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    archie replied to the thread Bookmakers Special Offers:.
    I'm open to correction but I think it's more than 75 years since the double of the returning Champion Hurdler and Gold Cup winner came...
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    archie replied to the thread General Chat.
    As you say, game of opinions but my view would be that, on his run around the course before racing, Patrick would have assessed how...
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    archie replied to the thread General Chat.
    He was on the second best horse in the race and he finished second. It's a 4yo bumper and the filly is likely bought to be a chaser.
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    archie replied to the thread General Chat.
    I'm with Isty on this. KdM's best RPR over 2 miles is 141 and he was given 158 for the Stayers. The ORs for 2 miles and 3 miles have a...
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    archie replied to the thread 2027 The Prices on Offer.
    To be fair, the Jewson was only inaugurated (as a grade 2) in 2011 and only became a grade 1 in 2014. Open to correction but I don't see...
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    archie reacted to Quevega's post in the thread 2027 The Prices on Offer with Like Like.
    Since divan and altior only four supreme winners went chasing the season after Shishkin won Marine got injured Slade steel was poor...
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    archie reacted to Benjy23's post in the thread 2027 The Prices on Offer with Like Like.
    Two out of three of those Supreme and Arkle winning horses are Hendos. And in the same timeframe he's had three Supreme winners, the...
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    archie replied to the thread 2027 The Prices on Offer.
    Yes, when he has the ammunition, his aim is fairly true. As for King Rasko Grey, I can't recall a Turners winner going on to win the...
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    archie replied to the thread 2027 The Prices on Offer.
    Old Park Star ratings compared to King Rasko Grey. OR +5 RPR +8 Timeform +6 and a p All subjective, of course, but feeds into the...
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    archie replied to the thread 2027 The Prices on Offer.
    Henderson has said that Old Park Star looks a chaser and his record with Supreme winners (and placed horses like Sprinter Sacre) going...
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    BDA achieved a higher RPR at Cheltenham than Wodhooh and is likely to be better over the Mares trip. It's unknown whether or not she'd...
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    archie replied to the thread 2027 The Prices on Offer.
    I believe that they do have more room now that they have closed down Alne Park Stud.
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    archie replied to the thread General Chat.
    Like most on here, I've never ridden in a race but I'm fairly sure that the adrenaline would have been running high in both horse and...
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    He anihalated a 137 horse by 7 lengths......could have been a fence...... But yeah, I do get a little overexcited sometimes. Love my...
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    Get a grip, man. Rated 145 today, he beat a 137 horse by 7 lengths. The handicapper will probably give him a few pounds but he'll still...