Grasshopper
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Agreed, Tanlic......but his WH price is still holding up - that's the puzzler
Can anyone confirm if Solwhit was the Pricewise pick, and has anyone heard if Byrnes is inclined to run?
"He galloped on Saturday. He worked adequately, it was nothing spectacular, but we were happy enough," said Byrnes.
"At the moment, we are planning to go to Cheltenham with him. I can't say he'll definitely be there, as with him, every day is a bonus, but we are looking that way now.
"I've been saying all along we'd probably miss Cheltenham and wait for Aintree, but now we're thinking the Aintree race could turn out to be a better race than the World Hurdle.
"He wasn't fully right after his last run, he missed two or three weeks, but he seems in good form now."
Having never encountered a distance beyond two and a half miles, Byrnes admits only time will tell whether Solwhit's stamina will last out of three miles at Prestbury Park.
"The trip is obviously a worry. We know he stays two and a half miles well but three miles, we don't know," said the trainer
"I'm hopeful, but I couldn't be confident. We'll wait until the last minute before deciding on who will ride him. We'll see who is available and then make a decision."
Richard Stearn @Richardstearn
Noel Meade: "Monksland unlikely to run in World Hurdle or Chelt. Id bad day with him today. Know for sure soon" #cheltenham preview night
God damn it ive just got home and heard this news,i was sweet as hell on him,the one horse i was 100% getting stuck into.
Even picking the second seemed easier when Big Bucks was around. So many question marks about these you end up going over the same horses and still ending up far from convinced. Is there any chance that Whispering Gallery may end up running? What does Wonderful Charm's French form add up to because even in a poor renewal he should be 33/1 based on that Chepstow run.
he travelled fine in the king george but didn't stay in the horrible ground. i think he's a 2 and a half mile horse and, as euronymous said, should have been nursed back with a mind on the melling chase in the hope of good ground. if he had i would have been interested at the right price, as it is i think 3 miles at cheltenham, even back over hurdles, makes him nigh on unbackable.Last time Grands Crus won a race was 2 Fethams ago.....more like a failed horse than a failed chaser.
He's never traveled a yard in any of his last 4 races and they have not all been run on the same ground. He used to pull like a train all the way round in his races always traveling over the top of everything else now he looks lethargic. Something wrong there......could be he's decided it's not his cup of tea
he travelled fine in the king george but didn't stay in the horrible ground. i think he's a 2 and a half mile horse and, as euronymous said, should have been nursed back with a mind on the melling chase in the hope of good ground. if he had i would have been interested at the right price, as it is i think 3 miles at cheltenham, even back over hurdles, makes him nigh on unbackable.
pipe has listenedGrands Crus out of Cheltenham
Grands Crus misses the Cheltenham Festival and has been withdrawn from the Ryanair and World Hurdle. David Pipe said: "We will look towards possibly running at Aintree. We scoped Grands Crus and wanted him to be 110% and he wasn't."