2024 Champion Hurdle (Previously Constitution Hill thread)

[Quevega]

"No people in our world, the people that walk the courses, know the horses and have to accept the consequences of what happens when you run on that ground, there's no possible way we would've taken that chance.

"It would've been suicidal, stupid and in the interest of horse welfare, we should've been banned for life if we had."

The inference is accidental, but clear

Wow
if this is what he said then he deserves a ban anyway
give him a tin of paint and he can run naked throwing it across the track.

[Lobos]

Not understanding your point here Lobos.

Heavy ground here would be described as G/S in Ireland. Their Heavy is proper Heavy. We are wimps.

[Carnage at Taunton]

Heavy ground here would be described as G/S in Ireland. Their Heavy is proper Heavy. We are wimps.

I thought the ground had to be called as it is!!
Heavy is heavy.
Are you saying it was good/soft at Sandown today?

[Lobos]

No one has moaned at all about the ground today as far as I'm aware. It's just good old testing NH ground. Perfectly ok for racing and could quite comfortably take a fair bit of rain yet.

[Lobos]

I thought the ground had to be called as it is!!
Heavy is heavy.
Are you saying it was good/soft at Sandown today?

It would be if Sandown was in Ireland today.

[Rooster Booster]

Heavy ground here would be described as G/S in Ireland. Their Heavy is proper Heavy. We are wimps.

So good to soft here is firm in Ireland?

[ComplyOrDie]

It's nowhere near as bad as Clonmel the other day when Cash Back walked home!

[Carnage at Taunton]

"No people in our world, the people that walk the courses, know the horses and have to accept the consequences of what happens when you run on that ground, there's no possible way we would've taken that chance.

"It would've been suicidal, stupid and in the interest of horse welfare, we should've been banned for life if we had."

The inference is accidental, but clear

So he felt the ground was dangerous and pulled his horse.
Is that not just his opinion?
And he felt it was irresponsible to run him?
Again his opinion?

The inference I get from that is he was seriously concerned about the welfare of his horse if he ran him.
Part of the trainers job I would have thought.

[opatcho]

The issue with this logic is…. if it came up Heavy at Cheltenham, would Henderson run or pull Con Hill out

has nothing to do with the safety of the horse, and all about targeting a certain race

that’s all he has to say, “out target is the Cheltenham festival, we want to run this and that race, before hand, and running him over testing ground will impact that”

[Carnage at Taunton]

It would be if Sandown was in Ireland today.

Then it would be described incorrectly.
Not good at all for trainers trying to place their horses.

[FinalFurlong91]

Heavy ground here would be described as G/S in Ireland. Their Heavy is proper Heavy. We are wimps.

Ireland need another description for worse than heavy

Swamp is my suggestion

Clonmel was a swamp the other day, took cash back 5 minutes to cover the last 2 furlongs

[Lobos]

So good to soft here is firm in Ireland?

Yes. You've got it Rooster.

[Carnage at Taunton]

The issue with this logic is…. if it came up Heavy at Cheltenham, would Henderson run or pull Con Hill out

has nothing to do with the safety of the horse, and all about targeting a certain race

that’s all he has to say, “out target is the Cheltenham festival, we want to run this and that race, before hand, and running him over testing ground will impact that”

Sorry, missed some of today…. what quotes do we have from Hendo re his runner’s tomorrow?

[Lobos]

Then it would be described incorrectly.
Not good at all for trainers trying to place their horses.

I'll leave it there.

[Carnage at Taunton]

I'll leave it there.

Fair enough, don’t blame you.