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Only just logged on. Great shout, Luke - wish I'd been on.

Joncol: Given too much to do? The jockey certainly had him wide all the way, and looked very confident he could be involved in the finish as they turned out the back straight.

I'm possibly (probably) talking through my pocket, as I've never been totally convinced he's a genuine stayer at 3m, and it's not inconceivable he was ridden to get the trip, imo.

RyanAir would seem a more logical target than the Gold Cup on this evidence, though his dependency on soft ground will doubtless make life difficult for him regardless of his race at Cheltenham - if he even goes there. The Durkan apart, there doesn't really seem an ideal race on the calendar for him. Bit of a shame that, as he is a very likeable type.

<blockquote data-quote="Grasshopper" data-source="post: 2289907" data-attributes="member: 65342">Only just logged on. Great shout, Luke - wish I&#039;d been on. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />&nbsp;Joncol: Given too much to do? The jockey certainly had him wide all the way, and looked very confident he could be involved in the finish as they turned out the back straight. &nbsp;I&#039;m possibly (probably) talking through my pocket, as I&#039;ve never been totally convinced he&#039;s a genuine stayer at 3m, and it&#039;s not inconceivable he was ridden to get the trip, imo. &nbsp;RyanAir would seem a more logical target than the Gold Cup on this evidence, though his dependency on soft ground will doubtless make life difficult for him regardless of his race at Cheltenham - if he even goes there. The Durkan apart, there doesn&#039;t really seem an ideal race on the calendar for him. Bit of a shame that, as he is a very likeable type.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grasshopper, post: 2289907, member: 65342"] Only just logged on. Great shout, Luke - wish I'd been on. :cool: Joncol: Given too much to do? The jockey certainly had him wide all the way, and looked very confident he could be involved in the finish as they turned out the back straight. I'm possibly (probably) talking through my pocket, as I've never been totally convinced he's a genuine stayer at 3m, and it's not inconceivable he was ridden to get the trip, imo. RyanAir would seem a more logical target than the Gold Cup on this evidence, though his dependency on soft ground will doubtless make life difficult for him regardless of his race at Cheltenham - if he even goes there. The Durkan apart, there doesn't really seem an ideal race on the calendar for him. Bit of a shame that, as he is a very likeable type. [/QUOTE]

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