Timeform Times and Sectionals for Cheltenham Festival 2015

CHASERS

180 DON COSSACK
172 SILVINIACO CONTI
171p CONEYGREE
171p VATOUR
170p DJAKADAM
169p UN DE SCEAUX
169 DODGING BULLETS
169 MENORAH
169 SIRE DE GRUGY
168 MANY CLOUDS
168 ROAD TO RICHES
168 UXIZANDRE
167 CHAMPAGNE FEVER
167 DYNASTE
166 AL FEROF
166 BALDER SUCCES
166 TIDAL BAY
165 SOMERSBY
165 SPRINTER SACRE
164 BALLYNAGOUR



HURDLERS
171p FAUGHEEN
170 MORE OF THAT
168p DOUVAN
168p UN DE SCEAUX
168 ARCTIC FIRE
167 HURRICANE FLY
167 MY TENT OR YOURS
166 THE NEW ONE
165 BRIAR HILL
165 JEZKI
164 COLE HARDEN
164 DEDIGOUT
164 SOLWHIT
163 ROCK ON RUBY
163 WHISPER
162 ANNIE POWER
161p PEACE AND CO
161p VAUTOUR
161 SAPHIR DU RHEU
161 THOUSAND STARS
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Hard to argue with 180 for Don
That Melling Chase was a masterpiece.
 
Indeed though it may flatter him a few pounds. What is better is the clutter of young horses 165 to 172.
It makes for a lot of competitive racing for future seasons hopefully.
That a 168 horse can be Horse of The Year is good news also.
 
The Faugheen rating may be a touch conservative compared to Don Cossack as he looks to be more superior to his hurdling rivals than DC is to his chasing rivals in what we have seen all season imo.
The time/figures men probably disagree .
 
I think Don should be a few lbs less but that's nitpicking.

The 167 rated champagne fever definitely not one that I'd want running with my money.

Agree with edgt fully on his point about Faugheen being far superior to his peers than Don Cossack
 
edgt said:
The Faugheen rating may be a touch conservative compared to Don Cossack as he looks to be more superior to his hurdling rivals than DC is to his chasing rivals in what we have seen all season imo.
The time/figures men probably disagree .
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Amazing run by Faugheen in the CH. For a horse that stays 3m, to do what he did off a steady early pace marks him as potentially the best hurdler we've seen in quite a while.
The Punchestown GC didn't prove near as attritional as the Cheltenham version, and Djakadam and RTR probably ran below that form as a consequence. That Cue Card was still there at the death (over 3m 1f) entirely supports that view.
Wouldn't have Don Cossack more than a couple of pounds superior to the other pair, and with some doubt about his ability to see out the CGC trip.
 
I think 180 is fine for Don Cossack, but he needs those Aintree conditions to achieve that and he's not a Cheltenham horse.
 
I also think the Don is couple of lbs higher than he should be, but it's right he's top of the pile

Why is More of That still the 2nd highest rated hurdler?
 
It was a mighty effort to give 7lbs to Annie Power in last years stayers. Even Ruby couldn't believe she got beat.
 
Your OR goes up with one reasonable run. It can take several runs before it goes down.

In defence of the rating, a couple of weeks before Cheltenham Ruby nominated More Of That as the one of AP's rides that he would like to pinch and, amongst all the other bits and pieces, AP nominated the same horse as the one that gave him the most regret about retiring. 16/1 available for next year's RSA.
 
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