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Gareth, those figures are fascinating and thanks for the effort and also for sharing them

I am sure they do mean something, and I think anyone even before seeing those who pretended that KS was at his best at Cheltenham should be laughed out of court. Of course it's not his track. Nevertheless, his class has won him a Gold Cup already!

In the context of this year's Gold Cup however, which was the point earlier in punting terms, it comes down to how much pressure he is likely to be under, and what there is in the field to beat him THIS YEAR.

The Nicholls/Findlay camp have made no secret in the last week how they did that last year - by asking Denman to push the speed fractions to their limit from early in the race, and so put the field under max pressure all the way through.

They are only just coming to terms with what that has cost them, in my reading of the script.
That's not going to happen again this year.

<blockquote data-quote="Sara" data-source="post: 2176024" data-attributes="member: 65329">Gareth, those figures are fascinating and thanks for the effort and also for sharing themI am sure they do mean something, and I think anyone even before seeing those who pretended that KS was at his best at Cheltenham should be laughed out of court. Of course it&#039;s not his track. Nevertheless, his class has won him a Gold Cup already!In the context of this year&#039;s Gold Cup however, which was the point earlier in punting terms, it comes down to how much pressure he is likely to be under, and what there is in the field to beat him THIS YEAR.&nbsp; The Nicholls/Findlay camp have made no secret in the last week how they did that last year - by asking Denman to push the speed fractions to their limit from early in the race, and so put the field under max pressure all the way through. They are only just coming to terms with what that has cost them, in my reading of the script. That&#039;s not going to happen again this year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sara, post: 2176024, member: 65329"] Gareth, those figures are fascinating and thanks for the effort and also for sharing them I am sure they do mean something, and I think anyone even before seeing those who pretended that KS was at his best at Cheltenham should be laughed out of court. Of course it's not his track. Nevertheless, his class has won him a Gold Cup already! In the context of this year's Gold Cup however, which was the point earlier in punting terms, it comes down to how much pressure he is likely to be under, and what there is in the field to beat him THIS YEAR. The Nicholls/Findlay camp have made no secret in the last week how they did that last year - by asking Denman to push the speed fractions to their limit from early in the race, and so put the field under max pressure all the way through. They are only just coming to terms with what that has cost them, in my reading of the script. That's not going to happen again this year. [/QUOTE]

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