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  1. riccirich

    General Chat

    Any chance con hill could be balloted out of the Southwell maiden if there's loads of entries? 🤣
  2. riccirich

    2026 County Hurdle

    He's facing kawaboomga Saturday, so it could be easy enough to give him a quite ride and finish second or third if kawaboomga is trying and as good as many think. You'd imagine they might want to get runs into him for fitness and to sharpen him up, as he only ran once last season and once so far...
  3. riccirich

    2026 Novice Hurdlers

    Or.... he really is faugheen reincarnated and they thought why waste a year in bumpers. And they don't care about him only having one run because he's a freak of nature. Much better spin on it if you've backed him 😂
  4. riccirich

    ‘26 FRED WINTER Juv H’cap Hd

    She's jp owned though, so that lot will have more say in the campaign than a usual Henderson owner you'd think. Trainer might have no interest in the race himself, but if jp wants her there then that's where she'd go. Similar to when I backed dinoblue in the grand annual. Any other owner and...
  5. riccirich

    2026 Ryanair Chase

    Don't think anyone would be saying mullins is at fault with any of that. As you say its made clear at the start, and obviously if he can have it in a way that he makes all the decisions then he's going to be more than happy with that. I'd lay the blame with the owners for accepting it. You say...
  6. riccirich

    2026 County Hurdle

    Yeah its just my own personal opinion that I think he could be very good and might actually have loads in hand, probably not in the county though i agree as i dont think he jumps well enough. Although that race probably isn't much of a jumping test with only the one hurdle at the business end so...
  7. riccirich

    2026 County Hurdle

    Wouldn't be so sure. Was part of the vintage juvenile group, and was pretty closely matched a couple of times with now 152 rated kargese when giving her 7lbs. And has always looked like a step up in trip could bring about improvement given his jumping was a bit sticky at two miles.
  8. riccirich

    2026 Ultima Handicap

    Has there been an update on the water table? 😂
  9. riccirich

    2026 Novice Hurdlers

    Probably worth noting the preview took place in a pub. And willie sounds like he was talking a lot more freely than usual. Was probably hammered. His back and hip are acting up too so even more reason for him to have been necking whiskeys.
  10. riccirich

    2026 Novice Hurdlers

    Yeah I was just seeing people saying that one piece was indicating supreme and one turners, but having read both i thought both indicated supreme. Possible that one of them has mislead with the tinkering but id say they're both just slight variations of him talking about the supreme. Not that it...
  11. riccirich

    2026 Champion Hurdle

    That's what I'm thinking. Even if wodhooh got injured, jade de grugy would start fave. So it would still make sense for lossie to go champion for willie and paul and have the fave in both races. Only person it might not make sense too is ricci since the mares would look a penalty kick. But I'm...
  12. riccirich

    2026 Champion Hurdle

    This is the only year I'd actually be shocked if Lossiemouth doesnt run in the champion. All other years i didn't like that she was running in the mares, as I'm sure many didnt, but it made sense if you were mullins and townend to go that way when they had another horse good enough to win the...
  13. riccirich

    2026 Novice Hurdlers

    Having read both pieces, I dont actually think they've reported different things regarding mighty park. On sportinglife they say he's talking about his Supreme horses when he says "that puts him in the mix here". Whereas on racingtv they just insert supreme at the end of the sentence to show...
  14. riccirich

    2026 Novice Hurdlers

    Does he care about winning it though, if he felt it might be at the expense of longevity? Not saying i think that way, but pretty sure he said something along those lines when monkfish started having issues. And in recent years he doesn't often run any standouts in it.
  15. riccirich

    2026 Gold Cup

    Last year he was beaten comprehensively by galopin though twice in a row over three miles in the lead up, so it would have been natural for them to assume that Cheltenham probably wouldn't be much different. This year he's beaten the best in Ireland over three miles on heavy fairly comfortably...
  16. riccirich

    2026 Gold Cup

    Jp will supplement though won't he? I dont recall many similar situations like this with him before, but he doesn't seem like the type to run away to the ryanair for an easy win with a horse who's just beaten the best in Ireland over 3m on heavy, and is current fave for the gold cup. Would...
  17. riccirich

    2026 Ryanair Chase

    Its nothing personal towards mullins though. If you gave any trainer the amount of horses he has it would make sense for them to split them up to win every race available. Its the owners causing it by all flocking to mullins. As brilliant of a trainer as he is, he's not on a different planet to...
  18. riccirich

    2026 Ryanair Chase

    100% the main factor in all this nonsense, for all that people mainly focus on too much choice. The sooner owners figure out that there's more than one man who knows how to train a horse, the better for the sport. And better for the owners in many cases too. If ricci had Lossiemouth in training...
  19. riccirich

    2026 Novice Chasers

    Kim muir it is then 😂 Or is this the bluff that precedes the double bluff?
  20. riccirich

    2026 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Handicap Chase (Amateur Riders)

    I cant remember the details fully, but I'm pretty sure something a bit dodgy went on with inothewayurthinkins mark at the time. I think a few people who thought they knew what the mark was going to be or something before it was made public (if thats possible) were told the mark would be higher...
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