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    Braver and better horse won it for me Harry
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Synchronised put down, I'm afraid to report.

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    Sadly that will likely dominate tomorrows papers
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    According To Pete also. Very sad for small owners who loved the horse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    According To Pete also. Very sad for small owners who loved the horse.
    Sad to hear Pete and Synchronized have been lost :'(

    Fabulous finish though. Thrilled for Neptune, gutted for Sunnyhillboy's connections, he ran a fantastic race. Great to see Katie do so well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Euronymous View Post
    Unreal. Immense race and er a nice compliment to Denman's Gold Cup.
    I'm 42 and this was my first time since 1979 not having a bet on the race but I certainly enjoyed it-the winner looked beaten several times-I think he was hampered a couple of times.
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    Synchronised should never have run in the race - it was an accident waiting to happen - he was far too sketchy a jumper and far too small and after Alverton I could not believe that Jonjo could have run him - it is sickening.

    Commisserations for According to Pete as well .
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    Horrible news about the 2 horses that were lost. Synchronised/According To Pete RIP. Backed the 3 of first 4 home, so am a little chuffed
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    Dont be silly, that race was made for Syncronised, Mon Mome is much smaller than him and he won it. sometimes dodgy jumpers come alive at aintree, horses are there to be raced, connections dont run horses expecting them to fall. I am gutted that he has died but these things happen, and its hardly because he fell under the jockey as he ran on loose for quite a while
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    I'm really gutted for Stopper McLernon. It's so hard to get over the line on the big day when you're drilled at stopping them for 10 months of the year.

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    its ironic how it was Syncronised who threw his jockey beforehand..if he had took it out of himself when loose he wouldn't have run

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    BBC not exactly doing racing any favours. Showing slow-mo of According To Pete and describing Synchronised as being "destroyed".

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    I'd be fairly certain that reluctance to use the whip cost Sunnyhillboy the race.

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    I backed the winner and was delighted for Neptune Collonges, one of my favourite horses, but I am just really gutted about Synchronised.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hezz View Post
    Intrigue is one thing. We all like to see history created in our era, and while the idea of him running sounds nice, his jumping style will not be seen to best effect around Aintree.

    He may not have fallen before, but Aintree fences are unlike anything he'll have faced to date. If he was pinging fences around Cheltenham with room for error then fair enough, but he wasn't by a long way, and he's a small horse. Just because he stays and has a touch of class about him, it won't make the Aintree fences any smaller.

    The idea just seems crazy to me. I can only see one outcome. He simply won't get around. Then, God forbid the worst case scenario happens and we lose the horse!?! The Gold Cup winning horse!! After all the fallout from last years Grand National this is a risk not worth taking for me.
    Sadly prophetic.

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    A couple of other horses injured as well. This is going to be a PR disaster for the National - particularly when damage was done at modified Bechers, even though According to Pete was brought down. Syncronised seemed to get up afterwards - perhaps he was the horse with the screens to the left at the final fence, so did he pick it up running loose? I thought Chicago Grey was a gonner after jumping the Chair loose - again, a freakish occurance.

    I think the bigger issue is the messing around at the start, probably got a few of them buzzed up - it was carnage over the first 10-12 fences. Is there a case for more watering? But where do you stop? They went a breakneck pace and that's a bigger factor than any fence modificiation.

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    Weird Al and Killyglen are the other two injured

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    the lower fences encourage more speed..i'm not seeing how they have made it safer tbh

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    Quote Originally Posted by Love Everlasting View Post
    Dont be silly, that race was made for Syncronised, Mon Mome is much smaller than him and he won it. sometimes dodgy jumpers come alive at aintree, horses are there to be raced, connections dont run horses expecting them to fall. I am gutted that he has died but these things happen, and its hardly because he fell under the jockey as he ran on loose for quite a while
    He should not have run - end of story no matter how he died .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobbyjo View Post
    A couple of other horses injured as well. This is going to be a PR disaster for the National - particularly when damage was done at modified Bechers, even though According to Pete was brought down. Syncronised seemed to get up afterwards - perhaps he was the horse with the screens to the left at the final fence, so did he pick it up running loose? I thought Chicago Grey was a gonner after jumping the Chair loose - again, a freakish occurance.

    I think the bigger issue is the messing around at the start, probably got a few of them buzzed up - it was carnage over the first 10-12 fences. Is there a case for more watering? But where do you stop? They went a breakneck pace and that's a bigger factor than any fence modificiation.
    The screen was for an injured jockey, not horse.

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