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I've watched its races this season. My first thought was that nothing that ran against it then will beat it now but I've come back round to the idea that Let It Rain (124) is probably another Joyeuse who won this off 123 and two runs later was competing off 142 in a Fairyhouse handicap hurdle...

Talk of broken biscuits - "brokies" as we called them - has the memories flooding back. For a while when I was very young my father jemmied open his loose change bag and gave us graduating amounts of pocket money, the older you were the more you were granted. I got 2/- (for the younger ones...

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Just thinking about this a bit more. Why on earth wouldn't a yard with a 160+ horse leave it in the race to allow a well-handicapped stablemate rated around 135 to get in at the bottom of the weights and keep everything below 132 out of the handicap? It would be a useful way to get a run into...

I must admit I'd never heard of OB before your post but I totally see where you're coming from. Its debut over fences was over a qualifying trip before going back over shorter. It would have needed to win last time to go up enough to make the cut and it did both. By the time the UK handicapper...

9/1 available. It's run 18 times at Newcastle but it does seem right back to its best. That said, it's never won off higher than 88 and they might have their eye on the £150k race in April, by which time they might have got those 5lbs back off it. Good luck, Marb.

What I will venture to say for now is that All In You will probably confirm the form with those it has beaten recently but I suspect that Let It Rain will finish in front of it. I won't be backing LIR until Saturday and will probably settle for using her to cover my other bets in the race or...

I've done an initial trawl of the weights (not the most pleasant day up here and fvck all else to do) and at the moment am happy enough to have PL onside at a nice price. What the race lacks in established quality, it might make up for - time will tell - in potential quality. It's [for me at...

Cheers, chaumi. Never noticed but then again I'm rarely on the exchange.

I wouldn't let age, per se, put me off anything if I thought it was on a winnable mark for its age.

I know those things exist but does anybody actually read them let alone take note of them?

What is the BF icy symbol?

I missed the start and noted she came through strongly late after racing wide throughout (reminds me of another future Mullins job from a season or two back). I'll give it another watch. I actually passed up the opportunity to cash out for a lovely profit on the combo doubles and then when I...

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Do you really think so, Slim? 15 of the 20 runners were 5yos or 6yos, first- or second-season novices and 16 were rated lower than 140. That smacks of more potential jobs than at the local buroo. Future form might well prove you correct but it would be a poor future for Irish hurdling if...

Yes, I've seen a few of the laughing Spaniard ones. Infectiously funny in the right context.

I do think for Irish horses in particular the DRF two-miler and the County are now more important, more so for the sense of occasion if not necessarily for the prize money. I think Essex about 20 years ago is the last Irish winner. That's surprising in the big scheme of things compared with the...

I love when people do these things. I did one years ago about my family. I thought I'd even scripted it to sync with the mouth movements and tried to send it to the family but for some reason it never seemed to register.

The Bowens are the trainer's go-to jockeys. Neither is jocked up for the race. Are they keeping their options open for as long as possible? I see young Freddie is now jocked up for Poet Laureate. The Schweppes is in sight I only hope this horse runs I'm hoping he wins (A wee bit of Haiku for...

Hi Dave. Can I offer a suggestion? Rather than a thread for individual races, could you consider dedicating [maybe this] one thread for all you forthcoming selections? This thread could, for example be re-titled "Dave's AW 2026 *Selections / Tips / Fancies / Thoughts" (delete accoringly)...