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Mikael Dhaguenet out to give weight all round on probably the best ground he has raced on. He should win well, but it was interesting to hear Mullins suggest that he was pretty sure Pandorama ran below form the last day. All the same Fisher Bridge is a useful enough performer so he should give any merit to Mikael Dhaguenet's performance. Most interesting of all should be how he handles the decent going with Cheltenham in mind.

Made In Taipan is out again, disappointed last time in the Grade 1 when he was well beaten. Just do not rate T Mullins as a trainer who is likely to keep progressing his animals....if he was a genuine Grade 1 horse he should not be running in this but he probably does not need to be a Grade 1 horse to win this. Jayo looks an obvious danger.
 
Galileo said:
Made In Taipan is out again, disappointed last time in the Grade 1 when he was well beaten. Just do not rate T Mullins as a trainer who is likely to keep progressing his animals....if he was a genuine Grade 1 horse he should not be running in this but he probably does not need to be a Grade 1 horse to win this. Jayo looks an obvious danger.
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Very indifferent run there nad hardly one to draw anything from for the future really given that his jumping seems to be deteriorating, he raced like a pig for the first half of the race and was legless up the run against a horse he comfortably beat a couple of months ago.

He made a balls of Asian Maze and looks to be doing the same with Made in Taipan..
 
Good call with Jayo Cantoris. Made In Taipan is being run into the ground - usual for the trainer.

Mikael did it well in a race not run to suit. These Mullins novices all have plenty of speed plus stamina.
 
Arkwright said:
The usual restrained reaction to a winner from Ollie Brady.
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Backed the horse at Christmas when it was well fancied only for it to be forced off the course by another runner. Was given too much to do last time but no doubts about that happening today given the positive ride he got.

Walsh clearly rates Mikael highly, calling him "a machine" on Sporting Life...I cannot wait to see jockey bookings when some of these Mullins horses clash.
 
Galileo said:
Made In Taipan is being run into the ground - usual for the trainer
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But he ran a lot last season too and kept running well, as I found when I was laying him near the end of the season. I didn't see the race. Just fancied Jayo as an improver over fences.

I just can't see Mikhael liking cheltenham at all. He has big shoulders and a savagely rounded action. And if Kevin O'Ryan says that Western Charmer is kinky I'll start to think we are watching soft porn!!!
 
Can see Mullins having a strong team come Punchestown in April and hopefully see a few of these soft ground monsters back in France in May.

Seems to know the right sort of horse to buy - precocious, with a turn of foot and a liking for cut :)
 
Brilliant news Gal. You know how much I love French jump racing and Mikael´s form looks decent enough over there.
Will definitely be booking tickets for that day too :)
 
Cantoris said:
But he ran a lot last season too and kept running well, as I found when I was laying him near the end of the season.
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Surely the difference is that he didn't run well at Leopardstown (7-8 lengths below his best according to Mullins) - a run that he stated in the Racing Post he couldn't account for. I know horses have 'off' days, but I just cannot see the point in turning him out so soon in the circumstances.

Good to see Ollie Brady in the winners enclosure!
 
There's lots of people on here that will know far more about the Irish jumping scene so this is a genuine question rather than a rhetorical one but what is the consensus regarding the ride Made In Taipan got? He didn't jump at all well early on, but seemed to be allowed to lose his place under minimal assistance, losing any chance he'd got before the straight where he made up a lot of ground to briefly look a threat running down to the last but soon getting tired after jumping it. Not the first time horse and rider have vaught the eye either remembering his second to Jered a Fairyhouse.
 
davidjohnson said:
There's lots of people on here that will know far more about the Irish jumping scene so this is a genuine question rather than a rhetorical one but what is the consensus regarding the ride Made In Taipan got? He didn't jump at all well early on, but seemed to be allowed to lose his place under minimal assistance, losing any chance he'd got before the straight where he made up a lot of ground to briefly look a threat running down to the last but soon getting tired after jumping it. Not the first time horse and rider have vaught the eye either remembering his second to Jered a Fairyhouse.
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I thought his ride today was "fine" compared to the ride against Jered.

Today I thought he was ok, horse just was not responding early on and was jumping poorly. I thought he was going to pull him up at one stage...not a horse to trust now. Cantoris I take your point about the horse improving all through last season but I think that will catch up on him and probably is now.

Speaking of Russell, anyone know if he was brought in about use of the whip on the well backed Charles Byrnes horse after the last? Looked pretty bad to me.
 
Yeah Russell seemed to lose the plot halfway up the run in on Byrnes. They must have had a fortune on him as the minute he seemed to be tiring Russell must have given him five smacks in a row without waiting for the response. It reminded me of Australian riders. Surely a ban to come from that.

And I take the point on Made in Taipan. It is a little odd that they ran him so soon after running below par but suppose you have to take your chances when you have them.
 
Just looking at the paper, the Sindo's Johnny Ward tipped every winner on card at Naas today and recommended Sky Captain at 7/1 in his 'Value Betting' column.

Hat's off to the man!
 
Russell got two days for that ride on the Byrnes horse. How no one mentioned his use of the whip on ATR during the replay is beyond me.
 
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