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2014 RSA Chase

Ballycasey is a big fat lay like he stablemate Champagne Fever. He couldnt beat Morning Assembly over hurdles and has had one run over fences over a totally inadequate trip.
 
Terry said:
Ballycasey is a big fat lay like he stablemate Champagne Fever. He couldnt beat Morning Assembly over hurdles and has had one run over fences over a totally inadequate trip.
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Hi Terry, I thought you might have been fishing with some of your Mullins bashing but agree with you on this one. He seems a bit fragile.
 
Be interesting to see if Ballycasey takes on Champagne Fever this weekend. I honestly don't see it happening. One of the two will be re-routed to another engagement I reckon. Hopefully Carlingford Lough turns up and then we get a rematch of him vs Don Cossack and also one of the two Mullins runners.
 
Yea it looks a good race with just one of the Mulllins horses. I thought Ballycasey did it we'll at Navan but you would like to see him run somewhere and over a longer trip before Cheltenham.
 
Paul Jones

The Irish appear to have a stronger hand than the British in the staying novice chase division again this season. I say 'again' as the Irish would have posted a 1-2-3 in last season's RSA Chase but for Boston Bob's last-fence fall (in addition to supplying the 1-2 in the NH Chase and the JLT winner at last season's Festival), and all three ran in the Dr P J Moriarty Chase on their previous start. In fact, four of the last five RSA winners ran well in that Grade 1 event over 2m5f with Cooldine and Bostons Angel completing the RSA-Moriarty double and Weapon's Amnesty and Lord Windermere were only beaten 1¾ lengths and ½ length respectively.

Looking at the seven classy confirmations for Sunday's Grade 1 race, this season's Moriarty looks set to be an Arkle, JLT and RSA trial all rolled into one with most eyes fixed on Champagne Fever with a view to him being dropped back in trip for the Arkle. Forpadydeplasterer won the Arkle after finishing second here.


Don Cossack may prove to his be his main rival but Gordon Elliott commented after he won the Grade 1 Drinmore Chase that he feels that he might not be a true three-miler so it will be interesting to see how he shapes with a view to his Festival target. Should the RSA-bound Carlingford Lough or the JLT Chase-bound Sizing Gold take their chance, connections would be going back on comments that they would be heading straight to their chosen Festival targets following their last run.
 
Looks like we're going to get to see Ballycasey this Sunday. Takes on Carlingford Lough and Don Cossack in the PJ Morairty...
 
Only the three declared

added grade 1 decs to Saturday thread and changed it to the weekend racing one :)
 
pity only 3 go to post, but that seems to be happening alot in these graded races this season. stilll 3 classy horses though.
 
Hopefully it wont end up one of those muddlin tactical races.
 
mayo said:
Hi Terry, I thought you might have been fishing with some of your Mullins bashing but agree with you on this one. He seems a bit fragile.
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Ruby
Willie decided yesterday morning not to run Champagne Fever in the Moriarty Chase and to go with Ballycasey.

There are only three runners now, but this is a cracking contest and the tactics are going to be interesting.

I’d imagine one horse who won’t make it anyway is Carlingford Lough, so it will be left to myself and Bryan Cooper, on Don Cossack.

Ballycasey lacks the experience of the other two, but I’m still anticipating a big performance.

He gave himself a bit of a knock when winning over two miles and a furlong on his debut over fences at Navan, but is back in good shape.

Ballycasey scored by eight lengths that day, over a trip that was way too short.

He is taking high order in the betting for Cheltenham, more on reputation than anything else, but think will give his prospects a decent boost.
 
