Aintree 2021

Do you know when the entries are out for the rest of the card, Roger?
In particular the 2m H'Cap chase on the Thursday 8th April ;)
 
Desert Orchid said:
Even if it was bucketing down they'd still be watering...
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They won't...They will aim for good to soft because historically they know that the worse the ground, the less that finish.

Tiger Roll's 2018 race was heavy and only 12 finished, 6 horses fell, 5 unseated and as a result of that, the following year they decided to aim for, if possible, Good/soft ground and they were delighted with the result, 19 finishers, 4 fallers and 2 unseated.

Edit: What would be the point of cutting the race by 2 furlongs, to then intentionally produce heavy ground and have the race become attritional....
 
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Maxbet said:
Edit: What would be the point of cutting the race by 2 furlongs, to then intentionally produce heavy ground and have the race become attritional....
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The reason the race distance was cut had nothing to do with the 'attritional' nature of it. It was to move the start away from the excitement of the noise produced in the stands and to reduce the run to the first fence in order to slow up the early pace and reduce early fallers.

They will not allow the meeting to start on anything better than good to soft. They will aim for the good-to-soft side of soft but will be happy with soft. They will argue that soft equals safe.
 
Desert Orchid said:
The reason the race distance was cut had nothing to do with the 'attritional' nature of it. It was to move the start away from the excitement of the noise produced in the stands and to reduce the run to the first fence in order to slow up the early pace and reduce early fallers.

They will not allow the meeting to start on anything better than good to soft. They will aim for the good-to-soft side of soft but will be happy with soft. They will argue that soft equals safe.
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I know that, My point is, they will not water excessively because that will make it more attritional!

You made a comment, Quote: "even if it was bucketing down they'd still be watering..."

Then you say, "They will aim for the good-to-soft side of soft but will be happy with soft. They will argue that soft equals safe."

But in actual fact, they have already concluded that soft would equate to, more stamina-sapping conditions and that wherever possible, they will aim for Good to soft, and with the weather conditions that we have at the moment, that target should be a lot easier to achieve than if it were, as you say; "bucketing down"!
 
According to someone whose house overlooks the course there was plenty of watering going on yesterday.
 
I won’t be watching it. Memories of bad things happening on the park course stick with me. I know it’s cowardly of me but the course is so fast and flat it scares me. I really should take up crochet for my leisure time activity.
 
moe said:
I won’t be watching it. Memories of bad things happening on the park course stick with me. I know it’s cowardly of me but the course is so fast and flat it scares me. I really should take up crochet for my leisure time activity.
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I know what you mean. Im same when Tiger Roll runs at all. Sat with all fingers and toes crossed. If he was lost on a racecourse the damage would be catastrophic
 
Mister Fisher is a monster price for the Bowl. He ran very well for a long way in the Ryanair (that ******* water jump again. Hate it)

If they'd ridden him cold like Fakir and Kalashnikov he'd have been a clear second imo. The front of the market is very weak. Clan is average, this test is nowhere near enough of one for Native River. Tiger Roll has no chance.
 
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