Mares Chase 2021

[Dessie the great]

Any news on Robin de Carlow, could be ideal for this race

[Lobos]

Any news on Robin de Carlow, could be ideal for this race

See post #48 for latest injury update

[Lobos]

La Sorelita


Not priced up at the moment, running against Galvin tomorrow...

Hurdles form is no where near where a horse like Elfile (for the exact same connections) has achieved however she did look good on chase debut and might be a dark horse to run here?

Of course, the actual novice chases are probably more likely, but I might request a price just in case they base it on her hurdles form and she might be worthwhile.




Then again, she might just get beaten tomorrow and be nowhere near good enough....but she's at least worth posting about just in case, as she's not exactly a no hoper to beat Galvin tomorrow.


I've requested a price.

Non Runner Kev

[Kevloaf]

Non Runner Kev

Ah fair enough.

They've offered 33/1 but obviously not taking that now.

[Lobos]

Ah fair enough.

They've offered 33/1 but obviously not taking that now.

I do like her profile though. Typical Mullins improver over fences. Could be anything bracket........or nothing.

[ryanh97]

Don't know if I've missed anything but do we know what race this is replacing?

[Istabraq]

Don't know if I've missed anything but do we know what race this is replacing?

You’ve missed nothing ryan...

[Lobos]

Don't know if I've missed anything but do we know what race this is replacing?

The word on the street is the Close Brothers

[Kevloaf]

The word on the street is the Close Brothers

They sponser the Mares Hurdle

[Lobos]

They sponser the Mares Hurdle

Yeah, need to make it clear I didn't mean that race !! The Northern Trust Novice Handicap Chase on the first day. Clearly Close Brothers have also been given the nod which is why they switched sponsorship from that race ?

[Istabraq]

For what it’s worth Cheltenham have been punting around for a new sponsor for the Mares hurdle for about 18 months and I suspect that’s well before they even considered the new Mares chase let alone what race it would replace so I don’t think the two are linked, that said the novice handicap chase is an horrific race (for the festival) and has always been the most likely to disappear....

[Spectre]

I still think 8 races on one of the days is favourite. At least for next season.

[Istabraq]

I still think 8 races on one of the days is favourite. At least for next season.

I wouldn’t rule this out either although the start times are embedded now and they committed to 40 mins between races so the only slot for an eighth race would be 12.50.
I’m sure all plans are fluid for 2021 after events of the last 6 months, I wouldn’t rule out ‘no change’ either...

[Spectre]

I'm just going through my notes that I copy and paste from articles I pick up. It's a quote from Ruby with regards Benie that I copied in to my notes a while ago. Apologies, but I can't remember where it was from, but it's legit. Based on when I copied it, it would have been mid to late April I think.

"Not that I’d be afraid to take on Honeysuckle again with ‘Benie’ but with her experience over fences already, she’d be an obvious contender for the new Mares Chase. I think Honeysuckle might stay over hurdles and that would make ‘Benie’ very difficult to beat in this race".

Clearly much water to pass under the bridge, but Ruby still has plenty of influence at Closutton and with Rich Ricci too. Also this time his thinking isn't about shuffling his own rides to best effect!

Later in the same article he puts up Concertista as the one to take on Honeysuckle next year.

[Lobos]

I'm just going through my notes that I copy and paste from articles I pick up. It's a quote from Ruby with regards Benie that I copied in to my notes a while ago. Apologies, but I can't remember where it was from, but it's legit. Based on when I copied it, it would have been mid to late April I think.

"Not that I’d be afraid to take on Honeysuckle again with ‘Benie’ but with her experience over fences already, she’d be an obvious contender for the new Mares Chase. I think Honeysuckle might stay over hurdles and that would make ‘Benie’ very difficult to beat in this race".

Clearly much water to pass under the bridge, but Ruby still has plenty of influence at Closutton and with Rich Ricci too. Also this time his thinking isn't about shuffling his own rides to best effect!

Later in the same article he puts up Concertista as the one to take on Honeysuckle next year.

Yep, it'll be very interesting how it pans out. Proper chess type stuff. Concertista is very interesting also. She would surely go off fav in the Mares without Honey or Benie.