Ryanair Chase

Grasshopper said:
A bit sick.....and not in a ghetto way. Only upside is it was medium-stake/big-price and not the other way around. I expect I'll row in with the Don now.
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The Don is the only favourite I would consider backing at current odds. He has little to beat now.
 
Aragorn said:
8.6 now. Is Smarty pulling our legs?

Johns Spirit does look in trouble though. £4 queuing up to back him at 44 and 990.

I've stuck Don Cossack in a double with Don Poli. The former is starting to look like the horse he promised to be in Bumpers. I think he would have beaten Champagne Fever last time out, which is as good a form as anything else and to me the main dangers are Cue Card and Taquin De Seuil. I really can't have Balder Succes, he'll bottle it, and Ma Filleule is going to have to improve a fair bit for the ground. They seem quite sweet on her but not for me, no mare has won this race yet and i don't think she's good enough to change that.
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Obviously no wind up Aragorn.

As a new member would not put up something that would be a wind up. I told Grasshopper what I had seen who wanted further answers via PM.

Thought the information may be useful to some, can understand not trusting a new member but am not a wind up merchant.

Genuinely have a love of horse racing and love to have a punt thats why i signed up! Have been lurking for years but never joined.

Anyway back to the Ryanair.......Ballynagour is my fancy at this stage but drifting on betfair so will hold fire!
 
Euronymous said:
The Don is the only favourite I would consider backing at current odds. He has little to beat now.
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I wonder whether Mullins and Ricci are considering switching Champagne Fever to this now. It looks a lot weaker than it did a month ago while the Champion Chase looks stronger than it did before Sire de Grugy's Chepstow run.
 
Hanlon edging towards Ryanair with Hidden Cyclone.

"I haven't spoken to the owners yet but with Cue Card coming out of the Ryanair, in my own mind I would be tending to lean that way now.

"It's not definite as yet. I'll speak to the owners and I'll know more after that, but Cue Card coming out does open the Ryanair up that bit more.

"You never know what might come out of the Champion Chase in the next day or two.

"If Sprinter Sacre or Sire De Grugy came out, we might rethink. Nobody expected Cue Card to come out.

"It's a bit up in the air, but at the moment I'd be leaning towards the Ryanair myself, especially with the ground drying up.

"We're happy with him and he's in good form."
 
Be a very wise choice as he has very little chance in the QMCC.........you would have to think he has to be given a second crack at the Ryanair but as I said Ricci is the man who hold the purse strings
 
Ricci defers to Mullins. He's basically admitted this recently. He has input but he says the final decision is with WPM.

WPM appears to have total disdain for the Ryanair and rarely sends anything of note to it. Think it'll still be QM for CF.
 
JamesRB said:
Ricci defers to Mullins. He's basically admitted this recently. He has input but he says the final decision is with WPM.

WPM appears to have total disdain for the Ryanair and rarely sends anything of note to it. Think it'll still be QM for CF.
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if he does..its a particularly poor decision.

then again..same trainer wasted UDS's hurdling season
 
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Having already written off a decent bet on Fever for the Gold Cup my pocket would be even further lightened should he not go in the QMCC. Imo the only time he 's been beaten at the Festival, by the shortest of margins, was due to jockey error. He can beat a not fully restored SS.
 
Tout Seul said:
Having already written off a decent bet on Fever for the Gold Cup my pocket would be even further lightened should he not go in the QMCC. Imo the only time he 's been beaten at the Festival, by the shortest of margins, was due to jockey error. He can beat a not fully restored SS.
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what did you think Walsh did wrong Tout
 
Smarty72 said:
Obviously no wind up Aragorn.

As a new member would not put up something that would be a wind up. I told Grasshopper what I had seen who wanted further answers via PM.

Thought the information may be useful to some, can understand not trusting a new member but am not a wind up merchant.

Genuinely have a love of horse racing and love to have a punt thats why i signed up! Have been lurking for years but never joined.

Anyway back to the Ryanair.......Ballynagour is my fancy at this stage but drifting on betfair so will hold fire!
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It's always difficult to mark cards in such a scenario, Smarty, when you don't absolutely know for sure. You handled a tricky situation well, I think, and shame on me for not bailing when I could have easily covered my stake at 8.8 last night.
 
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