Wish I had earlier, thinking of pushing the button on Road To Respect. I can't have Presenting Percy, and I don't think Native is the animal it was last year. Might Bite clearly finished, CDO won't stay, more I think more I'm talking myself into it.
Wish I had earlier, thinking of pushing the button on Road To Respect. I can't have Presenting Percy, and I don't think Native is the animal it was last year. Might Bite clearly finished, CDO won't stay, more I think more I'm talking myself into it.
Wonder who will be fav this time tomorrow
Would love to see Disko out in a huge run but have a sneaky suspicion for Shattered Love
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Outsider (27th December 2018)
I th8nk the gold cup took a lot out of mite bite and native river.
But i must say Mite Bite looked outstanding before the race.im not an expert but he looks a beaut8ful horse.
Native River has just run in the wrong races. Am sure he has a big March run in him
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Latest Irish chase ORs:
169 Road To Respect
169 Sizing John
168 Bellshill
168 Un De Sceaux
167 Anibale Fly
167 Douvan
167 Kemboy
167 Min
167 Presenting Percy
165 Footpad
I presume UK figures issued tomorrow.
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Interesting ratings. On the bare fact of ratings they are an average of just below bunch
Your boy and PP should both have a +
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Bristol De Mai up to 173, could play havoc with the GN handicap if he's entered
I imagine the air in the T-D household will be blue this morning.
CDO has also been raised to 173. It looks like the handicapper has assumed that because BDM beat CDO at Haydock, but didn't complete at Kempton, that he's entitled to be rated at least the equal of CDO?
Weird thinking, that.
Then again, I did warn to expect some strange stuff when DG-H was appointed senior handicapper...
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Total Recall returns at Tramore today.
Lar Byrne was realistic last week hoping his horse is up to Gold Cup class but fearing he may be a little short.
" We are sitting at the top table, whether we are entitled to be here is another question "
Wishing him well.
Fine race that is today too Eddie.
ABP could turn into a good horse
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Tough ask for ABP to give weight all round first time up but he’s up to it if WPM has him ready
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I wasn't too keen on this fella in the early part of last season or I was at least suspicious of his form. As the season went on he grew on me and I thought him a pretty decent sort the problem with him though was he seemed to get keener and keener with every race. IMO opinion if he started showing that again I'd be very tempted to drop him back in trip at the earliest opportunity. He may well have the engine for a Gold Cup but he won't win one running with the choke out imo. Ryan Air Chase a serious possibility of a festival winner though.
Man who catch fly with chopstick .... accomplish anything.
It's all academic anyway because very few of those over 165 will be seen in a handicap in the foreseeable future. However, I think that the marks for the Gold Cup have skewed everything. While you can argue that it's the most meaningful race and all horses would be fully primed, the ground was so bad that it emphasised qualities that would not normally be so prominent. Because Native River was 176 and Might Bite 172 they gave Anibale Fly 167 which is too high.
There followed Haydock and Kempton which saw the top two beaten because they didn't run to their marks rather than their conquerors improving vastly. I wouldn't have thought that anything has run much better than 170 this season so far.
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Latest BHA ratings:
173 Bristol De Mai
173 Clan Des Obeaux
173 Native River
170 Thistlecrack
169 Might Bite
Makes you think that the UK and Irish scales are, indeed, about 4lb different.
Thought Al Boum Photo was impressive today.
The older I get the better I was.
ABP is a promising horse for sure
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Timeform master ratings as at 31/12.
https://www.timeform.com/horse-racin...ms_top_chasers
The older I get the better I was.
Last edited by granger; 2nd January 2019 at 10:50 AM.
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done