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Champion Hurdle 2018
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Originally posted by Cashew King View PostNoel Fehily confirmed to ride Charli Parcs.
Can't see why you need more horses getting in Fav's way though, just to guarantee a good gallop.
he's 2-5 for fuck sake, keep it simple.
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I know - they havent even said charli was a maybe for the handicaps. Its full on confirmation.
I think they made a mistake putting barry on BVD anyway, Noel is far better jockey at the moment. Its hard to think Noel would be used as a pacemaker aswell. Noel won the race on BVD last year didnt he because of Mark walsh injury, from memory ?
I really do fancy him, just gutted STIbet have awful without faourite odds. The more I type in here, the more i am up for the bet.
Have they mentioned about headgear for charli ?
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Originally posted by punterorplonker View PostI know - they havent even said charli was a maybe for the handicaps. Its full on confirmation.
I think they made a mistake putting barry on BVD anyway, Noel is far better jockey at the moment. Its hard to think Noel would be used as a pacemaker aswell. Noel won the race on BVD last year didnt he because of Mark walsh injury, from memory ?
I really do fancy him, just gutted STIbet have awful without faourite odds. The more I type in here, the more i am up for the bet.
Have they mentioned about headgear for charli ?
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Originally posted by quevega View PostHe can only be in here for pacemaking or spoiling tactics, and Fehily is obviously available. Agree about the jockey's though. Geraghty is one of the reasons the Fav might get beat
Barry who has won the Champion Hurdle on Punjabi and Jezki?
Give it a rest with this Barry Geraghty thing already
I've got a little bit on Charli at 50/1 without BVD - must be a good thing if Fehily is so much better than him
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Originally posted by Kevloaf View PostBarry who is 5 from 5 on him?
Barry who has won the Champion Hurdle on Punjabi and Jezki?
Give it a rest with this Barry Geraghty thing already
I've got a little bit on Charli at 50/1 without BVD - must be a good thing if Fehily is so much better than him
But don't forget that Jockeys are like horses and will at some point start going downhill, they will also be affected by injuries and their mindset can make a difference also, so past glories are not entirely relevant, neither is jogging around on a long odds on shot that can work it's own way over fences/hurdles.
We spend so much time on horses and why they will or won't perform when the jockey is equally important.
I think Barry was badly affected after his injuries in the last 18 months, and I think he is often too careful approaching fences and hurdles these days, I think he also goes wide an awful lot to get a clear sight and his hold up tactics (probably his caution) has cost him a few times on the better horses.
There are very few races in last year or two where I think he's won on not the best horse. And last Saturday was the first big handicap I can recall him winning for a while.
both brian Cooper and Harry Derham have admitted recently to having lost their bottle a bit after injuries so whilst they are younger and less experienced it don't mean Barry is infallible.
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Maybe the Charlie Parcs idea is to counteract whatever the Mullins thinking is by putting headgear on Faugheen, if they think that sharpens him up enough to reignite his old flame perhaps Hendo wants a spoiler in there just in case it works. Personally if we see a reinvigorated Faugheen I don't think BD would get near him with any extra tactics but he hasn't looked the same animal in his last 2 runs so that's a long shot. Would be great to see though, except for BD backers, but not expecting it
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Yorkhill confirmed as going for the champion hurdle unless UDS gets injured
From Graham Wylie at the preview evening at Newcastle...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Under starters orders <a href="https://twitter.com/NewcastleRaces?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewcastleRace s</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cheltfestpreview?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >#cheltfestpreview</a> <a href="https://t.co/jZJCIhRlWr">pic.twitter.com/jZJCIhRlWr</a></p>— Liam Hedgecock (@liam_hedgecock) <a href="https://twitter.com/liam_hedgecock/status/971095994564857857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Last edited by Kevloaf; 6 March 2018, 06:51 PM.
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Originally posted by Faugheen_Machine View PostSurely it's a no brainer for Ruby.
You have (possibly) the best hurdler since Istabraq vs a horse who has been beaten 50+ lengths in his last two races and hasn't run over hurdles for two years.
1/10fav that he rides Faugheen.
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I'd take it as a bigger positive for Un De Sceaux than Faugheen too.... not that bold, but reading between the lines... *(and to be fair, the actual reading on the lines)... suggests UDS has more chance than Faugheen
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