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Thursday Card

Going in to Cheltenham I thought Pentland Hills had looked more like an Aintree horse and then he did what he did. I still think Aintree will bring about further improvement. I think he could well be a superstar from what has been a very disappointing division this year. I like him a lot. Any juvenile that did what he did to older horses at Plumpton is likely to be top drawer.

Can't see anything to touch him at Aintree. The loss of Sir Erec understandably took some of the attention away but he is a proper racehorse.
 
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when do Grade 1 entries come out ?
 
Seven Towers said:
Going in to Cheltenham I thought Pentland Hills had looked more like an Aintree horse and then he did what he did. I still think Aintree will bring about further improvement. I think he could well be a superstar from what has been a very disappointing division this year. I like him a lot. Any juvenile that did what he did to older horses at Plumpton is likely to be top drawer.

Can't see anything to touch him at Aintree. The loss of Sir Erec understandably took some of the attention away but he is a proper racehorse.
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Got a price in your head that you'd like?


Is Fusil Raffles likely to make the race?
 
I'm hoping Band Of Outlaws turns up because it will push Pentlands price out. Nico knows what he's sitting on. He loves him.
 
...I wonder if Kemboy runs in the Bowl. Trends are against it from an age perspective but I would be looking to back it in the early market if it’s overpriced.
 
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archie said:
That's today's news. A week is a long time in politics and an eternity in Willie-land.
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....ha,ha. 8-1 at the off for the Gold Cup suggested a lot of confidence. I backed him 17-1 ‘any race’ months ago and for Ryanair @ 27-1. I didn’t think GC would be the target. I recall last year WM running him in the Irish National (I backed it 33-1) but he fell at the 1st. Saying that, it suggested Mullins had no stamina doubts.

Hope he turns up.
 
....looking forward to seeing the Bowl entries and early markets now that Bristol de Mai is an intended runner.
 
Eggs said:
....looking forward to seeing the Bowl entries and early markets now that Bristol de Mai is an intended runner.
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I really hope Kemboy runs in this
 
Faugheen_Machine said:
I really hope Kemboy runs in this
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....and me. Archie suggests he will certainly have an entry and I might be drawn into having a small initial interest if he goes underrated in the early market.
 
The mighty Donn

Road To Respect
Road To Respect ran a fine race to finish third in the Ryanair Chase. Noel Meade’s horse travelled well through his race for Sean Flanagan, he was travelling as well as any of his rivals on the run down the hill to the third last fence, but he got in tight to that obstacle, which caused him to lose valuable ground and momentum at a crucial stage of the race. He was always playing catch-up after that and, even though he came back on the bridle around the home turn, he just couldn’t get to Frodon and Aso. He didn’t really meet the second last fence on a stride, and, while he was good and long at the last, he just couldn’t bridge the gap.

Of course, this race was all about Bryony Frost and Frodon, but the performance that Road To Respect put up in finishing third, just three lengths behind the winner, may have gone a little under the radar as a result. It was probably up there with the best of his career, despite the fact that he came home without his off-hind shoe.

The Gigginstown House horse is a top class horse, he finished fourth in last year’s Gold Cup, when the combination of ground and distance probably stretched his stamina beyond its limit. He was only seven then though, he is more mature now. He looked very good on his seasonal debut at Down Royal, and he ran Bellshill to a short head in the Irish Gold Cup, when he didn’t jump as well as he can jump off the good ground. He is at his best going left-handed, so, even though he seems to be better going right than he used to be in his younger days, it may be that the Betfred Bowl at Aintree rather than the Punchestown Gold Cup is the race for him now.

Cheltenham, 14th March 2019

https://donnmcclean.com/2019/03/14/road-to-respect-6/

I presume the 6 in the link means this is the sixth time he has pit him up :)
 
....hoping to see Thursday entries at some stage tomorrow.
 
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