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Betfair Hurdle - Lord Baddesley 50/1 - it's easy to understand why he's this price but I think his chances are a bit better than that. I think the favourites are too short and the outsiders too long. It's that kind of race.

On my ratings every single runner is annotated as having prospects of improving and the extent of that improvement is a complete unknown. Like so many of the field, he's a second-season novice open to plenty of improvement.

He started this season over fences but seemed not to take to the discipline. Given a two-month break and sent back over hurdles he was given a very gentle reintroduction. Next time up he was 3/1f to beat two of tomorrow's much shorter-priced opponents First Street and Royaume Uni and they had to offer an official explanation to explain the disappointing run, claiming it ran too free.

I like Chris Gordon in races of this nature. He had Remiluc placed in this and the County Hurdle at very long odds. He doesn’t tilt at windmills.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2648712" data-attributes="member: 65242">Betfair Hurdle - Lord Baddesley 50/1 - it&#039;s easy to understand why he&#039;s this price but I think his chances are a bit better than that. I think the favourites are too short and the outsiders too long. It&#039;s that kind of race. On my ratings every single runner is annotated as having prospects of improving and the extent of that improvement is a complete unknown. Like so many of the field, he&#039;s a second-season novice open to plenty of improvement. He started this season over fences but seemed not to take to the discipline. Given a two-month break and sent back over hurdles he was given a very gentle reintroduction. Next time up he was 3/1f to beat two of tomorrow&#039;s much shorter-priced opponents First Street and Royaume Uni and they had to offer an official explanation to explain the disappointing run, claiming it ran too free.&nbsp;I like Chris Gordon in races of this nature. He had Remiluc placed in this and the County Hurdle at very long odds. He doesn’t tilt at windmills.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2648712, member: 65242"] [B]Betfair Hurdle - Lord Baddesley 50/1[/B] - it's easy to understand why he's this price but I think his chances are a bit better than that. I think the favourites are too short and the outsiders too long. It's that kind of race. On my ratings every single runner is annotated as having prospects of improving and the extent of that improvement is a complete unknown. Like so many of the field, he's a second-season novice open to plenty of improvement. He started this season over fences but seemed not to take to the discipline. Given a two-month break and sent back over hurdles he was given a very gentle reintroduction. Next time up he was 3/1f to beat two of tomorrow's much shorter-priced opponents First Street and Royaume Uni and they had to offer an official explanation to explain the disappointing run, claiming it ran too free. I like Chris Gordon in races of this nature. He had Remiluc placed in this and the County Hurdle at very long odds. He doesn’t tilt at windmills. [/QUOTE]

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