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Ballymore Novice Hurdle 2020

Really q? I think there is a decent chance myself even though i dont want it to happen. 2m4f at Navan in this ground takes some getting. JP has plenty for the Supreme and the Ballymore and GE has Abacadabras for the Supreme and EA for the Ballymore. Cold give them both a nice solution? JP is also open to sending a decent one here.

Its quite possible AD is GE's second best novice. Would he run his two best against each other?

depends on how it all settles down after dublin.
Just don't think you send a classy horse to the Bartlett myself.

Abacadabras might not end up his No1 for the supreme either.
The JP thing is different this year as he has over half a dozen getting talked up, and a few others that might be just as good like Janadil and so on. If they all keep winning well, then we may have a couple in each anyway.
 
One thing I will pass on after trying to figure where all of Mullins and Elliots Novices will end up is that only 1 horse we have seen so far, IMHO and with my astute AP betting head on, is guaranteed IMHO to run in just one race only.
 
One thing I will pass on after trying to figure where all of Mullins and Elliots Novices will end up is that only 1 horse we have seen so far, IMHO and with my astute AP betting head on, is guaranteed IMHO to run in just one race only.

Honeysuckle - Champion Hurdle, after winning Irish Champion by 5 lengths.
 
Honeysuckle - Champion Hurdle, after winning Irish Champion by 5 lengths.

Naughty......but wrong. Please stick to the Novice Hurdlers.
 
One thing I will pass on after trying to figure where all of Mullins and Elliots Novices will end up is that only 1 horse we have seen so far, IMHO and with my astute AP betting head on, is guaranteed IMHO to run in just one race only.

Apologies... Forgot to name the horse!!! Fury Road.
 
There you go.... abacadbras very good, andydufrene over hyped.
 
Bit early to say AD is overhyped. We might have just seen the AB winner.
 
Let’s not forget, Latest Exhibition may be quite good himself. Be interesting to see if they stick to the AB plan and avoid EA, or stick at 2 and a half.
 
There you go.... abacadbras very good, andydufrene over hyped.

Possibly. Don't think it's as straightforward as that given the different trips and ability of Latest Exhibition.
I'd like to see them both at 2 miles. Which we may see at some point as I'd think they'd try Dufresne at 2 miles next time, as his jumping is very good on the whole. Looks less of a stayer to me, so more likely at shorter, and it remains to be seen how good Latest exhibtion could be over a trip.
It does seem patently obvious that Latest Exhibition is a dour stayer.
 
AD achieved very little on debut, jumped very well, ran his race. And was beat by a better horse.