granger
Senior Jockey
No chance. Won't be in the first 5.
Who is your first 5
No chance. Won't be in the first 5.
Hmmmm... Captain Conan drifted to 12.5 on Betfiar this evening.
Still holding at 6/1 will almost all the bookies, 7/1 best price with a few.
But 12.5 on Betfair is quite a disparity...
For a horse who's already cuffed the jolly over course and distance he's some tripless boat!
agreed pal. Finding it hard to make a call on the race. Arvika has cost me plenty in past years. But they do believe if he puts it together he wins easy. Beneficiant will go Ryan unless its decent ground.
People are also reading too much into SDG's Cheltenham form, the defeat to Kid Cassidy was a bad ride from Moore and a great one from McCoy.
He didn´t quite get up the hill. There were no real excuses. Steve Preston, owner Chelt, 17 Nov
Regarding the Champion Chase in March, he added: "I want to look at the French programme book because I'd rather go to France with him than Cheltenham. We'll probably get better money there as well." G Moore Sandown, 7th Dec.
So was I and then the lights went on!!!
I've just had a sizeable each way bet on Somersby. He's rated 5lbs inferior to Sire de Grugy, but he knows his way around Cheltenham and his early season form stands up to scrutiny. That 5lb's is easily accounted for around Cheltenham, and the only other horse in the race that could run to the mid 160's around Cheltenham is Sizing Europe, but he's past his best and I'd take Somersby as being ahead of him these days.
In any previous renewal I couldn't have him, but in the context of the race 20's is huge and I can't have him out of the first three, and I can actually see him winning.
In fact I'm so sure there is a strong possibility he may end up being the biggest bet I have this Festival.
Puzzle solved.
Does he definitely run here?
I read somewhere that Alderwood misses the race
Nice one qzy. I strongly fancy this horse for the Ryanair.Tony Martin said in a preview tonight that Benefficient it is very unlikely to run in this.
Kid Cassidy was in receipt of 10lb that day....
If they go to France with SDG they've lost it.