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2026 Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle

Odddog said:
Bold Endeavour festival form:

2023 5th in Coral Cup off 140
2024 4th in Pertemps Final off 143
2025 DIdn't run - farmed out to Luke Morgan to get his rating down ;)

He came 3rd in the Huntingdon qualifier off 130 and has been left on that mark. Bits of 25/1 around for him.
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Made my case for him on my diary page 40 minutes ago (y)
 
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Odddog said:
Bold Endeavour festival form:

2023 5th in Coral Cup off 140
2024 4th in Pertemps Final off 143
2025 DIdn't run - farmed out to Luke Morgan to get his rating down ;)

He came 3rd in the Huntingdon qualifier off 130 and has been left on that mark. Bits of 25/1 around for him.
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I like him but he is a little ground dependent so will wait till nearer the day. He is likely ranked 20 in the weights at the moment too so will be touch and go whether he gets in with two qualifiers left.
 
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….Yeah Man;

‘He’s going to go for the Pertemps Final. We’ll see how tough the British handicapper is on him, but the race looks likely to suit him. We have him in the Grand National, but I’d say the Irish Grand National is a likelier target.’
 
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Eggs said:
….Yeah Man;

‘He’s going to go for the Pertemps Final. We’ll see how tough the British handicapper is on him, but the race looks likely to suit him. We have him in the Grand National, but I’d say the Irish Grand National is a likelier target.’
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133 lets gooooooo
 
I'm amazed they don't take chase form into account when giving a hurdles mark. Yeah Man was 2nd in the Troytown off 139 (subsequently raised to 143) yet was allowed to run in the Leopardstown Pertemps Qualifier off just 118. That just seems bonkers to me. Its not as if the two codes are completely unrelated :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

They can't base his hurdles mark on what he did 3 years ago in maiden hurdles surely?
 
We had this with the Storyteller. UK Handicapper doesn't allow for it to be more than a stone in difference, so I would expect 133 is in the running based on the idea of his hurdles handicap mark being raised up into that tolerance.
 
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I see Robert Waley-Cohen is trying to get one of his qualified for the final at Naas on Sunday - Melbourne Shamrock with Emmett Mullins. Interesting profile, unexposed novice. Bits of blue on Oddschecker today for the final, as low as 14s with Hills but 25s freely available. He runs off 121 on Sunday so probably has to win to get in the final.
 
Odddog said:
I'm amazed they don't take chase form into account when giving a hurdles mark. Yeah Man was 2nd in the Troytown off 139 (subsequently raised to 143) yet was allowed to run in the Leopardstown Pertemps Qualifier off just 118. That just seems bonkers to me. Its not as if the two codes are completely unrelated :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

They can't base his hurdles mark on what he did 3 years ago in maiden hurdles surely?
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They do in Ireland. Seen one this season racing off a 40lb lower mark!
 
Odddog said:
Bloody hell. Did it win?
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Had to hunt for the name of the horse. Duffys Hodey. Raced 9 times over hurdles without winning and a rating of 80. Then pulls up in a chase. In the space of a year he improves his hurdles mark from that 80 all the way to 112. He was then able to race in a chase off a mark of 79 (Actually finished 2nd) before winning then finishing 2nd in handicaps. Now rated 94, still 18lb below hurdle mark. So, I did exaggerate it bit it seems. There was 33lb difference between hurdle and chase marks with no recognition given by the handicapper to his improved hurdle performances.
 
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Odddog said:
I'm amazed they don't take chase form into account when giving a hurdles mark. Yeah Man was 2nd in the Troytown off 139 (subsequently raised to 143) yet was allowed to run in the Leopardstown Pertemps Qualifier off just 118. That just seems bonkers to me. Its not as if the two codes are completely unrelated :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

They can't base his hurdles mark on what he did 3 years ago in maiden hurdles surely?
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Not as many win as you'd think to be honest. I agree it can be a bit of a blot but it doesn't seem to be exploited as much as you'd expect. If a horse has improved that much for a fence, there's generally a reason for it
 
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…..last qualifier in Ireland this afternoon.
 
Odddog said:
Probably only the top 5 would get in the final? The Waley-Cohen horse looks the winner for me
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….Minella Sixo of interest for me but he’s a bit of cliff horse (suspect others might feel similar).

Only thing with these late qualifiers is whether Pertemps Final was a plan or an afterthought. Saying that, I notice Will the Wise won the race last year and ran ok at the Festival.
 
I didn't think much of the Chepstow qualifier yesterday. After today we can start whittling them down. Probably no more than 4 or 5 on the short list at this stage.
 
Odddog said:
I didn't think much of the Chepstow qualifier yesterday. After today we can start whittling them down. Probably no more than 4 or 5 on the short list at this stage.
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….Nicholls seems to like his;

ABSOLUTELY DOYEN​

“He has won five from five this season. He is rated 135 and he was rated 113 when he joined us. He stays forever and gallops all day. To me he is the ideal horse for the Pertemps. It would be a dream for the owner to have a runner in the race.

“It was a good bit of placing to start off with, but he has just kept improving. The last day at Musselburgh he had to give everything weight, and he wasn’t quite so well in, but he kept on well.

“We have got the choice if we want to claim seven off him as Freddie Keighley has won on him a couple of times.

“He will be another that is going to be a nice chaser next season and he is going the right way rapidly. I don’t think ground is an issue to him either."
 
Eggs said:
….Minella Sixo of interest for me but he’s a bit of cliff horse (suspect others might feel similar).

Only thing with these late qualifiers is whether Pertemps Final was a plan or an afterthought. Saying that, I notice Will the Wise won the race last year and ran ok at the Festival.
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I think he's a bit of a bet to nothing nrnb.

If he qualifies, I think he'll be kennedys ride, as Gordon's only other entrant who's qualified is Staffordshire knot, who'll be carrying a big weight and you'd imagine they'll claim off him. If kennedy is on him, can't see him going off anywhere near 33/1.
 
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