Cheltenham Festival 2021 - Horses Targets/Trainer Quotes

[BookieBasher]

Was the Appreciate It quote before or after the festival?

I believe it was on a finishing line YouTube interview with Patrick Mullins and was definitely after Cheltenham

[Lobos]

Sounds like the GE Betfair stable tour is out next week.

Yeeehaaa.....bring on the jumps !!

[Saxon Warrior]

if Gordon's Stable Tour is on Betfair next week, then all of thier other ones will be too.

Joseph
Paul Nicholls
Olly Murphy

[Big Bucks]

Would this mean keep an eye on on market movers before they come out? Betfair be moving them as get a heads up beforehand?

[Lobos]

Would this mean keep an eye on on market movers before they come out? Betfair be moving them as get a heads up beforehand?

Definitely. Doubt if anything will be missed on here.

[Nortons who]

After if I remember correctly Kev. Sure it was a zoom interview off the top of my head. I’ll try to find a link.

Chaps. Below is the quote which I sent on to Kev previously in his AP diary but I cant recall the exact source.

APPRECIATE IT -
Patrick Mullins (when asked for one horse he’s most looking forward to next season) ‘I think Appreciate It. Going over jumps and stepping up in trip. I can’t wait to see him over fences and 3 miles. I think he’s a bit special.’

[Kevloaf]

Chaps. Below is the quote which I sent on to Kev previously in his AP diary but I cant recall the exact source.

APPRECIATE IT -
Patrick Mullins (when asked for one horse he’s most looking forward to next season) ‘I think Appreciate It. Going over jumps and stepping up in trip. I can’t wait to see him over fences and 3 miles. I think he’s a bit special.’

They've had a few examples of future 3 mile chasers and loads of them have been in the Ballymore. Pont Alexandre, Rathvinden & Faugheen (exceptions, but I do feel he'd have been a good 3 mile chaser and Rathv won a NH Chase) Yorkhill, Next Destination, Nichols Canyon (future stayer) Kemboy and Bacardys (both stayers) - last year, The Big Getaway that we all think is a future staying chase.



Definitely worth considering in my opinion anyway. Of course he has had staying horses in the Albert Bartlett too during that time, most notably Monkfish last season - but I don't think it's black and white.

[Saxon Warrior]

Gordon Elliotts Betfair Stable Tour Column came out on Thursday September 26th last season.

[Lobos]

Gordon Elliotts Betfair Stable Tour Column came out on Thursday September 26th last season.

Probably blame Covid for it being late........ everyone else does.

[Salubrious Chin]

Interview with Nicholls in the Guardian today, mentioning a few horses of interest: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/bl...covid-cutbacks

[nortonscoin200]

I don't know if anybody/everybody has seen today's Guardian interview with Paul Nicholls which mentions several of his stable stars.

Interesting to see Laurina's had a wind op because Nicholls believes it may stop her bleeding.

And according to the article it seems he may start her off over fences - the Christy 1965 Chase at Ascot - rather than revert to hurdles.

To me, that makes her a risk worth taking in the Mares Chase at 33-1.

Just had a speculative 1-point each way with cash out option and see how things play out.

Watched a re-run of her Chase debut victory over Minella Indo at Down Royal - and if she can get back to that level she'd have a big chance.

Here's a link to the Guardian piece:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/sep/30/talking-horses-paul-nicholls-has-huge-team-despite-covid-cutbacks

[Ray]

Very interesting, i havent even played this race yet! Only benie in an each way treble!

[gjt7756]

For anyone who listens to the various podcasts, on Tuesday and Wednesday the Betfair podcast will have Paul Nicholls and then Gordon Elliott doing a piece on their stables, could be informative and hopefully clear up some targets for some of the leading horses

[Run4Home]

The 10-year-old was denied the chance to join Red Rum as a three-time winner of the Aintree spectacular when it was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Owned by Gigginstown House Stud, Tiger Roll was last seen finishing second in the cross-country chase at Cheltenham in March, with Easysland denying him a remarkable fifth success at the Festival.
Hopes are high he will be back at Liverpool in April, but trainer Gordon Elliott has his sights firmly set on another Cheltenham victory as the first big aim.
Speaking on Betfair’s Racing Only Bettor Podcast, Elliott said: “It was a very rushed preparation to get him to Cheltenham last year and he got a little setback, as everyone knows. We got him to Cheltenham. He was very tired after Cheltenham. He was very tired. He had a hard race.
“The ground was probably softer than what he wanted that day. He was stiff and sore after the race. If you watch the re-run again, he loses his hind-end a little bit turning in, and he was sore.
“I think it might have been a blessing in disguise (no Grand National run). He’s a fresh horse this year. He’s absolutely bouncing at the moment.
“I’m not sure where I’m going to start him off yet, but do you know, he’s definitely going to have an entry in Down Royal in the big chase because if the ground turned up quick, you’d be nervous about running Presenting Percy or Delta Work. I’d hate to not have him entered.”
Asked about Cheltenham as a target, Elliott added: “It’s a big priority for me and he’ll be trained for Cheltenham, number one, and the Aintree Grand National, number two.”
Elliott has taken charge of Presenting Percy after owner Philip Reynolds opted to switch the classy chaser from Pat Kelly – and he could emerge as a rival to Tiger Roll at Aintree.
Elliott said: “He’s not your typical big three-mile chaser. He’s a short-coupled horse but he’s got – the one thing about him is he’s got a real deep girth, so loads of room there for oxygen, and a good heart. We’re happy with what he’s shown us at home.
“He’s being trained for the Gold Cup at the moment, but I definitely have the English Grand National in the back of my mind. I think he’s the type of horse that would suit the race. He’s got a lot of class. He travels. He jumps.”
In a yard packed full of talent, much attention will focus on Envoi Allen, as the dual Cheltenham Festival winner embarks on a novice chasing career.
Elliott said he does not expect to step up to three miles this season with the Cheveley Park Stud-owned gelding, adding: “I’d imagine if you asked me to put my hand on my heart now, his target in Cheltenham; I’d say it’s the Marsh (Novices’ Chase over two miles and five furlongs).”
The County Meath trainer also reported Samcro to be in good form and that he too could start at Down Royal, in the Grade Two intermediate chase.
He said: “He’d done a bit of work last week. Keith Donoghue rode him and he had a grin from one side of his face to the other. He was thrilled with him.”

[Hurdles or chasing]

Thanks Crolwey113