• HELP US - Become a Patron - Fat Jockey is a horse racing community focused on all the big races in the UK and Ireland. We don't charge users but if you have found the site useful then any support towards the running costs is appreciated ... a small donation each month would be a huge contribution. Become a Patron!

2015 Gold Cup

Good luck with that one OV, cant see them being placed tho.
 
They should retire him really after this years gold cup, he has so many hard miles done at this stage, owes them nothing.
 
Anyone know why PP has Boston Bob short for Ryanair and pushing out for GC? Surely Ryanair too short for it. It's a spring horse and ground going to be in it's favour, think it could still be value with Townend up on it in what looks a very open race. I can also see why it's been getting crabbed but if it's bouncing next week and turns up it could have a squeak EW based on last year's Aintree and Punchestown form.
 
Karanja Kid said:
Anyone know why PP has Boston Bob short for Ryanair and pushing out for GC? Surely Ryanair too short for it. It's a spring horse and ground going to be in it's favour, think it could still be value with Townend up on it in what looks a very open race. I can also see why it's been getting crabbed but if it's bouncing next week and turns up it could have a squeak EW based on last year's Aintree and Punchestown form.
Click to expand...

Might be re-aligning their book now they're nrnb on this race, been that on GC for a week
 
Looks odd and PP are usually on the mark, just can't see it being quick enough for a Ryanair. Hasn't had it's ground this year though Mullins did say he was disappointed with it last time. Hope it takes it's chance in GC though I'm doubting it given those odds.
 
I know this is a bit boring considering its over a year away but does Don Poli not look good value to win next years Gold Cup at 20/1 with betfred. 2nd season chasers have a great record and he looks tailor made for that sort of test.
 
I like that shout. Looks a real stayer with plenty of toe and course form already. If it wins RSA it'll be single digit. I hate going that far ahead but it's a decent small stakes punt. Might just do that myself. Only other time I've gone a year ahead was Treve for this years' Arc!
 
Timeform

Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Silviniaco Conti has a couple of apparently good overall time efforts to his name this season, at Haydock and at Kempton, though the latter saw him receive a near-perfect sectional ride. The time comparison with Coneygree on the latter occasion flatters him, for the novice went very hard up front and was still “ahead” of Silviniaco Conti before the final straight. Indeed, if Coneygree is present in this field – rather than the RSA Chase – he could have a big say in how the race is run and even in the result itself.

Neither the Lexus Chase, won by Road To Riches at Leopardstown, nor the Hennessy Gold Cup, won by Carlingford Lough on the same course, particularly impressed on sectionals and overall times. Many Clouds showed he had abundant stamina when winning a gruelling Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and more than a little speed when winning a relatively fast-finishing BetBright Cup Chase at Cheltenham, a combination which should stand him in good stead in the Gold Cup itself.

Recent Cheltenham Gold Cups have been notably influenced by pace, with Bobs Worth’s win in 2013 coming in a far more attritional finish than Lord Windermere’s in 2014 (65.3s compared to 58.35s from three out: a difference of more than 30 lengths over less than half a mile). Such swings can easily mean the difference between winning and losing for individual horses, and Timeform will again be producing a time and sectional debrief after racing on each day of next week’s Cheltenham Festival.
 
Ian McClean

Gold Cup

Following 2014's race from the twilight zone, 2015 isn't exactly a vintage renewal for for most coveted prize on the calendar.

What it isn't lacking, however, is competition and any of seven or eight could win it without anyone raising an eyebrow. Silviniaco Conti should have won it last year but threw it away and is now 0-3 at the track. He undoubtedly has the best form, but it is all elsewhere.

Many Clouds is likely to find the ground too lively by Friday, and whilst Djakadam was interesting at 20/1 and above, his price right now based on any previous achievement is an insult both to humour and intelligence. Road To Riches and Carlingford Lough are similar horses on the Lexus form, but I'd have preferred to see Road To Riches on the track in 2015 and I have serious reservations about Carlingford Lough's aptitude for the obstacles around HQ (see last year's RSA).

In the close season Holywell was on everyone's lips for the Gold Cup. But punters have goldfish memories and Jonjo O'Neill's abysmal winter form saw Holywell disappear from view.

His Kelso win in February was just an exercise canter but at least it got his trainer off the ice-cold list. Holywell's Festival record is exemplary (won Pertemps and Handicap Chase last two seasons), the drying ground is in his favour and if AP McCoy was jocked up, the horse would be half the price.

Selection: Holywell
 
One horse I haven't seen discussed is the Giant Bolster, Scu seems pretty confident he'll run a big race, and he's been placed in each of the last 3 years. When you think of the difficulty the likes of Henderson has getting a horse to run in two consecutive festivals to the top level it's a glowing indictement of Bridgewaters capabilities that he's got this feller here 4 years running now, he could be the outsider that's currently the best value.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom