simmo
Senior Jockey
The question I'd be asking is whether or not Thistlecrack is a definite for the GC rather than the novice route if he takes to chasing.
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Perpetual
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Grass – sure there are alternatives, but there’s nothing I want to back at current prices and just can’t give up on Cue Card. What’s a year here or there…
Re Thistlecrack, I reckon it’s either Gold Cup or straight back over hurdles. Can’t see them wasting a full season running as a novice
Re Thistlecrack, I reckon it’s either Gold Cup or straight back over hurdles. Can’t see them wasting a full season running as a novice
Grasshopper
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Tizzard is pretty open, and what he says will happen usually does, when to comes to campaigning his horses, and I reckon you will know where you stand fairly early on..........unlike those put-away cu*nts over at Closutton.
Grasshopper
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Age withers them all eventually, Perp - and when it happens, it's usually an off-the-cliff job, in terms of their form. Cue Card is one of the most admirable National Hunt horses I have seen in all my time watching racing, and I can see why you might be inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.....but the head over-rules the heart with him.
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Perpetual
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I'm hard nosed, but heart wins for me this season (until proven otherwise)