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Imo Footpad couldn't have had the race run to suit him any better. PM and SC went off way to fast and cut each other's throats. Footpad was a very good winner but Altior will be a much sterner test.
What Altior did from the last fence to the line marks him down as very special for me.
Dont shoot me down to quickly but i can see Footpad being one of the best 2 milers in a long time.The way it won at cheltenham in March tells me it will stay at 2 miles.But who knows what "The Mullins" is thinking?
*Loads gun*
I think I've said this already, but I will again.... I don't think we've got PROOF yet that Footpad is a superb 2 miler. Ecery race he's won, he has won well, but there hasn't been a race where he hasn't had everything in his favour yet.
I am not saying he won't be a top class two miler, but for me the form is a little flattering so far.
Before I even considered him to be a match for Altior, I'd want to see him against Min. My thoughts on Min are well exposed on here... he's behind Altior. However, I thibk he is an excellent bar for Footpad et al to aim at for now. If Footpad is a better two miler than Min, great, let's see him take on Altior... but he has to prove that first.
Imo Footpad couldn't have had the race run to suit him any better. PM and SC went off way to fast and cut each other's throats. Footpad was a very good winner but Altior will be a much sterner test.
What Altior did from the last fence to the line marks him down as very special for me.
Absolutely spot on.
Footpad couldn’t have had the race work out better for him. His main two rivals went off at a record gallop that was clearly unsustainable.
I’ve not seen a horse motor up the hill as good as Altior did.
I think Altior could give footpad a 5 length head start next year in the Champion Chase and still beat him.
Given the ground was against him and he was being pushed along from halfway and to still get up and win the way it did was the mark of a great horse. I think looking to get him beat is way to the poor house, it's not impossible of course, but I think for the first yankee he has to be the pick. We can throw others in as we select more speculative types, mixed in with solid selections perhaps.
So can we say the first yankee is
Altior QM
BVD Champ hurdle
Presenting Percy Gold cup
Penhill stayers
Looks like a decent place to start to me, I'm going ahead with that to get the ball rolling, I know 3 from 4 would have to repeat this years victory, but at this stage they are the most likely to turn up and perform. This gives us a month to debate the next one, and we may have more to go on by then as the spring festivals progress
Will start Aprils off with Annamix as most on here was gutted (and me) she didnt make it to the 2018 fest.And we know Mr Mullins likes to win the 1st race on the 1st day.
So can we say the first yankee is
Altior QM
BVD Champ hurdle
Presenting Percy Gold cup
Penhill stayers
Looks like a decent place to start to me, I'm going ahead with that to get the ball rolling, I know 3 from 4 would have to repeat this years victory, but at this stage they are the most likely to turn up and perform. This gives us a month to debate the next one, and we may have more to go on by then as the spring festivals progress
Might be worth creating separate threads for each yankee as they're created, there's a chance this thread could get 25 pages long with a dozen yankees and they'll get lost
Carefully selected has cropped up before, stick it in the April yankee thread sean, nearly a month to discuss
Will do! Was possibly me banging the CS drum here’s what Willie had to say on him before his run in the Champion Bumper.
"I have to give him a crack at a winners' bumper rather than go hurdling now and chasing next year," Mullins said of Carefully Selected.
"He could be an Albert Bartlett horse for next year. That's the sort of road I'd be aiming at.
"There were a lot of fancied horses there and he made them look ordinary. He gallops all day and he's not the slowest horse either."
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