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Not sure you can attach any blame on Heskin for those rides. He has been a bit of a cliff horse for me too. I was considering backing him again for this but much prefer Gold Present, whose form took a boost with Frodon winning on Saturday.
No, that was more a specific comment about the tactics on that horse and a general comment about Heskin. I find him very one dimensional.
She isn't quoted but would Mia's Storm be a good fit for this? That is assuming she came out of Kempton unscathed? Perhaps someone can update?
Not sure you can attach any blame on Heskin for those rides. He has been a bit of a cliff horse for me too. I was considering backing him again for this but much prefer Gold Present, whose form took a boost with Frodon winning on Saturday.
Will they bump Gold Present up again in light of Frodon?
My issue with GPO still is that, his win is CLEARLY the best handicap rform of the season, so I think the price will have already gone... (I think we've had this conversation already though!)
Will they bump Gold Present up again in light of Frodon?
My issue with GPO still is that, his win is CLEARLY the best handicap rform of the season, so I think the price will have already gone... (I think we've had this conversation already though!)
They didn't bump him up this week Kev, still rated 155.
They didn't bump him up this week Kev, still rated 155.
What price are you on at?
14s normal
12s WH NR insurance
10s NRNB
My arguement that he is well found in the market isn't going to go away, but that does mean he'll be a single figure price...ergo argueably value still....
WIll Henderson want to give up that 5lb claim in any handicap race?
Suppose it depends what else he has, but people will be queuing up for Bowen, and NdB probably isn't a 5lb better jockey?
I am afraid I not on the Bowen bandwagon, just yet. Let's see where he is in a couple of years. They put him on Thomas Campbell at the weekend and he didn't make a scrap of difference, at least in a positive sense. It might have been the ground but the horse didn't seem to travel a yard. I don't think it is so much about whether De Boinville is 5lbs better, it is more about the fact that he has struck up a good relationship with the horse. At this stage I don't think there is any need to tinker with that.
I am afraid I not on the Bowen bandwagon, just yet. Let's see where he is in a couple of years. They put him on Thomas Campbell at the weekend and he didn't make a scrap of difference, at least in a positive sense. It might have been the ground but the horse didn't seem to travel a yard. I don't think it is so much about whether De Boinville is 5lbs better, it is more about the fact that he has struck up a good relationship with the horse. At this stage I don't think there is any need to tinker with that.
Personally think there is enough evidence to say that claiming jockeys are worth their claim. I like NDB but in a handicap I'd have Bowen as I don't think NdB and his relationship with that particular horse is particularly special
Is GOLD PRESENT being aimed at the Grand National? Do you think he’ll stay that sort of trip?
He was given an entry, as you know, but as we have learnt from Whisper and Vyta Du Roc this week, it is not set in stone that he’ll run in it. He worked this morning and I’m looking at a 3m race at Ascot on 17th February as his next outing. As for the Grand National trip, we won’t know until we try.
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