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The Boodles Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle

Imperial Commander said:
Is it fair to think that if CPS have moved Quilixios to HDB then with it only being 2 weeks to the Festival, that a conversation about the target race has already happened? Don't think HDB will just have been left to do whatever he thinks.
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Agree. If Gordon thought Quixilos best chance of winning at the Fez was in the Boodles then that is where he'll end up regardless of a move to another trainer.
 
Rumours Q is going to Mullins apparently.
 
Nortons who said:
If correct then one would imagine Sir G will go to WM as well, possibly along with Ballyadam.
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The rumour i heard (very much a rumour) is all CPS to Henry except Quilixios.

Sort of surprised me as Sir G struck me as more a WPM horse than Henry. Then again that would be Sir G vs Kilcruit.
 
jack1092 said:
The rumour i heard (very much a rumour) is all CPS to Henry except Quilixios.

Sort of surprised me as Sir G struck me as more a WPM horse than Henry. Then again that would be Sir G vs Kilcruit.
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I hope thats the case and they are going to henry or another Irish trainer

As all of Gordon's best horses being sent to willie potentially sets up irish jumps racing like Irish flat racing where the big races are almost exclusively won by the same yard over and over
 
jack1092 said:
The rumour i heard (very much a rumour) is all CPS to Henry except Quilixios.

Sort of surprised me as Sir G struck me as more a WPM horse than Henry. Then again that would be Sir G vs Kilcruit.
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What I heard as well. With Q to WPM.
 
If the rumours are true, is it a possible worry that Mullins likes to bed horses into his regime for a period of time before running them? Are Cheveley Park potentially thinking of Quilixios skipping Cheltenham / the rest of the season altogether with a view on the novice chase campaign next year in mind? I certainly read quite a few quotes suggesting he was a real "chaser in the making".
 
Halffat1 said:
If the rumours are true, is it a possible worry that Mullins likes to bed horses into his regime for a period of time before running them? Are Cheveley Park potentially thinking of Quilixios skipping Cheltenham / the rest of the season altogether with a view on the novice chase campaign next year in mind? I certainly read quite a few quotes suggesting he was a real "chaser in the making".
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IMO I think he will work him alongside FA and decide then, if FA is working all over him then keep him to next year, if not then send him Triumph. I think the Boodles is as good as off the table personally. :angel:
 
They aren't going to move him to Mullins, for Mullins to then decide he won't race at Cheltenham. If the original plan was to go to Cheltenham, then that remains. He won't just work him next to FA and if one works all over the other, one won't go. Some horses are brilliant work horses and some aren't.
 
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Halffat1 said:
If the rumours are true, is it a possible worry that Mullins likes to bed horses into his regime for a period of time before running them? Are Cheveley Park potentially thinking of Quilixios skipping Cheltenham / the rest of the season altogether with a view on the novice chase campaign next year in mind? I certainly read quite a few quotes suggesting he was a real "chaser in the making".
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....I suppose much will depend on the timing of the move. With just two weeks to the Festival, I suppose the physical move wouldn’t have to be immediate. The horses will be used to travelling to races, I just wonder if they might remain in Elliott yard until just before they come over.
 
Halffat1 said:
If the rumours are true, is it a possible worry that Mullins likes to bed horses into his regime for a period of time before running them?
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This may well be the case when taking a horse from France or a PTP outfit but these are all established racehorses who are fit and preparing to run in the come competitive meeting of the year.
The risk is that some horses have reactions to certain bedding, feed etc but I'm sure the HDB/Mullins/Meade teams (and anyone else who receives horses) will be on top of this quickly...
 
Halffat1 said:
If the rumours are true, is it a possible worry that Mullins likes to bed horses into his regime for a period of time before running them? Are Cheveley Park potentially thinking of Quilixios skipping Cheltenham / the rest of the season altogether with a view on the novice chase campaign next year in mind? I certainly read quite a few quotes suggesting he was a real "chaser in the making".
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I think owners will want to minimise the disruption of this incident so I imagine clearly defined targets will be honoured
 
jack1092 said:
The rumour i heard (very much a rumour) is all CPS to Henry except Quilixios.

Sort of surprised me as Sir G struck me as more a WPM horse than Henry. Then again that would be Sir G vs Kilcruit.
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CPS more my line of thinkng then
 
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Added 2.5pts on Houx Gris. He has been abolsutely smashed up. Apparently he worked really well today, but I haven't seen it
 
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