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Question away,Fist, but first take off the NR tinted specs and look at their history.
MB has won once in excess of 3m; on good ground around a sharp Aintree.
NR has won a Henessy, a Welsh National,...

Does anybody? :)

Brain-fart, DO.:lol:

Imo, Colin Tizzard's leaning toward the National is a tacit admission that the horse needs a slog; a view supported by both his Haydock and CGC runs.
Whether he'll ever get one against top class...

Tbf, grass, rhat's a performance rating, not his overall merit, and he was well overrated by a number of agencies for his penultimate run.
Ratings are much of a muchness, in reality; none providing...

Just my take on it, but if Ruby is motivated by prize money (as many seem to indicate) it would be in his best interests to concentrate on the Festival - and the lucrative prizes beyond?

Given an uncontested lead, on heavy ground, and allowed to jump at his own speed, possibly so - but where would you find such races?
The sheer notion that a class horse can suddenly find a stone, or...

It was advertised and designated as a 3m 1f race, but it's since been generally accepted as nothing like the distance Kirkland Tellwright called it.

RP analysis Nov. 2013


With the steeplechase fences at this meeting placed on the Flat course, this race was run over a furlong further than in previous years. A real early-season treat and by...

Errrrm - It didn't the last time they chnged it; to 3m 1f.

Nicky H certainly didn't think so, after Bobs Worth was near tailed off there.
Chalk & cheese, grassy, unless you're trying to justify a selection on the strength of it.:)

Aye, it's sad that some can't see anything less than 9 months away.:blink: