And watch out for the mark given to a horse whose name rhymes with Shirley.
And watch out for the mark given to a horse whose name rhymes with Shirley.
The older I get the better I was.
Sort it Out was an eye catching third today off 135.
Runner up in the County behind Wicklow Brave a few years ago he could feature the next day.
Danny I've literally just read your reply regards Mohayeed, and I'm a man of my word an will give you a rating when I have time. So much going on in my personal life at the moment I've not even had time to look at racing properly recently, never mind give a handicap Mark to a horse that's evidently stupidly hard to handicap.
Peefed off as well. Having quit my job and splitting up with the Mrs, the week off Cheltenham coming was a welcome relief and breather from life. However I've just started my new job and I'm on a training course all week 11-7 and will miss the whole week of the festival. Pissed is an understatement, but at least I'm in employment.
I'll give you the mark on Friday and the winner of the race Danny.
Ah no worries DJ it's not like I was going to hold you to doing your home work haha. Just rate him 180 so that will at least fill me with confidence that i haven't done my absolute poke on him for the County haha.
Having equally as disastrous time of things as you are at the minute so probably won't be posting much over the next couple of weeks. Will take a small break and freshen up for the festival and the rest of the spring.
Splitting up with the Mrs, losing your job ....meh.
Missing the festival ! Jesus Christ man! Our prayers are with you.
Last edited by Danny; 22nd February 2018 at 5:07 AM.
Man who catch fly with chopstick .... accomplish anything.
Grasshopper (22nd February 2018)
When these are released later today (again, looking directly at DG here), will they be in a format that is easily exportable to Excel?
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
The lack of multiple entries this year will help no end.
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I figure there will still be multiple entries, TheBear - at least at this stage.
They're still effectively early-closers, and the wheat surely won't get sorted from the chaff until declaration stage (to be honest, I may have this wrong)?
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Entries
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Danny (22nd February 2018), Grasshopper (22nd February 2018), Perpetual (23rd February 2018)
Gun Digger, Roaring Bull and BBB who all carry an entry in the Pipe, run for Elliott today at Thurles in the same 2m4f Novice Hurdle that Champagne Classic ran in this time last year before going to Cheltenham.
Clear he targets the race every year so perhaps worth noting.
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Danny (22nd February 2018)
Delighted to see Sort It Out has a Pertemps entry.
The Close Brothers Novice Handicap Chase has been a very compressed event since its introduction at the Festival, and I've been taking a look through the entries today.
Clearly there is still a chance to be re-assessed before the weights come out, but last season, the bottom weight (Burtons Well) was number 27 on the entry list, in a race where the handicap spread (excluding claims) was a mere 5lbs.
Based on their current marks (plus an educated guess at the Irish ones), horse number 27 this year will land around Drumcliff, and allowing for another five runners latitude, would take us down to Got Away. All other things being equal, I figure the following horses currently trading in places at 16/1 or less in places, are at risk of not making the cut:
Ballyhill
Mister Whitaker
Mount Mews
Geordie Des Champs
Goose Man
Livelovelaugh
Patrick's Park
It's perhaps not such a drama if you're betting with a firm who are NRNB on all races, but if you're not, then it's perhaps worth bearing this in mind.
Usual caveats about me potentially talking shi*te apply.
Last edited by Grasshopper; 23rd February 2018 at 10:29 PM.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Danny (23rd February 2018)
This is the race that's gone up to 145 this year. Have you accounted for this?
Yep. Only 145 and below are accepted. Last year's top-weight was 142.
Here's the top 27 as I see them:
ADRIEN DU PONT (FR) 145 ANY SECOND NOW (IRE) 145 DEMI SANG (FR) 145 KALONDRA (IRE) 145 PEREGRINE RUN (IRE) 145 RAMSES DE TEILLEE (FR) 145 SIZING TENNESSEE (IRE) 145 TESTIFY (IRE) 145 TREE OF LIBERTY (IRE) 145 LE ROCHER (FR) 144 TOMMY SILVER (FR) 144 BARNEY DWAN (IRE) 143 DE PLOTTING SHED (IRE) 143 DIEGO DU CHARMIL (FR) 143 KEEPER HILL (IRE) 143 RATHER BE (IRE) 143 ART OF PAYROLL (GER) 142 CONRAD HASTINGS (IRE) 142 MOVEWITHTHETIMES (IRE) 142 OZZIE THE OSCAR (IRE) 142 ROCKLANDER (IRE) 142 THE UNIT (IRE) 142 ASTHURIA (FR) 141 BORN SURVIVOR (IRE) 141 DELEGATE 141 DIVINE SPEAR (IRE) 141 DRUMCLIFF (IRE) 141
Last edited by Grasshopper; 23rd February 2018 at 11:26 PM.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
There's a bit of a rogue sitting there at 142 who interests me greatly.
Think 'The Unit' is running tomorrow.
FWIW Harry Derham on the FFP this week was saying not to give up on 'Move with the times' yet, and that there's a big race in him.
Last edited by Double Handful; 23rd February 2018 at 11:41 PM.
The Unit’s attitude seems fine, but he probably won’t complete at Cheltenham if he jumps anything like he did today.
Hoping Cyrname’s performance (the shuddering error four out apart) encourages connections to run Terrefort in the JLT.
Last edited by Grasshopper; 24th February 2018 at 3:00 PM.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
I wonder if Cyrname was hurting after that mistake. He seemed to drag his hind legs through just about every fence after it.
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