I’m sure the Jockey Club would argue that affects their scheduling as the week after Trials Day is the Scilly Isles at Sandown followed the week after with the Kingmaker at Warwick.
I'm expecting Cheltenham to suffer more on the basis that people who may have planned going are more likely to settle in front of the TV or pub so they can watch both, a drop of rain and that increases further.
Yeah I can see the point watching at home, but also all races are shown at the course, so anyone wanting to go racing at Cheltenham can still watch the DRF if they want to.
Yep exactly that
Cue a series of duck eggs and a mark of 147 come weights release....
TUTTI QUANTI was very good, wasn't he? I thought he'd run well but Paul [Nicholls] has been really bullish about him to me at home and he was right. He does hang and left-handed is the key to this horse. He's obviously a good horse. I'm not quite sure he's Champion Hurdle class just yet but he's a very good horse and will be a lovely chaser next season - Harry Cobden, jockey, speaking to ITV Racing.Just had a couple hours looking at the big races and a horse that looked way over priced.
Tutti Quanti - Arkle 66-1 (excellent each way price IMO)
as low as 20-1 W,Hill.
I'd say 33-1/20-1 is much more like his true odds.
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Obviously someone is going to tell me that nicholls says he's staying over hurdles
Although I'm pretty sure he said before the champion hurdle it would be his last run before going chasing (that proved to be a lie, although he can be forgiven the run in scotland as the champion hurdle was a non event for the horse)
Hiding in plain sight and tremendous value IMOJust had a couple hours looking at the big races and a horse that looked way over priced.
Tutti Quanti - Arkle 66-1 (excellent each way price IMO)
as low as 20-1 W,Hill.
I'd say 33-1/20-1 is much more like his true odds.
Jumped out to me as his Betfair win was very good indeed, had no chance after the start in the champion hurdle, and then was giving masses of weight in the Scottish champion and still leading when he fell at the second last.
His sire (chanducoq) is relatively new but had a good season last year with this horse, apolon de charnie and he's on fire all advertising the sires potential as a NH sire for the foreseeable future, the sires dad was voix du nord who also excelled with chasers such as kemboy, defi du seuil, taquin de seuil, bachasson, vibrato valtat, all rated over 160+ over fences.
The dams sire was Muhtathir who produced Envoi Allen and other top rated horses in recent times.
He's also a big looking thing and likely to make a better chaser as a lot of Nicholls horses often do.
I'm not opposed to backing a 2 mile chaser trainer by Nicholls and so the 66-1 looks big enough for a French bred hurdler rated 151 (old park star OR155 so won't be far off the best of those coming from the hurdle scene).
He'll also be 7 next year which is a good age for a very good arkle horse as the last four 7yr olds to win it were Shiskin, Altior, Un De Seaux and Simonsig.
Bored now so I'll put something up for the gold cup tomorrow if i remember.
Obviously someone is going to tell me that nicholls says he's staying over hurdles
Although I'm pretty sure he said before the champion hurdle it would be his last run before going chasing (that proved to be a lie, although he can be forgiven the run in scotland as the champion hurdle was a non event for the horse)
