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Does anyone know how the course at Ascot is faring at the min... will the Victor Chandler card survive?

I'm a big fan of the horse don't get me wrong but the renewal he won was very poor imo (course specialist Beef or Salmon was favourite on the morning of the race after all). He won authoritavely enough that day but i'm still not sure such an extreme trip shows him off to his best. imo of course.

In fairness, he came second in the Supreme Novices which shows more speed over hurdles than any of the other horses you mentioned (possibly apart from Newmill). In addition a 1l runner up to Well Chief over 2m looks fairly decent to me... I think he'd want to be travelling well 2 out as Melendez...

Can't really think of too many French breds dominating at min apart from the obvious Kauto?

Physically I agree he's well equipped to carry top weight for 3 miles + however surely the real question is whether he is well handicapped or not? Depends on your viewpoint I suppose, If you think he's capable of winning an average Gold Cup then he probably has 10lbs in hand. If you think he's...

Massive fan of the horse, one of the reasons why I love National Hunt is to see great horses come back year after year (hard to believe its almost 5 years since his SunAlliance win). Having said that it's hard to see him winning another champion imo, he's hardly improved from last year and I...

I'd be particularly interested in seeing Kazal in the Drinmore, anyone know if he's an intended runner? Looking at the Hatton's Grace you would have to wonder how many will turn up, there's definitely going to be plenty of staying hurdles to be hoovered up handily enough this year (a la...