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2026 Champion Hurdle

He’ll cry off trials day when he finds the grounds testing and he has to give weight to TNL
 

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Henderson being Henderson.
Wanting the BHA to set up a flat maiden over 1m 4f by the looks of it. :rolleyes:
I'd tell him to do one myself.
No one wants to see Con Hill go flat racing at age 9 surely ??
Either run him over hurdles or retire him, and then shut the fuck up.
 
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Henderson being Henderson.
Wanting the BHA to set up a flat maiden over 1m 4f by the looks of it. :rolleyes:
I'd tell him to do one myself.
No one wants to see Con Hill go flat racing at age 9 surely ??
Either run him over hurdles or retire him, and then shut the fuck up.
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Tone deaf comes to mind
 
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Henderson being Henderson.
Wanting the BHA to set up a flat maiden over 1m 4f by the looks of it. :rolleyes:
I'd tell him to do one myself.
No one wants to see Con Hill go flat racing at age 9 surely ??
Either run him over hurdles or retire him, and then shut the fuck up.
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Hahaha, I thought I had seen it all in this game!!
Just could not make it up.
 
Pulled the trigger on Brighterdaysahead whilst she is still a decent price. This is the second redemption horse for me this season and both of them in this race. I know her form at Cheltenham is a worry and I was going to leave it until the day but decided on one last swing. Her run on seasonal debut seems to have gone un-noticed even though she was at Lossiemouths quarters at the line. They built her up for that outrageous run last season where she left her season in Leopardstown. I think they will be getting that kind of run ready again but for Cheltenham. I think she will turn the tables with Lossiemouth at the DRF in turn, confirming Lossie to the mares and Gordon has Wodhooh for the mares.

That's how i see it playing out anyway
 
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Covered her at 25's as well Yosser just in case of that very scenario. I too can forgive her run last year as her CH was run in December. Her Mares Novice Hurdle 2nd to Golden Ace was clearly a very good Festival run based on what we know now !
 
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Pulled the trigger on Brighterdaysahead whilst she is still a decent price. This is the second redemption horse for me this season and both of them in this race. I know her form at Cheltenham is a worry and I was going to leave it until the day but decided on one last swing. Her run on seasonal debut seems to have gone un-noticed even though she was at Lossiemouths quarters at the line. They built her up for that outrageous run last season where she left her season in Leopardstown. I think they will be getting that kind of run ready again but for Cheltenham. I think she will turn the tables with Lossiemouth at the DRF in turn, confirming Lossie to the mares and Gordon has Wodhooh for the mares.

That's how i see it playing out anyway
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Good luck mate, worth giving bda one more chance at Cheltenham I think.
 
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Pulled the trigger on Brighterdaysahead whilst she is still a decent price. This is the second redemption horse for me this season and both of them in this race. I know her form at Cheltenham is a worry and I was going to leave it until the day but decided on one last swing. Her run on seasonal debut seems to have gone un-noticed even though she was at Lossiemouths quarters at the line. They built her up for that outrageous run last season where she left her season in Leopardstown. I think they will be getting that kind of run ready again but for Cheltenham. I think she will turn the tables with Lossiemouth at the DRF in turn, confirming Lossie to the mares and Gordon has Wodhooh for the mares.

That's how i see it playing out anyway
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Maybe then a little related double BDA CH and Lossie Mares?
 
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She was tired last year after running 3 months earlier
A bit fast😂
 
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Pulled the trigger on Brighterdaysahead whilst she is still a decent price. This is the second redemption horse for me this season and both of them in this race. I know her form at Cheltenham is a worry and I was going to leave it until the day but decided on one last swing. Her run on seasonal debut seems to have gone un-noticed even though she was at Lossiemouths quarters at the line. They built her up for that outrageous run last season where she left her season in Leopardstown. I think they will be getting that kind of run ready again but for Cheltenham. I think she will turn the tables with Lossiemouth at the DRF in turn, confirming Lossie to the mares and Gordon has Wodhooh for the mares.

That's how i see it playing out anyway
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Imagine if trainers could regularly get performances like that when it mattered.
I’d bet my bollocks he did his very best getting her ready for Cheltenham last year with 11 weeks prep.
This year he’s going to have to get her ready enough to win the Irish and then again 5 weeks later for Cheltenham
 
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The main theory when horses put in an extreme performance is that they never go there again.
Probably cos it fucking hurt.
Doubt it’s prep or prep time.
I personally think it’s simply down to numerous obvious factors that are too many to list that explain why a horse does not run to the same level every time they race.
But I do believe some get their heart broken when they over exert and naturally protect that in future races
 
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It’s just impossible to tell
 
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She was tired last year after running 3 months earlier
A bit fast😂
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Quevega said:
It’s just impossible to tell
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……and thats why she is still 14/1 for the CH, even when having such an encouraging first run of the season over Xmas and getting to within a length of Lossiemouth.…whereas Lossie is only 7/2

I think within that 14/1, apart from form, then there is a component around concern about her inconsistency and her past Cheltenham performances
 
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The main theory when horses put in an extreme performance is that they never go there again.
Probably cos it fucking hurt.
Doubt it’s prep or prep time.
I personally think it’s simply down to numerous obvious factors that are too many to list that explain why a horse does not run to the same level every time they race.
But I do believe some get their heart broken when they over exert and naturally protect that in future races
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Mentality for me.

Not much different to humans. Some will go through the pain barrier multiple times in their lives in an attempt to achieve greatness, others may try it once and give up and some may never even get to that point.
 
Quevega said:
The main theory when horses put in an extreme performance is that they never go there again.
Probably cos it fucking hurt.
Doubt it’s prep or prep time.
I personally think it’s simply down to numerous obvious factors that are too many to list that explain why a horse does not run to the same level every time they race.
But I do believe some get their heart broken when they over exert and naturally protect that in future races
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That bit is very much also in my thinking Q and is a real possibility. We've seen it many times before. I suppose we will know for sure this season if she draws a complete blank again.
 
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