General Chat

[Kevloaf]

I love this quote

I agree re Ryanair as his target.

Perhaps I'm on my own here because forgiving two bad runs take some doing, but I think DDS is a decent price in the Ryanair at 22/1

Something clearly wasn't right at the Festival, and to me he looked to get tired in the Scloer (he has underperformed plenty of times on debut for me not to be too worried).

He's 7 going on 8, went off 2/5 for a QMCC, is a multiple Grade 1 winner, has Cheltenham form figures of 111152114PU, including 2 festival wins, and he's 22/1 for a race I'm confident he'll end up in.

When I look at the profile of typical Ryanair winners they tend to either be a proper Grade 1 horse, or one of those battle hardened festival regulars (that haven't always won previously at the festival - but run 2 or 3 times before winning this).

He smacks of both, big time

Yeah, I would have walloped the 25/1 with 365 bit missed it. I had enough on at 16/1 (I think) but I'll maybe add more on him again. I don't want him in the Tingle Creek though

[The King Pimm]

The documentary on Maradona is possibly the best sporting documentaries I've watched.

The parties and off field antics were something else

Maradona was proper rock and roll wasn’t he

[Big Bucks]

Yeah, what's that amazing quote..... "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and cars. The rest I just squandered."

Dunno if typo, but cars. Quality quote! Had a Green Tee with it on it. Before my time but love watching old clips of him back. Great stories from family members saying how he truly was the "Best"

[charlie]

Yeah, I would have walloped the 25/1 with 365 bit missed it. I had enough on at 16/1 (I think) but I'll maybe add more on him again. I don't want him in the Tingle Creek though

22/1 available with boost at Hills. Had a point on because its just a good bet IMO

[Faugheen_Machine]

22/1 available with boost at Hills. Had a point on because its just a good bet IMO

Has there been any quotes on future targets?

[charlie]

Has there been any quotes on future targets?

I haven't seen any, but I think intermediate trips will be his bag moving forward.

Hobbs said pre Scloer 'We will just take it race by race with him as it depends how he runs as to what we do next regarding the trip'.

[Faugheen_Machine]

I haven't seen any, but I think intermediate trips will be his bag moving forward.

Hobbs said pre Scloer 'We will just take it race by race with him as it depends how he runs as to what we do next regarding the trip'.

I backed him for the Ryanair during lockdown but it looks like the chance of him running in that is slim to none. He'd be perfect for the KG, imo.

[Kevloaf]

I backed him for the Ryanair during lockdown but it looks like the chance of him running in that is slim to none. He'd be perfect for the KG, imo.

Slim to none?



Show your workings

[Faugheen_Machine]

Slim to none?



Show your workings

It's a typo. I meant King George, not Ryanair!

[Middle_Of_March]

I love this quote

I agree re Ryanair as his target.

Perhaps I'm on my own here because forgiving two bad runs take some doing, but I think DDS is a decent price in the Ryanair at 22/1

Something clearly wasn't right at the Festival, and to me he looked to get tired in the Scloer (he has underperformed plenty of times on debut for me not to be too worried).

He's 7 going on 8, went off 2/5 for a QMCC, is a multiple Grade 1 winner, has Cheltenham form figures of 111152114PU, including 2 festival wins, and he's 22/1 for a race I'm confident he'll end up in.

When I look at the profile of typical Ryanair winners they tend to either be a proper Grade 1 horse, or one of those battle hardened festival regulars (that haven't always won previously at the festival - but run 2 or 3 times before winning this).

He smacks of both, big time

I had a decent bet on him at 22/1 for the Ryanair back in July with Paddy Power.

No idea why I expected him to be aimed at it all year but I did. Can’t believe they thought going back to 2m was a good idea. But I guess it was worth a try.

All roads lead to the Ryanair now though surely?!

[charlie]

I had a decent bet on him at 22/1 for the Ryanair back in July with Paddy Power.

No idea why I expected him to be aimed at it all year but I did. Can’t believe they thought going back to 2m was a good idea. But I guess it was worth a try.

All roads lead to the Ryanair now though surely?!

So it turns out a few of us are on this!

I would have thought so. QMCC likely to be a lot better this year - I was never convinced he'd be best over 2m and anything further than 3m is unlikely. The Ryanair might not be the most liked race in the world, but for DDS it's by far the most likely, IMO.

[Outlaw]

More Rowlands musings, don't think iv'e seen him this excited about a Nh time since Lord Royal

https://www.attheraces.com/blogs/sectional-spotlight/24-November-2020/potential-star-born-at-gowran-and-imperial-aura's-ascot-win

[Kevloaf]

More Rowlands musings, don't think iv'e seen him this excited about a Nh time since Lord Royal
https://www.attheraces.com/blogs/sec...ra's-ascot-win

Imagine being faster than Annamix is your claim to fame.

With no dispect to the great ComplyOrDie , no one gives a feck about Annamix

These times relative to others on the day are over played for that exact reason. It's only relative to the very finite set of circumstances, and even then they can be taken in different ways.




I'm actually surprised at how much I haven't embraced them. Stereotypically, I'm pretty young still, embrace the stats in other sports and would use aything niche to my advantage, but I hardly ever read a time-based arguement and think it's conslusive or gives an edge. It may be because, if a horse performs well "on the clock", it's usually fucking obvious anyway to the naked eye.

Maybe it's like xG in the football. If they time reads well, you can expect a good performance.

[Lobos]

More Rowlands musings, don't think iv'e seen him this excited about a Nh time since Lord Royal
https://www.attheraces.com/blogs/sec...ra's-ascot-win

Where do we think Energumine will end up...Arkle?

[Kevloaf]

Where do we think Energumine will end up...Arkle?

Least likely of the 4 novice chases, surely?