John Durkan Memorial

Flemenstar has a touch of Danoli about him at this stage. People on the street know him from Casey's comments last year. He will come in for support this weekend one way or another
 
I don't see the relevance of this though. Surely the connections of the horse, (well trainer and jockey anyway) are massively influential to a horses chance. I don't know a huge amount Peter Casey, but I suspect he's like all Irish Jumps yards at present, a long way behind Willie Mullins.
 
Id disagree with this. I think they are about the right price.

Sir Des Champs has done it against a better field than Flemenstar. If a Peter Casey horse had won at the festival there would be even bigger noise about it.

If Rubi Light was trained by Mullins it might be a bit shorter.
 
Rubi Light is exposed. I can't understand why people keep mentioning the horse to me.
 
I think he has been exposed as being very very capable especially on soft ground over 2m4f.
 
Well like everyone I was taken with Flemenstar but this is this by far the toughest opposition he's faced so far, and I'm more than happy to go e/w with Quito De Le Roque, proven grade one form with Sizing Europe and the late Syncronised, arguably best ever performance was here at Punchestown last year, and I think he may have a bit of tactical speed on his day to pick up off a strong pace if the fancied improving types are there to be shot at for too long up front.

If it does get tactical he can may go close.
 
Well good luck to you i dont think youre looking at it objectively, moreover you're getting carried away. Lets see how Flemenstar wins then get carried away.
 
I'll probably do him in a e/w patent or lucky 15 for the weekend, a bit of fun.

The front two have many a career and races in front of them, is this their real target for the season?

The season has really just started proper, wouldn't surprise me if one of the jollies bombed and still came back to run well in March.
 
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Marble said:
I'll probably do him in a e/w patent or lucky 15 for the weekend, a bit of fun.

The front two have many a career and races in front of them, is this their real target for the season?
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A 2 and a half mile race certainly isn't the target for QDLR, He is a slow horse and has run like a dog for heaven knows how long now.

And it's a bit of a push to claim he has form with Sizing Europe and Synchronised

Sizing Europe was completly gassed and finished the race dead on inadequate ground and he finished a whopping 11 lenghts behind Synchronised so not sure what can be learnt from that

If he can't put it up to staying horses over 3 miles he stands no chance against speed horses on Sunday
 
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he stands no chance against speed horses on Sunday
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Therein lies the problem in peoples logic...e.g. if Flemenstar is a 'speed horse' why do you think he should run in the Gold Cup?

I don't think anyone really knows a fecking thing, usually fingers get burnt on such occasions.
 
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Quito's trainer isn't clever enough to realise he should be entered in the Welsh National, not races like this.
 
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