2024 Ryanair Chase

[Quevega]

Worth looking at the last time he ran in the Horse and Jockey.
Pretty similar level of form and style of win really.

[Faugheen_Machine]

I'd not backed him and was keen to be against him but 3-1 NRNB is daft.
He runs his best races at Cheltenham for sure.
The others have to improve to beat him.

At 3/1 it's a no brainer. An easy arb.

[Quevega]

At 3/1 it's a no brainer. An easy arb.

Yep, anyone not taking that (unless already on) - Shouldn't be gambling on this sport.

[Carnage at Taunton]

Think I’m happy to stick with EA and SS against the field
Should provide me with enough excitement I reckon

[Kevloaf]

I'd not backed him and was keen to be against him but 3-1 NRNB is daft.
He runs his best races at Cheltenham for sure.
The others have to improve to beat him.

Yep, had to act on that price. Now clipped to 5/2

[Quevega]

The positive about the price after today is that some potential runners would probably sway against running now.

Banbridge is one of them, as if the ground was not in his favour and Allaho looked below par today then I think they'd have run anyway. If it comes up soft or worse now then I think they'll duck.
Conflated owners will also now be less likely to tell Gordon they want to run here.
Some of the high rated handicappers/pretenders (Fugitif, Fil Dor) will also think twice.

[charlie]

Looked back to his best?

Yeh prob not but he still sent your lad into space Kev

[archie]

In other words, going by RPRs, Allaho has 7lb in hand of Appreciate It and 9lb in hand of Envoi Allen. Using ORs, it's 10lb and 13lb respectively. That is how much Allaho has to regress from his KG run even if the others run to their best. 26 days should be enough recovery time from the KG as he's twice before run at Christmas and then towards the end of January, including winning this race 3 years ago.

Think I'll give that an A+.

As it happens, Stattler is officially rated 160 so he was entitled to be second at those weights. I'd have thought that Allaho will be going back up by a couple of pounds and will have at least half a stone in hand of the rest of the field in March.

[Kevloaf]

Yeh prob not but he still sent your lad into space Kev

1/66 that you're right

[charlie]

1/66 that you're right

haha touche. Allaho wasn't flashy but he just wins doesnt he. I doubt he was fully primed today either. 3/1 NRNB is good cover for you

[Eggs]

Assistant trainer Patrick Mullins said: “Allaho looked back to himself, having not quite got home in the King George.

“He isn’t getting any younger, it took him a while to warm up into his jumping (at Kempton) and he is better going left-handed.

“Paul was a little worried that he got a hard race in the King George and was coming back quite quickly but the further he went, the better he travelled and jumped.

“He is a big big horse who likes better ground and going left-handed at Cheltenham suits him down to the ground. I’d imagine it is all roads back to the Ryanair (Chase) now.

“Today’s race was a Grade One in all but name, with all being Grade One winners, so it is great for Thurles and it is a brilliant race to target every year.”

Allaho’s task was made all the more easier by the defection of Henry de Bromhead’s Envoi Allen and Capodanno.

Their absence left just four runners, with Appreciate It rated the main danger at 11-4 and 6-1 chance French Dynamite making up the numbers for Mouse Morris.

Allaho did all that was asked of him, though, travelling strongly throughout and only having to be nudged out to draw clear of 20-1 longshot Stattler up the home straight, with Appreciate It a further 11 lengths back in third.

Mullins added: “It is brilliant run out of Stattler, he had just started to sparkle in the last month, so it is great he is getting back to form. He had lost his form completely after the Gold Cup, so now we can aim big with him again.

“Danny (Mullins, on Appreciate It) said he had a good position, travelled great but once they quickened he found nothing. It is disappointing, as I thought he’d be challenging Allaho. He wears a tongue-strap, so maybe nicer ground will help him.”

Allaho was cut to 5-2 from 3-1 to win a third Ryanair Chase by both Betfair and Paddy Power, while Coral were even more impressed, promoting him to 2-1 favourite.

[Kevloaf]

haha touche. Allaho wasn't flashy but he just wins doesnt he. I doubt he was fully primed today either. 3/1 NRNB is good cover for you

Yep, it's in my diary but an 83 pt winner now

Envoi Allen
Stage Star
Banbridge
Allaho

Winner comes from that 4, surely

[Birds Nest]

Yep, it's in my diary but an 83 pt winner now

Envoi Allen
Stage Star
Banbridge
Allaho

Winner comes from that 4, surely

Unless fastorslow gets stuffed bt GDC in the irish gold cup and comes here.

[Lobos]

Yep, it's in my diary but an 83 pt winner now

Envoi Allen
Stage Star
Banbridge
Allaho

Winner comes from that 4, surely

I'd maybe add Fugitif at the odds as well. Those 5 for me.

[Stormez]

I'd maybe add Fugitif at the odds as well. Those 5 for me.

Really think he can beat Allaho off level weights?