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Fair enough, and I absolutely agree about the difficulty of TRWs task should any of the front three run to form. It was about his chance relative to Hewick I was really questioning. It’s as interesting a King George as we’ve had since Vautour, Cue Card and Don Cossack took each other on. May...

I’m not as sold on this horse as others evidently are, but on this ground at this trip, Giovinco starts to look a very backable price at 3/1. Despite my ongoing love affair with Frenchies, I’m not at all convinced that Il Est Francais is at the same sort of level as some of the great...

Frodon I’ll give you, DO, but I can’t fathom such arbitrary dismissal of TRW, insofar as his chance relative to Hewick is concerned. Can you articulate your reasons for this? On my viewing of the race, Hewick has to be forgiven a fair bit more than RTW based on recent runs, and evoking a...

Merry Christmas to all THers.

Salvador Ziggy: £600 Win - National Hunt Chase (16/1 Paddy Power)

Stayers division has been an absolute piggery for years. I hate them all. I very-much agree with Euro’s take on the pensioners. Good shout on Crambo.

Gavin Sheehan gets the leg-up on Hewick.

Ah…..had missed that…..my bad. :thumbsup:

Is it? He won’t get a ride in the Christmas Hurdle, and for all that Allaho has a big chance in the KG, does it have any better a chance than Facile Vega would in the 2m novice chase? I can’t see that it’s a no-brainer, but I could understand him wanting to get a King George onto his dance-card.

Townend reportedly coming over to Kempton to ride Allaho, rather than ride at Leopardstown. Would suggest some degree of confidence in the horse, you’d think.

Obviously has his chance if jumping off and fit enough (Hendo reckons he’ll be fine on that score), but you could hardly back him with any confidence. I’m still a little sceptical about him truly getting 3m, tbh. He looked like a stayer at Aintree, but there’s a part of me thinks that Ahoy...

Hughes will surely be riding at Aintree?

Setback for Gentlemansgame, who will miss Savills. Has to make it even more likely Gerri stays home for Christmas.

A Plus Tard: £200 each-way Cheltenham Gold Cup (66/1 with BetUK on Oddschecker)

If those numbers are accurate in terms of the volume of horses being allotted out of the Nash, DO, then the proposal really does start to look like a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist.

I send a message to Facebook pals every Nash day, reminding them of the race time and compelling them to watch it, lest they be bracketed as simpletons and mincers. I consider it me "doing my bit". There are stacks of them that still have a bet on the race, despite showing absolutely no...

Agree about Gerri. Could toil to lie up with them, and there are plenty of question marks about the others at the front-end of the market. I took 10/1 Whacker yesterday, on the basis that he’s needed all his runs first time out, and he jumps like a stag. I wouldn’t say I was confident, but...

Simpletons usually are. Her shambolic performance during the Covid crisis should exclude her from any role more demanding than counting paper-clips……which possibly makes her the perfect fit for Senior Steward of the Jockey Club.

Do You Believe in Father Christmas (Greg Lake) Fairytale of New York (Pogues & Kirsty McColl) Stop The Cavalry (Jonah Lewie) I’d be quite happy to have just these three on a constant loop when we’re having Christmas brekkie.

Jesus suffering fu*ck!