Grasshopper
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Boston Bob would be tailed-off at half-way in a Ryanair Chase, imo.
Boston Bob would be tailed-off at half-way in a Ryanair Chase, imo.
no that was either Haydock or wetherby
i've got sectionals for the lexus but never had reason to question the distance there
My phone tells me that rain is expected at Cheltenham on Thursday and Friday of next week. Were the going to turn 'soft' - and it wouldn't take much to do that - at least the form of this season so far might be relied upon; however, who is favoured specifically in the GC? Many Clouds. Silivia Conti and Bobs Worth, Djakadam, Coneygree(?) for sure, but do we automatically discount the others? I still like the fact that Road to Riches won a Lexus on soft and at possibly longer distance than advertised.
Apologies, mate: I read it on another forum. And the distance was correct but the standard times were wrong. Apparently!
Anyway, that Road to Riches? He's winning the Gold Cup.
He wasn't last season. I thought he ran a really good race considering it was his first fencing of the season.
I have the utmost respect for the form and ratings guru's on this forum. Any time Sunny, EC1, DO or others of that quality put up their form figures I genuinely pay very close attention. But I just cannot see this Thiestes form! It was on heavy ground in a fog... And let's be honest... None of us could see it!
I believe this race is being way over-hyped via the comments of Ruby and WPM. Take a form line directly through the 2nd My Murphy and Roi De Mee and I just can't see how it puts Djakadam on c160 already. More than happy to be corrected here, but the more and more I look at this I just can't see how the theistes form is being held in such high regard.