Cheltenham-Early thoughts

Willie confirms him for the fred winter. 7s now with pp.

He will go off much shorter than 7s.

Bob Olinger to the Supreme? :thinking:

Haven’t heard that but I did hear if mouses horse is heading over it’ll be to the Ballymore. Same ownership so maybe people are putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with three.

Not a chance imho.

Might be due to covid but Gordon is only going to have the bosses Oscar and Dallas des pictons qualified for the pertemps I think?

Dallas D P has been bitterly disappointing and given Gordon lays a lot of horses out for these races it might just tell us what he thinks of the bosses Oscar.

Obviously due to covid getting horses qualified was trickier.

Pic dorhy over hurdles tomorrow on heavy ground in Taunton after wind surgery.

Would be another horse I think is well handicapped off 150 if the ground was good at the festival. He could be kept for aintree.

Is Monmiral their Aintree Hurdle horse?

As far as I’m aware he’s being kept for aintree yes.

I would not think there is much juice in that mark. If they thought there was, he would not have gone novice chasing.

Maybe up in trip but he needs good ground.

Off 150 he would want to be a grade 1ish horse to be well handicapped. Ground is important but just dont think he even justifies 150.

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Black type would be important but Elliot must be confident he had a few more lined up for it as she’s only four pounds higher than last season.

It’s noteworthy that Jp seems to have very few unexposed/novice hurdlers this year unlike last year where he could afford to leave the likes of Andy dufrense at home.

He’s a very strong bunch of handicap chasers but one hurdler who might be forgotten is blue sari. His bumper form with abra, envoi and thyme hill is good but even his maiden hurdle win over 2 and a half last year looks good to me. The bosses Oscar was second rated 152, the third won off 140 last weekend, the 4th ashdale bob is rated 146 and could be a player in the 3 mile novice and even the 5th is rated 123. The 6th, 7th and 8th are all rated 120 plus too.

Blue sari is 138 in Ireland so I can’t see him being much higher than 142 in England. Off that sort of mark id say he’d be very competitive in a county. Obviously his reason form is poor but he should at least come on for his first run of the season.

What did you make of the twiston Davies guard your dreams that Finished off well in the betfair?

I think he’s crying out for 2 and a half miles.

Looks that way when they finish like that. I just think that he was taking off his feet on the better ground.

@fenwaypark

Have you a list of bets compiled yet?

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Same question

I’d like to put on few early bets with value.

Thanking you in advance

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Win Yankee
Appreciate it 7-4 Supreme
Energumee 5-2 Arkle
Epatante 7-2 Champion Hurdle
Sir Gerhard 11-4 Champion Bumper

Solid EW Yankee
Imperial Alcazar 8-1 Pertemps
Imperial Aura 7-1 Ryanair
Tritonic 12-1 Triumph
Champ 13-2 Gold Cup

I refuse to put up anything odds on.
Will have a speculative ew yankee for handicaps once declarations are firmed up.

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Each way lucky 15:

Boodles: Saint Sam 7/1
Pertemps: bosses Oscar 7/1
Mares novice: hook up 6/1
Paddy power plate: alpha mix 20/1

All nrnb with pp.

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