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On the first point I've singled out, that's because the most valuable 'all age equal weight' race is staged there and because of relentless hype over the last few years, it's now seen that way. But Cheltenham is a quirky course which doesn't suit all horses by any means. Why should a horse which prefers to go left handed be necessarily 'better' than one which doesn't? Or one which is mustard on a flat track but doesn't like jumping up and down hills be necessarily inferior? It really annoys me tbh this elevation of Cheltenham above all else.

Warbler, Your remarks about our fears of a virus would seem to indicate that you don't know much about them. They don't necessarily affect all horses in a yard. They might, for instance, be spread from barn to barn by the same lad or girl working on the horses in question and not washing etc - they pat the horses noses, feed them polos etc, and it's very easy to transfer these mucus/saliva dwelling infections like that [the same posse of lads and girls will work on a gorup of horses then move down to the next group...] Viruses can even be transmitted on tack etc and via shared water buckets. And horses - like people - have differing immune systems, some - like me - will pick up any passing bug and some will always throw them off.

Your remarks also ignore what we know about Alan King. He's an exceptional trainer who knows exactly what he has got, and what to do with it. For several of his best horses to suddenly be performing well below expectations with no discernible reason [and no loss of sparkle on the gallops] would exactly indicate a virus. It certainly *doesn't* indicate that he's suddenly forgotten how to do his job, as some of your remarks in this thread have implied

This has little bearing on whether or not MWDS does or doesn't stay 3 miles, something we won't find out until he's back in top form.

<blockquote data-quote="Sara" data-source="post: 2128313" data-attributes="member: 65329">On the first point I&#039;ve singled out, that&#039;s because the most valuable &#039;all age equal weight&#039; race is staged there and because of relentless hype over the last few years, it&#039;s now seen that way. But Cheltenham is a quirky course which doesn&#039;t suit all horses by any means. Why should a horse which prefers to go left handed be necessarily &#039;better&#039; than one which doesn&#039;t? Or one which is mustard on&nbsp; a flat track but doesn&#039;t like jumping up and down hills be necessarily inferior? It really annoys me tbh this elevation of Cheltenham above all else. Warbler, Your remarks about our fears of a virus would seem to indicate that you don&#039;t know much about them.&nbsp; They don&#039;t necessarily affect all horses in a yard. They might, for instance, be spread from barn to barn by the same lad or girl working on the horses in question and not washing etc - they pat the horses noses, feed them polos etc, and it&#039;s very easy to transfer these mucus/saliva dwelling infections like that [the same posse of lads and girls will work on a gorup of horses then move down to the next group...]&nbsp; Viruses can even be transmitted on tack etc and via shared water buckets. And horses - like people - have differing immune systems, some - like me - will pick up any passing bug and some will always throw them off.Your remarks also ignore what we know about Alan King. He&#039;s an exceptional trainer who knows exactly what he has got, and what to do with it. For several of his best horses to suddenly be performing well below expectations with no discernible reason [and no loss of sparkle on the gallops] would exactly indicate a virus. It certainly *doesn&#039;t* indicate that he&#039;s suddenly forgotten how to do his job, as some of your remarks in this thread have implied&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> This has little bearing on whether or not MWDS does or doesn&#039;t stay 3 miles, something we won&#039;t find out until he&#039;s back in top form.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sara, post: 2128313, member: 65329"] On the first point I've singled out, that's because the most valuable 'all age equal weight' race is staged there and because of relentless hype over the last few years, it's now seen that way. But Cheltenham is a quirky course which doesn't suit all horses by any means. Why should a horse which prefers to go left handed be necessarily 'better' than one which doesn't? Or one which is mustard on a flat track but doesn't like jumping up and down hills be necessarily inferior? It really annoys me tbh this elevation of Cheltenham above all else. Warbler, Your remarks about our fears of a virus would seem to indicate that you don't know much about them. They don't necessarily affect all horses in a yard. They might, for instance, be spread from barn to barn by the same lad or girl working on the horses in question and not washing etc - they pat the horses noses, feed them polos etc, and it's very easy to transfer these mucus/saliva dwelling infections like that [the same posse of lads and girls will work on a gorup of horses then move down to the next group...] Viruses can even be transmitted on tack etc and via shared water buckets. And horses - like people - have differing immune systems, some - like me - will pick up any passing bug and some will always throw them off. Your remarks also ignore what we know about Alan King. He's an exceptional trainer who knows exactly what he has got, and what to do with it. For several of his best horses to suddenly be performing well below expectations with no discernible reason [and no loss of sparkle on the gallops] would exactly indicate a virus. It certainly *doesn't* indicate that he's suddenly forgotten how to do his job, as some of your remarks in this thread have implied :P This has little bearing on whether or not MWDS does or doesn't stay 3 miles, something we won't find out until he's back in top form. [/QUOTE]

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