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The Racing Post man clearly has another view on things...

"My Way De Solzen went to Fontwell with enormous doubts surrounding him, but his performance proved that he is very much a horse with a future. Having run inexplicably badly in the King George VI Chase, connections had given up on the idea of running him in the Gold Cup, but they will now run him in the World Hurdle with their hopes very much reinvigorated. While the fact that he was receiving 8lb from Lough Derg highlightsthat this was not one of his best displays, it was tremendously encouraging as the eight-year-old was always up with the pace and will clearly come on significantly for the run. He ran around under pressure like a tired horse, which he was, but that was only through a lack of peak fitness, and if he goes to Cheltenham at his best he will be a major challenger to Inglis Drever. Indeed, he surely goes there as the biggest danger to the reigning champion, which means that the decision of bookmakers to lengthen his odds for a race he won just two years ago was astonishing. A selection of massive odds were quoted after the race, and the 20-1 offered by Ladbrokes (who previously went 10-1) could well represent some of the best value to be had at this year’s Festival."

<blockquote data-quote="Guest_" data-source="post: 2128415" data-attributes="member: 64953">The Racing Post man clearly has another view on things... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> &quot;My Way De Solzen went to Fontwell with enormous doubts surrounding him, but his performance proved that he is very much a horse with a future. Having run inexplicably badly in the King George VI Chase, connections had given up on the idea of running him in the Gold Cup, but they will now run him in the World Hurdle with their hopes very much reinvigorated. While the fact that he was receiving 8lb from Lough Derg highlightsthat this was not one of his best displays, it was tremendously encouraging as the eight-year-old was always up with the pace and will clearly come on significantly for the run. He ran around under pressure like a tired horse, which he was, but that was only through a lack of peak fitness, and if he goes to Cheltenham at his best he will be a major challenger to Inglis Drever. Indeed, he surely goes there as the biggest danger to the reigning champion, which means that the decision of bookmakers to lengthen his odds for a race he won just two years ago was astonishing. A selection of massive odds were quoted after the race, and the 20-1 offered by Ladbrokes (who previously went 10-1) could well represent some of the best value to be had at this year’s Festival.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest_, post: 2128415, member: 64953"] The Racing Post man clearly has another view on things... :rolleyes: "My Way De Solzen went to Fontwell with enormous doubts surrounding him, but his performance proved that he is very much a horse with a future. Having run inexplicably badly in the King George VI Chase, connections had given up on the idea of running him in the Gold Cup, but they will now run him in the World Hurdle with their hopes very much reinvigorated. While the fact that he was receiving 8lb from Lough Derg highlightsthat this was not one of his best displays, it was tremendously encouraging as the eight-year-old was always up with the pace and will clearly come on significantly for the run. He ran around under pressure like a tired horse, which he was, but that was only through a lack of peak fitness, and if he goes to Cheltenham at his best he will be a major challenger to Inglis Drever. Indeed, he surely goes there as the biggest danger to the reigning champion, which means that the decision of bookmakers to lengthen his odds for a race he won just two years ago was astonishing. A selection of massive odds were quoted after the race, and the 20-1 offered by Ladbrokes (who previously went 10-1) could well represent some of the best value to be had at this year’s Festival." [/QUOTE]

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