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Champion hurdle
Abacadabras @ 8/1(hills)
Abacadabras was very impressive on his 2nd start over hurdles in the For Auction Novice hurdle beating latest exhibition with the minimum of fuss and creating a lasting impression. At Christmas time he backed that up with a close 2nd to the ballymore winner Envoi Allen and had the eventual champion hurdle 3rd darvers star 2.5L behind him in 3rd. On what turned out to be the final run of his season he travelled very well and looked all over the winner of the supreme until shiskin just managed to get up by a head. There was a long way back to the 3rd chantry house. It has been a little while since we have had a quality out and out 2 miler come out of the supreme of which Abacadabras to my eye seems to be.
Although epatante is clearly very good, I personally don’t think there was another star in the race itself and I would be of the opinion that Abacadabras can come up to open company and at the very least give her something to worry about.
also in the CHAMPION HURDLE
I advised SAINT ROI to MEMBERS at 20/1 WITH CASHOUT. Prior to his comeback run. A facile winner of the county hurdle. He ran very well on his seasonal return. It was a good display of jumping, and he won with absolutely ease. I expect him to progress further, He is currently priced up at odds of 10/1 which i believe is fair. The 2 which i have currently put up for the CH may well clash at down royal in the WKD hurdle. Which is likely to be a very informative contest, and a race which is certainly worth noting going forward.
Queen Mother Champion Chase
I Have already advised chacun pour soi to members at 9/2. I do not personally believe that he is a liability to be injured as the general consensus seems to be, he was unfortunate to get a stone bruise at the wrong time last year, that could have happened to anybody, his previous lay off was mainly due to being given time to acclimatise to his new yard after being purchased from France. on his racetrack form, his beating of min was a quality performance at the dublin racing festival, min subsequently won the ryanir chase and has come out this season and won the john durkan. chacun already had the race in the bag going over the last, if i wanted to be picky, chacun did not power away at he line, However i do believe they had left more to work on. His seasonal debut was satisfactory, and its only a few days until he has to back it up in a stronger race.
I have now just advised to also back altior at 7/1 with bet365. he has obviously won this race twice previously, the first time beating min, and the 2nd beating last years winner politologue, politologue was held up on this occasion and altior was infront soon enough, he was scrubed along and found more in the closing stages, which is his customary fashion. I do believe that now politologue has his front running style, this will suit altior and give him a longer lead, with something to aim at for when he does pick up in the closing stages on the run in, i believe that chacun will be bang there and looking to take the lead at the last, altor will be looking to do the same, however may take a little longer to pick up,with the hill and a long run in to his aid.
altior, chacun. and politologue for me are the 3 main players. I personally do not see a winning challenge coming from put the kettle on or elsewhere, she is in my horses to avoid article, if that is of interest to you.
Stayers Hurdle
we have had some cracking races already this season, with paisley park, roksana and thyme hill all winning useful races, last time out they all took each other on in the long walk, roksana ran very credibly in 3rd and subsequently does look just held here, paisley park was scrubbed along in his customary style, and used all of the extended trip here, to get up. it was a brilliant performance by paisley park who is an admirable horse, however, the one i would be taking out of the race is thyme hill, firstly he has the tactical pace, also being very much towards the front of the pace, to me looks to be a great benefit in what surely will be a big field in the stayers, he gives you the option of choosing when you want to take up the lead and go for home, where as paisley park could very much so have traffic issues as well as a slightly shorter trip to contend with, plus the fact that he bombed in a far weaker renewal last year.
I must admit that i am annoyed with myself for not advising thyme hill before his seasonal debut, however i felt it was a steep enough task first time up, and something that he may improve from, i did not expect such a big reduction in odds, which subsequently he has backed up, and shown to be more than fair. He is certainly no 1 in my book at this stage.
we will shortly have sire du berlais v fury road. fury road showed a huge upturn in form at the festival itself last year, showing that what he does at christmas, there is sure to be improvement upon, he actually has a fair mark, so you also have to take that into consideration also, with handicaps a possibility. sire du berlais imo put in the performance of the festival last season when winning the pertemps final. for my money he would have won last years stayers hurdle, this year there are some young pretenders, with smart form, so i believe the task will not be as easy as last year. that discounts him at the prices for me, however that is price related and it certainly is not discrediting his chances.
we could see some wild cards, by the time the cleeve hurdle comes around, imo this race does not look too attractive to switch back from fences, however ones with the potential to do so, start with and are not limited to latest exhibition and champ.
in summary, thyme hill looks the one, id be fairly confident, that is who we will be backing for the purpose of this thread, however i will be holding fire for now, and will see what comes out of the woodwork.
