Buveur D'air at 25's anyone?
https://www.unibet.co.uk/blog/horse-...rows-1.1583501
Buveur D'air at 25's anyone?
https://www.unibet.co.uk/blog/horse-...rows-1.1583501
Goshen won’t be winning a champion hurdle. Not necessarily because of his ability but unless the trainer is planning a coup, it’s a mystifying preparation. I wouldn’t send a horse to him.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
From Timeform
Making his first appearance since his final-flight fall when seemingly set to run out a wide-margin winner of the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March, Goshen was a long odds-on favourite for his return to the Flat on Saturday.However, after making much of the running, the four-year-old weakened to finish last of six runners behind 50-1 winner Stargazer.
Moore reported his stable star to be none the worse on Sunday morning, and he remains keen to give the Champion Hurdle hope another run on the level before he returns to the jumping game.“It was disappointing,” said the Sussex trainer.“He’s fine this morning – all good.I hope he just needed the run. At the end of the day he’s a horse rated 88, taking on horses rated nearly 100, and he’s got beat four lengths.The winner is no mug – he’s a 102-rated horse on the all-weather – and all the others had fitness on their side."
“It’s definitely still the plan to give him another run on the Flat.”
"The owls are not what they seem"
Well, he reckoned in his post race comments that he wasn’t now going to run him at Ascot, but maybe he’s changed his mind on that too. I think he’s in real danger of falling between two stools with him. Another run on the flat when it isn’t long before most would be thinking of an easy confidence builder over hurdles. He has the potential to be a really exceptional horse at the highest level over hurdles , but it’s going to be difficult enough for a five year old to win the Champion without the dithering over his preparation.
I'll be judging Goshen after his next hurdle run, not some half arsed cobweb blower on the flat
Saint Roi out tomorrow at Tipperary
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Truncheon (4th October 2020)
Saint Roi is tiny, like a pony
Nice enough performance fto
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Goshen entered up on Sunday at Goodwood in a 12f handicap
More bizarre campaigning
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viking (7th October 2020)
Bit of love for Saint Roi today, from Patrick Mullins:
Saint Roi “could be anything” as the County Hurdle winner attempts to prove he is up to Champion Hurdle class later this season.
Having impressed many with the way he won one of the most competitive handicaps of the season at Cheltenham, the JP McManus-owned gelding did little to dampen enthusiasm winning a Grade Three event at Tipperary recently.
While plans are fluid for the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old at this stage, his son and assistant, Patrick, feels he should be treated as a Champion Hurdle contender until he proves otherwise.
The latter did, though, have a rather forgettable experience on Saint Roi at Clonmel in December.
“I thought he had all the ingredients to win the amateur maiden hurdle in Clonmel last year, but that is one of life’s great mysteries,” said Mullins.
“He jumped terribly that day and we got the physio on to him, maybe he was a bit sore. Usually he is a fast jumper.
“We think this horse could be anything. To do what he did last year in the County Hurdle off the back of just two runs for us was extraordinary, you just don’t see that happen.
“He’s not the biggest, but he’s a fantastic jumper usually, he works with a lot of speed, he’s won at the track, although the Champion Hurdle is on a different one to the County, but for me he ticks all the boxes. Until he says he’s not good enough we’re going to think he is.”
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
They introduced Beacon Edge at last
50's will do me
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Saint Roi, Abacadabras and the aforementioned Beacon Edge amongst the Morgiana entries.
https://www.racingpost.com/racecards...-11-15/770121/
Last edited by Grasshopper; 29th October 2020 at 7:04 PM.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Saldier has been scratched from the Morgiana.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
All over Abas against the er, handicapper.
No bet race......will see how the ante-post bets on Saint Roi look afterwards.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Christ....5/2 Aba doesn’t half look big at face value.
The dogs must be barking for the jolly.
Last edited by Grasshopper; 13th November 2020 at 1:26 PM.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018