| Horse | Race | Race |
| Sortudo | Supreme | |
| Big Westerner | BANC | |
| Kadastral | Supreme | Turners |
| Mydaddypaddy | Supreme | Turners |
| Brighterdaysahead | | |
| Woodhoh | Mares Hurdle | |
| Jukebox Man | Ryanair | |
| Anzadam | Champion Hurdle | |
| Derryhassen Paddy | BANC | |
| Rockys Diamond | BANC? | |
| The Yellow Clay | Stayers | Pertemps |
| Kalif du Berlais | CC | |
| Jimmy du Seuil | BANC | |
| Place de La Nation | Mares Hurdle |
| Hipop de Loire | Bartlett |
| Manlaga | Triumph |
| William Munny | Champion Hurdle |
| Theflyingking | Bartlett |
| Constitution Hill | Champion Hurdle |
| Gaelic Warrior | Gold Cup |
Alright. Here we go. I have been keeping a tracker
Alright. Here we go. I have been keeping a tracker of the selections (and nominated races) as below...
| Horse | Race | Race |
| Sortudo | Supreme | |
| Big Westerner | BANC | |
| Kadastral | Supreme | Turners |
| Mydaddypaddy | Supreme | Turners |
| Brighterdaysahead | | |
| Woodhoh | Mares Hurdle | |
| Jukebox Man | Ryanair | |
| Anzadam | Champion Hurdle | |
| Derryhassen Paddy | BANC | |
| Rockys Diamond | BANC? | |
| The Yellow Clay | Stayers | Pertemps |
| Kalif du Berlais | CC | |
| Jimmy du Seuil | BANC | |
| Place de La Nation | Mares Hurdle | |
| Hipop de Loire | Bartlett | |
| Manlaga | Triumph | |
| William Munny | Champion Hurdle | |
| Theflyingking | Bartlett | |
| Constitution Hill | Champion Hurdle | |
| Gaelic Warrior | Gold Cup | |
| | |
All in....20 selections were put forward in the month, with 3 of the selections covering two races. I was looking back to the above post of what we had covered already...and so thought to jot down some whittering thoughts before I land on the selection.....some of you may want to just scroll down to the bottom and I wouldn't blame you, but wanted to spell out my thought process:
The easiest decision was to write off Brighterdaysahead - this was just a hard no from the masses. Fair enough. Move on.
I wrote off Constitution Hill and Anzadam, the former because.... I'm just not emotionally willing to stake anything on him at this point, much as we'd all fecking love to see him do it again. Anzadam - coming back from injury, just a bit too much doubt there for me.
Other notables - I initially got excited by the Manlaga shout for the Triumph...but the price is short this far out, and tbh it feels like the Triumph shouts will come in October with the arrival of OJA and other literature....but also acknowledging last year's antepost strategies were completely redundant and so that was in the back of my mind to steer away from it as a race.
There was a huge wave of momentum for Jimmy du Seuil - felt like I couldn't not pick him - leg #1 done and dusted. Nice one
@ComplyOrDie . That therefore superseded Derryhassen and Rocky's Diamond.
Leg #2 - I really liked the shout of Kalif du Berlais... from
@BuckingThe Trend . The Champion Chase always cuts up as a race, so if we get a run - will be much shorter on the day. Good price and open to loads of improvement. Solid shout.
Then came the novice hurdlers which is where I spent most time deliberating.......and I know there's a bit of a risk (always is) in choosing the right race. I initially put up Mydaddypaddy for Turners, but am going to opt for him in the Supreme and hope I've done the right thing. Either way, there's sufficient backing in this forum thread behind him as a horse - and the markets suggest (as it stands) - he's bound for the opener. I think he's solid value and clearly well liked. Leg #3 done. Just hope I've opted right and he puts up a good fight against the WPM jolly in the first, whatever that will be on the day.
I didn't want to do that with two novice hurdlers, i.e. selecting a leg and then having the switcheroo on targets. I therefore came down with Gaelic Warrior for the Gold Cup again for Leg #4. I am aware it's not a guaranteed route / target - but on balance think there's a lively enough chance he will go here, more so than the hurdlers anyway. He's undervalued in the market, and there's enough reasons to back him (can Inothewayurthinking recover this year and do it again, and GDC...he's not getting any younger, despite all of his brilliance).
So...my yankee...
Jimmy du Seuil - BANC
Kalif du Berlais - Champion Chase
Mydaddypaddy - Supreme
Gaelic Warrior - Gold Cup
225,419/1 with 365
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