I said as much in post #476, i.e. that they must carry over ante post bets then but not SP bets but then you continued the discussion.
I said as much in post #476, i.e. that they must carry over ante post bets then but not SP bets but then you continued the discussion.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
Originally Posted by frontrunner
Thanks lads I have a sore head trying to follow this
Champ is having his prep in the Game Spirit. Yes, the Game Spirit. Over 2m.
Well that will sharpen him up
All comers, all grounds, all beaten!
This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.
They may get Yogi in and put him on overtime
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Henderson never ceases to amaze......and not in a good way.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Bonjers (14th February 2021)
Bizarre
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A Pat Kelly move
Altior goes straight to Festival to avoid a hard race, but Champ gets launched into a Grade 2 chase around a mile shorter than ideal, after 11 months off, and he’s not concerned about a hard race?
What a fu*cking clown.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Just for jumping practice, I guess.
Seemed to work too.
Notice he says Cheltenham, not, Straight to the Queen Mother chase...
Overreach or a stone step two days before the race again...
Champ wouldn't need to have a hard race at 2m. It's like a 12f Flat horse making its reappearance over a mile three weeks before its target. Stay in its comfort zone, hit 90% maximum for a furlong and ease down, well beaten. Price goes out a couple of points. Cobwebs blown away.
Illegitimi non carborundum
No he doesn't
"In a statement, Henderson said: "With regards to Altior and Champ, under the current circumstances and having discussed the situation in detail with all connections involved, we have come to the conclusion that Altior will head straight to the Cheltenham Festival for the Champion Chase without a run beforehand."
"The owls are not what they seem"
Where's Simmo?
Hope he's alright.
I just know what he'd say to Nicky about this.
Suck my fat **** in it.
A horse that jumps like Champ could get a ‘hard race’ just trying to go along at 2m pace, DO.
If this was in any way a legit approach/preparation for a prospective Gold Cup horse, we’d have seen it before. There is even a steeplechase at 3m on the same card, that he is choosing to swerve.
It is fu*cking farcical.
Last edited by Grasshopper; 14th February 2021 at 7:48 PM.
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
Henderson’s reasoning.
“He hasn’t run for a year, so we could be in danger that three miles may be slightly too far for his first run of the season. He is a fresh horse and can be quite free in his races, so it would be harder to curtail enthusiasm and you’re never going to take as much out over two miles as you are over three.
“He could be keen and do too much, so in the interest of the Gold Cup being his ultimate goal, it is preferable to run over a shorter distance, which could stop him having a harder race than necessary and also help eliminate the risk of the bounce factor.
“He was a very useful horse over two and two and a half miles last season and I think that the Game Spirit could suit him well, both in the short term and the long term.”
As I say, I'm working on the assumption he won't be asked to go 2m pace. He won't be asked to leave his comfort zone other than for a short-lived effort around two out, at which point the leaders might well be away anyway.
He's reportedly been schooling very well but I would have reservations about his jumping, antoher reason for believing he'll just be allowed to do his own thing.
It's really going to be no more than a racecourse gallop for him.
Illegitimi non carborundum
probably needs a proper race rather than a racecourse gallop ahead of a gruelling 3m2f race no?
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