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    The Two Mile Chase thread

    Don't think there is a QM thread.

    if there is please feel free to join them.

    sprinter showed some sparkle today.

    great to see.

    tingle creek next maybe?
    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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    fantastic to watch that

    would imagine him, simonsig and special tiara the key players at sandown while uds stays in ireland

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    I would think so, especially with UDS staying at home. Personally would not be keen at all on SS for the Queen Mother - I think a strong pace in March would not suit him.

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    Will Dodging Bullets be back?
    and will he get anywhere near Sprinter/
    A half length defeat of Somersby wouldn't be anywhere near good enough now.
    So many questions, Excellent stuff!

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    Hopefully he can go on from this. Would love him to show up in march showing old zest and UDS staring at his a***.
    All comers, all grounds, all beaten!

    This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.

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    Perhaps he's a few pounds short of where he was at his peak but he's just hammered the QMCC by 14 lengths off levels.

    Can't understand your logic at all Euro??? A fast pace wouldn't suit?

    Sprinter Sacre's biggest asset is his high cruising speed........No horse on the English side of the water has the ability to go with him when he quickens like he did 4 out today.

    If he comes on from that the only possible danger in the QMCC would be UDS but he is clearly no where near as good as Sprinter was at his best.

    UDS's win over God's Own was far from special and tbh disappointed me.
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    Fantastic to have him back - sensational run, and on tacky ground. My one fear would be Vibrato Valtat in the Tingly, on very soft ground.

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    All the jollys for March are on the drift, UDS out to 13/8 and Faugheen to 2/1
    Matt Chapman can do his stones if he wishes but Looking at whats happened today theres a long way to go in this season

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tanlic View Post

    Can't understand your logic at all Euro??? A fast pace wouldn't suit?
    Just thinking back to last season he ran to a reasonable level of form at Ascot and Sandown in relatively easier events but when the pressure was on in the QM he was pulled up.

    I too want to be against UDS in March, especially if the ground is decent - but just not confident SS is the one I want to take him on with. At least not at this stage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tanlic View Post
    Perhaps he's a few pounds short of where he was at his peak but he's just hammered the QMCC by 14 lengths off levels.

    Can't understand your logic at all Euro??? A fast pace wouldn't suit?

    Sprinter Sacre's biggest asset is his high cruising speed........No horse on the English side of the water has the ability to go with him when he quickens like he did 4 out today.

    If he comes on from that the only possible danger in the QMCC would be UDS but he is clearly no where near as good as Sprinter was at his best.

    UDS's win over God's Own was far from special and tbh disappointed me.
    Dunno that he actually quickened as much as sauntered into the lead. May not be back to his absolute best, but - if he continues to jump as he did today - it's going to need a monster preformance to even get him off the bridle.

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    What's the latest on Sire DE Grugy
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by reet hard View Post
    Dunno that he actually quickened as much as sauntered into the lead. May not be back to his absolute best, but - if he continues to jump as he did today - it's going to need a monster preformance to even get him off the bridle.
    Good word that.....Sauntered.........The Sauntering Sprinter Sacre
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    Quote Originally Posted by granger View Post
    What's the latest on Sire DE Grugy
    Looked like he's had enough of the game the other day....Wouldn't have him on my mind to win any of the majors this season
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tanlic View Post
    Looked like he's had enough of the game the other day....Wouldn't have him on my mind to win any of the majors this season
    Agree - he's gone it looks like, not half the horse he was!

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    Quote Originally Posted by reet hard View Post
    Dunno that he actually quickened as much as sauntered into the lead. May not be back to his absolute best, but - if he continues to jump as he did today - it's going to need a monster preformance to even get him off the bridle.
    yes. Superb by Nicky and it was awesome. Just forget last year

    And yes sauntered is a great word for it
    Last edited by clivex; 15th November 2015 at 9:46 PM.

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    Was amazing to see him back today....and a superb reaction from the crowd. BUT he's not back to his best and he won today like the chucked in horse he was. We need to see him on levels against proper animals.

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    Total nonsense Digger......Proper animals? UDS perhaps but there's nothing else could hold a candle to him on his current form.

    Weight had nothing to do with that performance...With a horse like Sprinter Sacre your either totally all wrong or you are brilliant...he showed every bit of his old sparkle and hopefully it will continue.

    If it does UDS would be as well staying home come March and there's nothing else within a stone of him in England.
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    PS I am a biased *******
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    The one very noticeable difference yesterday compared to last season, was he looked well in his coat which he didn't at any time last season. He looked a different horse.

    Mind you Grassy looked well in his coat before racing on Saturday, and I bet he didn't by 4pm yesterday!

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    What has happened the "They never come back brigade "?

    Have they not come back ?

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