The Official Off Topic Thread

Just spent about an hour this morning (yes-need to get out more) looking at the trainers championship and I can't understand how Mullins isn't favourite. He's around 330,000 down at the moment but looking at Fairyhouse and Punchestown coming up and the likely markets for the Irish National and Grade Ones and going off what they both won outside those races last year, I have Mullins coming out on top by about 120,000 - and that's being very generous to Elliott as I calculated that he will win every race at Limerick and Wexford this week and Tramore next week. Mullins will have the fav in the two Grade Ones at Fairyhouse (Augusta Kate/Let's Dance and Yorkhill). At Punchestown he will have favs in Melon (or 2nd fav), Un de Sceaux, Bellshill, Penhill, Great Field, Nichols Canyon, Annie Power, Let's Dance, 2nd favs Arctic Fire, VVM/Limini, Bapaume/Meri Devie. I have Elliott down for winning the two valuable bumpers at Fairyhouse and Punchestown. The fly in the ointment is the Irish National and at the moment going by the markets, I have Noble Endeavor 3rd and The Crafty Butcher 7th picking up prize money. Elliott will have to win the Irish National to win the title I think. I've already backed Haymount myself at 25/1. I've backed Mullins at 2/1 anyway because I don't think the market realises how much money is still left to play for and that WPM is going to be winning most of it.