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Champion Hurdle 2019

Champion Hurdle 2019

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Becoming a bit of a cliff horse isn't he now (Vision Des Flos) ...he's been the value in his last 4 starts :highly_amused:

Any race for him with a view to the Arkle looks long dead and he's 11/1 to win tomorrow making any bets on him pretty useless even at 66/1 for this race?

I was a fan but I'm bored of him. Bored of his bumper form. Irrelevant now. Not good enough. County hurdle his only hope?
 
Agree. Leaving him alone now. Very disappointed with the last run.
 
Hurricane fly said:
Vision Des Flos is the value at 11/1 but for SB to be placing in this he should be slamming these
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He also disappointed me big time at Newcastle lads, he never traveled an inch and his jumping (his one reliable weapon) deserted him badly. Hope the Tizzards aren’t emptying him out too soon in the season cause he has potential there somewhere.

Still think the Arkle is his best chance in March but connections probably took a look a the route Willie sent Footpad last year and decided to blindly follow suit.
 
Fomo will probably lead me to getting him onside tomorrow :highly_amused:
 
Loads of money for VDF.

Hope he proves me wrong and gets that any race bet back to life
 
Took 50/1 EW 1/4 brain power.


I know. :highly_amused:
 
Willie looking towards Sandown in January for laurina now
 
Samcro to stick at 2 miles next time rather than go to the long walk too
 
Just requested a price for petit mouchoir for this with 365.
 
It's easy to laugh, but brain power mentally has improved a ton. Iv never seen him settle and take a lead like that before.
Imo he's 4th in line for this until laurina proves otherwise. No one knows if the ones infront of him will turn up or run there race. He's a genuine squeak of stealing 3rd at 50s ew taken straight after his race.

Similarly petit mouchoir, could come alive with a switch back to hurdles. At a simular price I might take a punt. And see what makes it there on the day.
 
Scooby91 said:
I think 50s. ... brain power was 50s.
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Silver Streak is 50/1 and he's just soundly beaten him.... but who knows. Let's hope they're frivolous for you.

The major negative for Brain Power was the track, he's still got a poor record on the Old course, as the International was run on the New course but it's not a stick you can really bash him with now, as you couldn't confidently say he won't perform on it again.


I wasn't thinking about the Champion Hurdle for any horse that came out of that race bar the obvious one in Summerville Boy, Brain Power wasn't on my mind and as I've missed the 50/1 I'm in no rush to back him at 25/1.
 
Have WH gone over the top on Summerville Boy at 56.5/1?

First time out (1st Dec 2018)- You can forgive that, as he'd definitely have needed the run, and drifted hugely which lends itself to the suggestion he wasn't cherry ripe.

Second/Last time out (15th December 2018) - harder to strike a line through... HOWEVER...can we forgive him his Pre-Christmas form?


Last season as a novice....

First time out (21st Oct '17) an RPR of 120
Second time out (19th Nov '17 at Chelt) an RPR of 137
Third run (second run at Cheltenham - 15th Dec 2017) he regressed and put in an RPR of 130.
4th Run - out of nowhere, he puts in an RPR of 150!(6th Jan 2018), winning the grade 1 Tolworth
5th run was the Supreme that he won, given an RPR of 156


As it's been documented before, he ran the EXACT SAME TIME as Buveur D'air that day


So is 56.5/1 a little bit big, if we ASSUME that Summerville Boy will be a better horse after Christmas? A course and distance winner, in the exact same time as the Champion Hurdler despite not being able to jump?
 
Kevloaf said:
Have WH gone over the top on Summerville Boy at 56.5/1?

First time out (1st Dec 2018)- You can forgive that, as he'd definitely have needed the run, and drifted hugely which lends itself to the suggestion he wasn't cherry ripe.

Second/Last time out (15th December 2018) - harder to strike a line through... HOWEVER...can we forgive him his Pre-Christmas form?


Last season as a novice....

First time out (21st Oct '17) an RPR of 120
Second time out (19th Nov '17 at Chelt) an RPR of 137
Third run (second run at Cheltenham - 15th Dec 2017) he regressed and put in an RPR of 130.
4th Run - out of nowhere, he puts in an RPR of 150!(6th Jan 2018), winning the grade 1 Tolworth
5th run was the Supreme that he won, given an RPR of 156


As it's been documented before, he ran the EXACT SAME TIME as Buveur D'air that day


So is 56.5/1 a little bit big, if we ASSUME that Summerville Boy will be a better horse after Christmas? A course and distance winner, in the exact same time as the Champion Hurdler despite not being able to jump?
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I don't think you'll see him in a 2 mile hurdle again personally
 
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