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Yeah, I've not backed him yet.
I'll be waiting for some sort of word from the yard.
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Yeah, I've not backed him yet.
I'll be waiting for some sort of word from the yard.
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Sounds Victorious.....Albert Bartlett
Ran really well in both the Cheltenham and Punchestown Bumpers without really threatening the leaders. Stayed on really well in both races looking like a step up in trip would definitely suit. Probably doesn't have the pace to win a Gallagher so the Albert looks right for him.
Ran really well in both the Cheltenham and Punchestown Bumpers without really threatening the leaders. Stayed on really well in both races looking like a step up in trip would definitely suit. Probably doesn't have the pace to win a Gallagher so the Albert looks right for him.
Sounds Victorious was Jonny Dinneen's eye catcher for Cheltenham 2025 in the last episode of Upping the Ante.
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With a Choice of two possible races , I'd put up Regent's Stroll for this Months Yankee , Gallagher's or Al bartlett .
Cost a tidy packet , and the Sky's the limit ., according to Paul Nicholls .
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Also very Keen on Golden Ace for the Mares hurdle , although i know she's in already. - Jeremy Scott .
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Last month i suggested The Jukebox Man for the b.a.n.c. , with Ben Pauling .
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I've backed Grey Dawning for the Gold cup , but again , the Ryanair might come into the Equation ??. - Dan Skelton .
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See where this is Heading !! , a nice little Home Ground Trainers Yankee .
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Golden Ace - mares hdl. . - 10-1 .
Regent's Stroll . - gallagher . - 33-1 .
The Jukebox Man - b.a.n.c. - 14-1 .
Grey Dawning . - ryanair or Gold Cup . - 16-1 . ...... B365. prices .
Cost a tidy packet , and the Sky's the limit ., according to Paul Nicholls .
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Also very Keen on Golden Ace for the Mares hurdle , although i know she's in already. - Jeremy Scott .
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Last month i suggested The Jukebox Man for the b.a.n.c. , with Ben Pauling .
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I've backed Grey Dawning for the Gold cup , but again , the Ryanair might come into the Equation ??. - Dan Skelton .
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See where this is Heading !! , a nice little Home Ground Trainers Yankee .
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Golden Ace - mares hdl. . - 10-1 .
Regent's Stroll . - gallagher . - 33-1 .
The Jukebox Man - b.a.n.c. - 14-1 .
Grey Dawning . - ryanair or Gold Cup . - 16-1 . ...... B365. prices .
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Grey Dawning will be aimed at the Gold Cup. He'll go to the Betfair Chase with or without a prep.
A personal preference but I'd be looking at Regents Stroll for the Albert Bartlett, but I wouldn't want to be betting on that race at all at this stage.
I do like the idea of UK themed yankee. And it's maybe this time of the year when we should be going left field anyway.
I think if it's solely UK horses then avoid the Gold Cup where the Irish seem to have a serious stranglehold on the race.
I am puzzled as to why FastorSlow is 12/1, I'm not wild about the price but he would have a serious chance for me and shouldn't be double digits.
I also think he is one who can handle better ground well where others may be a little inconvenienced by it, as i say 12/1 not huge but probably OK.....
I am puzzled as to why FastorSlow is 12/1, I'm not wild about the price but he would have a serious chance for me and shouldn't be double digits.
I also think he is one who can handle better ground well where others may be a little inconvenienced by it, as i say 12/1 not huge but probably OK.....
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I mentioned on COD's diary that I'd only like Regents Stroll for the AB but I have my usual suspicion that Nicholls will run him in the Gallaghers instead (assuming he proves good enough of course).
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If it’s a UK Yankee then what about Caldwell Potter? Not been seen out since G1 win in December when he put a good field to the sword admittedly on hvy ground. GE said we will not see the best of him till facing a fence. Now he’s with Nichols he will not waste much time before going fencing assuming there are no issues and I have not heard any. There is always the risk with Nichols that he might bypass Cheltenham but as the owners already see him as Gold Cup prospect there has to be every chance they will want to give him Chelt (Festival) experience. I personally dont see him as an Arkle type, the current betting would suggest a toss up between Turners and BANC. The former would be my guess but interested in other views.
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He's definitely one to consider. Breeding-wise two and half is fine, but he'll get three miles at some point, Given he's never been beyond 2 miles, you'd have to say The Turners is the most likely destination.
