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Originally posted by Ice View Post
The any race market is all i use them for, even with their awful prices, hills usually a little better but not up as early. I find sky by far the worst bookie and may well close my account if there's no any race market appearing.
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I know breeding suggests 3 miles over fences.
And he has Romeo Coolio who one would think would go chasing and also over 2 miles.
But The Yellow Clay might be a dark horse for the arkle.
Gordons belief in the horse and the money that came tell me they think he has speed. And he was almost bang on.
If you look at the price of The New Lion for the Champion hurdle and consider the distance between them both in the turners, it doesn't take a lot of imagination to see The Yellow Clay being a player in the arkle, especially if jumping appropriately, accurate and fast.
Will likely start off over the minimum or 2 and a half so likely to keep options open for a while.
Probably Down Royal, Drinmore, Limerick ??
Then it's likely he skips Dublin unless he's looking real good, and a toss up if he goes back in trip a little for the arkle or steps up in trip to the Banc.
I think I'd rather take the 33-1 arkle than the 8-1 Banc. At this time.
Basically there is no guarantee Romeo is a serious proposition for the arkle come March next year, so that doesn't affect me. He could stay hurdling, get injured, be a poor jumper or just not rank highly enough. Like Firefox.
The Yellow Clay looks the classier of the two IMO.
was surprisingly good on a good/soft ground turners.
Not sure where or if we'll see him again this season and that may prove crucial, as he may step up, or not.
But even if they did I wouldn't rule out the arkle being still in play come next January.
Last edited by Quevega; 21 March 2025, 09:34 PM.
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Originally posted by Quevega View PostI know breeding suggests 3 miles over fences.
And he has Romeo Coolio who one would think would go chasing and also over 2 miles.
But The Yellow Clay might be a dark horse for the arkle.
Gordons belief in the horse and the money that came tell me they think he has speed. And he was almost bang on.
If you look at the price of The New Lion for the Champion hurdle and consider the distance between them both in the turners, it doesn't take a lot of imagination to see The Yellow Clay being a player in the arkle, especially if jumping appropriately, accurate and fast.
Will likely start off over the minimum or 2 and a half so likely to keep options open for a while.
Probably Down Royal, Drinmore, Limerick ??
Then it's likely he skips Dublin unless he's looking real good, and a toss up if he goes back in trip a little for the arkle or steps up in trip to the Banc.
I think I'd rather take the 33-1 arkle than the 8-1 Banc. At this time.
Basically there is no guarantee Romeo is a serious proposition for the arkle come March next year, so that doesn't affect me. He could stay hurdling, get injured, be a poor jumper or just not rank highly enough. Like Firefox.
The Yellow Clay looks the classier of the two IMO.
was surprisingly good on a good/soft ground turners.
Not sure where or if we'll see him again this season and that may prove crucial, as he may step up, or not.
But even if they did I wouldn't rule out the arkle being still in play come next January.
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I also feel Workahead is too big for the Arkle at 100-1 with PP. William Munny did his form no harm and of course he was beaten by Jasmin de Vaux on debut. The way he stopped in the Supreme means I feel his run was too bad to be a fair reflection of his form. I think he's too keen to step up so feel the Arkle is his most likely target. There's obviously risk (I've not seen an update on him) but I think those are decent odds with cash out.
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My The Yellow Clay theory is that he’ll stay over hurdles, and might even go over the minimum trip. Many were eulogising about The New Lion’s hurdling and rightly so, but on second watch, The Yellow Clay is faultless. Low, slick, and makes a lovely shape. The best novice at his hurdles in my opinion.
I think bringing him back to 2 miles would bring about improvement too as Jack wouldn’t have to keep bringing him back after gaining lengths at each hurdle.
The Arkle might be the more straightforward option but I’d love to see him given a Champion Hurdle campaign.
I thought the interview with Gordon after the race was very interesting too. The interviewer asked the usual question; “better over 3 miles and a fence etc”. Gordon was about to give the stock answer but stopped and suggested that wasn’t necessarily the case noting his speed and even suggested he might have a flat campaign.
I appreciate looking at his novice hurdle season wouldn’t suggest this at all, but I do think there’s a good chance he doesn’t go fencing at all.
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Originally posted by Ice View Post
The any race market is all i use them for, even with their awful prices, hills usually a little better but not up as early. I find sky by far the worst bookie and may well close my account if there's no any race market appearing.
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Originally posted by The Giant Bolster View PostI also feel Workahead is too big for the Arkle at 100-1 with PP. William Munny did his form no harm and of course he was beaten by Jasmin de Vaux on debut. The way he stopped in the Supreme means I feel his run was too bad to be a fair reflection of his form. I think he's too keen to step up so feel the Arkle is his most likely target. There's obviously risk (I've not seen an update on him) but I think those are decent odds with cash out.
Some obvious holes but low risk
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Originally posted by somer1 View PostBeen having some of the 40/1 The Jukebox Man Gold Cup with 365,far to big in my eyes.
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