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Just read on sportinglife that Somersby may well be running in this – having traded at 159-1 on the fair and being removed from ante post lists!!
Apparentley Henrietta thinks the ground may favour a switch from the champion chase! (nothing to do with it being a very weak renewal and having to face Big Zeb / Masterminded!)
Its my idea if the winner if it runs anyway!! – I’m sure if it goes for the champion chase it will just run on into a place anyway.Toughest of the "big" races for me – really difficult to side with one or other of Menorah or Peddlers Cross as both are having their first "senior" year – Both look real classy battlers but neither have raced top class in form rivals.
Hurricane fly is really difficult to call – could be all or nothing really as its hard to know what beating Solwhit every other weekend amounts to.
On the day with decent ground and if Binocular looks the part id be tempted to pile in but at this stage id be interested in who else likes Oscar Whiskey?? He’s really lightly raced and is a bit under the radar compared to Menorah and Peddlers.
Am thinking of a place bet and small win bet.I’m totally on Cue Cards side in this one. I think anything around 9/4 is a great price and im sure he would be shorter if it wasn’t for the last 2 supreme novice hotpots being turned over.
He’s way above the rest on ratings and was only beaten by a leading Champion Hurdle fancy last time out. Loves Cheltenham too.For me the danger is if good ground brings about a massive improvement in Zaidpour but its a big if.
Dont mind looking to get odds on shots beaten (backed Get me out of here last year) but at 9/4 theres plenty of value!!
One thing about Midnight Chase – He certainly knows his way around Cheltenham – and knows how to win there!
Would he go well fresh? The ground tends to end up fairly decent these days which should suit too.Hi all – just to throw in my two pence worth:
I just don’t think its as competitive as it looks on paper or the bookies lists.I think if Imperial Commander, a year younger than Kauto or denman, runs anywhere near last years mark he’ll be extremely hard to beat.
Sure, denman will run his race but even at his best i dont think hes quite as good as IC at cheltenham and he’s a year older. Denman will come down the hill as impressively as ever but I can’t believe 1 or 2 won’t be going past him on the way up. KS has been the best horse ive ever seen but could easily be on the downgrade now and Paul Nicholls is not slow in finding excuses.
So the biggest challengers may well lie in long Run and Diamond Harry. Long run is clearly best suited to a track like Kempton – Can he really beat IC at Cheltenham? I think you’d have to be banking on IC running below his best.
DH was disappointing at Cheltenham previously and although having a long break may help, 10-1 is hardly value.
Surely IC has more than a 1 in 5 chance of winning this year and if so anything like 4-1 at no runner no bet is great value!Thoughts?
