Native River is going to have more on his plate this year with the turnaround of CDO into a bit of a star and Presenting Percy holding his form well and possibly improving.
Couldn't sea past him last year but if the ground is on the fast side at all I would have to side with PN's new found star.
Surely the time has come to retire Coneygree and spend the rest of his days hunting or watching grass grow?
Formely Fist of Fury
Coneygree was retired post race yesterday
Tanlic (18th February 2019)
Simon Rowlands re Cyrname's race
"It was about 45.0s into Clan des Obeaux's race, so CdO was about 4.0s (nearly 20 lengths) slower for the final 21.11f of a 23.89f race."
Looking at the odds
Kemboy is the shortest of Willie's
Guessing though that Ruby will possibly choose Bellshill
Wondering if the Ruby factor could send Bellshill off shorter than Kemboy.
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Surely especially if he wins anything during the week.
Two years ago the place was eerily quiet through Tuesday and Wednesday by Festival standards; Thursday normal service as measured in decibels was restored when Yorkhill, Un De Sceaux Nichols Canyon etc came in.
I wouldn't have thought that he will have the final say.
The older I get the better I was.
Willie, Patrick, Ruby and David Casey will be the main players in the process but Willie will make the final decision.
In any case, Ruby won a G1 on Bellshill two weeks ago and he hasn't ridden Kemboy in a race for over two years. Paul or David would be fine for Kemboy.
The older I get the better I was.
https://www.attheraces.com/news/2019...hilip-reynolds
Just reaching for a pinch of salt.
Last edited by archie; 19th February 2019 at 6:48 PM.
The older I get the better I was.
See Al Boum Photo doesn't have an entry for the bobbyjo at Fairyhouse this weekend.
I'm getting twitchy that he might miss the festival or do will he go there off the back of just one run?
They'd be mad to run him this close to the Festival now. He jumps a fence very well and he'll have had plenty of schooling so I'd take him straight there irrespective of what the stats say.
I'm a stats man, and without looking I can't think of a horse that's gone off as favourite or second favourite and hasn't had a run over fences that has been beaten in the last 30 years, so I'd say the stats are in his favour! Plus Willie has broken just about every Cheltenham stat going in recent years, so he's the one that's shown them the way!!!!
For all that I do like yours as an alternative Archie, and I'd certainly have him as easily the best chance of Willie's.
Last edited by Maruco; 20th February 2019 at 9:40 AM.
I certainly won't be backing him if he hasn't had a prep over fences.
If he wins then I'll doff my cap.