Prob cause not many horses retain Gold Cup Old Vic. Why his odds are 10/1 in some places.
Good point Liam, plus look at the potential competition next year, Djakadam will be 7, more experienced and stronger, Don Poli will be trained for the race all year, and Vautour, if aimed at this, looks unbeatable over any distance he can stay, I have a feeling he could go to the Ryanair though, especially if Djakadam trains on, Ricci surely won't want 2 in the Gold cup when he would have a strong chance of a Champ hurdle/Arkle/QM/Ryanair/Gold cup 5 timer, now there's an acca I'm gonna place
"My first thought is that we should go for the Gold Cup with Don Poli, Djakadam and Vautour next season, whether or not we divide it for Ryanair-Gold Cup we'll see," said Mullins.
"I suppose if they all had different owners, we'd be going Gold Cup. I think Vautour will get the trip too. There is no reason, I think, to say that he won't.
"Don Poli has Gold Cup written all over him, while Djakadam ran a fantastic race in it; it was some performance from Coneygree, and we had no excuses. The first three home were terrific. We could even aim Valseur Lido at it next year too."
A 2016 clean sweep of the Stan James Champion Hurdle, Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase, Ladbrokes World Hurdle and Gold Cup is rated a 20-1 chance by Paddy Power, the man himself saying on Saturday: "Willie's horses were in savage form at Cheltenham over the last week and it certainly wouldn't be the most unlikely 20-1 shot if he landed the big four there in 2016."
Mullins has the ante-post favourite for next year's Champion Hurdle in this year's winner Faugheen, the market leader for the Champion Chase in this week's Racing Post Arkle winner Un De Sceaux, while Annie Power - who fell at the last with the Mares' Hurdle in the bag on Tuesday - is World Hurdle favourite with bet365, Betfair and Betway.
Vautour and stablemate Don Poli - the RSA Chase winner - dispute market leadership in the Gold Cup.
Stupid me, of course I'm thinking UDS as part of that acca for the QM which isn't a Ricci horse, still placed the multi bet with the other 4 Ricci's anyway, gonna go even heavier on antepost bets this year, increases your options massively if you get a good start.Good point Liam, plus look at the potential competition next year, Djakadam will be 7, more experienced and stronger, Don Poli will be trained for the race all year, and Vautour, if aimed at this, looks unbeatable over any distance he can stay, I have a feeling he could go to the Ryanair though, especially if Djakadam trains on, Ricci surely won't want 2 in the Gold cup when he would have a strong chance of a Champ hurdle/Arkle/QM/Ryanair/Gold cup 5 timer, now there's an acca I'm gonna place
Stupid me, of course I'm thinking UDS as part of that acca for the QM which isn't a Ricci horse, still placed the multi bet with the other 4 Ricci's anyway, gonna go even heavier on antepost bets this year, increases your options massively if you get a good start.
I think part of my strategy will be to ignore the old guard of chasers that have been battling out the top races. This years Gold cup has made me realise what poor fayre they have served us over the past few years, not one of the established stars, [so called] managed to get into the first 4, and they were well beaten by novices and second seasone chasers, so maybe we are in for a period were the championship races will be fought out by horses worthy of the name "Champion"I am a bit torn on strategy. The novice events are a no go area until much later in the year but think there could be some juice in the other markets. For all that couldnt have predicted Champion Chase World Hurdle or Gold Cup winners last week ....must have been 100/1 shots on Betfair this time last year ?
Ricci saying today Vautour heading to Ascot next month for Amlin Chase then to be aimed at King George.
He seems desperate to win a Gold Cup, I reckon that's one race he'd have no problem having a couple aimed at.
Not a normal strategy for Mullins, last year was the first time I can remember him having 2 Gold Cup runners.