The Gold Cup 2010

[Desert Orchid]

Great debate. Keep them stats coming! I'm lapping them up.

 

[Sheikh]

For the record Ruby said this morning that Denman was always "l(e)ary" but this year he is less so.

 

[Irish Stamp]

Disappointing stuff from Denman - travelling well but his jumping went to pot badly

 

[Guest_]

That was pretty unbelievable.

 

[Euronymous]

Really? One mistake and an unseated according to FiveLive.

 

[Guest_]

Really? One mistake and an unseated according to FiveLive.

Two mistakes...made a mistake 3 out then unseated at the 2nd.

I thought he was not going great just coming to three out.

 

[davidjohnson]

It was impossible to get to the other side where McCoy asked him to take off from.

 

[Euronymous]

An unseated is the jockey fecking up. Any price updates, i'm posting blind here at work?

 

[clivex]

One mistake and then he threw Mccoy off. he was making his feelings known about the jockey change...

I dont think he was going wonderfully before the mistake, but that wasnt expected maybe.

 

[Gearoid]

I thought it was weird he riding him into the fences around five or four out. Thoughts? Something amiss?

 

[Guest_]

An unseated is the jockey fecking up. Any price updates, i'm posting blind here at work?

He ploughed through the fence...McCoy had no chance to stay on but he was beat (or looked beat) when he unseated.

 

[clivex]

It was impossible to get to the other side where McCoy asked him to take off from.

I thought that. He comfortably stands off his fences more than some horses maybe too?

 

[Kauto]

Im not surprised he is nicknamed the tank he almost demolished that fence

 

[davidjohnson]

Provided he doesn't come back injured, I don't see that his Gold Cup claims have taken a serious knock.

 

[rorydelargy]

Did anyone else think he lost his action? Looked that way to me, despite him apparently pulling up sound.

 

[Guest_]

Looking at it again what the feck was McCoy asking for such a jump when it was just a trial?

Ruby Walsh just said on C4 that the thought McCoy was not really happy with the horse throughout most of the race.

 

[Guest_]

Did anyone else think he lost his action? Looked that way to me, despite him apparently pulling up sound.

I definitely thought Denman slowed up noticeably when Niche Market closed up before the first mistake.

Kauto Star is now odds on.

 

[BlazingWalker]

Didn't look to be going overly well before the mistake and Ruby just said he didn't think AP was happy. Glad he's ok though cos the mistake that got rid of AP was shuddering.

 

[Euronymous]

I definitely thought Denman slowed up noticeably when Niche Market closed up before the first mistake.

Kauto Star is now odds on.

Trying to remember if he was ridden any more forceably in his other Aon appearance.

 

[Guest_]

Ladbrokes go 7/2 Denman and 4/7 Kauto Star.

 

[Irish Stamp]

Can still get evs with Hills Kauto Star for the Gold Cup

 

[Gearoid]

7-2 with Ladbrokes - 4-7 Kauto Star

 

[Desert Orchid]

No one likes to see a good horse go down like that. Even I didn't celebrate after laying him at 1/6 earlier. Interesting race, though, watching how the others ran and finished. Niche Market, Tricky Trickster and Air Force One all ran fine aintree trials.

 

[Grasshopper]

IMHO, Niche Market jumped Denman bandy, and demoralised him.

 

[Grasshopper]

More seriously, Denman looked unfit beforehand, and I think Nicholls has left him seriously undercooked for this today. He cme right off the bridle after the cross fence, and Niche Market was already making up ground before the first error. The horse looked knackered going to three out.