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….ATR Preview; Sean Boyce (SB), Matt Chapman (MC); Kevin Blake (KB); Jamie Codd (JC):
Champ Hurd;
JC - can’t knock CH.
KB - fair to say CH is best. Likes State Man but he’s not as good as CH.
MC - Epatante e/w NRNB @ 33-1 if she turns up, but probably only one place behind CH & SM
SB - Not so Sleepy e/w in w/o market.
Champ Chase;
MC - Edwardstone.
KB - Edwardstone should’ve won last time. Not sure Chelt is Energ track. Edwardstone.
JC - White boards made a difference to Energ last time. He’ll go the CC & win it.
SB - Hunch is Energ is the best.
Stayers;
KB - HBTL tricky to work out, pessimistic about him. Picks Teahupoo. Asterion talented @ 40-1 (unlikely runner), not sure Marie’s will stay.
JC - Ground only worry for Teahupoo but its wide open & he also loves FP.
MC - Flooring Porter, massively overpriced.
SB - Likes Marie’s.
GC
JC - Conflated will run, could run a great race. Worry about GDC jumping early in the race. Could be a great race.
KB - Could go wrong early for GDC but thinks he could be a superstar. Likes Stattler as an alternative.
MC - GDC bombproof. Minella Indo e/w.
SB - Conflated.
Sup
KB - Intention to run High Def. He’s talented, well capable but can’t put him up. Still with FV.
JC - FV doing too much last time. Likes Hunters Yarn.
MC- FV a good thing. Charity Bet selection.
SB - Tamurras.
Bally
MC - Gaelic Warrior.
JC - Good Land. Champ Kiely has a chance.
KB - Gaelic Warrior. Mullins might use horse to run alongside his right to keep him straight.
SB - Am Mike.
AB
SB - Saint Palais 100-1 (Charity Bet selection).
MC - Favori.
JC - Favori has a chance. Really likes Search for Glory (Charity Bet selection).
KB - Hiddenvalley Lake.
Triumph
KB - Gala will beat Lossie again.
JC - Blood Destiny, helluva performance last time.
MC - Lossie miles the best.
SB - Gala
Ark
JC - Jonbon all day long.
KB - Banbridge likely Turners. El Fab can be wild, they might forget about DD.
MC - Jonbon
SB - Jonbon
BANC
KB - Real Wacker underestimated.
JC - Gerri a helluva horse.
MC - Thyme Hill, much classier than Gerri.
SB - Gerri.
Turn
JC - MP very classy. GC horse for next year.
KB - Banbridge solid but MP has the 'x factor'. AI is very good, he's the one.
MC - MP will win.
SB - MP
Mares Hurdle
JC - Honey.
MC - Love Envoi
KB - Brandy
NHC
KB - Dull race. GDM is easily best.
MC - GDM is a boat but wins.
JC - GDM is different class.
XC
JC - Galvin loads of schooling. Drying ground, he's way good enough to win it.
MC - Delta Work.
KB - Galvin tough to beat, seriously high class.
SB - Galvin
CB
KB - A Dream to Share.
JC - Better Days Ahead (working really well, suggestion Codd will ride), also FFF
MC - Chapeux
SB - BDA
MNH
KB - Luccia take some beating
JC - Magical Zoe has a chance.
MC - Luccia
Handicaps
SB - Pauling, JoB & Skelton runners.
JC - Imagine well handicapped
KB - Shoot First (Pert) Charity Bet selection; UK better-in Chases, Rouge Vif GA. JOB not strong in handicaps.
MC - Remastered (Ult) - Perseus Way (Bood) - (CC) Saint Sam - GA TTL - TBO (Pert)
JC
KB - nap Shoot First; e/w Rouge Vif; lay Lossie.
JC - nap Gerri; e/w Colonel Harry Sup ; lay Shishkin
MC - nap FV; e/w Minella Indo ; Lay Honey
SB - nap Jonbon; e/w Saint Palais; lay GDC.
Charity Bets;
KB; Shoot First (Pert), seems very sweet on him.
JC; Search for Glory (AB) each way
MC; FV
SB; Saint Palais (AB), 100-1. Spoke to the trainer this morning & it’s all systems go.
KB - Gaelic Warrior. Mullins might use horse to run alongside his right to keep him straight.
Possibly the dumbest comment from any preview evening yet,and that's from some stiff competition,go back and watch what happens to Energumene at the last fence in the Clarence House,when they go left or right on take off and are forced not to they take off all wrong,such a tactic wouldn't stop the habit,it'd just make his & the jockeys job much harder.
BUT..... .when someone says "they have to give her weight"...... David Nolan said it on the RaceHour preview..... about Marie's Rock, for the Stayers. IT'S FUCKING IRRELEVANT! There is no piece of form where that isn't the case, so it's just irrelevant. If at some point she ran and then she got an EXTRA 7lbs, amazing.... but it's not.
Stop fucking saying it. It makes literally no difference. Saying it is the dumbest thing in horse racing.
BUT..... .when someone says "they have to give her weight"...... David Nolan said it on the RaceHour preview..... about Marie's Rock, for the Stayers. IT'S FUCKING IRRELEVANT! There is no piece of form where that isn't the case, so it's just irrelevant. If at some point she ran and then she got an EXTRA 7lbs, amazing.... but it's not.
Stop fucking saying it. It makes literally no difference. Saying it is the dumbest thing in horse racing.
There wouldn't be a person in the room who doesn't know that in that grade all mares get 7lb from the geldings either,yet they say it like it's some hidden gem they've been keeping up their sleeve for just the right moment.
Honestly I used to enjoy when the previews began as it meant we was within weeks of the festival but it's become an industry of it's own,bit of easy money for an hour or so trotting out shit like "she gets 7LBS here" or "To stop him jumping right we're going to glue a horse to his shoulder" or some such nonsense, they offer so little now that the effort to hear that one interesting view isn't worth the hassle anymore.
I should go back to drinking in the evenings, I used to be much more jovial around 11pm,honest.
Sean Boyce picking American Mike as his Ballymore selection is up there in the absurd comments stakes.
Can't remember from last year but when bigger priced horses tipped in these preview nights get hammered in at the time, do they generally end up drifting back out over the next couple of weeks to the previous ish prices? Kicking myself a bit cos there was a horse I was gonna cover that was roughly 70s on exchange and forgot to go back and cover it today, been mentioned once and now its in the mid 20s range.
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