Smad Place new favourite

Smad Place (8)in, Morning Assembly (9), Ballycasey (10), Carlingford Lough (10), Corrin Wood (10), Don Cossack (14), Champagne Fever (16), Le Bec (16), Sam Winner (16)in, Gevrey Chambertin (20), Taquin Du Seuil (20), Wonderful Charm (20), Annacotty (25), Black Thunder (25), Many Clouds (25), Bright New Dawn (33), Djakadam (33), Double Ross (33), Foxrock (33), Holywell (33), Just A Par (33), OFaolains Boy (33), Shutthefrontdoor (33), The Paparrazi Kid (33), Uxizandre (33), Cause Of Causes (40), Edmund Kean (40), Mendip Express (40)out, Road To Riches (40), Balnaslow (50), Batonnier (50), Benvolio (50), Dressedtothenines (50), Sizing Gold (50), Suntiep (50), Touch The Eden (50), Ardkilly Witness (66), Diocles (66), Gardefort (66), Gullinbursti (66), Living Next Door (66), Mullaghanoe River (66), Samingarry (66), Si CEtait Vrai (66), Spring Heeled (66), The Italian Yob (66), Up To Something (66), Wrong Turn (66), Green Flag (100), Le Reve (100), Milborough (100), No Buts (100), Shrapnel (100), Via Sundown (100)
 
Kings horses getting sick might not have been a bad thing. Stopped him training the sh*te out of them.

Choc seems to be riding with a bit more confidence again too.
 
Ballycasey did that well but dont think they went too hard. AP wont enjoy watchng that back.

Ted suggesting hold off backing him until he gets to Cheltenham. Got sick travelling over last year.
 
Terry said:
Ballycasey is a big fat lay like he stablemate Champagne Fever. He couldnt beat Morning Assembly over hurdles and has had one run over fences over a totally inadequate trip.
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:D he might be a lay at the price he is now but wouldn't like to see Tels book if he was laying him at double figures.
 
Ballycasey silencing the doubters Don Cossack 2nd Carlingford Lough unseated - Cooper got 6 days for taking AP's ground

 
forgot i had taken odds at the start of the season about ballycasey for the RSA.. was very impressed yesterday jumped like a stag and beat two good horses, got in again at 7s before he was cut across the boards, him or annacotty for me
 
Yeah I have Ballycasey before the season started but only small pence at 14s. I backed him at decent odds for last years Albert Bartlett before he became a non runner. I wouldn't be backing him now at 9/2 or whatever given his fragile nature. If he's there on the day he'll be around 3/1 or so, so I'd rather wait for non-runner no bet before I'd back him again
 
I am still not signed up for the Ballycasey fan club. The RSA is usually a grueling race and something about this lad makes me wonder if he will pull it out when something eyeballs him. Id prefer Carlingford Lough of all the main Irish ones. He has been mixing it with proper handicappers and not convinced he was beaten when he unshipped AP ?
 
Told you this one already :)

There has been a lot of love recently for Morning Assembly for the RSA Chase who has been backed from 14-1 into 8-1 favourite over the last fortnight. I can see why as he has all the attributes you for in an RSA contender being a non-flashy, professional, stamina-packed, classy performer with a sound jumping technique and his chasing form stacks up well in addition to him being a Grade 1 novice hurdle winner last season – and 18 of the last 21 RSA winners were contesting novice hurdles the previous campaign.

If successful, however, he would be overcoming the strongest negative pattern for the race having not run since Christmas as the last 50 RSA winners had run all during the same calendar year. It's not quite as strong for the Arkle, but not far off it. Even two of the last three unsuccessful favourites, Time For Rupert and Grands Crus, who were sent off as short as 7-4 and 6-5, had not run since December
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Gevrey Champertin :eek:

Trainer David Pipe told SkySports.com: "The RSA is his only entry at Cheltenham and depending upon how things go this weekend, I'm hopeful we'll get there. He's streetwise enough and Rolling Ball won the race for my Dad [in 1991] having had just one run over fences."

Also set to line up on the same card is Un Temps Pour Tout, second at Haydock on his British debut last month in two-mile Sky Bet Supreme Trial, his first start for Pipe since being bought at the DBS Hennessy Sale for an eyewatering £450,000.

"I thought he ran a very good race at Haydock and it might help if the trainer ran him over the right trip!" said Pipe.

"On his French form, it certainly looks like he wants to go further and he'll run over two miles three furlongs at Ascot on Saturday and see how we go. He's still well in the reckoning for the Neptune."
 
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