The Bumper Thread

El Kaldoun makes his much anticipated debut for Henderson today in the first at Lingfield.


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I'm not really into bumpers, even come the festivals, but I sometimes check out superficially fast races on good cards.

I'm coming up with pretty impressive time figures for the Ascot bumper last Saturday won by Hazzaar from Prince LLywelyn. It also looks like the winner defied a pace that should have suited those racing more prominently.
 
Desert Orchid said:
I'm not really into bumpers, even come the festivals, but I sometimes check out superficially fast races on good cards.

I'm coming up with pretty impressive time figures for the Ascot bumper last Saturday won by Hazzaar from Prince LLywelyn. It also looks like the winner defied a pace that should have suited those racing more prominently.
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Me either but I don't view them as races, just shop windows to the future. I thoroughly enjoy that part
 
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Me either but I don't view them as races, just shop windows to the future. I thoroughly enjoy that part
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I love Bumpers, usually see more there that's useful and/or interesting. Thought Prince Llewellyn ran a really good race being a typical gangly 4 year old by Schiaparelli, most of them don't have the speed for Bumpers, and he was doing all his best work in the last 2 furlongs.
 
Dermot Weld hasn't had a good bumper horse for a while. Long evenings must have gotten to him

Looks like he'll never run on a jumps card again either
 
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That was a straightforward win, never in the slightest doubt, the only negative being he pulled and had to be let make the running.
 
Last season I included a horse called Amen Korner in the list for the Forum TTF, having received a favourable comment or two from someone in the know, but for whatever reason he has never run. He is a full brother to Augusta Kates and I see he is entered in a bumper at Thurles next Thursday. May not be much of a price as he's trained by WPM.
 
Graham Wylie was interviewed about 18 months ago on TFF podcast and said to look out for this horse but he was unnamed at the time IIRC
 
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If anybody wants a nice angle this far out, my west country roots tell me that Master Debonair is rated extremely highly by the Tizzards.
 
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