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2026 Juveniles

darlojim said:
Might be worth seeing how Macho Man and Proactif go on Wednesday as Bertutea could get a little push out even further (maybe unlikely)

Wouldn't surprise me myself if Paul gets on the filly Selma de Vary in the DRF though.
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And there it is

Paul rides Selma de Vary over Bertutea in the Spring Juvenile
 
darlojim said:
And there it is

Paul rides Selma de Vary over Bertutea in the Spring Juvenile
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Just getting a feel for his Boodles ride as he knows he's on Proactif in the main one.

Jokes aside, 9/1 seems very fair for Townend's mount. 5 of the 7 above her in the Triumph market aren't here.
 
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Exar Essay said:
Just getting a feel for his Boodles ride as he knows he's on Proactif in the main one.

Jokes aside, 9/1 seems very fair for Townend's mount. 5 of the 7 above her in the Triumph market aren't here.
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That was my original thought with her off 132 until I seen the DRF entry then thought maybe they might aim higher with her.

But yeah pretty surprised she is still that sort of price 3places

Thought would have been more around the 5s marker
 
I’m always wary of the French horses having their first run over here against other horses from France that have already ran here and got the form in the book.

Can’t be many that have went into these waters and won first time on Irish/british shores?
 
Craigy14 said:
I’m always wary of the French horses having their first run over here against other horses from France that have already ran here and got the form in the book.

Can’t be many that have went into these waters and won first time on Irish/british shores?
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Ermmm off top of my head, obvious ones would be Lossie beating Zarak who already won over here

Obviously Maj ran well in 3rd in the Spring juve before winning Triumph

Haut en couleurs debuted in the Triumph coming 3rd
 
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Great read on Racing TV news re the Spring race at DRF
 
Nice from Charme there. That'll be Ricci's Triumph horse.
 
She looked ok.
Actually very similar form to the race at Limerick that Bertutea won.
So we'll get a rough idea where she ranks after Saturday maybe.
Tis hard to gauge these juveniles though to be fair.
Looking like Willie will have at least half a dozen though by the looks of it.
 
….bits of 14-1 TH for Charme de Faust after that win.
 
25/1 with VirginBet still available for anyone taken with that performance.
 
Don't think the form there amounts to much. Dawn Coming never put into the race whilst the well backed 2nd fav faded badly. Charme was getting over a stone from Mode Avion. It's a start at least though.
 
Similar to feel gut the other day, there's an overreaction post race to what was just a decent run. As pointed out by quevega, pretty similar to bertutea who beat mode avion and Dawn coming by the same distance, and bertutea is third choice of mullins' on Saturday.

On form she shouldn't be 14/1 at all. She is less experienced than bertutea though so probably more room for improvement and I wouldn't be convinced narciso or proactif are anything special. I think she'll drift out to bigger than her current price though at some point, as she's going to be going to Cheltenham on the back of a single win at thurles. Then there's an added danger she goes to the mares novice if selma de vary is very good and ricci splits his two.
 
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I know comparing times is not the "be all and end all" but:

Charme De Faust 4m 15.5s
El Cairos 4m 23.4s

Even accounting for the weight difference that's a big difference. Fair effort from the filly
 
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Odddog said:
I know comparing times is not the "be all and end all" but:

Charme De Faust 4m 15.5s
El Cairos 4m 23.4s

Even accounting for the weight difference that's a big difference. Fair effort from the filly
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Probably 4m 22.0s for Shirley Crabtree 😉
 
….W Mullins;

Bertutea; ‘He won well on very testing ground over Christmas and will be suited by the prevailing weather conditions. We’ll get a line on where he sits with the bigger picture of the juveniles at Leopardstown.’

Narciso; ‘It’s a good renewal of the race and we’re very happy with where we have Narcisco Has at the moment. He did everything right at Christmas and I’m hoping he’s come on again for that run and experience. He reopposes with Mange Tout who beat him at Fairyhouse and I’m hoping our fella has improved again from Leopardstown, but at the ratings Mange Tout looks very good. I’m sticking with my horse though.’

Selma; ‘She’s a nice import from France who does things nicely. I expect her to improve a fair bit for this run though. She has plenty of experience but had a break when she came over to us and whatever she does on Saturday, she’ll improve plenty for it.’
 
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