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Three against the field for me are Rule The World, Tammys Hill and Rogue Angel, all ew to 5 places….
How awful to read this after watching him win so bravely. Gutted for all his connections.
Was great to see Carruthers rolling the years back there. Highlight of the day. What a fortnight for the Bradstocks.
Can’t disagree with that one. At the end of a day in which the benefits of lying close to the pace had been amply demonstrated, this one was covered up right out the back. Particularly risky in an amateur’s race that typically has it’s fair share of incident.
What drove the gamble though? I reckon it’s pretty easy for the bookies to set the snowball rolling and hope it gathers momentum!
Not a winner, of course, but God’s Own was a crazy price at 40-1 on Tuesday morning. The Punchestown/Exeter form was easily the second strongest on offer in the race and with him getting his ground he was a knocking bet. Wish I’d had more than I did but when I went back for seconds I was greedy and went for the win!
What left me feeling a bit down was the general poverty of the UK challenge, especially in novice races. Let’s face it, horses we thought were reasonably useful were utterly stuffed by the Irish. It bodes pretty poorly for the next few years.
Even in some of the handicap hurdles, our show was poor and I wonder if maybe some trainers are increasingly looking to bypass Cheltenham for Aintree as they know it’s less competitive – where were the Hobbs, McCain, Lavelle handicappers? Look at the County Hurdle – Roman Flight would have been our best in 4th or 5th if not coming down. Ditto Martin Pipe with Shelford best in fifth.
Is this the consequence of letting bookies and the likes of ARC run our racing? Poor prize money begets poor horses. Also wonder if trainers need to rethink their approach – not running in Jan/Feb seemed to leave some horses short.
I well remember the day Sheena West ran It’s Wallace and It’s Wallace Junior in the same race; seem to remember the commentator (Simon Holt?) just referred to the latter as Junior throughout
To my mind Twister is a very streaky trainer and by and large his horses generally seem to have been running below their best of late.
Only doubt is down to the difference in going but on soft Coneygree would have absolutely mullered Don Poli!!!
The RSA was a weak race IMO; Southfield Theatre would have made more of a race of it but for a stopping blunder at the ditch followed by an awkward jump at the next. I’d have Don Poli as an average RSA winner at the moment
King’s Palace was never going to get up the hill in a strongly run race – watch last year’s Albert Bartlett! The Young Master, Adriana and If in Doubt are handicappers. Wounded Warrior wouldn’t have been out of place in the 4 miler. Best of a poor lot!Carberry had just about everything he rode this week right out the back. See also Monbeg Dude and Run Ructions Run.
Couldn’t agree more Cav – although the problem in the Champion was perhaps compounded by a lack of competition (8 runners!) I couldn’t believe the way Ruby was allowed to dictate a slow pace that clearly wouldn’t help TNO or Jezki. The only way TNO could conceivably have won was off a strong pace – so what did they do!
1. Coneygree – everything NH racing should be about
2. Uxizandre – vintage McCoy
3. Darna – great to see Kim Bailey back in the winner’s enclosureLet’s not go over the top about Don Poli? It could hardly be considered a vintage RSA and in my view he’d still fall into the could be anything category.
OK….
If you are coming down the A436 towards the course you go round the 3 or 4 roundabouts around Bishops Cleeve then you come to a crossroads with traffic lights and a rugby club on the left. Turn left at the lights and after 100 yds you will see a gate on the right with the farmer taking cash. If it’s decent ground you can drive right across the field to the far corner near the railway embankment. There will be plenty of people parking there. Follow people up the footpath, over the railway and down the other side. From there you’re at the bottom of the racecourse car park. No more than 15 min walk.
I’ve parked there for 10 years or more – the farmer recognises us.
King’s Palace was never going to get up the hill in a strongly run race – watch last year’s Albert Bartlett! The Young Master, Adriana and If in Doubt are handicappers. Wounded Warrior wouldn’t have been out of place in the 4 miler. Best of a poor lot!