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Champion Hurdle 2019

Champion Hurdle 2019

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delsie777 said:
Same thing innit?
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No. Apples Jade has better form and Laurina needs to be a super star to be in the same league.

Under rated Apples

How do you like those apples

:highly_amused:
 
Scooby91 said:
No doubt way easier. But if she dosent have another run. She's not going to get beat. So they'd go CH.

If she does have another run. It's not going to be on decent ground with sharjah and Melon in opposition.

We won't find our whether the confidence in her is misplaced until the CH.

I'll be sick if it's team tactics and they hold everything up, laurina goes off infront and is allowed a soft lead. And nothing wants to make up the ground early from his other runners to give her a freebie.

Only way I see she could win.
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It will be team tactics, it was last season too, but not just by WPM, by JP/Hendo too, they had Charli Parcs, WPM had Faugheen, both as pace makers, so the closers, Buveur D'air & Melon, respectively, could run their races, the difference this time around is that if it is Laurina who makes the running we don't know how good she really is and there may be no coming back to field for her, just depends if you think she is good enough to do it like that or not, surely?
 
ComplyOrDie said:
It will be team tactics, it was last season too, but not just by WPM, by JP/Hendo too, they had Charli Parcs, WPM had Faugheen, both as pace makers, so the closers, Buveur D'air & Melon, respectively, could run their races, the difference this time around is that if it is Laurina who makes the running we don't know how good she really is and there may be no coming back to field for her, just depends if you think she is good enough to do it like that or not, surely?
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Be Willie's greatest training feat if she does, especially after no more preps.
 
Nicky/Jp will surely have a pacemaker in there like Charli Parcs last year so Laurina doesnt get it handy from the front?
 
Samcro has been found to have a lung infection. He will go on a course of antibiotics for ten days and a trip to Cheltenham is looking very doubtful at this stage, revealed Gigginstown House Stud racing manager Eddie O'Leary
 
Least they’ve found something. Forget this season now and school him intently ready for fences next year
 
If that is what they are saying, and they manage to get him over it how big a price is he currently, assuming he turns up the animal they/others thought he was prior to this?

16's NRNB, they will only run if they believe he is over it and back to his best, the downside being tying up of the money until he is either declared or not with the most likely outcome of him being not declared (still) at this stage.
 
I think they will write this season off now with him, and see what happens next season
 
Bet my 3rd value loser. Petit Mouchoir 120 down to 100.
 
boopa said:
Bet my 3rd value loser. Petit Mouchoir 120 down to 100.
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Haha. I love that saying.

Would you be planning to trade out on him on the day?
 
I wonder why Samcro's problem wasn't detected after the race...
 
They said it was "deep routed"? Maybe that's why it was missed, not sure how extensive the tests would be after it?
 
Surely hasn’t had a lung infection all season though??? How long do lung infections last in horses?
 
Kautostar said:
Surely hasn’t had a lung infection all season though??? How long do lung infections last in horses?
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I don't think they're trying to explain his runs all season, just trying to justify why he travelled well then stopped and got beaten by Tombstone...
 
Kevloaf said:
I don't think they're trying to explain his runs all season, just trying to justify why he travelled well then stopped and got beaten by Tombstone...
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Because they know Samcro is better than Tombstone.
 
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