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Will Close Touch make the cut 
for the 140 Handicap
for the 140 Handicap
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Last edited by Old Vic; 16 February 2015, 01:18 PM. -
Nicholls added: "Ptit Zig was unlucky to fall after getting in a bit tight to the ninth fence. It was the first mistake he has made and he will learn from it.
"He was sound when he returned to Ditcheat, but we will give him an easy week before tuning him up for the JLT Chase."Comment
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Cant be too many novices win at Cheltenham of the back of a fall. I wouldnt go as far a Hoof has on the PFN thread but with the benefit of hinsight I am sure they had waited for the Pendil. From looking an open race its starting to look like another Mullins benefit.Originally posted by Old Vic View PostComment
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Have to agree with that mayo, a fall so close to the fez is bad news in my view, the horse will still remember it and the last thing you want at Cheltenham is for a horse to start stepping at his fences.Originally posted by mayo View PostComment
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Same problem with Briar Hill in the World Hurdle.Originally posted by MrMcGoldrick View PostComment
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Definitely, they'll be lucky to have him right in three weeks, I think he landed on the cheek that he smashed at Cheltenham too, not certain about that thoughOriginally posted by mayo View PostComment
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Did a bit more digging on last time fallers
So far
In Arkle Only two of the last 28 winners failed to finish first or second last time out
All 4 JLT winners finished 1st or 2nd LTO
I think Moscow Flyer might have been last novice to win a chase after a fall.Last edited by mayo; 16 February 2015, 07:21 PM.Comment
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Keep going Mayo ,,,Probably worse outside of Novice class. Sire De Grugy ?Comment
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Moscow Flyer seemed to break all the rules. The only one to defy the age stats in the championship races as well!Comment
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What a horse ! I saw a program where some show jumpers had been cloned. You think it would pay someone to clone Moscow Kauto etc or at least gather what they need to make it happen.Originally posted by Mytentoryours View PostComment
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Yes they should. Loved that period of 2m chasing when Azertyuiop and Well Chief were chasing him home. He also had that habit of unseating Barry Geraghty once every 4 races for a while. He always had a massive following at Cheltenham didn't he.Originally posted by Lester View PostComment
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I wonder if JP has an Istabraq clone tucked away somwhereOriginally posted by Lester View Post
I suppose cloning would allow them to relace the bits that got cut off and breed from the line again. Would they be allowed to race.Comment
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Lester should know better and seems to have taken the JLT thread off topic.
JLT posts only here you can discuss the cloing of horses over here
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The following 28 horses have been scratched:
Arthur's secret (fr), balbir du mathan (fr), carole's destrier , cause of causes (usa), champagne west (ire), cheltenian (fr), close touch , deep trouble (ire), draycott place (ire), fine rightly (ire), florishwells d'ete (fr), gilgamboa (ire), grumeti , jarry d'honneur (fr), landscape (fr), little jon , mala beach (ire), mister spingsprong (ire), noble emperor (ire), perfect gentleman (ire), real steel (ire), rule the world, saphir du rheu (fr), seventh sky (ger), stellar notion (ire), un de sceaux (fr), urano (fr), val de ferbet (fr)Comment
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Gitane Du Berlais: I’d say she’s probably more likely to run in the JLT.
Vautour: He came back to win the other day. I just want to get him back to where he was last December. I still feel like I have got a good bit of work to do with him but I still think it will come. I’m heading towards the JLT - if something happened to Un De Sceaux, Vautour would probably take his place in the Arkle but otherwise he’s going to run in the JLT, I imagine.
Valseur Lido: To me, he was an RSA horse, but if Don Poli comes back to run in the RSA, they might want to go for the JLT Chase. I have to look at things from an owner’s point of view. I think he will stay though. I think I ran him in the wrong race at the Festival last year – I should have run him in the Neptune. The further he goes, the better he’ll be.Comment
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