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A big prize in him this season if they can work out his optimum conditions. He doesnt stay 7 furlongs , isnt at his best on soft ground and isnt quite quick enough over 5f.
I think he is a huge improvement, particularly for the Morning Line. This programme exists to help punters and GC knows his stuff. Emma is useless and Francome basically looked at a horse and decided if he liked it.
C4 does a great job and I think GC improves it.Always liked Cue Card. DOnt think 3 miles will suit him, he always runs with the choke out. Tizzard shouldnt run the guts out of him on soft ground at Haydock. Keep him fresh for the Ryanair etc, Monets Garden was a 2 1/2 miler who made i fortune i think Cue Card could be the same type.
I agree completely , backed Cheveton on both his wins here, not going to change now. May go the whole nostalgia trip and back Borderlescott as well
Waether alert !! the forecast has changed and now saying they could get a deluge on Wed/Thursday. From a punting perspective this could make things a lot easier although it does bring the draw more into the equation.
Wait for the ground at Ayr before a bet. Last year it was sodden and you needed a horse that could go 7f. Forecast this week is not bad so that should make it a more open race.
Pearl Ice and Alben Star interest me as i dont think we have seen the best of them yet. Wouldnt put anyone off Borderlescott, looked like his old self at Beverley.Drys out quick at Aintree, dont think the forcast suggests that it will be a mudlarks paradise. Cant see Le Beau Bai having the speed to keep in contention if there is good anywhere in the going description.
I fear we are entering in to a fallow period for the Gold Cup. Synchronised and the Giant Bolster !!!
Best Mate, Kauto, Denman, Long Run , a golden spell. Back to the days when good handicapers were winning the GC. Cant say any of the current novices fill me in anticipation at the moment. Same thing happened with the hurdlers, i suppose these things go in cycles.
Long Run may come back, he is young enough, but he has been poor all season and you have to wonder if last years GC has left its mark on him.Brindisi Breeze would be my idea of a tartan winner. Has a real engine this one.
Kind of surprised Red Tanber going for the Jewson. Pleased to say i have backed him all season and i reckon he could win a couple more yet. 130 could be about right Rob. Miles out of his depth in this race though.I suspect we will know quite early with him. Just struck me that he finished on the heels of the winners last year and hit every fence. If he does get into a rhythm he may still be on a decent mark and at 33/1 i figured it was a decent price.
Saw Ballabrigs at Kelso. He didnt look as fit as he was the year before (in the same race) and ran well considering. I reckon he is the best chance of a repeat winner we have had for while. According to Pete ran well too but he is not very big.
I have gone AP on The Midnight Club and Balabriggs.On with : Hold on Julio (JLT) at 9/1
Monksland (Neptune) 16/1
Sea of Thunder (Alb Bart) 16/1
De Boitron (Grand An) 16/1
Peddlers Cross Arkle
Must admit i was convinced Long Run would be a certainty at the start of the season but he does not look the same horse. He jumped better at Newbury but seems to have lost some zip. Thought Haydock would bring him on but Kauto stuffed him at Kempton and if the ground is good at Cheltenham I think Long Run is going to have to improve significantly on what we have seen recently.
Its the Arkle , novice chasers going full pelt, huge crowd, lots of noise, an undulating track … no such thing as a certainty. SS was hugely impressive but …….
