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I would agree with that but I'm not convinced he'd cope with the hill at that trip even on good ground.

Back at 3m nothing would live with him, including Native River.

Thanks, Luke. That was lazy of me. I should have checked before posting. Apologies to all.

If it was the ground rather than anything else that beat him then he might not have had as hard a race as it looked. He was only only asked for maximum effort between the last two whereas I felt...

I don't think even Might Bite's biggest fans could begrudge Native River that win.

Two races for the price of one. Those two in a match and the rest in a race for third.

Well done all NR's...

Yes. Take out Might Bite and it could be a good Saturday handicap.

That's what I thought. Times are definitely saying soft so the turf has clearly been well husbanded.

One for Grasshopper:

https://www.racingpost.com/news/cheltenham-2018/ruby-walsh-might-bite-could-be-one-of-the-greatest-horses-weve-ever-seen/322330

I was a little bit encouraged yesterday to read that Edwulf's jockey was voicing concerns that he might not get to ride the horse in the Gold Cup, "depending on what Barry Geraghty does".

It...

There was more to it than that. You dismissed my opinion as plain wrong. By extension you put yourself forward as being right.

I researched evidence to support my opinion.

You offered no...

I can't accept your argument so why should I just move on.

To say that I should look at yesterday's result in isolation - regarding what the best horse in the race was - is a misdirection.
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It's not different at all, GH.

It's about race-reading.

The principles of how a race unfolds crosses all racing. Yesterday's race was just one example of it.

Not really. We're talking about race-reading.

First things first, I'm not for a second trying to imply that I am a better race-reader than anyone else on this forum. Then again, I don't always...

So we should take all results at face value?

It's not indisputable. Cue Card is arguably the best horse from yesterday's field.

Yes.

OK, I still want to look at the race again but here are the results of a quick time comparison exercise with the two earlier chases over 3m, the Reynoldstown won by Black Corton and the £100k...

No, I've never been sentimental about Cue Card. I've rarely backed him.

I'm just saying what I'm seeing.

I will be very interested to see if Simon Rowlands does a sectional debrief on today's...

I don't think so but I reserve the right to do so :lol:

Seriously, though, they went ridiculously fast early. How far clear did Speredek go last time out against G1 opposition at Sandown over two...

Waiting Patiently is clearly very good but that race fell into his lap.

Cue Card might well have won that if he'd been ridden with more restraint. That early pace was ridiculous.

Apart from the NRNB concessions, etc, there's also the place offerings. The short prices will more likely be with guarantees and/or more places, the longer odds with the bastert bookies.

But a...

If he's genuinely trying to win the Gold Cup he won't win the National.

Ken Pitterson only gave SDR a passing mention in the Weekender as looking burly and this being a satisfactory comeback.

However, the race analyst in the form book was more positive:

Fvckin bent bastert....

Me too, obviously, but he'd leave himself open to criticism if he put that comment out there.

As for "may be" overpriced, I recall he once said one of his horse "might have a chance of being...