Lot of excitement at Seven Barrows about Brain Power going chasing.....we'll soon know if it's well founded
Lot of excitement at Seven Barrows about Brain Power going chasing.....we'll soon know if it's well founded
Last edited by Tanlic; 27th November 2017 at 2:16 PM.
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That's an Arkle horse if ever there was one......bit novicey but oozing class
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Certainly oozed class, and jumped really well.......clever when he got in close, and big and bold at the ditches.........still a slight worry Chelts not his track though.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
He's got about 20l to make up on Footpad and Petit Mouchoir.
The older I get the better I was.
If you took their placings literally but realistically BP was way too keen in the first half of the champion hurdle to last home. He weakened very quickly after 3 out and was eased down. But that was a very taking performance by BP who looks to have a bright future ahead over fences.Originally Posted by archie
One thing it highlights is that last years Champion isn’t as bad as people were making it out to be. We’ve now have Brain Power, Petit Mouchoir & Sceau Royal all murder opposition like good graded horses should. Wicklow Brave won the Punchestown champion hurdle & The New One has acquitted himself very well off top weight in handicaps. Yanworth won on chase debut & would’ve won again only for slipping up last time.
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Last edited by Kauto Abu; 27th November 2017 at 3:25 PM.
Nice from Brain Power there.
Would like to see him taken on though, could be a different story with horses around him.
In the last 4 years previous to last there has been only 3 chaser of note come from Champion Hurdles
Top Notch who more than a few said would never make a top class chaser, Vaniteux who's never quite cracked it and Ptit Zig who they gave on after a couple of disasters.
As you point out Kauto last years seems to be the exception to the rule and by some way.
Having watched them all I would put Brain Power at the top of the list because I thought he looked to me like the lights were on but no one was home last year (Had a lot to learn against top class horses)
Watching him today he really looks a different kettle of fish and it was take a good un to stop him taking all ahead of him this season IMO
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Footpad looked a bit more natural to me Tanlic but not much in it. Footpad destroyed Brelade, an ultra consistent horse from last year and a horse I have a lot of time for. Brain Power was novicey at one or two but that’s to be expected. Footpad was foot perfect and made a beautiful shape over a fence, probably down to his French upbringing. Last years champion certainly working out well anyway.
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Maybe you missed it but Brelade ran again 7 days after Footpad beat him and got badly beaten in a 4 horse race.
Didn't affect anything but hardly a form boost.
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No but to be fair to Brelade it was his 4th race in 7 weeks and he had already run into Petit Mouchoir, and Footpad before trying to keep tabs on Woodland Opera & Tombstone. I’d be inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt and suggest he could’ve done with a break. Brelade aside, Footpad put in the best round of jumping from a novice I’ve witnessed in a while.
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Last edited by Kauto Abu; 27th November 2017 at 4:50 PM.
Yanworth v Willoughby Court at Newbury is fascinating & reckon Yanworth looked the more natural (even allowing for the fall an that WB should be improve for the experience) so will be siding with him this afternoon
Nice performance from Willoughby Court there. Seemed to jump well although I only saw the last few fences
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Nice JLT warm up for Yanworth...all he needs to do now is learn to jump and go faster
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Yanworth has suffered an over-reach, doesn't sound too serious
Last edited by Diamond Geezer; 1st December 2017 at 3:14 PM.
He'll run under top-weight in the Coral Cup for a JP plot.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Not sure if you are blinkered to a point of delusion or were being genuinely sarcastic
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
You serious? He'll win nothing jumping like that extremely disappointing...no conviction at his fences.
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Good, you could have been 20 Changs in when posting
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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