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Willie has Burning Victory, EIR and Stormy Ireland for that.
Echoes - Is an after thought and Willie doesn't believe she'll stay
Stormy - had her chances and doesn't believe she's good enough
BV - He thinks she needs three miles and her jumping would be likely exposed in the mares hurdle.
Concertista - He thinks is good enough and deserves another crack.
And she'd be joint favourite if they said they were going here.
It will happen - Or they'll go to Limerick instead
Echoes - Is an after thought and Willie doesn't believe she'll stay
Stormy - had her chances and doesn't believe she's good enough
BV - He thinks she needs three miles and her jumping would be likely exposed in the mares hurdle.
Concertista - He thinks is good enough and deserves another crack.
And she'd be joint favourite if they said they were going here.
It will happen - Or they'll go to Limerick instead
Sounds like you’ve had a sit down with Willie
Concertisa is favourite for this. I think she’ll go and I think she’ll win. Today proved Elimay still has 4 legs and can jump.
Bullshit to say he doesn't think Echoes will stay. He wouldn't have taken her out of the Champion Hurdle otherwise. Every chance of placing there to be honest. Half a length behind Zanahiye LTO, who everyone seems to love in the W/O Honeysuckle market.
Bullshit to say he doesn't think Echoes will stay. He wouldn't have taken her out of the Champion Hurdle otherwise. Every chance of placing there to be honest. Half a length behind Zanahiye LTO, who everyone seems to love in the W/O Honeysuckle market.
Willie definitely fancies EIR chances of staying
Think it’s more that he knows she has no chance in the champion.
it’s different standards of opposition so she has a chance. But with regards zanayhir- if she had stamina at the end of races where she still looks keen. She ought to have beaten him. Everything was in her favour for that but she still failed to last
Think it’s more that he knows she has no chance in the champion.
it’s different standards of opposition so she has a chance. But with regards zanayhir- if she had stamina at the end of races where she still looks keen. She ought to have beaten him. Everything was in her favour for that but she still failed to last
Did she fail to last? Or did she keep on well alongside (or within half a length) of a 159 rated opponent who is fourth in the market for the Champion Hurdle? There's nothing of that standard she'll face in the Mares Hurdle imo. So I'd be happy for her to be 'failing to last' equally as well over the 4f further, and still have her winning the Mares.
As I said when I put her up a couple of weeks ago, she's a far from certain stayer. Willie taking her out of the Champion and aiming her at the Mares after last weekend though means he obviously thinks she's got a good chance of staying. That decision has given me more confidence she'll stay.
It's worth a go, but by no means certain she can reproduce the same level of form over 4F further.
She is an interesting recruit to the Mares Hurdle.
Doesn't tempt me a.t.m.
The Grade 3 Quevega Hurdle over 2M4F on 23rd February is where some of the main candidates usually sort themselves out a bit.
Looking forward to seeing the entries for that, particularly Willie Mullins entries.
Agreed, they clearly had hopes of her being genuine Champion Hurdle class. Which was bold!
Also agree she's not certain to produce the same form over either. All I'm disagreeing with is a stupid claim that Mullins doesn't think she'll stay the trip he's running over to be honest.
Not sure what he can have for the Quevega Hurdle? Nothing immediately obvious to me. Be interesting to see entries though.
Agreed, they clearly had hopes of her being genuine Champion Hurdle class. Which was bold!
Also agree she's not certain to produce the same form over either. All I'm disagreeing with is a stupid claim that Mullins doesn't think she'll stay the trip he's running over to be honest.
Not sure what he can have for the Quevega Hurdle? Nothing immediately obvious to me. Be interesting to see entries though.
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If you say so. May be worth watching again but I know you won't bother so we can all move on. As you were.
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