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Yes, I bought him after Aintree last year and we've been waiting for him to tell Willie that he was ready to roll. He beat Frontal Assault by further than Ferny Hollow and a first time RPR of 127 is quite decent. He's a fine big horse that might be better suited to a galloping track so to do that at Clonmel was very encouraging.
After a little to-ing and fro-ing, I'm now down to just 4 in training:
Kemboy
Cadmium
Robin De Carlow
Captain Kangaroo
Only RPRs but the first 3 home had the following stats:
RPR for first race/RPR for Cheltenham
128/141 Ferny Hollow
129/138 Appreciate It
123/127 Queens Brook
Last year, it was
131/135 Envoi Allen
126/126 Blue Sari
111/132 Thyme Hill
113/129 Abacadabras
Has the scale been warped or were the first two very good?
As already said, in probably the last bumper of the season, Captain Kangaroo was given 127 for his debut win.
I would see it as slippage in RPR. They underestimated last year and over corrected this year. At least they have a basis for rating Captain Kangaroo, but how they arrived at a rating of 135 for Bob Olinger (who I like) based on 1 run against other ex PTP runners beggars belief
That does seem odd archie.
Had the bumper been a new race I could have understood an overreaction but they’ve had the best part of 30 years to assess performances in the race.
Seems all the more staggering given Envoi Allen’s achievements this year...
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Caveat before I start... I don't really value bumpers in general. I think it's great if a horse shows the ability to win them, and clearly they have talent... but in National Hunt racing it's about getting over obstacles so I always treat any bumper form with a pinch of salt. Some years 'the bumper' works out well, some years it doesn't. More often than not horses don't maintain their level with the odd exception (like Envoi Allen) who is an exception rather than the rule in my opinion.
Ferny Hollow pulled hard again, and still won. He won well. He wasn't last off the bridle my any means either. The speed he seems to come from the bend to the finish line seems vastly superior to everything else. He's clearly interesting next season. I'd like to see him settle much better over hurdles.
I think he's just a faster horse than Appreciate It. Without Ferny Hollow going past him, Appreciate It has put in a really impressive performance to my eye. He is defintiely not a quick horse though, looks to have a long galloping stride and I'll be interested in him next season for sure. I see he's 20/1 fav for the Albert Bartlett which does make sense. They're both shorter for the Supreme, which makes sense for Ferny Hollow. Perhaps I'm being a little dismissive of the speed that Appreciate It has, as it's only one horse who looked faster than him... Feasibly he could end up anywhere though so not a bet at this stage at all.
Ferny Hollow wouldn't be a bet for me either yet, but both clearly interesting.
Gordon had the 3th and 5th, with Willie having 1st and 2nd. Queens Brook and Eskylane will both be on my shortlists. Queens Brook in particular for the Mares Novice Hurdle, although already 12/1 so not missed at all in that market.
Third Time Lucki did well for Skelton, staying on well towards the finish. I reckon I'll end up backing Third Time Lucky for a festival handicap hurdle two years from now... he'll be beaten next year in one of the novice hurdles then come back and make it Third Time Lucki - County Hurdle 2022 winner. Boom.
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To be fair it’s not as bad as I recalled. Only shows him jumping 4 fences and I would say 2 of them were taken slowly. Couple of years with Willie should compensate
I've got big doubts about this years Bumper being a breeding ground for 2021 Festival Hurdles winners, with the likes of Ballyadam, Uhtred, Bob Olinger, Flinter Sacre to name just a few, of many, that could make up into decent opposition next season.
I've got big doubts about this years Bumper being a breeding ground for 2021 Festival Hurdles winners, with the likes of Ballyadam, Uhtred, Bob Olinger, Flinter Sacre to name just a few, of many, that could make up into decent opposition next season.
Yeah, I'd be inclined to lean that way myself.
I think because we didn't get to see some of the Spring bumpers after Cheltenham too, even more focus will be put on what we did see... and that'll lead to some over bet and over hyped horses.
Time will tell though, it's certainly not a negative to have performed well at Cheltenham.
HdB has had only 7 Bumper winners from 134 runners in the last 5 Irish seasons, so Patrick Mullins win on Bob Olinger delivering a 135 RPR on debut is both interesting and impressive.
On ratings probably the best bumper debut of the season, and already on the tail of Appreciate It and Ferny Hollow's Festival Bumper performances.
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