Caldwell Potter isn't back in the yard yet and going by the size of him he's enjoyed his summer out at grass If he's out in November I'd be surprised. Suspect they'd look to go for a soft enough novice chase first time seeing as he's not been on track since December. Could see them building for the Scilly Isles potentially and then take a view on spring targets from there.
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I would agree with you , and Spectre , and I've backed Regent's Stroll for Both of those Races . As a decent price - 33-1. :indecisiveness: .
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….until the handicaps come into play, I’m not sure we’d have 4 UK based winners in the races being suggested.
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If we're going UK themed then I've not completely given up on Captain Teague.
Was always going to be a chaser really wasn't he. So this is his final chance! You've got to ignore a pretty average novice hurdling season but that helps with the price. There's some reasonable form in there if you really want to look for it, like beating the AB second. But he was ultimately disappointing after finishing a really good third in the Champion Bumper.
BANC is the obvious one but he ran such a shocker in the AB that I wonder if he'll come back in trip. He's 33/1 for both BANC and Turners. They seemed unsure whether to go AB and Ballymore, and ultimately I think they'd have got similar results in either but that's not to say he can't improve for a fence. Stage Star a recent Nicholls Turners winner, who also won the Challow and ran a shocker at Cheltenham afterwards. Difference being he was PU in the Ballymore rather than the AB. Ginny's Destiny another who ran well in Turners for Nicholls this year after being an average novice hurdler.
Definitely won't be to everyone's taste this but they're both races the UK trainers have reasonable very recent records in; 4 of last 6 Turners winners and 4 of last 6 BANC winners. There's a lot of pretty average novice hurdlers in there that made huge improvements as well. They'd be two races I'd be at least looking at for a UK trained yankee. 2/6 in the Arkle and 1/6 in the NHC in the same period.
Imagine Nicholls has Caldwell Potter and Captain Teague to split between the two races.
Was always going to be a chaser really wasn't he. So this is his final chance! You've got to ignore a pretty average novice hurdling season but that helps with the price. There's some reasonable form in there if you really want to look for it, like beating the AB second. But he was ultimately disappointing after finishing a really good third in the Champion Bumper.
BANC is the obvious one but he ran such a shocker in the AB that I wonder if he'll come back in trip. He's 33/1 for both BANC and Turners. They seemed unsure whether to go AB and Ballymore, and ultimately I think they'd have got similar results in either but that's not to say he can't improve for a fence. Stage Star a recent Nicholls Turners winner, who also won the Challow and ran a shocker at Cheltenham afterwards. Difference being he was PU in the Ballymore rather than the AB. Ginny's Destiny another who ran well in Turners for Nicholls this year after being an average novice hurdler.
Definitely won't be to everyone's taste this but they're both races the UK trainers have reasonable very recent records in; 4 of last 6 Turners winners and 4 of last 6 BANC winners. There's a lot of pretty average novice hurdlers in there that made huge improvements as well. They'd be two races I'd be at least looking at for a UK trained yankee. 2/6 in the Arkle and 1/6 in the NHC in the same period.
Imagine Nicholls has Caldwell Potter and Captain Teague to split between the two races.
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Inthewaterside might fall into this category too. They were really keen on him after his bumper season but he didn't really excel over hurdles last season. He might be a different proposition over fences.
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Fair shout. He's a big old boy as well isn't he. Could be better suited to fences. He'd need an even bigger jump than those mentioned though, not even competing in (proper) graded novice hurdles. Imagine he'd be a big price. Maybe one for BEX
Paul Nicholls:
If I had to put my money where my mouth is, I’d say Regent’s Stroll is the smartest of our bumper horses to go novice hurdling next season. He was very good in his two bumper wins at Ascot and Newbury, and he’s a cracking horse to look forward to. I’ve already schooled him; he jumps well, and he could be our Gallaghers (Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle, Cheltenham Festival) horse for next year.
Not sure exactly when he made this comment but was something I saved probably April time.
If I had to put my money where my mouth is, I’d say Regent’s Stroll is the smartest of our bumper horses to go novice hurdling next season. He was very good in his two bumper wins at Ascot and Newbury, and he’s a cracking horse to look forward to. I’ve already schooled him; he jumps well, and he could be our Gallaghers (Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle, Cheltenham Festival) horse for next year.
Not sure exactly when he made this comment but was something I saved probably April time.