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    I'm not normally full of praise for him, but fair play to Dessie, he let out a perfectly appropriate AAAaaahhh at the sight of the Townend incident and then got on top of it quickly.

    I can't find a convincing explanation for Townend's manoeuvre. Horses were veering right at the previous fence but not so much in the approach to the last. I wondered if his horse had gone lame, but in that case he wouldn't have started pulling on his left rein to belatedly try and keep him on course.

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    he's heard a shout or something, that'd led him to believe that they needed to bypass the fence, after turning around and seeing the other horses.

    absolutely bizarre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ardross View Post
    Min over the top
    Douvan overrated

    UDS makes most 2 milers look awkward - except Sprinter .
    spot on

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    Min is correct at least!
    All comers, all grounds, all beaten!

    This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.

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    Sprinter Sacre's last run was two years ago, so what is the point being made?

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    Adross ans Suny what utter tosh...ya dont have a clue wtf you are talking about...overrated yer backsides....Horse never traveled jumping was anything like fluent and looked a shadow of himself....to say he is overrated because of one below par run shows a pathtic underdtanding of the game..
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    Watching the race again it would confirm what Paul Townsend said.....He clearly thought after 3 out all he had to do was press the button and Douvan would go past but when he did the horse didnt pick up like he has always done whe 100%....Hence the confident glance between his legs after the 3rd last. Clearly whatever was ailing him in The CC ladt year is still affecting his performance
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    Quote Originally Posted by HawkWing View Post
    Is he giving his horses (Ricci's notably) a very hard end of season to try to become Irish champion trainer again. Hope the likes of Min and Getabird aren't affected next year.
    Given the various whipping bans handed out to riders of his horses at Cheltenham, various horses being out for long periods with mystery injuries plus the above, giving horses in the yard a hard time in search of prize money is par for the course in my book.Not a yard I would ever have a horse in.

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    I think Willie is a bone fide genius of a trainer, but this isn't the first time he has gone all Martin Pipe/Paul Nicholls on the run in to a trainers championship. Poor Rathvinden wasn't spared (again) from the last in the 3m after there was a chance of third place cash.

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    The last fence is alongside private pavilion lawn so any voices may have come from there.
    To be fair they seemed a well behaved bunch for the 2 mile chase as I was near the fence myself and shouted nothing but encouragement to Patrick.
    Give a soft lead to UDS on soft ground over two miles and you will only get one result.
    Once Special Tiara was pulled out the complexion of the race changed.
    That said Douvan had not finished a race in 16 months so probably ran as well as he could.
    That Land rover Bumper winner could be anything; a most gorgeous horse from the Shannon Spray family bred locally in Churchtown.

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    Quote Originally Posted by edgt View Post
    The last fence is alongside private pavilion lawn so any voices may have come from there.
    To be fair they seemed a well behaved bunch for the 2 mile chase as I was near the fence myself and shouted nothing but encouragement to Patrick.
    I note Gordon Elliott admitted he was down near the last fence...
    "The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to their fellows, because it always coincides
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    He sure was (picture credit Matt Chapman twitter account)


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    Puppy Power this morning

    "It's taken me a few hours to calm down from that very unfortunate incident yesterday @punchestownrace with Paul Townend. Nobody feels worse than him, just human error. #nohardfeelings #brillliantjockey"

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    Real quality comments from Robbie there.
    Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."

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    Grade 1 racing at a gaff track.

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    Quote Originally Posted by granger View Post
    Will see soon if Willie is forgiving, decisive or ruthless
    This will be intriguing viewing for sure.

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    Samcro goes for the Champion Hurdle on Friday

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    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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    It's hard to understand why that addendum couldn't have been part of last night's report. In fact it would surely have been better to publish the whole lot at one go.

    At least the account matches what the cameras show, but why an experienced jockey would react in this way to a roaring crowd is still a mystery. That lawn pavilion is only there for the festival, but even so.

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    He changed course before getting to the lawn pavilion. It looks to me as if it was those 3 people at the hedge/gate that must have influenced him.

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