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Yes, an interesting one Chaumi.
Watching that Maxuum race was informative, wasn't it. Firstly, you say 'came from the back' but we should add that he was held up in last place all the way round and it was only between the last 3rd and 2nd last that he began to improve, and quite smoothly, too. He came under quite some pressure approaching the last, where a mistake didn't help his cause. In response to your querying if he was 'nearest at finish', I would say he was no closer to the winner passing the post than he was jumping the last but, at the same time, that was only the second race he'd had all year and I'm not sure he was fully wound up for it.

Re the Martin Pipe I'd say that distance was too short and the breeding suggests that back to 3m is better. Yes, the 40/1 on offer with 365 six places looks tempting, doesn't it.

<blockquote data-quote="yorick" data-source="post: 2676946" data-attributes="member: 66534">Yes, an interesting one Chaumi.Watching that Maxuum race was informative, wasn&#039;t it. Firstly, you say &#039;came from the back&#039; but we should add that he was held up in last place all the way round and it was only between the last 3rd and 2nd last that he began to improve, and quite smoothly, too. He came under quite some pressure approaching the last, where a mistake didn&#039;t help his cause. In response to your querying if he was &#039;nearest at finish&#039;, I would say he was no closer to the winner passing the post than he was jumping the last but, at the same time, that was only the second race he&#039;d had all year and I&#039;m not sure he was fully wound up for it.Re the Martin Pipe I&#039;d say that distance was too short and the breeding suggests that back to 3m is better. Yes, the 40/1 on offer with 365 six places looks tempting, doesn&#039;t it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yorick, post: 2676946, member: 66534"] Yes, an interesting one Chaumi. Watching that Maxuum race was informative, wasn't it. Firstly, you say 'came from the back' but we should add that he was held up in last place all the way round and it was only between the last 3rd and 2nd last that he began to improve, and quite smoothly, too. He came under quite some pressure approaching the last, where a mistake didn't help his cause. In response to your querying if he was 'nearest at finish', I would say he was no closer to the winner passing the post than he was jumping the last but, at the same time, that was only the second race he'd had all year and I'm not sure he was fully wound up for it. Re the Martin Pipe I'd say that distance was too short and the breeding suggests that back to 3m is better. Yes, the 40/1 on offer with 365 six places looks tempting, doesn't it. [/QUOTE]

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