Buveur D'Air
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Grasshopper (13th March 2018)
The two time Champion Hurdler up close & personal.
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Colin Phillips (14th March 2018), NewApproach (19th March 2018)
Melon has run the race of his life by a country mile.
Flagship uberalles (14th March 2018)
fonz (14th March 2018)
I'm still working on some figures for day one but I'm coming down to the idea that Buveur D'Air was well off his best form - and probably didn't need to be near it - to win the Champion Hurdle.
Comparative times and sectionals with the Supreme suggest the form is not much better than the novices' race. The proximity of Mick Jazz doesn't help.
I think the ground has probably been much more of a leveller in the Champion than in the Supreme. In the latter, the principals had carved out their reputations in midwinter ground whereas BDA had been seeing off weaker opposition in duff races.
It reminded me a wee bit of Rooster Booster being all out in heavy ground at Sandown to see of the mudlover Self Defense who was a vastly inferior animal.
We can all but put a line through the Champion form I reckon.
Illegitimi non carborundum
Hard to believe but if the likes of Samcro heads elsewhere next year we could end up with a 3 times winner of the Champion Hurdle just for turning up.
Because of the ground he's made semi hard work of things but on a better surface he's probably/most likely beat Lemon much easier.
So what on earth apart from physical ailments or the like is going to stop him next year?
Formely Fist of Fury
Laurina?
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Melon should have taken him this year but he's as soft as the fruit he's named after. The Supreme was a better race this year and Laurina wouldn't be out of it.
Last edited by Grey; 19th March 2018 at 5:45 PM.
Not a Melon fan Art?
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
I thought I read somewhere that Summerville was staying hurdling ?
Last edited by tiggers1972; 19th March 2018 at 8:59 PM.
granger (19th March 2018)