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2017 Close Brothers Novice Chase
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Originally posted by BigChaang View PostJono , have you , or would you also back P.Legend for the K.muir as a back up ?.
He's been running over two miles and performing well but looks likes he's crying out for a step up in trip and I think there'll be quite a bit of improvement when he does. I've had my eye on him for this for quiet a while and thought he blown his chance when 2nd at Donny last time out. Thankfully he only went up 1lb for that - It was the same race that RDS ran in.
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Originally posted by Cashew King View PostRe Double Ws - if anyone's at the Haydock preview tomorrow night, ask Bryan Hughes for his thoughts and post back. I can't get there but will do a report after the Timeform night on Tuesday.
I still haven't forgiven Brian Hughes for his ride on Attaglance in this race a few years ago, when he tried to go up the rail after the last and had to switch. God, that was painful viewing.
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Originally posted by Faugheen_Machine View PostI have spoken to one of the owners and he is hopeful of a good run. Northern trained horses have a poor record in recent years at the festival but Malcolm Jefferson has had some success.
I still haven't forgiven Brian Hughes for his ride on Attaglance in this race a few years ago, when he tried to go up the rail after the last and had to switch. God, that was painful viewing.
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Originally posted by Old Vic View PostJockeys improve with age. Riding really well this year.
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Positive quotes from Hughes on Double W's
Brian Hughes is hoping to get next week's Cheltenham Festival off a flyer when he has three rides on Tuesday's opening card.
Hughes, who is the north's leading jockey this season with 123 winners, teams up with Malcolm Jefferson's Cloudy Dream and Cyrius Darius in two of the showpiece races but is particularly keen on Double W's in the Close Brothers Novices' Handicap Chase.
The seven-year-old has had a decent first campaign over fences, winning at Carlisle and Wetherby as well as finishing second to Upsilon Bleu at Doncaster on his latest start after a poor effort at Newbury.
"And in the last, the novices' handicap chase, I ride Double W's. He's a horse we love and has been running well. He's had one poor run at Newbury, but apart from that all his runs have been pretty good.
"We thought he was harshly done to early on in handicaps because he'd won a few OK handicaps. He won them well, but got put up a lot. Thankfully the handicapper left him on 140 after his last run, which was a good run.
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Morning all, Been looking over the close bros h/cap chs. My (long) shortlist has 16 runners , but leaving out the multiple entries for the time being, down to 7 , Already backed a couple in foxtail hill and potters legend . SO.. on the radar for me ... 1. double w's , 2.gold present, 3. Killeney court, 4. capt.Redbeard and 5. Relentless Dreamer - Rebecca curtis ,who won this with Irish cavalier a couple of years ago . wait now for final dec 's i think , but maybe add 4 & 5 today at the prices .
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