jono.... .how easy would you find going back and doing 2015? The more data the better and be interesting to see year on year the changes in form?
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How's the form from the 2016 festival?
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Originally posted by jono View PostShould have quite a bit if the data already Kev so shouldn't take too long - i'll try and get this up on here in the next few days
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Right then, 2015 form...
Includes a comparison from 2016 in terms of winners that came out each race. Obviously that won't always be the best gauge to base a race on, mainly because horses will have had another year
Tuesday:
Supreme
1st - Douvan
2nd - Shaneshill
3rd - Sizing John
7 winners (/12 runners) (Douvan, Shaneshil, Sizing John, L'ami Serge, Tell us More, Some Plan, Velvet Maker)
on par with 2016
Arkle
1st - Un de Sceaux
2nd - Gods Own
3rd - Jossess Hill
9 winners/11 runners (UDS, God's Own, Josses Hill, Vibrato Valtat, Court Minstrel, Sgt Reckless, Smashing, Clarcam, Dunraven Storm)
+ 7 winners from 2016 with almost all horses winning a race since
Ultima Handicap Chase
1st - The Druids Nephew
2nd - Grand Jesture
3rd - Gallant Oscar
13 winners/24 runners (Grand Jesture, Gallant Oscar, Pendra, Lost legend, Tenor Nivernais, Theatre Guide, Gevrey Chambertain, Annacotty, Mendip Express, No Planning, Dursey Sound, Lamb or Cod, Azure Fly)
+7 winners from 2016
Champion Hurdle
1st - Faugheen
2nd - Arctic Fire
3rd - Hurricane Fly
5 winners/8 (Faugheen, Arctic Fire, Jezki, The New one, Vaniteux)
- 1 from 2016
National Hunt Chase
1st - Cause of Causes
2nd - Broadway Buffalo
3rd - The Job is Right
8 winners (The Job is Right, Sego Success, Cogry, Ballyculla, Perfect Canididate, Royal Palladium, Thunder & Roses, Vivaldi Collonges)
- 1 from 2016
Novice Chase
1st - Irish Cavalier
2nd - Thomas Crapper
3rd - Generous Ransom
11 winners/20 runners (irish cavalier, T crapper, knock house, little jon, cocktails at dawn, steller notion, killala quay, cold march, bold henry, monkey kingdom, keltus)
+5 from 2016
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2015 - Day 2
Neptune
1st - Windsor Park
2nd - Parlour Games
3rd - Nichols Canyon
7 winners/10 (Windsor Park, Nichols Canyon, Vyta du Roc, Snow Falcon, Outlander, Warrantor, Anteros)
on par with 2016
RSA
1st - Don Poli
2nd - Southfield Theatre
3rd - Wounded Warrior
3 winners/8 (Don Poli, If in Doubt, The Young Master)
+1 winner from 2016. Very little to have come out from the last 2 years in the RSA
Coral Cup
1st - APS
2nd - Zabana
3rd - Activial
13 winners/25
+1 from 2016
Champion Chase
1st - Dodging Bullets
2nd - Somersby
3rd - Special Tiara
5 winners/9 (Special Tiara, Sprinter, Sire de Grugy, Simply Ned, Savello)
+1 from 2016
Cross Country
1st - Rivage D'Or
2nd - Any Currency
3rd - Uncle Junior
4 winners/16
-1 from 2016
Fred Winter
1st - Qualando
2nd - Bouvreiul
3rd - The Saint James
4 winners
on par with 2016
Champion Bumper
1st - Moon Racer
2nd - Modus
3rd - Wait for Me
20 winners/23 (all bar ghost river, davy doubt and bordini)
+13 from 2016Last edited by jono; 3 January 2017, 07:59 PM.
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Day 3
JLT
1st - Vautour
2nd - Apacha Stronghold
3rd - Valseur Lido
6 winners/8 (vautour, valseur lido, ptit zig, tango de juilley, splash of ginge, colour squadron)
+3 from 2016
Pertemps
1st - Call the cops
2nd - unique de cotte
3rd - the tourad man
10 winners /23
+4 from 2016
Ryanair
1st - Uxizandre
2nd - Ma Filleule
3rd - Don Cossack
8 winners (ma filleule, don cossack, hidden cyclone, taquin de seuil, third intention, double ross, foxrock, ballycasey)
+3 from 2016
World Hurdle
1st - Cole Harden
2nd - Saphir Du Rheu
3rd - Zarkandar
9 winners/16 (saphir de rheu, whisper, un temps por tout, seeyouatmidnight, l colonel, reve de sivola, tiger roll, monksland, aubusson)
+4 from 2016
Plate
1st - Darna
2nd - Monetaire
3rd - Rawnaq
10 winners
+6 from 2016
Kim Muir
1st - The Package
2nd - Bless the Wings
3rd - Buddy Bolero
7 winners/24
+5 from 2016
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Day 4 2015
Triumph
1st - Peace and co
2nd - Top notch
3rd - hargam
10 winners/16 (top notch, hargam, devilment, petite parisienne, beltor, dicosimo, old guard, matorico, pain au chocolat, prairie town)
+2 from 2016
County
1st - Wicklow brave
2nd - sort it out
3rd - quick jack
14 winners/24
+9 from 2016
Albert Bartlett
1st - martello tower
2nd - milsean
3rd - no more heroes
15 winners/19 (all bar Carcci Apache, Shanroe Santos, Arbre de Vie, Milsean)
+11 from 2016
***IMO this is the race to take out of 2015. When you look through the runners that day:***
Martello tower - now chasing and second fav for the 4 miler in 2017
No More Heroes - 3/3 novice chasing before lining up as fav in RSA, unfortunately suffered a fatal injury
Black Hercules - won the JLT in 2016
Measureofmydreams - placed (3rd) in 4 miler 2016
Native River - won the hennessy, Welsh National, grade 1 at Aintree, 2nd in 4 miler 2016, now 2nd fav for Gold Cup 2017
Avant Tout - fav for 2016 henessy before fatal injury
Blaklion - won the RSA in 2016
Definitly Red - won 4 handicap chases since
Kylemore Lough - 5/8 chasing including winning Ryanair Gold Cup at Fairyhouse in March (beating the Lexus winner Outlander)
Tea for Two - won the 2015 Feltham chase at Kempton
Gold Cup
1st - Coneygree
2nd - Djakadam
3rd - Road to riches
10 winners/16 (Coneygree, Djakadam, on his own,many clouds, silv conti, smad place, carlingford lough, boston bob, houblon des obeaux, bobs worth)
+7 from 2016
Foxhunter
1st - On The Fringe
2nd - Following dreams
3rd - Paint the Clouds
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Martin Pipe
1st - Killultagh Vic
2nd - Noble Endeavour
3rd - Roi des francs
14 winners/21
+5 from 2016
Grand Annual
1st - Next sensation
2nd - Eastlake
3rd - Croco bay
13 winners/20
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Originally posted by Kevloaf View PostFagan, Champers on Ice certainly on the radar
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Reading Lydia's Road to Cheltenham this week both Fagan and Cole Harden get a mention.
Commented that 2015 World Hurdle might have been over rated and that Fagan stopped very quickly.
That Albert Bartlett from 2015 looks like one of the best races to follow ever !
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