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Ballymore Novice Hurdle 2019

What is it about his French form that interests you? You said Epatante's form was worth nothing, but its well ahead of this fella's.



Some comments I was given, then followed them up as
Im also friendly with the breeder/ trainers family Jerome devilder.
 
DDO pretty very weak on the exchanges.

If a general person was on oddschecker and you saw a horse that said it finished last, 5th of 5 on his only start 2 years ago, you'd think it was nuts that he's in at even money.
 
Willie Mullins can find nothing untoward with Tornado Flyer after his disappointing run at Naas last weekend.

One of the leading bumper performers last season, he finished third behind stablemate Relegate at Cheltenham before winning his Grade One at Punchestown.

Having triumphed at Punchestown on his hurdling debut, his clash with Battleoverdoyen in the Grade One Lawlor's of Naas Novice Hurdle was billed as one of the best of the season to date, but he was pulled up by Ruby Walsh.

"I don't know what happened to Tornado Flyer. We had a few horses run disappointingly and Come To Me (seventh in the same race) gave a few coughs following the race," said Mullins.

"However, nothing has shown up with Tornado Flyer and I was going to work him on Thursday but left him alone to David Casey.

"He will probably have a run shortly as he didn't have a race at Naas. I think he may have backed off the other horses early in the race and become detached, but we'll have to wait and see."
 
Some notable absentees in the punchestown grade 1s for mullins.
No blackbow. Quick grabim is self evident. And no carefully selected. Annamix straight up in trip
 
Some notable absentees in the punchestown grade 1s for mullins.
No blackbow. Quick grabim is self evident. And no carefully selected. Annamix straight up in trip

I've cashed out my blackbow bets. His price hasn't changed, and I'll just restake again if I ever see him on a racecourse this year
 
Some notable absentees in the punchestown grade 1s for mullins.
No blackbow. Quick grabim is self evident. And no carefully selected. Annamix straight up in trip

I was doubtful he would start off Blackbow or Carefully Selected in a grade 1 at the Dublin festival. They’ll most likely take up a maiden that weekend or elsewhere before Cheltenham. That’s if we see them at all this season.
 
Some notable absentees in the punchestown grade 1s for mullins.
No blackbow. Quick grabim is self evident. And no carefully selected. Annamix straight up in trip

And for the ones on him. No jon snow in the spring juvenile.
 
I was doubtful he would start off Blackbow or Carefully Selected in a grade 1 at the Dublin festival. They’ll most likely take up a maiden at that weekend or elsewhere before Cheltenham. That’s if we see them at all this season.

He always block enters normally. As you can tell he's some wild ones there. Would be a change of tact.
 
I reckon we will see a few of them in maidens prior to the DRF myself, including Annamix, despite the entry that shows him drastically up in trip.