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obv some good plot jobs in the irish ranks but the idea they are only winning because they are well hnaidcapped can be contested what about irish horses in the other hurdles at festival? (lets go to 7 as diamond did) i dont know percentage of irish runners in these races obv goshen would have...

Olly Murphy made interesting point at the betfair preview and his fear about novices was that they didnt have enough experience and basically saying that the top jump races in ireland are much more competitive this is definitely someting that has changed in last two decades. used to be a...

that was a great race by the proper definition of what a great race - as in one that will live in the memory - maybe the form is not top notch but can anyone say that for certain if samcro and melon have returned to their best form over hurdles and i'd say the fisher is decent yardstick. all...

yes that's a bonkers comment. it's a proper test, with proper fences. you're presumably getting muddled by the camera views and angles around the last; maybe the last could be laid out better. but the track itself is excellent and that's very odd comment. what's basis for it?

i love djakadam four times in first five in chelt gold cup four second places in the punchestown equivalent willie rightly gets criticism for being hard on horses at times but djak has been on the go since 4 and he's still perofmring. it's admirable. lovely horse

WOW what a fantastic race that was; Next Destination beating two good Cheltenham winners. Proper pace and pulled way clear of the pack.

that's a bit of a leap, you surely can't take Aintree as the true running of balko des flos surely just a textbook case of a horse still feeling effects of chelt he finished 13 lengths behind 153 rated Sizing Granite balko des flos was finishing in same territory as solid 160 horses at...

Dreadful. Obviously a freak thing that can happen any horse I guess..but something wasn't quite right with that horse all year, you'd wonder if there was an undetected weakness there

and there goes the best novice down to run at the meeting disappointing but probably more hepful to wpm with trainers title at home in mind

sorry if i didnt make it clear but that was my point too better ground suits road to riches ..and alpha wouldnt fancy either in a bog

really good stuff below road to riches is fascinating alright because he's arguably the best horse in the race if they all ran to their peak fear is that he's gone at the game, not convinced its a plot job as he has been backed in races when he dropped down the handicap and ran poorly...

The Munirs making Mullins run Footpad aside...the absence of real Mullins and Elliot stars in the entries is striking. Min is entered too. Elliott doesnt appear to have anything bar a few bumper horses and ones for national fences

footpad seems to run but irish trainer championships might rule out most of mullins and elliott horses its strange one as i know mullins/elliott domination ruined cheltenham for some but surely some of the better races at aintree will be diminished by their absence; especially if horses that...

this is definitely a very valid question. surprised a few more trainers didnt pull horses out too. to be fair to giggi they did the right thing by the gamechanger and would respect trainers that pulled thier horses out. harrington was interviewed pre grand annual and seemed to think ground was...

the worst ground of the week today has allowed the english to dominate to be fair

especially when trainer has reputation for not being able to bring horses back...which isnt an unfair criticism at times..but he's done a hell of a job to keep him going from 4

two best horses out front all the way, top class. it won't go down as a vintage gold cup but i think those two would compete in most eras racing like that. delighted for tizzard. have to say thought flanagan did very well on road to respect, hugged the inner most of the way for the better...

another winner that was said to prefer better ground irish form miles ahead...again

Striking but lot of mullins horses clustered in certain races - ran a fair few in mares novice when he had guaranteed winner

Those mudlarks like balko, penhill, storyteller, Percy got lucky