Arkle 2019

[ComplyOrDie]

Perhaps Patrick meant for the season

Which would ordinarily make sense, but even Patrick must have known it was a Cheltenham Festival Preview he was attending....

[charlie]

Perhaps Patrick meant for the season

Tbf it was a very straightforward question re Cheltenham, with a not so straightforward answer.

[monkfish]

Adding to that Tony Mullins saying the same thing at a preview night, they must be trying to get him ready in what is a very open Arkle.

[jack1092]

Tbf it was a very straightforward question re Cheltenham, with a not so straightforward answer.

Exactly my thought, i half expected Thom Malone to ask him to clarify. Didn't make sense at all. He'll not be making the Arkle.

[ComplyOrDie]

Looks like a decision has been made for Defi Du Seuil, and it is the JLT, if the exchanges are anything to go by anyway. Extremely weak. 14's to back, zilch to lay for the Arkle.

[Istabraq]

Looks like a decision has been made for Defi Du Seuil, and it is the JLT, if the exchanges are anything to go by anyway. Extremely weak. 14's to back, zilch to lay for the Arkle.

Right decision if true....

[jack1092]

Interesting decision- Not really sure there's a right or wrong one, he could go to either and still be pretty much the same price to win.

[Quevega]

If they've made the decision now.
It's the wrong decision 100%.
As there is no need.
But the market strongly suggests that if nothing much changes and ground is normal they have sights on the JLT at this stage still.

[jack1092]

This PP and Betfair price discrepancy strategy feels wrong to me...

[ComplyOrDie]

If they've made the decision now.
It's the wrong decision 100%.
As there is no need.
But the market strongly suggests that if nothing much changes and ground is normal they have sights on the JLT at this stage still.

Nothing other than the exchanges to go on, but thought it was certainly worth noting. I wouldn't suggest it is 100% myself.

[ComplyOrDie]

This PP and Betfair price discrepancy strategy feels wrong to me...

What do you mean?

[jack1092]

What do you mean?

Betfair pushing things very large- while PP sit short.

BF are 6s on defi, whereas, PP 5/2

[boopa]

BF are not nrnb.

[jack1092]

BF are not nrnb.

That explains it very quickly..

[charlie]

Just watched the Lalor performance at Cheltenham back. Can't help but think, even after disappointing last time out, that had he performed like that at Cheltenham for hendo/mullins/elliot/nicholls, then he would be a fair bit shorter than 3/1, even more so when you consider the market has been decimated by injuries and non runners. As much as I want Lalor to win a Cilaos Emery return and win would be epic for so many on here