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Arkle 2018

Will mostly run

Footpad

without market

Petit Mouchoir 15/8 too short
Saint Calvados 11/4 too short
Sceau Royal 10/3 too short

so that leaves

Brain Power 13/2
North Hill Harvey 14/1
Montalbano 18/1

The only real value in my eyes is Brain Power e/w 4 places but he will need to stay on his legs..
 
Welshman said:
My pocket wants PM to win does anyone think he can?.
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:triumphant::triumphant:

My biggest potential win of the festival, Footpad the obvious big danger, being the current fav, but have him covered too.
 
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Is something wrong with Footpad? Big shake up to the betting with PP.
 
Sirbetalot said:
Will mostly run

Footpad

without market

Petit Mouchoir 15/8 too short
Saint Calvados 11/4 too short
Sceau Royal 10/3 too short

so that leaves

Brain Power 13/2
North Hill Harvey 14/1
Montalbano 18/1

The only real value in my eyes is Brain Power e/w 4 places but he will need to stay on his legs..
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I'm probably over playing the Cheltenham form for North Hill Harvey... but his form figures are -

191011 4 wins from 6 starts.

The 9th was in Altior's Supreme and the 0(16th) was in the County Hurdle...

Probably shows he is decent but not ferstival class.
I did consider him in the without market but decided against it
 
I might be wrong Kev, but I think they are considering the Grand Annual for NHH.
 
Suddenly Whittington expressing worries about the ground for Saint Calvados. Presumably, these are the same concerns everyone else had several weeks ago. Has he just caught up? Given the current weather it seems unlikely the ground will be an issue for any soft ground lovers.
 
kinloch brae said:
Suddenly Whittington expressing worries about the ground for Saint Calvados. Presumably, these are the same concerns everyone else had several weeks ago. Has he just caught up? Given the current weather it seems unlikely the ground will be an issue for any soft ground lovers.
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Probably just wanting to play down some of the hype to take the pressure off. Being given a positive mention everywhere you look with the caveat of "can he do it on the better ground"

On a podcast today they spoke about his breeding and the positives you could take about winning on good... no-one wants to crab him in the media from what I can see!

Horse has become 3rd fav from incredibly far left field.
 
Footpad drift on betfair looks alarming? Petit mouchoir and saint calvados being backed as well
 
Might be scooby going green :p
 
mark152 said:
Footpad drift on betfair looks alarming? Petit mouchoir and saint calvados being backed as well
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That is a bad drift 2/1 now, getabird has also drifted out to 2/1 but I would be more worried about Footpad... Oddschecker has also gone pink across the board on him & blue on everything else..

Any update on him floating about??
 
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Racing Post 8 mins ago:

An alarming drift of Footpad on the exchange at the moment. In the priceboxes in today's Racing Post the Mullins horse is a top-priced 6-4 for the Racing Post Arkle Trophy but on Betfair the last price Footpad was matched at was 4.8.
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Just some info which readers may wish to know. Footpad bled after a piece of work this morning, he seems okay but the Vet will be checking him over on Monday morning and scoping him. He worked okay, but connections are worried slightly as he has never bled before.

I’ve found this folks. No idea if true
 
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