Originally posted by PitLad
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He then dissapointed at Aintree and I expected an issue to come to light in the aftermath of that. Very strange run.
Re Might Bite Archie, I think that run in second was a fantastic run last year. The chances of getting ground that soft again is very very unlikely and, in my opinion, that run in better ground would win most Gold Cups. I wasn’t mad keen on him for the race this year (though did have a few quid on him in the end) but I came out of the race thInking that was a very good run behind a mud loving slogger with the heart to never stop running that is Native River.
I too don’t fancy the price on Percy. Clearly talented but 5/1 about a horse who’s never taken on experienced staying chasers with 7 months until the race, with a trainer who will probably give him a strange prep again, I’m happy to leave him well alone.
I expect the three I like at this stage (Might Bite, BDF each way and Monalee each way) will be the three I stick with over the course of the entire season unless something stands out. Though I really want Monalee in the Ryanair and BDF probably won’t be good enough to win this unless he keeps improving.
A very interesting race even at this stage with lots of question marks against so many.
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