bonny
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Just how good is Noble Yeats, I thought talk of the Gold Cup was a bit optimistic but not anymore.
Today’s saturday racing
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Crazy_cat_lady
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He looked completely cooked then just took off
Not sure what's going on with Ahoy Senor he looked so good last season must be frustrating
Not sure what's going on with Ahoy Senor he looked so good last season must be frustrating
Clodagh
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He seems to have forgotten how to jump. (AS).
Poor Ben Bromley.
Jon Bon was electric.
Poor Ben Bromley.
Jon Bon was electric.
bonny
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Plus Jonbon and Facile Vega, it’s a day for potential stars
humblepie
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They have such issues with that double finish posts at Sandown.
Clodagh
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I’m sure it would be possible to get rid of one? Is it to do with the flat finish? Could they not remove it in winter?
28 day ban, poor kid.
humblepie
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I think one is the hurdle finish and one the chase finish. It’s an unusual layout.
Clodagh
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Edward stone. ?. I love that little horse.
Crazy_cat_lady
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Shishkin never looked happy. Is the bone condition still troubling him?
bonny
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No, shouldn’t think so, he ran like a horse who was struggling to go the pace.
Clodagh
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I don’t think he’ll ever get over that race with Energume. (Spelling!). He just looked far from what he was last year.
Maddie Moo
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Facile Vega looks like a very exciting prospect in hurdles this year ?
Crazy_cat_lady
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Leader in that race went far too quick
Unsurprisingly red happy on his 22nd start of the year completely tailed off
Unsurprisingly red happy on his 22nd start of the year completely tailed off
Elf On A Shelf
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I only watched the Many Clouds chase on my phone whilst clipping today. AS is fine he is just an idiot. No amount of schooling at home has toned him down a bit at the start of a race ? when he jumps well he jumps really well. When he doesn't he is a complete moron ?
I was really surprised at Noble Yeats turn of foot! He is a staying handicapper - or he was last year! That was impressive! Will he win a Gold Cup? For me no. Whilst he will keep on galloping all day long I doubt he will have the speed to keep up in the GC.
I was really surprised at Noble Yeats turn of foot! He is a staying handicapper - or he was last year! That was impressive! Will he win a Gold Cup? For me no. Whilst he will keep on galloping all day long I doubt he will have the speed to keep up in the GC.
Crazy_cat_lady
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Do you think he will need cheekpieces or something or would they make him worse? He must be so hard to predict
The Wilson's poor horses... Why are the authorities allowing them to be flogged didn't realise Red Happy was only 5...
Elf On A Shelf
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No head gear will probably make him keener and more revvy. Its excitement and pent up engery he is expending being an idiot.
Quite a few people are now questioning the running if those certain owners horses. I really do hope the BHA look into it but I can't see it happening any time soon. As I said all horses are looked over by BHA vets and staff every time they enter and leave the stable yard as well as in the paddock. If they looked bad, rough or ill it would be picked up on. The poor things must just be exhausted.
bonny
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Red happy is entered again next week and then believe it or not, he’s entered in the King George !
Crazy_cat_lady
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Dear goodness poor horse, only 5 years old, can't be doing his long term future much good.
The approach just seems to be put blinkers on and run them repeatedly, although I don't think his other horses run as much.
I can see more people are starting to question it and I think DP even responded to one saying he doesn't do much at home....
It's not like they're sprint races. He's also clearly struggling as his results are tailing off. Given the owners history of having no hopers in big races no chance he misses the king George
Surely the BHA need to step in and enforce a break on the horse?
Elf On A Shelf
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Moving onto today we see the return of Honeysuckle in the Hattons Grace. There are some nice horses in the race but I fully expect them to be playing for place money behind the hurdling queen.
Gamebird
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After a long day at Aintree yesterday I'm looking forward to watching it from the sofa - the Royal Bond and Drinmore should be good too. Providing the work phone stays quiet ?. Much as I'd love to see one of ours win the HG, I don't want to see Honeysuckle beaten. So I'll take a dead heat! ?
Your winner at Sandown was impressive!
Your winner at Sandown was impressive!
bonny
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Can I ask you what the stable are saying about Facile Vega ? In a yard full of stars, does he stand out ?
Clodagh
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Well Honeysuckle! Such a shame.
I wonder if all well with HDB’s horses? ( I don’t really follow Irish racing).
I wonder if all well with HDB’s horses? ( I don’t really follow Irish racing).
bonny
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No, the stable is out of form, horrible ground, horrible weather and her first race. If she was ever going to be beaten it was today, I hope that’s not the end of the road for her and we see her winning again.
teapot
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Clodagh
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I don’t think Bonny or I were blaming him at all, just saying his horses aren’t running well. It happens to the best of them. Of which HDB is one.
bonny
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Of course there’s no blame involved. Stable form comes and goes often for reasons that no one knows, it just happens. Gordon Elliot can do no wrong just now and he’s winning a lot of the races, come next year that could all change.
Clodagh
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Oh I hope so!
Elf On A Shelf
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She wasn't beaten far and it was only really the last 25-30 yards she was truly passed. The HG is 2m3f. The Champion Hurdle is 2m. So the extra few furlongs on minginh ground told. It's a shame she was beaten but all the greats have to beaten at some point. She won't be retired until the end of the season. Kenny is a racing and gambling man. He won't back down from the CH fight. He will relish it. And once Cheltenham is over, and maybe Punchestown she will head to stud to be covered then come to Ayrshire where I promise I will post lots of pics of her when we take the boys there for their summer holidays!
GB - yes Rocky was awesome wasn't he! His first chase was scary, his 2nd was good but there is always the worry of them getting the railway fences and he got them spot on! A very exciting wee horse! As a bonus the guys who produced him for his ptp were at Sandown selling another after racing on Saturday so they were delighted to be able to be there to see him win and win so well.
Orangehorse
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Noble Yeats was rocket propelled at the finish. But Gold Cup at Cheltenham? That horrid uphill finish, and all the ups and downs around the course, i'ts not a flat course like Aintree.
I wonder if he will run in the King George?
It was a shame that Honeysuckle was beaten, but the ground looked nasty. I remember thinking when she won at Cheltenham that I had never seen a racehorse look so fit and well.
I wonder if he will run in the King George?
It was a shame that Honeysuckle was beaten, but the ground looked nasty. I remember thinking when she won at Cheltenham that I had never seen a racehorse look so fit and well.
Gamebird
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I'd say they're pretty impressed.
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