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On my figures, Frodon, Mister Whitaker and Eamon An Cnoic have run to their previous ratings to the ounce but the form might be even better again as I had MW with a 'p' and EAC with a '+'. For the...

I've done some initial figures.

They back up my immediate impression that it was a 'great' race, certainly in terms of the ratings it's throwing up. A little bit like my huge ratings for the...

Cheers, DG. That goes a long way to confirming my brother's suspicions.

I was seriously unimpressed with McGrath today on Claimintakinforgan and Verdana Blue. The former, considering he was reported to have jumped well last time, hardly met a fence right in the first...

Meant to say...


I got a call yesterday afternoon not long after the big race from my brother (who isn't as cynical as me) asking whether I thought the Benatar - Baron Alco thing was one big...

I see what you mean in terms of few finishers but Frodon ran well (could have been more fluent at a few fences) and since the pace was strong from the off, I'm inclined to take a positive view of the...

I'll need to get back to you once I've crunched the numbers.

Yes!

When I said 'great race' I meant it.

We had a Festival pace, fallers, unseats, mistakes, heroics.

And all came back safe and sound.

Entertainment of the first order even if it lost...

The other two were Speedo Boy and Mellow Ben (4th 33/1 by the look of it and bookies seemingly paying the fourth place) so I've managed to recoup just about all of my outlay.

I'll settle for that...

The clue is "revised mark" :lol:

Fuckme but I've backed a total of ten horses today. Of the eight to have run so far, Frodon and Sweet Home Chicago are the only ones to get round and Heskin cost...

That's an interesting angle I'll need to look at but Frodon is a good tool.

Great race, very worthy winner. Well done Baron Alco's backers. He wasn't really on my radar and the price would have put me off anyway.

I was already swearing at the ride Kalondra was getting...

Are you sure about that, Slim?

I'm pretty sure I was told (when I made a similar enquiry a couple of years ago) that it's ante-post rules until something like 4pm the day before, even with 48h...

Maybe not 'dramatically' but it did go blue across the board. I mentioned it on here just after DG posted his warning about its health.

I'm not convinced it's down to suspect practices, though....

Good to know they weren't putting people away. Shame for those who fancied Benatar.

And a question mark over Baron Alco's well-being?

They'll be dancing in the streets of Kalondra tonight :lol:

I reckon it's the bookies suckering punters into believing a gamble is developing. They get the word at 5pm (as the paper goes to press) on what he's putting up. They cut it and punters want to get...

I'm not familiar with in-running markets but Sub Lt would, I imagine, have been odds-on at the point at which K fell.

It's a ridiculously deep race and I still think Kalondra is going to be extremely difficult to beat, let alone kick out of the frame. I was in town today and made a rare visit to the bookies to see...

Still blue this evening. Was Moore trying to put people away?

It certainly shouldn't, so should those who rate his chances be worried?

The Kalondra punt appears to have slowed up as backers nibble away at the double-digit horses. I think this will correct itself over the next 36 hours.

20 run with Black Scorpion the reserve:

https://www.racingpost.com/racecards/11/cheltenham/2018-11-17/713941/at-a-glance

No rain forecast.

Watering is the big issue but they're doing a better job with that these days at Cheltenham.

It looks like being a relatively dry run through to Christmas. Hopefully the...

I hopetofuck not!