Ruby Walsh suggesting Nico will be riding Champ in the Gold Cup.
Ruby Walsh suggesting Nico will be riding Champ in the Gold Cup.
Jockey bookings for this weekends racing (if it's on, which would be a minor miracle at Cheltenham) would suggest he is right.Originally Posted by Double J
I guess the know they aren’t going to win a GC with Santini so it would make sense from a Hendo point of view and JP didn’t replace Barry so it’s logical that Nico rides him at home!
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Problem they are gonna have is if the Cotswold Chase is abandoned this weekend and they don't reschedule it, then the Denman in a couple of weeks is going to be really competitive.
Hendo likes his trials to be 3 or 4 runner schooling sessions.
1/5 he's running in a bumper for jumpers at Kempton
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
littlelad (29th January 2021)
And he wants more of them.
I find he literally hates races were his horse isn’t a 1/6 shot running against no hope handicappers.
I'd say of all the trainers he's the one who's been most affected by the ever increasing lure of the Cheltenham festival.
Nicholls for example seems to have any number of targets throughout the season and sees where he is early in the year with regards March but Hendo nowadays seems to works backwards and then moans when his very particular plans are affected by the winter weather.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
I might be imagining things but I think what is now called the Contenders hurdle was created because one of his horses couldnt find a suitable opportunity.
Was the Otley Hurdle in the 80’s -fairly sure See You Then won it.
Indeed 1986 Luke.
Agfa sponsored it late 80s; I was there the day Desert Orchid beat Pegwell Bay , Charter party and Kildimo in Agfa Chase feb 1989.
The joys of travel !!
Yeah. I figured that i got it wrong after i posted. Gainsborough chase/Agfa chase card. Im pretty sure due to whining from Henderson that a conditions race was staged after a period of bad weather. Thought it was run at Sandown but I'm probably misremembering that as well.
Rings a bell with me too Hawk Wing.
Was it Kempton and Punjabi?
HawkWing (30th January 2021)
Another gutsy performance from Native River - great to see!
Is Santini related to Don Poli?
Is back prime Don Poli in a match bet anyday
Santini wouldn't be fit enough for today. Hendo keeps telling us he struggles to give him enough work to get him fit. I reckon he'll be chuffed with that performance.
Great to see Native River back in form too and he seems to bring out the best in Johnson rather than the other way round
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I reckon Hendo will stick blinkers on next month. Just to sharpen him up.
tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Desert Orchid (6th February 2021)
*cough*MEDICS
Had twenty at between 90 and 95 but while it sounds sexy enough, this position was sort of what I was expecting. It’d have to be terrible ground for him to stand a chance but I wont lay off because a) it was a score and b) it’d be great to see.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
Have you backed him e/w?
All comers, all grounds, all beaten!
This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.
No. Win only on the exchange. It was a speculative arra
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
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