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There have indeed been moderate winners of the two races but only one horse has ever won both. To expect a horse to not only win both races but be in the highest echelon at both disciplines is unreasonable. The demands of the two races are different. One is about speed and accuracy over the...

DO and Ian, read that last sentence of Jinny’s post and from now on repeat it any time you fear you are about to have what used to be called ‘impure thoughts’ about Ms Welch.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18djW1ZYeT/?mibextid=wwXIfr My good friend Ciarán Brownie Guinan with his take on Saturday’s race.

interviewed just now, Mark Walsh said "I was never going to be getting on I Am Maximus or Iroko..."

DO, this is the thread you were looking for

My feeling was that after conceding first run to Lossie and needing to extricate himself from a pocket, that Constitution Hill might not have won. He certainly wasn't going to piss it. Well done to DO and Ian by the way for their good tipping today.

You've been one of the characters that make this forum what it is. Best of luck, I hope you can hang on.

Make sure it's not the final leg of her tour, in case it really is farewell.

Answer = yes https://www.racingpost.com/news/festivals/grand-national-festival/no-constitution-hill-clash-for-brighterdaysahead-as-gordon-elliott-eyes-up-punchestown-for-star-mare-aB6Vh3F4t3ef/

Thanks to efficient action by last year’s winner Anadin, the Alan Morgan Trophy has arrived safely with me today and now has pride of place on my mantelpiece. Believe me, it is a very nice piece. It would have arrived sooner but for an attempted act of piracy by the Irish customs service but...

Frankel was a brilliant talent but he was hard to train. Henry Cecil was helped by the fact Frankel never had to spend a night away from his own stable and it was only at the end of his career that he was asked to stretch to 10f. The largely forgotten Sea The Stars had a more demanding career...

You have me confused now. This thread started as a discussion about whether RPRs underestimated French form and I was highlighting an example of it from earlier today. I certainly wasn't impugning French ORs, quite the opposite.

Maybe, but surely the point is they're even more meaningless on .French racing

The Mullins fav in today's opener at Limerick has an official rating of 136 based on her form in France, which is a stone superior to either of her rivals. But her highest RPR is only 116 and on adjusted RPRs she is 7lbs below Mongibello.

Thanks for sharing this. I'd like to be sure I'm understanding the data correctly, so please forgive my questions. The left hand tables show the overall results of betting at level stakes on the highest rated horse in various types of races in the three countries? And what exactly are the...

I fully support the expanded programme for fillies and mares. The syndicate I’m part of would scarcely exist without it. But the Mares Hurdle is taking too many viable runners out of the Champion Hurdle. Stage a Grade 2 mares hurdle at the festival and a Grade 1 race at Sandown.

Great idea, it would created a handy rest day for the likes of me.

Correct

The Jockey Club owns all three of the tracks staging big spring festivals in Britain, Cheltenham, Aintree and Sandown. It should take advantage of this to rebalance the programme. The Mares Hurdle could be moved out of Cheltenham, probably to Sandown. It would function there as a consolation...

He has indeed, I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. but the general quality of his herd has improved has risen compared with say ten years ago. He was always one to step in and buy horses that make impressive debuts but I get the impression he does more of that than before. He mentioned in an...