Johnjoes horse will be tough to beat.
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Would Gordo have had any input there I wonder?
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The money has come for this one. Working incredibly well apparently after a small setback which they thought would rule him out. Most competitive betting heat of the entire festival but the race has a habit of throwing up big price winners so you never know.
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Following on from this. I reckon 50/1 is a silly price for this lad.
Rated 143 after 3 wins at Chepstow over 2 miles. Soaring Glory is 143 rated also and is a 7/1 chance.
Has entries for the Supreme, Ballymore and Martin Pipe. Never been further than 2 miles over hurdles so I’d say he goes to Cheltenham he’ll turn up in this. Stays on well in his races and I think he’ll take to the hill no bother.
Was giving a nice bit of weight to Eamon an Cnoic LTO and stayed on well.
Apparently Ed Chamberlain put it up in the Sporting Life preview tonight as an outsider also 
Powers/Betfair are going 4 places ew on it. Might get extra places on the day with hills depending how much the race cuts up but price could be gone by then.
Can’t see Appreicate it beat but I’ll be hoping this lad will fill one of the places 
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I like your thinking. Only concern would be the ground and the way he gallops - he seems to eat up the soft/heavy but supreme could be the softest of the first two days. At 50/1 it’s worth finding out.
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Jospeh o brien is leaning towards the ballymore for keskonrisk which seems odd to me.
I’d say outside of the appreciate I’d take the front 4 in the Ballymore ahead of anything in the supreme going forward.
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Id be of the same view as you. Kevim Blake didnt seem confident the horse would improve on the ATR preview.
The only horse I’d be confident of backing in the supreme is blue Lord.
If you actually stop the tape at the start the gap between blue Lord and appreciate it was pretty much the exact same the whole way round until blue Lord made in roads at the very end.
That was a slowly enough run affair and they were obviously very keen to settle him after his run v Bob olinger. Given it was so slowly run it is difficult to make up ground from the back as in theory all horses should he finishing strongly.
I also think Bob olinger is extremely well fancied in a much stronger race and is priced at 5/2.
On the basis of that naas run between the two there was 6 lengths between him and Bob despite blue Lord pulling his brains out.
If he improves for settling and the trip id be relatively certain he’ll run to a 150.
I think 12s e/w is the play.
But but but but but - we were told he was nailed on to be in the Coral Cup
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I thought he would go chasing to be honest. Maybe something like the Grand Annual. He beat a JP horse Entoucas at the DRF who is one of the market principles for that race but lost to another JP horse in A Wave of the Sea who runs in the plate and is another at a head of the market in a deeper race. Hayes was notably quite easy on him that day especially on the run in when race was there to be won but maybe that is the way he is ridden. But it would make more sense to stay with Hurdles and 2 days extra rest will help. I think the Grand Annual is easiest race on paper and if there was a 100K bonus thats probably where I’d want to take my chance.
Duc de generies heading to the grand annual.
He was sore yesterday and they are keeping their options open for the extra rest but I’d be surprised if he goes at all.
He’s zero chance in the county unless a lot of rain comes.
Interesting. What mark he running off
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Cant see it.
Could be suited to the course tbf. Has a little class edge.
Few jockeys said you’ll want to be handy anyway as it’s a sharper course and could be a lot of horses back tracking.
Thought wave of the sea could redirect to the 2 and a half handicap and could take some beating. The Shunter and mitchouko have Franked the form and interestingly Jp has scratched a lot of horses for the race too who appeared to have obvious chances.
