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4. MA O'Toole
5. Jimmy Mangan?
6. Damien Murphy
9. Brendan Kennelly
12. Saffron Walden

Tough ones this year!

Ac,
I agree with the Grasshopper and reet hard if that makes sense.

I subscribe to the essential package which is the ultimate package minus the videos (these are available on rtv and atr free...

1) The Mighty Mac
2) Youghal
3) DNR
4) Tom Costalot
5) Nicky Dee
6) Jodami
7) Captain Christy
8) John Edwards??
9-13) Bregawn, Captain John, Wayward Lad, Silver Buck, Ashley House
14 & 15)...

Desert Orchid is correct - this was my feeling watching the race in real time and I watched back side by side to confirm.

The gap between races from the second hurdle to the sixth hurdle remained...

2.25 L Foxy Jacks.

Closely matched with the favourite Birchdale in the PP Chase at Christmas, when jumping markedly out to his right. Raced hard on the pace on soft ground in the Thyestes and was...

3.15 L Conflated. See DO has put this up also. Still improving and in a field where plenty have question marks against them looks well overpriced.

3.50 L Scheu Time. Like the above the favourite...

Kilcruit won't be mapped in a Supreme, typical son of Stowaway who likes to dictate, and downs tool if not allowed to.

He did a great time trial against a Brendan Duke horse and a dead one of...

Can see the rationale behind this, whether it's with Cheltenham in mind or due to the shambles that was the King George, or both.

Positive is a stronger rider, negative he has only had three rides...

The race looks set up for Minella on Saturday with Kemboy and Frodon keeping one another honest at the front-end.

Rachel can ride her race instead of worrying about either get away on her as she...

Races mid-wide as he traditionally does, pushing Shishkin out wider. Surprised no has referenced Shishkin's auto-correct (to his LEFT) when he is short.

Energumene's jumping is far slicker than...

Ground a big factor James.

Guarantee of soft ground vs ground on soft side of good not watered sufficiently enough. Very little rain of note in the area over the 7-10 days.

He took a guarded...

Nice words edgt.

The horse you're referring to is Back On Top - I remember this so vividly travelling to the Curragh to back him off a mark of 50 - I think it was the following year on from the...

Very poor, patience not one of DOK’s strongpoints

Bob runs in G3 at Punchestown on 16th as per Irish field pre Christmas, nothing wrong at all with him.

Britzka wasn't knocked about in the Grade two juvenile.

Fred Winter looks obvious target.

Pat Taaffe snr would have given Hourigan's a more vigorous drive.

Poor week at the office for team HDB.

Minella and APT arguably ran in the wrong races. Haven't seen anything to date that convinces me APT needs to go left-handed.

Some of their jockeys didn't...

Grashopper, I agree absolutely and he would be a short-priced favourite if entered.

Nicky will be walking his box for the man in the hat's call.

Interesting debate re Bob Olinger's jumping.

Very good when he asked him and went long, but looks a bit clueless when getting in short. He was the same in his point in Turtulla for all the...

I think the handicapper could have allotted Jonbon a mark of 140 and they still wouldn't go.

Henderson more risk-averse than ever nowadays and going there with a young horse who's had just two...

The handicapper has a good barometer with I Like to Move It beaten 13l or so off 138 and conceding 5lbs to the winner.

Of more interest to me will be the hikes Knappers Hill and Elle Est Belle...

The in-running comments are more of a concern and I find are regularly inaccurate.
That is why watching or re-watching is imperative, as Grashopper mentions above. It is almost a full-time pursuit...

Barjon,
I find the Rp post-race analysis cursory at best and it’s pretty sparse as you say relative to the spotlights pre-race. But then again they’re facing time constraints.

Justin O’Hanlon and...

Because he has the chance to make it 4, yes FOUR, Savills Chase a few days later.

Greatness awaits.

Would WPM not have also run Al Boum Photo while he was at it or did he run out of riders?