Grace Hurdle next Wednesday, re-arranged from last Sunday. A step up in trip and ground dependent we’ll see how he gets on, if he comes up short in this i won’t be reading too much into it as regards to the Champion Hurdle, after all he is likely to come on for the run. This is a horse i’ve followed closely from the beginning and should he get to Cheltenham fully fit, he’s my bet of the meeting
