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Thread: The Road To The 2021 Champion Hurdle

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    With three more weeks of this guaranteed up and down the lands, I ask again, who starts favourite on the day?

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    Why does it matter?
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marb View Post
    With three more weeks of this guaranteed up and down the lands, I ask again, who starts favourite on the day?
    Honeysuckle must be v short to go off fav.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamesRB View Post
    still in hope that abacabras does a jezki and leaves his season long form behind, gets his ground and a pace to aim at and produces something more like his supreme run and it's enough to win it, or at least place

    probably a fools hope
    Keep the faith. Expect to see a different beast at Cheltenham!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
    Honeysuckle must be v short to go off fav.
    Will JP have 100K on Epatante.

    Will the Irish Honeysuckle fans back her.

    Or will Goshen fans make amends for the triumph last year by smashing up their hero.

    Fascinating.
    Last edited by Marb; 24th February 2021 at 9:39 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marb View Post
    Will JP have 100K on Epatante.

    Will the Irish Honeysuckle fans back her.

    Or will Goshen fans make amends for the triumph last year by smashing up their hero.

    Fascinating.
    Nah, he’ll put it on Buveur d'Air

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marb View Post
    Will JP have 100K on Epatante.

    Will the Irish Honeysuckle fans back her.

    Or will Goshen fans make amends for the triumph last year by smashing up their hero.

    Fascinating.
    He backed her in Newcastle in a boat race at EVS. I don't think it's one he will back and there is no betting ring anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
    Honeysuckle must be v short to go off fav.
    Hope she does, Slim.
    As Goshen is the youngest of the principals, has had fewer races and (imo) has more speed, he obviously has more scope for progression, and the very fact that he warmed up in a gd2 suggest his stable think so too. 4/1 on the day will do me nicely.

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    JP doesn't back antepost and he always places his bets on the day of the race at the meeting.......this time around if he is forced to bet off course you willnever know via the market if hehas or he hasn't.........but rumours will fly and Epatante will probably go of fav late in the day......Goshen will drift like a barge IMO and Honeysuckle will remain steady..could go off JT favs?????
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tanlic View Post
    JP doesn't back antepost and he always places his bets on the day of the race at the meeting.......this time around if he is forced to bet off course you willnever know via the market if hehas or he hasn't.........but rumours will fly and Epatante will probably go of fav late in the day......Goshen will drift like a barge IMO and Honeysuckle will remain steady..could go off JT favs?????
    I'd suggest you wouldn't know much about The Great Man's MO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tanlic View Post
    JP doesn't back antepost and he always places his bets on the day of the race at the meeting.......this time around if he is forced to bet off course you willnever know via the market if hehas or he hasn't.........but rumours will fly and Epatante will probably go of fav late in the day......Goshen will drift like a barge IMO and Honeysuckle will remain steady..could go off JT favs?????
    Does he not though?

    Did Epatante not come down with a cough this time last year so he could get more on at a bigger price?

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    Maybe he waits for BOG
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    is JP really moving a championship race market at Cheltenham much? if at all?

    load of cobblers in my opinion

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    This thread may have peaked - quieter day today

    What are the current conditions like on Track? Roger may know best
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Drying wind the last two or three days, fairly sunny today. Not a lot of rain forecast before mid March.We are sheltering so probably won't be able to go up there this year even if I was allowed to.

    Good to Soft is available somewhere at 4/9 somewhere I gather.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Double J View Post
    Does he not though?

    Did Epatante not come down with a cough this time last year so he could get more on at a bigger price?
    My understanding is they made a huge mistake backing Franchoek for the Triumph Hurdle AP and hasn't backed AP since

    NJH was adamant Binocular should run on the New Course but Berry refused asthe money was down on the fav Celerstial Halo won the race Capt Cee Bee beat Binocular wasn't AP's fav time as he rode both losers
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    Look who has been reading this thread

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od0wokpdxAY

    First 17min is on the champion.

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    Saw that last night. Did give me a chuckle
    All comers, all grounds, all beaten!

    This perfect mix of poetry and destruction.

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    Watched it live for the first time last night. Always good to get a pro's perspective.

    However, all too often when it seems everybody can wor out the pace scenario the jockeys go and do the opposite.

    As a rule, I hate seeing anything I've backed try and come from the rear. It's usually a sign of a jockey either getting it badly wrong or not trying. And it's usually more exaggerated the bigger the field.

    I wouldn't want anything I've backed in the CH to be any further back than midfield.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HawkWing View Post
    Look who has been reading this thread

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od0wokpdxAY

    First 17min is on the champion.
    Seems they're learning, too.

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