Recent content by chaumi

Don't forget L'Eau Du Sud went off mid 30s on the exchange in the 24 Betfair, when that fecker Iberico Lord did him from the last. Sadly, in this case, whereas you could interpret Dan's pre-race appraisal as being guardedly semi-confident of a good run. I'd say Harry's is somewhat less so. But...

Had this in draft and didn't realise I hadn't published, but guess these are similar to your thoughts, DO? Grand Geste looks one likely to run well. I couldn't see anything getting within 10 lengths of Alcedo in the two and a half miler at Newcastle, and GG nearly pulled it off in going down...

I would say Conti (very likely) definitely runs... "Harry [Skelton] rides Live Conti, who brings forward grade one juvenile form from last year. He was second in the juvenile hurdle at Aintree, and we've waited for the right time to run him since. He did go to Newbury three weeks ago, but we...

Could be (in light of that Fielden withdrawal) that I'm totally misinterpreting/misunderstanding the ground requirement, and Dan S was holding off having his house on till he knew he had a definite runner :p But looking at a few reruns from Newbury just now from that weekend, it didn't look...

Well, personally ratings and weight pulls never enter my head (for right or wrong), and I take no notice (unless the ratings are on a DO-formed appraisal of a contest! edit: or are related to a Pawras database). So, there are several obvious contenders here. As you've eloquently laid out, Dan...

Taken all the 14s Live Conti - though that might be a little premature. Can't shake the feeling we might witness the ultimate definition of a proper graded runner in a handicap.

The fecker. I wanted to do that!

Could be they just wanted to prove/confirm that Henry's just doesn't like Cheltenham, and once that was confirmed, BJ just let him coast. In which case, likely no harm done for this upcoming effort. No good runs at Cheltenham in 3 visits now. Maybe they were wanting to know whether it would be...

Yep, seemed an odd decision. And likely that's the reason now for the riding arrangements DO posted above. Maybe there's something going on we don't know about. Or more likely, something we don't know about the run last week.

Hardy wants it soft, I believe. Live Conti wants it soft. Will it be soft enough for those two? Maybe not. I'm about 10 miles east of Ascot right now. Was damp overnight, but nothing heavy. Forecast is for heavy rain today, but no sign of it so far. Then dry tomorrow/Sat.

Henry's (next) target has always been this race since the Ascot win early Nov, so not overly surprising BJ is down to ride. Assuming PR runs, it's likely to be Kielan Woods riding. KW rode for the early Nov Huntingdon win. I'd suggest it probably (let's say possibly) isn't worth reading...

...and old Rapper did well to hang on to them that long. On the evidence of this, can definitely win again. Most likely a veterans, but you couldn't necessarily rule out an all-aged class 2. Note, Kim Bailey wasn't overconfident about Destroy with his current mark

There is some info freely available online that AH did rate him, could be he just still needs more time. Wouldn't necessarily write him off totally in future, could spring a surprise if AH persists, in the right circumstances ofc. If he really is just a pretty boy with no substance, I doubt AH...

On paper, it's not too hard to rule out plenty of this 2.00 Win field, including making intepretations that make one or two of the fancied runners questionable. ofc it regularly doesn't work out how it might look on paper in these races. I think good thinking on your part, Nonanny, win or lose...

I'm not so sure this is all fabricated rubbish designed to make money (although no doubt some reports of it are). It's very possible that some reporters of this type of phenomenon really (believed they) 'experienced' it. But is it real? The human brain theoretically contains a memory or...