National Hunt Chase (4 miler) 2019

[BigChaang]

Just been looking at Bacardys , and only entry is in the 3 mile hurdle race at Leopardstown 28/12..
Squared financial christmas hurdle , So is the Stayers more likely now?.

[jono]

Just been looking at Bacardys , and only entry is in the 3 mile hurdle race at Leopardstown 28/12..
Squared financial christmas hurdle , So is the Stayers more likely now?.

Would appear that way based on that entry however I can see them going low key with his next run over fences if he were to stay that route where early entries wouldn't apply. And not unlike Mullins to block enter horses.

[BigChaang]

Yes , I didn't give the Block entry any thought Jono.

[Hurricane fly]

His jumping was dreadful again in his race earlier this year, might not have fallen but was given a length away at every fence

[TC2]

nice novice chase coming up at uttoxeter. plenty of strong staying pedigrees in there. Interesting to see how Forza Milan goes, given his famous brother

[Stormez]

Looks like chef des obeaux will need every yard of the 4 miles!

[doctorwu]

Neil Mulholland was on the Jumps Racing podcast. Confirmed again that Impulsive Star will have another crack at this race BC.



Currently 33/1. Experience will be a plus for him like you say and both Ms Parfois and Sizing Tennessee have done the form no harm. On my radar but i'd like to se a bit more from him leading up to the race and he's a horse where the markets won't cut him instantly. Currently rated 133, i'd want that to improve to really fancy him as he was 21 lengths behind the first 3 that day

BigChaang & jono,

This race tends to go to slightly classier animals than IS. I just don't think he's good enough to win this. He'd need to improve a stone imo. Good luck all the same.

[jono]

BigChaang & jono,

This race tends to go to slightly classier animals than IS. I just don't think he's good enough to win this. He'd need to improve a stone imo. Good luck all the same.

I'm not actually fancying him, I just think he comes under consideration. Agree about the classier horses and his rating of 133 goes along with that too. He'd have to improve over the next few runs for me to back him (especially as he was flagged at 50/1 for this race last year)

[BigChaang]

We might get to see Impulsive star at Cheltenham on friday at 12-45 . 3m 11/2f chase.

[jono]

His jumping was dreadful again in his race earlier this year, might not have fallen but was given a length away at every fence

True, yet there's been countless examples of horses who did the same and were poor jumpers yet were able to compete / win this race. It's one of the most forgiving races if you have the class - which he does have winning 2 grade 1's as a novice hurdler and almost certain to place in a stayers hurdle. Add in coming in the top 3 in all 3 Spring Festival Bumpers, winning the Aintree race. doctorwu makes a point in the previous post about Impulsive Star and whether he has enough class. Well this horse has class and lots of it! It's a race off level weights, run at a slow pace, over an extreme trip. Class prevails. And he'll have a top jockey onboard, who has not only won this race twice but also know the horse inside out riding him in 4 of his 5 wins.

He's rated 157 over hurdles. If he gets to anywhere near that level over fences then he'll be one of the best horses in the race. Granted he hasn't shown he can do that at all yet but the key to the horse is Patrick Mullins and I want to judge him over a fence with him onboard. There's been plenty of mentions that he actually is a good jumper at home just unfortunately he hasn't yet translated that onto the track.

[Kevloaf]

BigChaang & jono,

This race tends to go to slightly classier animals than IS. I just don't think he's good enough to win this. He'd need to improve a stone imo. Good luck all the same.

Agree with you - he's not good enough.

I made a pretty decent (even if I say so myself) case for him last year for the same race and he just isn't good enough. He finished 4th at 25/1 SP (ante post 50/1) so no returns and 25L is just a monumental amount to need to improve.

He'd need to be winning races and winning them well this year to get back on my radar

[BigChaang]

Trainer say's ... We feel he should be better this time , A year older , if he's able to finish 4th last time ,
You'd have to think he'll be competitive this year ., And Target is confirmed.

[Kevloaf]

Trainer say's ... We feel he should be better this time , A year older , if he's able to finish 4th last time ,
You'd have to think he'll be competitive this year ., And Target is confirmed.

He is 50/1 with 365, and I'd very rarely knock a bet at anything over 33/1, so best of luck.

Maybe I'll go back and read my post from this time last year and see if I can change my mind

[BigChaang]

I've seen that he's entered in another race too, So probably wait until after the weekend, see how he goes.

[boopa]

To be fair they finished 20 lengths clear of Sizing Tennessee who reversed the form with Ms Parfois. Still wont be good enough. 50/1 doesn't make it value.