Gold Cup
you have to start with al boum photo, i put him up for the rsa at 3 figure prices before he fell late on, most people will know that i was adamant that he was not beaten at the time. which led me to advise him at 33/1 for the following years gold cup, and again for this years. he won both, and i see no reason why he cant win a 3rd,
I am not sold on minella indo at all yet, he has beaten very little imo, and gets his first real test at christmas, so lets reserve judgement until then .
presenting percy went very well last time, now in the hands of gordon elliot, there will be no excuses given, i am not sure that he will ever beat al boum photo again, but this is probably his last chance to do so. he will have his followers, and this is probably the first time that i give him some sort of chance get involved at all. so lets see what gordon can do.
I came away from the gold cup thinking that lost in translation was the only challenger that could come back, improve and potentially put it up to the champion, however i was very disappointed last time, and in all honesty, even more so that they have decided to go for the king george again, lets hope he proves me wrong on that score, i just cant help thinking he wanted a confidence booster rather than a war of attrition.
Santini, i just cant see him having the tactical pace to win. imo he will always be too little, too late.
in conclusion, there is more evidence to be seen on the race track shortly, however atm its al boum photo for the 3 timer that has my deepest consideration, i am not a fan of last years novices as of yet, and subsequently you will find champ sitting in my horses to avoid article, if anyone would like to read that. i will be updating this before al boum makes his seasonal debut
I have some free content on my site, such as nh horses to follow
And NH horses to avoid
Will try and give you a few to keep interest for the quieter days.
Dolcita
eden du houx
Elixir d’ainay
Feu du bresil
Fly smart (star)
Lamarckise
Mister coffey
Mr adjudicator
Pic D’orhy
RayapourAltior
Benie des dieux
Buveur dair (star)
Chante neige
Footpad
Laurina
Maria’s benefit
Might bite
Native river
SamcroGold cup
DISKO
1pt ew 33/1 hillsChampion hurdle
My tent or yours
1pt ew 16/1 sjStayers
Bacardys
2pts win 20/1 variousAre you aware of her owner rider vtc? would be some feteto win the mares hurdle with mr dunsdon on her back.
The world’s end.
Grade One-winning hurdler The Worlds End is set to at least start the new campaign over smaller obstacles, with trainer Tom George targeting Newbury as the first port of call.
The Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle on December 1, which Colin Tizzard is considering for Thistlecrack, has been pencilled in for the six-year-old, who won the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree in April.
“He will probably go to Newbury for the Long Distance Hurdle,” said George.
“He is in good form. He has grown a bit over the summer and has strengthened up and that is the route we will take, I think.
“We have got the option of going chasing if we want to, but we are leaning towards sticking over hurdles at the moment.
“He won well at Aintree. He is a young horse and should improve.
“It is still only the start of his career and let’s hope everything goes smoothly with him.”
I like that you have your own opinions, im not saying you are wrong what so ever, but It’s interesting how people interpret the same things differently. Which is why we obviously have odds
Death duty,
Likely jlt this stage but hes ran on soft ground so far, I’m sure they will wait for the drinmore before they decide which way they go.Just out of interest why would yanworth be unsound? Iv never noticed him have an injury
The world’s end – STARTS hurdling. Simular to pingshou will be tested early, left door open to going novice chasing if he isn’t up to grade 1 class in open company.
Bacardys- would be my idea of the winner at this stage without jumping a fence, however “wouldn’t have any other target”, is very bold.
Not sure why monalee would be ground dependant ran a lovely race in the bartlett, Personally fancy him dropping back in trip for a jlt, however he would be right up there over 3.
I have no idea for the reasoning why he wasn’t out last year. Or infact any idea if he will be out this year. But up for review would interest me in staying novice chases should he make the track. Especially in yielding/ heavy, small field races, No matter the opposition.
Campeador
I couldn’t have him at all for this race personally, as buveur dair/ faugheen will certaimly win but interesting gordon mentioned chasing
“We’ll see where the lads want to go but he’s going to have to improve a lot to be thinking about going that (Champion Hurdle) way. Once he’s ok in the morning that’s the most important thing and Barry said he could jump a fence.”
Assuming he diddnt mean this season?
Still 10/1 any race with sports book. If anyone was going to back him for the arkle at his currwnt price, I’d definitely advise the any race market.
Jp french juveniles.
Demopolis (hobbs)
Melody of scotland (Alan king)
Apple’s shakira (nj henderson)
Empreinte reconse (tizzard)
Espoir d’allen (Gavin cromwell)Plus exemplar etc… from obrien
The first one of jps out,
And Espoir d’allen won very nicely today, don’t think he beat much but Geraghty was looking around him when still on the bridle.
Another reminder that after last year, not all of the juveniles are guaranteed to go for this race. But unlike last year, jp definitely has some live ones for the novice hurdles this year, so hopefully imo, juveniles will stay to there division.
