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2025 Champion Chase

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  • #76
    Originally posted by Carnage at Taunton View Post
    Anyone heard anything re Gaelic Warrior maybe coming over for the Tingle Creek?
    Cant seem to find anything myself
    In the Sporting life stable tour , pretty sure Willie Mullins say's Gaelic could run in the King George .... " would have no problem going further ...
    and come back to the 2m for the ch. chase . " ... something like that if i recall correctly ..

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    • #77
      Originally posted by BigChaang View Post

      In the Sporting life stable tour , pretty sure Willie Mullins say's Gaelic could run in the King George .... " would have no problem going further ...
      and come back to the 2m for the ch. chase . " ... something like that if i recall correctly ..
      Cheers BC
      Yeah I have seen talk of the KG
      Was hoping he would go to Sandown and take on Jonbon
      Will be there and would be great to see them race round there, would be a spectacle I reckon

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      • #78
        Gaelic warrior pisses up at Kempton, drifts in market for champion chase then absolutely hoses up !!!!

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        • #79
          Originally posted by BigL View Post
          Gaelic warrior pisses up at Kempton, drifts in market for champion chase then absolutely hoses up !!!!
          Don't think he'll be turning up at Kempton. Tingle Creek would be more of a possibility imo. He did mention the John Durkin as a starting point as he seems to do with every one of his !
          Last edited by Lobos; 6 November 2024, 12:55 PM.

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Lobos View Post

            Don't think he'll be turning up at Kempton.
            Or drift in the QMCC if he wins.
            Last edited by Exar Essay; 6 November 2024, 01:30 PM.

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Exar Essay View Post

              Or drifting in the QMCC if he wins.
              Very true

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              • #82
                I had the Mullins battalion mapped out as:

                Gaelic: Clonmel Oil, King George, Ascot Chase/DRF 2m Grade 1, Ryanair
                Il Etait Temps: [somewhere], Ryanair
                El Fabiolo: Xmas 2m Grade 1, DRF 2m Grade 1, QMCC
                Energumene: Hilly Way, Clarence House, QMCC

                I originally had Il Etait Temps for the Clonmel Oil and King George, but given Gaelic has been namechecked for the King George, I changed that. No idea where that leaves IET though in all honesty. Gaelic Tingle Creek and IET Clonmel/King George would make more sense imo - even if it fucks up several of my tasty looking bets...

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                • #83
                  You are a brave man Odin. Hard enough just trying to guess their end games. Love to see Gaelic let loose around Sandown. He'd force Jonbon back down the Ryanair path.

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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by Lobos View Post
                    You are a brave man Odin. Hard enough just trying to guess their end games. Love to see Gaelic let loose around Sandown. He'd force Jonbon back down the Ryanair path.
                    Brave man also to be so dogmatic about GW beating Jonbon in his own backyard imo
                    Would love to see them meet though,as said before would be some race.

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by Carnage at Taunton View Post

                      Brave man also to be so dogmatic about GW beating Jonbon in his own backyard imo
                      Would love to see them meet though,as said before would be some race.
                      Think he'd make Jonbon go dizzy Carnage if they ever met. Take him off his feet.

                      Don't get me wrong, Jonbon is a very good horse but put him up against the very best 2m from across the water and he'll get beat every time. Have been saying for some time now that he's a stayer. Should be going for the Ryanair and also would go well in a KG.
                      Last edited by Lobos; 6 November 2024, 02:37 PM.

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by Odin View Post
                        I had the Mullins battalion mapped out as:

                        Gaelic: Clonmel Oil, King George, Ascot Chase/DRF 2m Grade 1, Ryanair
                        Il Etait Temps: [somewhere], Ryanair
                        El Fabiolo: Xmas 2m Grade 1, DRF 2m Grade 1, QMCC
                        Energumene: Hilly Way, Clarence House, QMCC

                        I originally had Il Etait Temps for the Clonmel Oil and King George, but given Gaelic has been namechecked for the King George, I changed that. No idea where that leaves IET though in all honesty. Gaelic Tingle Creek and IET Clonmel/King George would make more sense imo - even if it fucks up several of my tasty looking bets...
                        I think IET is fairly sure to go the KG by the sound of it (for now )

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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Run4Home View Post

                          I think IET is fairly sure to go the KG by the sound of it (for now )
                          You think Gaelic & IET will both travel over for it?

                          I know Willie has had multiple runners in it in the past.

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                          • #88
                            Originally posted by Lobos View Post

                            Think he'd make Jonbon go dizzy Carnage if they ever met. Take him off his feet.

                            Don't get me wrong, Jonbon is a very good horse but put him up against the very best 2m from across the water and he'll get beat every time. Have been saying for some time now that he's a stayer. Should be going for the Ryanair and also would go well in a KG.
                            Looking at their respective race records I’d still say it’s a brave man that says GW beats J so comfortably that it makes connections of J change his festival target.
                            I too think J would be a big player over further, but his Grade 1 record over 2m is still darn good imo
                            And his record at Sandown is very good.
                            And he beat the best from Ireland fair and square there.

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                            • #89
                              Originally posted by Lobos View Post



                              Don't get me wrong, Jonbon is a very good horse but put him up against the very best 2m from across the water and he'll get beat every time. .
                              The last time that Jonbon was up against one of the "very best 2m from across the water" in El Fabiolo he absolutely destroyed him.

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                              • #90
                                Interestingly, Jonbon has run 4 times at Cheltenham and has won once. His jumping in the Clarence House was horrific.

                                2024 Clarence House - 2nd to Elixir de Nutz
                                2023 Shloer - 1st beating Edwardstone
                                2023 Arkle - 2nd to El Fabiolo
                                2022 Supreme - 2nd to Constitution Hill

                                Could be that Cheltenham just isn’t his favourite track?

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