Novice Chasers 24-25

granger

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There is only one UK novice chaser of interest to me currently - Caldwell Potter

Down Memory Lane was a nice + to his backers this weekend

Of the Irish, Slade Steel disappointed at the weekend

Plans for Ballyburn seem up in the air but I'd still guess he goes chasing
 
I'm not a Skelton guy by any means but I was very impressed by L'eau du Sud on Saturday. Yes, he beat frig all but the manner impressed me and I took 16s for the Arkle afterwards. Yes Ballyburn probably and Firefox will be tough opponents but he shouldn't be bigger in that market than Sir Gino and Impire et overrated.
 
Euronymous said:
I'm not a Skelton guy by any means but I was very impressed by L'eau du Sud on Saturday. Yes, he beat frig all but the manner impressed me and I took 16s for the Arkle afterwards. Yes Ballyburn probably and Firefox will be tough opponents but he shouldn't be bigger in that market than Sir Gino and Impire et overrated.
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Which festival race for SG?
 
Should be Champion Hurdle but his owner lemming like sends all his horses seemingly to either Mullins or Henderson so no chance of a chase with Con Hill, can't have that.
 
L’Eau du Sud will need to be at least a stone better to win an average Arkle I reckon and then 6lb more to have won either of the last two. Not impossible as Gaelic Warrior probably improved by about that much from November to March but a tall order nonetheless
 
Whats the general consensus with Novices having two festival championship races?

I think the Arkle was starting to suffer with small fields and both races should now fill out with clashes people want to see
 
Very impressed with Down Memory Lane and I flagged him up in the To Follow thread as well as picking him as my dark horse for the comp. It was a nice race too and he jumped really well. He was well thought of last year before having a small issue and I think as a big horse, its probably helped.
 
granger said:
Whats the general consensus with Novices having two festival championship races?

I think the Arkle was starting to suffer with small fields and both races should now fill out with clashes people want to see
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Definitely the correct decision-all they need to do now is bin the novice handicap and revert to 3 days.
 
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