Is it that shocking?Originally Posted by archie
Is it that shocking?
All comers, all grounds, all beaten!
This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.
I guess BDM also. I think they gave him a monster rating for that Betfair chase he won by half the track
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Saint Calvados backers and other assorted optimists should know the fate of their ante-posts bets at the end of the month, as he runs in the Cotswold Chase. Whittington has confirmed the horse will run in the Ryanair, if he fails to see out the trip (has come out of the King George “raring to go”).
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"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Desert Orchid (7th January 2021)
Cash out now!
All comers, all grounds, all beaten!
This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.
With a series of small(ish) wagers at 60+ there hardly seems any point. Will definitely hold until I see how he gets on at. If he blows, I have cover in some multiples in the Ryanair anyway.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
I held firm on my 66/1 Gold Cup bet, but PP going no runner no bet means I can't cash out now, so that's a second reason why it would be good for him to run a big race in the Cotswold Chase.
Irish Gold Cup entries:
https://www.irishracing.com/card?rac...d=202102071540
What I take from them:
- no entry for Allaho. Either they have decided on the Ryanair or something is amiss.
- entry for Melon. Still keeping their options open.
- entry for A Plus Tard days after HdB said they would probably go straight to the Gold Cup.
- entries for Gordon's Savills failures.
The older I get the better I was.
Grasshopper (14th January 2021)
Hoping Melon goes Gold Cup.
Patrick hinted they’re bsck to the drawing board with Allaho. Wonder if they’ll give him rest of the season off?
Hoping he runs in the Kinloch Brae.
They are not quite that generous
I's day Kinlock Brae as that is the race they like
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Do you think they will go GC? Will Donnelly want two darts at it or have ABP for this and then make the Ryanair a crazy test?
I’ve had a small dart at Melon for the GC at 50s on the exchange.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
The Donnellys had no problem running Asterion Forlonge against Shishkin in the Supreme and this is the Gold Cup so if you have two horses good enough to run...
He's a flat bred though and hasn't looked to be crying out for three and a quarter miles so it's near impossible to see how he can turn the Savills form around with the more stoutly bred A Plus Tar over the extra yardage.
If he were mine he'd be going Ryanair for sure but Willie could probably field a dozen runners in that race already.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
But Asterion and Shishkin have different trainers so that could be a reason, and both were at the top of the market. I do take your point though!
I do also agree Ryanair but just think if they held on to him until the last in a Gold Cup he might, just might stay!
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Very hard to hold on to a horse until the last in the Gold Cup. Rare you'll see one coming there on the bridle and fail to get home, they go too fast. Especially if Frodon and/or Native River turn up.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
I think he goes Gold Cup Melon, my 66s hopes he does as well.
Ryanair:
Min
Allaho
Tornado Flyer
Gold Cup:
Al Boum
Kemboy
Melon
Melon is a talented horse but he doesn't do much winning.
Other than his Supreme second, he’s always been second/third string of Mullins runners in each of 3 other runs at the festival as well.
And each time he has finished ahead of all the other Mullins runners.
Just needs a bit of luck..small mistakes have cost him two nice prizes....
I seriously wouldn’t rule him out of a Gold Cup based on his last run. Jockey booking is going to be vital, but I genuinely think it’ll be Patrick on board in the Gold Cup.
He certainly has place claims.
Could be Ryanair though, who knows what Mullins will do.
Amateurs aren't allowed to ride in the UK at the moment, which would rule Patrick out
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