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Well done Ed Chamberlain for mentioning the winning grooms being denied the opportunity to lead Ombudsman in; don’t ever think Coolmore would do that.
It was nice to see riderless horses continue to run and jump independently yesterday, as I listened to Jeremy Vine on Friday and alongside Tom Scu there was a representative from PETA, who said that horses in the National were forced to run and jump. Mind, Tom even invited her round to a stable to see how the horses were looked after and loved but she declined; i suppose that wouldn’t fit their narrative.
Just been mentioned on the Radio 2 news at Five o Clock and the newsreader mentioned broken back and being ridden out in the finish after i think nearly falling at the last!
I don’t know if Townend would have been fully aware but this is a bad look either way. Especially when people will look at this and ask “You jumped off straight after the finishing line but rode the finish, why?”
i fully concur that it may well be not the quality laden race that we would like but lets not moan about it. It’s a competitive race and a chance to back something at a price. We love to see impressive performances (and we might still get one) but all things being equal Constitution Hill would have won last year and would have been the fourth odds on favourite on the trot. It may not be the best and four days of Cheltenham racing is not perfect but it is what it is, so enjoy it.
All credit to Dan Skelton, whatever you might think of him, he sure places his horses well.
As regards numbers, what can you do? Turn it into a handicap?Just breathed a sigh of relief (and not because I’ve backed Golden Ace at 14’s). Common sense prevails and as a Racing fan I just couldn’t contemplate if the worse had happened; the rest of Cheltenham would have been awful, not to mention the Tabloids.
different owners but I think Henderson switched Sir Gino because he must have been concerned with the Hills jumping, so no, If fit both wouldn’t have been in the champion Hurdle.
Also, ditto to GDC, not all of us were dismissive of his Gold Cup credentials.Again, totally agree Astralcharmer. If he runs and the very worst thing happens, the non-racing pages of the media would justifiable ask the question: this is a horse that has fallen in three of his last four jump races, why was he running at Cheltenham? Especially after the furore of his recent run at Southwell and the possibilities of his burgeoning flat career. I can’t see any way for racing to defend itself and you’d still have three days of the festival left, for racing to be put further through the microscope.
Quotes from Michael Buckley on ATR
“I love the horse to death”“It’s been a nightmare these last twelve month”
“Be so uncertain about his jumping”
“At least he didn’t have any to jump and he was pretty damn good”He also said something along the lines of being an easier watch, so should they swerve Cheltenham, based on this?
i don’t think it was a case of Townend being on State Man as the reason Lossiemouth was in the Mares, more a case Willie et al expected the Hill to win again, so they went for the race they could win; they may well opt to do the same again.
I’ve already backed Majborough and I was hoping he’d run well today but that exceeded expectations. Of course there may be a totally different result at the Festival but take away the horrendous mistake two out in the Arkle and he’d be two for two.
Mr Henderson gets enough stick on here, so kudos to him and everyone at seven Barrows over this.
