Cheltenham 2026

[jinnyj]

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Seems to mainly happen under Robbie Supple's command? A friend's husband is one of the other starters there and his are noticeably better.

 

[jinnyj]

Dear Starter,

Have your assistants bring the first half of the field around the bend and stop them. Go back and lead the rest round and stop them beside the others to form a straight line. Raise your flag and tell them to walk in. Drop the flag.

Good luck.
Joe

Sounds great in theory until you are sitting on said Uber fit racehorse who is primed to the last second and it's ready to go...

You have only got to look at that horse last Saturday...how many laps of the course did it do?

 

[tiggers1972]

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The Jockeys know the rules too

 

[Frankel]

Seems to mainly happen under Robbie Supple's command? A friend's husband is one of the other starters there and his are noticeably better.

Give Nico the job. He'll sort it out!

 

[Steeplechasing]

Sounds great in theory until you are sitting on said Uber fit racehorse who is primed to the last second and it's ready to go...

You have only got to look at that horse last Saturday...how many laps of the course did it do?

Of course that can happen, but if the adrenaline is kept as low as possible by structuring things, you have a much better chance. They walk around well enough in the collecting area, it's when they are called out the tensions shoot up because each jockey wants a position he knows he might not get. If he's on the outside, he's even more hyped by having to go faster then the rest round the bend.

If jocks know they are being led out quietly in two lots with the objective of stopping in a line before the flag is even raised they'll be much less nervy. No concerns about breaking into canters on the outside line. It is structured and easy to understand and worth a try, I think. As it stands at the moment, once they are called out nobody has any idea what will happen next.

 

[e275]

Any idea how this ground will come up tomorrow on the new course? Should be the end of these disastrous starts as ruby pointed out last week thank god

 

[Ian_Davies]

The Japanese have the best ideas (and I don't just mean sushi):

 

[Frankel]

Boootiful

 

[Marble]

All Gordons are being layed to f%*&.

Odds against Woodhooh
Honesty Policy from 4s to 10s

I've taken 10s on Honesty Policy. That's too big. The markets showing about 6 horses at the top of the betting all being backed but not all 6 can win.

I've gone against the grain and backed my opinion..

Bet 365 currently only 6s although that's with four places.

Let's see.if they lay him at bigger prices tomorrow.