Triumph Hurdle 2020

[Splinterboy82]

Rayapour not entered

Just about to post this myself, not at all surprised. He’ll be Willies Ebor horse before going over hurdles next year now. Sorry to all here involved from way back. May look back in a few years & wonder how that one got away...

[KingSprinterSacre]

Entries - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/...id=LdCC1x9063g

[Big Bucks]

At least Solo is there! Any word on it?

[Craigy14]

Hook Up for Mullins as well, sure he was mentioned by Ricci or Racing manager as one for the season to follow.

Not been entered anywhere as yet or priced either that I can see.

[Quevega]

Nicky Henderson with only the one entry in the triumph ?
Grand Roi.

[jack1092]

Hook Up for Mullins as well, sure he was mentioned by Ricci or Racing manager as one for the season to follow.

Not been entered anywhere as yet or priced either that I can see.

She was entered at dundalk on the flat. might run her without a prep i guess.

[Craigy14]

She was entered at dundalk on the flat. might run her without a prep i guess.

Apologies forgot she was a mare.

Don’t see her priced anywhere for the triumph?

[punterorplonker]

That's significant to me.....I had Monty Christo

[Kevloaf]

Nicky Henderson with only the one entry in the triumph ?
Grand Roi.

As leading trainer in the race with 7 wins:

1985 - First Bout
1987 - Alone Success
1999 - Katarino
2009 - Zaynar
2010 - Soldatino
2015 - Peace And Co
2019 - Pentland Hills


Might be worth taking another look at then? 25/1 NRNB?

Was Pentland Hills entered at this time last year, or supplemented?



Form looks rubbish to me though

[Quevega]

As leading trainer in the race with 7 wins:

1985 - First Bout
1987 - Alone Success
1999 - Katarino
2009 - Zaynar
2010 - Soldatino
2015 - Peace And Co
2019 - Pentland Hills


Might be worth taking another look at then? 25/1 NRNB?

Was Pentland Hills entered at this time last year, or supplemented?



Form looks rubbish to me though

billymag is involved with this horse I think ?
And has downplayed it every time it's mentioned.

But very unusual for Nicky to not have anything for here.
Mullins looks like not having anything either.

Looks like a toss up between the top three now, unless one of the Mcmanus horse's improves a bit

[Anay Turge]

I see Fujimoto Flyer has the entry - do we think it will be taken up? One I took up early and sort of lost any hope of a return.

[Kevloaf]

billymag is involved with this horse I think ?
And has downplayed it every time it's mentioned.

But very unusual for Nicky to not have anything for here.
Mullins looks like not having anything either.

Looks like a toss up between the top three now, unless one of the Mcmanus horse's improves a bit

Surely the Adonis still relevant...

Maybe Solo? NRNB?





I need to watch Aspire Towers runs back before this weekend, I can feel myself backing him to do the double without any actual thought going into it

[Quevega]

Surely the Adonis still relevant...

Maybe Solo? NRNB?





I need to watch Aspire Towers runs back before this weekend, I can feel myself backing him to do the double without any actual thought going into it

he should halve in price after winning this Sunday, although I wouldn't say his chances will have improved much, aside from more experience.

[Saxon Warrior]

I’d cashed out of one or two positions BFX last night, and waited for the entries in the novice hurdles today’s see if there was anything to add to my squad.

I was particularly interested in the Triumph Hurdle market and noted the shock news for Nicky Henderson’s bare cupboard in the race this year, as well as a light team from Willie Mullins.

Joseph O’Brien has A Wave of the Sea and Cerberus, who I think are both clearly second tier juveniles.

At the moment the market has three horses well clear in the market, and I have Allmankind in my book, and am not keen to add either Goshen or Aspire Tower at their current odds and given their tendency to both pull hard in races (similar to Allmankind).

The only other horse I like is Mick Pastor, and he is the other one in my book already, at 50/1.

Having checked the entries, and recent runnings I was keen to check out Gordon Elliott’s entries.
He has five:
Battle Of Wills
Galet Doudairies
Oak Park
Recent Revelations
Tronador.

Gordon’s record in the last four years he has had runners in the Triumph is 1-2-1-2 (Tiger Roll, Mega Fortune, Farclas, Couer Sublime), no other trainer comes close to that recent form, and Mega Fortune was runner-up to Defi Du Seuil

Looking at his five entries this year, Galet Doudairies and Oak Park haven’t got the form to interest me, and I am keen on Tronador and Recent Revelations for the Boodles (particularly Tronador).

That leaves Battle Of Wills, who is of interest given his good jumping debut display this week, and his flat form for James Tate and Saeed Manana over mid-distances last year. His last race he ran unplaced off his highest mark of 90.

Gordon Elliott said in the aftermath of his hurdles debut win that he liked the horse and would enter him in the Triumph and the Boodles.

Given he would need to run twice more in the under five weeks to even get a mark for the Boodles, I would rule that option as doubtful, and I have added him him to my select three horse team for the Triumph Hurdle.

Have a watch of his Ripon win on the flat - RPR 96 - which is higher than Goshen, Allmankind and Aspire Tower have achieved.

His hurdles win at Naas this week, look very smooth, and crucially given the three Triumph favourites being strong pullers, this horse settled well, and jumped well for Davy Russell. I thought it looked very good visually.

Love the idea of Davy Russell riding him in the Triumph.

Battle of Wills 33/1 Triumph Hurdle.

[Rhinestone_Cowboy]

Nice case SW particularly as my cupboard is bare for this race and a big price e/w outsider is just what I'm after....added