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Champion Hurdle 2020

Kevloaf said:
I think his money would come later than 11am?


Somebodies money is coming though!




Get on the 40/1 Christmas Hurdle / Champion Hurdle double JP, if you're reading this! :highly_amused:
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Kautothegreat8 said:
I would now be slightly concerned that she doesn’t like Cheltenham. Only bad race she’s ran was at Cheltenham in a very weak race.
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At the price she is that definitely becomes a big question mark.

What a pants race this is.



Good shout on Silver Streak ew too earlier
 
How mental is it, that this next sentence isn't absolutely mental ....


Faugheen should run in this race
 
Kevloaf said:
I think his money did come late.

Did you get on the special too Lobos?

Just heard the quotes for CH for her now, jeez
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On her at 25's for Churdle. Well done on 40's. Very impressive today.
 
Can cash Epatante for 8pts profit for the Mares Hurdle, and I may well do so
 
Hurricane fly said:
7/2 for Eptante

Christ alive
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Pretty fair I'd say after her demolition today. She deserves to be that price.....at the moment. Winner of KD v CS might change things. I think we will see a Top performance from the latter
 
Personally this race has been deemed weak and was crying out for someone to step up. Going in to today I was praying for Eptante not to win and convince connections not to go here, (probably in thier heads already mind) but the worst happened from my pocket point of view, she won and thier idea will be a reality now, Im on her for the mares!

But i think the market will change quite alot leading up to the festival! KD or CS or someone else could put a good performance between now and then amd market fav will change throughout, just my opinion! But takw nothing away from epatante she won in style, but looking at trends, as the race prouduced the CH winner much over the years? (Faugheen is only one I remember)
 
Lobos said:
Pretty fair I'd say after her demolition today. She deserves to be that price.....at the moment. Winner of KD v CS might change things. I think we will see a Top performance from the latter
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Beating Silver Streak 5 lengths does not warrant being 7/2 favourite, all I saw was the Fusil bubble burst, which as a 4 year old stepping up should not be a surprise
 
Hurricane fly said:
Beating Silver Streak 5 lengths does not warrant being 7/2 favourite, all I saw was the Fusil bubble burst, which as a 4 year old stepping up should not be a surprise
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5 lengths doing cartwheels though. Big difference.
 
He’s a yard stick you need to beat, but I don’t think it warrants being 7/2.

It’s an odd market, Pentland Hills is still single digits. I think the bookies are desperate for a Nonirish horse to be up there in the market and are over compensating.

If you decide to ignore her Cheltenham flop she has no other form that puts her in the mix, she has beaten trees
 
I think the market for the Champion Hurdle will sort itself out in due course, whenever the market is ready to. On Boxing Day last year, nobody would have envisaged in the slightest that little over 10 weeks later Espoir D’allen would win this race by a record 15 lengths. Nobody would have suggested that any of Beveur D’air, Laurina or Apples Jade would not have featured in the top 3, when most markets on the day were suggesting the winner,2nd and 3rd would be coming from this select group. So yes, Epatante was very impressive today - but to call her the Champion Hurdle winner at this stage would be foolish with so much more racing to come between now and mid March.
 
Made one antepost bet only this year- CITY ISLAND 28/1 in this.

Makes his chase debut tomorrow but starting out now means any doubts about jumping might see a switch to hurdles and coming back next year. At 28s happy to play as I would fancy him to give a race to any of the current market leaders. Ballymore winners have good Champion hurdle credentials and I just had to cover this just in case his chasing career isn’t plain sailing.

Lovely horse though and wish connections well.

Not convinced today’s Christmas Hurdle did much in the way of give us a definitive answer and hence I’m still happy to sit and watch to see if City Island is rerouted at a nice price.
 
Al Ferof said:
Made one antepost bet only this year- CITY ISLAND 28/1 in this.

Makes his chase debut tomorrow but starting out now means any doubts about jumping might see a switch to hurdles and coming back next year. At 28s happy to play as I would fancy him to give a race to any of the current market leaders. Ballymore winners have good Champion hurdle credentials and I just had to cover this just in case his chasing career isn’t plain sailing.

Lovely horse though and wish connections well.

Not convinced today’s Christmas Hurdle did much in the way of give us a definitive answer and hence I’m still happy to sit and watch to see if City Island is rerouted at a nice price.
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Even if he turned up here he wouldn’t be fast enough for a champion hurdle in my opinion. I think we have the correct favourite at the moment as long as she acts around Cheltenham which is unfortunate for me as I don’t have anything invested in her.
 
Kautothegreat8 said:
Even if he turned up here he wouldn’t be fast enough for a champion hurdle in my opinion. I think we have the correct favourite at the moment as long as she acts around Cheltenham which is unfortunate for me as I don’t have anything invested in her.
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Understand the concerns but just a hunch that he would hang in there and that he’s a bit quicker than people think.

As I say, certainly a shot in the dark but one I had to take given my view of him.
 
Al Ferof said:
Understand the concerns but just a hunch that he would hang in there and that he’s a bit quicker than people think.

As I say, certainly a shot in the dark but one I had to take given my view of him.
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Defo worth a go and I wish you luck. I’ve thrown many darts at this race with no luck so I think I’m gonna give up.:grumpy:
 
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