Is anyone willing to make a connection between the Hendo novices and his runners in the Betfair Hurdle the other day?
While I didn't like BB's price, I genuinely feared his potential. Same with FS although I did have a higher rating for him.
I think a mark in excess of 155 is going to be needed to win the Supreme. I think if Jonbon or Constition Hill are in that ball park there must have been some kind of temptation to exploit their mark in a £150k handicap, especially seeing how good the Irish challengers are. The handicapper only put the winner up 5lbs (a very lenient rise, in my opinion). If he's right, Jonbon or Constitution Hill, in theory, should have run in the race and would have hacked up.
I suppose you could argue the opposite; that Hendo is so confident of winning with one or other of them that he didn't see the point of taking on a piddling handicap.
But it's just the kind of angle that intrigues me.