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Ryanair Chase 2018

Has anyone said Yorkhill is unlikely to run in this, just thinking of the prices now and he's a hell of a price if he turns up, in good order
 
MrMcGoldrick said:
Has anyone said Yorkhill is unlikely to run in this, just thinking of the prices now and he's a hell of a price if he turns up, in good order
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More likely CH but this is 2nd preference.
 
Words from Gordon Elliott

Anything that we think is capable of running respectably will go. It's Cheltenham - it's the Olympics of racing and the place we all want to be and it's the only place everybody remembers.
 
doctorwu said:
Words from Gordon Elliott

Anything that we think is capable of running respectably will go. It's Cheltenham - it's the Olympics of racing and the place we all want to be and it's the only place everybody remembers.
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If only Gordon trained one of the other entries.
 
Are you lads still moaning about Waiting Patiently? :devilish:
 
Any chance of uds dropping out of this for a crack at the champion chase? I seem to remember mullins saying he would only ever run in the champion chase again if it was soft which it looks like it could be. And maybe put yorkhill in the ryanair to replace him
 
Only if both Min and Douvan both missed the QMCC.
 
Faugheen_Machine said:
Are you lads still moaning about Waiting Patiently? :devilish:
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I think it's all a bit tongue-in-cheek as we know the inevitable is just around the corner.

Seriously, although I find the decision mystifying, I find it a good deal more mystifying why every fan wouldn't want to see him running.
 
kinloch brae said:
I think it's all a bit tongue-in-cheek as we know the inevitable is just around the corner.

Seriously, although I find the decision mystifying, I find it a good deal more mystifying why every fan wouldn't want to see him running.
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I would like to see him run also, but if its not right its not right... Many good horses has missed cheltenham and went on to win at aintree...
 
Interesting from the preview that David Casey thinks the Ryanair is amde for Yorkhill and he'd be very keen to run him!

Really hope that is how the cookie crumbles!
 
kinloch brae said:
I think it's all a bit tongue-in-cheek as we know the inevitable is just around the corner.

Seriously, although I find the decision mystifying, I find it a good deal more mystifying why every fan wouldn't want to see him running.
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I don't want to see him have a career ending injury for the sake of running in the Ryanair at chelt. Has his whole future ahead of him.
They have done an amazing job with him so far
 
Scooby91 said:
I don't want to see him have a career ending injury for the sake of running in the Ryanair at chelt. Has his whole future ahead of him.
They have done an amazing job with him so far
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Couldn’t agree more, this is the Ryanair Chase we’re talking about not the Gold Cup, which I believe is the horses long term aim
 
Scooby91 said:
I don't want to see him have a career ending injury for the sake of running in the Ryanair at chelt. Has his whole future ahead of him.
They have done an amazing job with him so far
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So what you imply is those that want to see him run want to see him injured. That's absolute rubbish.

All horses risk injury each time they run.

And to be fair you wouldn't have a clue whether they have done an amazing job or not. He could have been trained by someone else and been just as good, if not better.

Malcolm Jefferson trained for a long time and this policy of supposedly bringing horses along gradually (strangely at odds with his success in bumpers) hasn't resulted in a long list of top class horses.

The horse might be better for a more attacking policy. Fact is unless they try nobody knows.
 
kinloch brae said:
So what you imply is those that want to see him run want to see him injured. That's absolute rubbish.

All horses risk injury each time they run.

And to be fair you wouldn't have a clue whether they have done an amazing job or not. He could have been trained by someone else and been just as good, if not better.

Malcolm Jefferson trained for a long time and this policy of supposedly bringing horses along gradually (strangely at odds with his success in bumpers) hasn't resulted in a long list of top class horses.

The horse might be better for a more attacking policy. Fact is unless they try nobody knows.
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I don't think it's about injury so much, i'm sure with the likely ground on the thursday they could run him confidently without ruining/injuring the horse. But they have a long term plan mapped out which probably doesn't take in this race. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him run (and have him backed), decision coming on friday i think, but even if he does I wouldn't necessarily have him ahead of Un De Sceaux on soft ground
 
I've loaded up on Yorkhill nrnb, I can't get last years JLT out of my head and he was brilliant. Hard to see why they would revert to hurdles with him, the link between his two latest and disappointing runs for me is P Townend, he didn't look like he could handle the horse. If he has a problem beyond that it won't be a return to hurdles that fixes it, they can't say he hasn't taken to fences, so why not come here, better ground, hopefully, will be a major plus, but maybe they're not sure who would ride, David or Danny Mullins is a better option for him than PT, wherever he goes
 
MrMcGoldrick said:
I've loaded up on Yorkhill nrnb, I can't get last years JLT out of my head and he was brilliant. Hard to see why they would revert to hurdles with him, the link between his two latest and disappointing runs for me is P Townend, he didn't look like he could handle the horse. If he has a problem beyond that it won't be a return to hurdles that fixes it, they can't say he hasn't taken to fences, so why not come here, better ground, hopefully, will be a major plus, but maybe they're not sure who would ride, David or Danny Mullins is a better option for him than PT, wherever he goes
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I would say this is made for him and I do think he is an extremely difficult ride. UDS is not getting any younger but 10 year olds have won this in the not too distant past.

Also Vautour, Uxizandre, Dynaste all won this after finishing top 2 in Jewson/JLT year before.
 
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