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Wtf would happen to current Turners bets if the criteria is changed to a handicap, very much pocket talking here but having a gallagher + Turners bet at 20/1, would it be void or is it going to be a default loser as no chance he runs in it if it becomes a handicap
 
Zachx02 said:
Wtf would happen to current Turners bets if the criteria is changed to a handicap, very much pocket talking here but having a gallagher + Turners bet at 20/1, would it be void or is it going to be a default loser as no chance he runs in it if it becomes a handicap
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Would definitely not be a loser. Voided or single winner on Gallagher.

IF they are going to mess with races it will need to be done very quickly if they are to implement it for next March. Changes would most likely be for the 2026 season imo.
 
Lobos said:
IF they are going to mess with races it will need to be done very quickly if they are to implement it for next March. Changes would most likely be for the 2026 season imo.
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I can picture it now, them sitting around the table and suggesting no changes until 2026 as it will impact on Lobos antepost portfolio for 2025.

Or in an alternative universe, they don't consider the small world of antepost punters whatsoever :tranquillity:

Like spectre confirmed - bets would be voided anyway, so no one loses money, the way to play it is try and anticipate where horses might go if a race is lost and converted to a handicap. And the knock on effects of that. If Ballyburn is confirmed chasing then Slade Steel & Ballyburn look the key horses to combine IMO. But he might stay hurdling :rolleyes::highly_amused:
 
Was the main reason I jumped on Slade Steel for the BANC @ 50's Q. Can see Ballyburn going Arkle if the Turners is dumped. Archie says we'll be waiting until the Autumn before any decision is made re Ballyburn going chasing so we have plenty of time to think it over. Agree with the related double re those two.

Not only do we have Mullins Bingo to worry about we now have Race Bingo.
 
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Lobos said:
Was the main reason I jumped on Slade Steel for the BANC @ 50's Q. Can see Ballyburn going Arkle if the Turners is dumped. Archie says we'll be waiting until the Autumn before any decision is made re Ballyburn going chasing so we have plenty of time to think it over. Agree with the related double re those two.

Not only do we have Mullins Bingo to worry about we now have Race Bingo.
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Yep, might depend on how good Majborough looks over a fence.
 
Quevega said:
Yep, might depend on how good Majborough looks over a fence.
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He's one I'm really excited about. Don't see him as an Arkle horse so again, the Arkle could be the race for Ballyburn to slot in.....IF he goes chasing.

I really can't call it at all with Ballyburn. I was an idiot not getting him onboard TWAR prior to this year's Fez. He's the ultimate TWAR horse.
 
Gutted to read about the death of shishkin. One of my recent favourites, that race at ascot v energumene will long live in the memory. Such a shame he didn’t ever land a champion chase or a king george. I still think he would have won but for the freak unseat last year.
R.I.P Shishkin you absolute legend
 
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Poor Shishkin. So sad. Nicky has had such a tough year already. This will be very hard to take.
 
Very sad news that Shishkin has been put down after fracturing a hind leg after getting cast in his box. A dual festival winner and a typical Henderson horse, gorgeous to look at and deadly in his early career over 2 miles. Sure to be missed.
 
Really sad

That he was a complete nutcase just made me like him even more

That race vs energumene was the best jumps race iv seen in years

He still won races after but I feel he had to go to such a dark place to win that he was never quite the same again

Yet he'd have still won a king george had he not tripped
 
I'll est Francais to miss French Gold Cup after flat bit of work. Out to pasture now until the Autumn.
 
….Bryony Frost moving to France and snapped up as retainer to Double Green.
 
Eggs said:
….Bryony Frost moving to France and snapped up as retainer to Double Green.
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Wonder if she'll ride all theirs in Ireland and UK as well?
 
Hoping that Wonder Woman Lossie will dazzle again and win with her head in her chest today . Could end the day joint fav for the Champion Hurdle and make the Ballyburn decision easier for Willie.
 
Lobos said:
How many do they have over there ?
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According to FR Galop, they had 36 in 2023 and it says 19 this year (not sure if thats only counting ones that have raced this season?)

No doubt when she shows she is effective over there with her riding style she will pick up plenty of outside rides too
 
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