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2017 Cheltenham JLT
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Flying Angel flew under my radar... There is usually a recency bias isn't there like you eluded too. Works both ways though, when we see some more, we should remember form from earlier on and be sure not to under-rate it!
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Originally posted by Faugheen_Machine View PostI wouldn't have thought he'd be an RSA horse myself. In fact I'd be more worried that he turns out to be a Ryanair horse. He'll be 9 next year and if he impresses this side of Christmas it may tempt the owners to aim for the bigger prize come march.
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Henderson on Buveur D'Air yesterday:
We might be leaning towards going chasing with him. He schooled very well and likes to get his toe in the ground so there is no rush with him but he’s been jumping very well over fences and that seems the likely path he’ll go, at the moment.
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I have something niggling at me saying they'd said after the Supreme that Buever D'air is wanting more of a trip? I agree that Altior wouldn't force them to run this horse over another distance but the combination of the two would suggest JLT to me. (Would help if I could find the quotes but alas...)
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151-rated hurdler. Only defeat in four races over hurdles when third to stablemate Altior in the Grade 1 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. Ended season with victory in the Grade 1 Top Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree in April.
“He won his first two starts over hurdles very comfortably and finished a gallant third to Altior in the Supreme. We had often wondered whether an extra half mile might help him but I liked the look of the two miler at Aintree and although I could say he won easily it was still a great performance to win a Grade 1 as I think there is still more to come. We haven’t yet decided whether to stay hurdling or go novice chasing and that decision won’t be made until Barry Geraghty comes into school him but he’s come back bigger and stronger and he has an enormous future whichever route we choose to take.”
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