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Ah, but I've not had a Cheltenham L15 come up since 1985.

Always look for reasons behind stats. In this case it's because I haven't had a...

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Yeah, I read the original statement and by the time I'd read the rest I'd forgotten the 'since' qualification. Better change it....

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The headgear argument is academic. Flown wore blinkers in 1992 and won by 10l so there's no point in picking that as a start date.

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Having had time to reflect on yesterday, if connections are unconcerned about Salvator Mundi's jumping then so am I. Run4Home will know better but, if...

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I think that you're confusing the Racing Post with serious journalism....

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He also sent the 2017 winner, Let's Dance, to win the MNH. They thought that was their best chance of collecting the bonus on offer....

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Frankely My Dear You also apparently missed the above from Bonjers which I know was the case for Kemboy....

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I never back my own runners and am never confident enough to tip them up.

Looking back, I suppose the fact that Sam wanted to go all that...

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Apologies for aftertiming but....bingo!

https://www.racingtv.com/results/2025-01-06/ayr/1435...

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The BHA admin site has this:

Confirmed entries with weights published on March 6th

Rating for qualification published
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We'll have to wait for the official race conditions but, if the NH Chase is a standard novice handicap, I'd expect the 3 chase runs qualification to not...

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https://www.irishracing.com/news/Mun...estival/253253...

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Just confirming RPR view that Constitution Hill ran low 160s.

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Not that recent but probably serviceable.

https://www.britishhorseracing.com/w...-Scale-Tables-...

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While you can criticise them for many things, the O'Learys don't usually mislead punters and tend to stick to their decisions, certainly over what Elliott...

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It would appear to be a slight blip but the 74 runners were actually in only 33 races so it's actually an 18% success rate in contested races. When you...

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Anyone who thinks that any trainer has fully formed opinions within an hour of any race needs a reality check. Rather like football managers after a big...

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Perspective from Kevin Blake.

https://www.attheraces.com/blogs/kev...MlleHRuA2FlbQI...

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Ballyburn is clearly better over further than 2 miles. However, so was/is Gaelic Warrior and he got away with it last season. Too early to take an absolute...

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I'm not a huge fan of Kempton form for evaluating Cheltenham chances. In my view, RPR's surprisingly conservative ratings were a good counterpoint to...