Cheltenham Day 1

Just touched off into 2nd! Good scrap between the first 2 home!

Sadly I have to return to work tomorrow as Theatre Guide did not finish in the top 4 to keep my 375k accumulator dream alive!
 
EKW said:
Mullins can't buy a winner today! So pleased for Gordon Elliot!
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Same here! GE always seems so nice, you must see him about quite a bit at the Scottish tracks? The mares was a great race, I love Vroum Vroum Mag, she has got a lovely head, she would make a cracking hunter.
The Champion Hurdle was fab, almost a shame JP had 3, it would have been lovely for My Tent to finally win.
 
GE is at every Perth meeting. I can assure you that there will be some party going on in Cheltenham tonight! He won the Champion trainer at Perth last season and he refused to stay to be presented with his prize because the new main pic in the weighing room, unveiled that day, was of Willie Mullins and McCoy - Perth say it was a pic of McCoy but there are thousands of pics of McCoy out there they didn't need to put one up of a trainer that never sends a single horse over to Perth!

New bet for tomorrow - GE will be sporting dark Aiden O'Brien sunglasses tomorrow :D :D :D
 
Apparently he had a seizure, and was still alive at the end of racing. I thought he was having a heart attack, it looked awful.
 
Joseph's wee brother said he is ok, in a stable and being pumped full of fluids.

He smacked the last fence, galloped a stride or two and then moved like a puppet horse - hugely exagerated in every respect until he was pulled up. He didn't look like he had broken anything but it was like nothing I had ever seen before. I hope he makes a full recovery.

I look after this horses half brother. There are only the 2 of them as my one was born by c-section so the mare can't have another foal. They are like chalk and cheese in looks. Edwulf tall and rangy, Midnight is tall but built like an absolute tank.
 
Much as I love Cheltenham I found the whole afternoon strangely underwhelming. I don't know why, maybe it was the lack of former champions defending their crowns. I dunno. I just didn't feel the buzz today.
 
To be fair you can't defend your Supreme Novices crown and last years winner went on to win the Arkle this year. The Arkle crown also can not be won twice.

Limini failed to claim back hers Mares title and was beaten by the Triumph Hurdle runner up of last year.

My Tent Or Yours was 2nd in the Champion Hurdle for the 3rd time - Mr Consistency just without a win in it. The winner this year was 3rd in the Supreme last year behind Altior - Arkle winner. Last years Champion Hurdle winner is out through injury - its horses, it happens.

Un Temp Pour Tout won his race again - just.

Tiger Roll won the Triumph Hurdle 3 years ago came back to win the National Hunt Chase.

You can't really ask much more of previous Champions on day one.

Its over the next few days where previous winners can really defend their titles.
 
KautoStar1 said:
Much as I love Cheltenham I found the whole afternoon strangely underwhelming. I don't know why, maybe it was the lack of former champions defending their crowns. I dunno. I just didn't feel the buzz today.
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Me too...I think last year got off to such an amazing start as I was so SO excited about Altior in the Supreme...and then watching Douvan and Annie Power storm home - it was just so exciting. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it, I just wasn't screaming quite as much as I was last year, I felt a bit deflated! Anyway, come on Wednesday....it's Might Bite and Douvan day!!
 
Yes everything you say EKW is right I know but it just felt a flat day. Couldn't really get excited by it all. Even Altior wasn't as spectacular as he usually is.

Anyway roll on today.
 
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