Champion Hurdle 2020

[punterorplonker]

Take care with the betting markets for
Champion Hurdle
Mares Hurdle
Champion Chase
Ryanair Chase
Stayers Hurdle
Gold Cup.

All of these have a closing time of midday this Tuesday for 2nd acceptance of their entries, and quite a few could be pulled out of these races and any antepost bets lost (unless you have NRNB).

I see some bookies are pushing out prices in these markets, trying to catch people out? Surely not.

Saxon...sorry can you explains about this tuesday again? What races and whens the next pack reshuffles

[Saxon Warrior]

Saxon...sorry can you explains about this tuesday again? What races and whens the next pack reshuffles

Yep, sure.

The current fourteen races that have first entries are
Gold Cup
Ryanair
Champion Chase
Champion Hurdle
Mares Hurdle
Stayers Hurdle
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Supreme
Ballymore
AlbertBartlett
Triumph Hurdle
RSA Chase
Marsh Chase
National Hunt Chase
Arkle Chase
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These fourteen races have early entry dates and because of that they all have second entry dates, where trainers have to pay a second entry fee to keep them in the race.

The second entry date for the six above the dotted line is Tuesday 11th Feb
The second entry date for the eight races below the dotted line is Tuesday 18th Feb

Therefore on Tuesday the trainers with horses in those six races will have to pay again to keep them in those races.
The Ryanair for example had an initial entry fee of £435, and to now stay in the race the second entry fee is double at a further £870.

The wording on the races conditions for the Ryanair says “scratch by noon February 11th or pay £870”.

The remaining fourteen races (incl all ten handicaps, Foxhunters, Bumper, Cross Country, Mares Novice Hurdle) havemuch later initial entry dates so don’t need, or have, a second entry fee to pay.

So on Tuesday some horses will be scratched and wont pay a second entry fee to stay in those big six races.

[punterorplonker]

That's extremely helpful thanks! I then guess we have another 2 weeks until weights

[Quevega]

Tom Segal just put up supasundae as his ew pick for champion hurdle

[Saxon Warrior]

Tom Segal just put up supasundae as his ew pick for champion hurdle

I don’t blame anyone for having ten changes of direction for that race since last April.

[Eggs]

Pic for the Champion Hurdle

...Mark Howard says next years Arkle in his latest Sporting Life column.

[Scooby91]

Tom Segal just put up supasundae as his ew pick for champion hurdle

That will likely see him at 16/1 within 48 hours.

[Scooby91]

...Mark Howard says next years Arkle in his latest Sporting Life column.

Yeh, he wont be supplemented. As the race stands now.

[riccirich]

I kinda already know the reasons this probably wont happen, but if the owners of shishkin and asterion forlonge are adamant about not running them in the same race, any chance they might like the look of pitting one of them against epatante rather than envoi allen?

[TimRiggins]

I kinda already know the reasons this probably wont happen, but if the owners of shishkin and asterion forlonge are adamant about not running them in the same race, any chance they might like the look of pitting one of them against epatante rather than envoi allen?

More chance of me walking in a straight line, I think.

[ComplyOrDie]

...Mark Howard says next years Arkle in his latest Sporting Life column.

Yeah, not much of a shock, and what I am expecting anyway.

[BigChaang]

Iv'e decided i'm not going to chase this race , Left with Pentland hills @ 16-1.
Silver streak @ 33-1 and Fusil raffles @ 50-1. what will be , will be .

[charlie]

Iv'e decided i'm not going to chase this race , Left with Pentland hills @ 16-1.
Silver streak @ 33-1 and Fusil raffles @ 50-1. what will be , will be .

6 weeks ago that would have looked bang average, now it looks really quite good!

I am leaving this race for now. So much up in the air over what goes and what doesn't.

[Istabraq]

Iv'e decided i'm not going to chase this race , Left with Pentland hills @ 16-1.
Silver streak @ 33-1 and Fusil raffles @ 50-1. what will be , will be .

Sensible.
I’m further away now than I was last April to finding the winner so I’m not chasing.
Half a dozen beers and a bottle of red by 3pm on the day and no doubt I’ll convince myself some 145 rated handicapper can win it....

[charlie]

Sensible.
I’m further away now than I was last April to finding the winner so I’m not chasing.
Half a dozen beers and a bottle of red by 3pm on the day and no doubt I’ll convince myself some 145 rated handicapper can win it....

And to think, Segal does that sober ffs