Saturday 5th January

Sand 3:25 - Eragon De Chanay at 11/1 should have a decent chance given track and conditions. 10lb claimer could just give it the edge it needs.

Sandown 3:00

I’ve missed the price slightly but i think Halo Moon is pretty short to get involved here. He is on a decent mark and ran well in a similar race last year. He is getting a fair amount of weight from everything

1 Pt EW 28/1 6 places SKY 25/1 @paddypower

Wincanton 2:40

I don’t need a lot of encouragement to go for a 3 figure price. Gallic Destiny was a decent flat horse and probably went to high in handicap mark before a few bad runs and a long time of the track. He ran with a tiny bit of promise on his first run back and if he improved it’s not totally out of the question he can get involved of this mark. 100/1 makes with worthwhile especially with the extra places on offer in most bookies.

1 Point EW 100/1 4 places Paddy/Betfair 80/1 4 places elsewhere

3:25 Sandown

Eragon De Chanay looks a bit overpriced here given his course record. He is 2-3 here and is a decent price because of a poor run here last time out. Ill forgive him that run for the 10/1 in this race.

1 Point win 10/1 Generally

Cork 1:55

This looks a step down in class for Jett, along with going back over hurdles a stone lower than his chase mark. Surly he has to go close here and 14/1 is very big.

2 Points win 14/1lads/vc/coral/boyles

Theatre guide is my nap in the veterans , get 6 places in powers and get in the Q to collect

Two ew bets today. Both @ 16/1.....Pete the feat and ball darc

Laurina is a monster. Wont be beaten this year

Auroras_encore wrote: »

No mare will touch her this season anyway, is she good enough for the ch only one way to find out

They should throw her in, with her allowance she should go close, looks absolute class

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Lads, very early to be popping the champagne corks on Laurina, it ran against a complete tree today.

I always thought she looked class, today was never going to change my view. Very short for the Champion as it is though.

Kilfenora has been in my tracker a while 3:05 Cork, money coming in for it now

Shemale wrote: »

Kilfenora has been in my tracker a while 3:05 Cork, money coming in for it now

And delete, was going to back the winner til I saw this bollox getting backed. :rolleyes:

To call that a race today was a joke, i hope muliins runs her in the irish champion hurdle instead of going straight to chelts. If she does she will be backed off the boards and will prob start fav ahead of BD

Laurina has had multiple entries to take on Champion Hurdle contenders but yet swerved them all to run that joke of a mares race. I don't think what the connections have done is accidental at all. I think it will run over 2m4 like it did today in the mares race at Cheltenham.

Looks like she needs it soft. Will she get that at the festival?

She will go the mares imo. Otherwise they would be testing her in top races before March.

NaiveMelodies wrote: »

They'll have a fair idea of how she'd go against Melon, Sharjah et al and someones backed her to the extent she's extremely short based on anything done on track.
I suppose the decision for them is 7 lbs off Beuver D'air and the rest or levels v Apples Jade?

How many proper tests in open company did Annie Power get before her CH? World Hurdle?

Certainly more than Laurina. Beat Zarkandar a couple of times on the snaff and had course form on good ground and went off around 3/1 in a weak enough Champ Hurdle. Laurina is nearly that price now and facing a 2 time champion in his prime and has never run on decent ground.

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I just can't keep my mouth shut on this Laurina waffle any longer. The 4-1 currently on offer is a crap price. Who has she ever beat in open company? All of her form is on soft or heavier ground. This nonsense needs to stop. Anyone who thinks 4-1 is value needs their head examined.


If she turns out to be as good as she is I am delighted for her and her connections. As it stands she is rated 152. This is the same rating as any of the current leading novice hurdlers. How many of those are 4-1 for the champion hurdle?

1000 percent agree with the above, bvd is rated 169 and she gets the allowance. Still has loads to find but at 4s its a crazy price.

Kauto wrote: »

She doesn't need it soft but why risk her on it before you have to?

They know exactly what they have, so why bottom her out before the big day. WPM a genius. Owner wants the CH and that is where she will run.

All her form is on a bog. How do you know she will handle decent ground?

ground wont be good on day 1 lads, that's a given
twill we watered to death if no rain
ground wont be an issue
good to soft at absolute best
anything with soft in the name and with a race already run on it will be fine for her

The Mig wrote: »

They know what they have in Closutton lads. Doesn’t matter what she’s done or how she has looked. Bigger engine than Annie is what I’ve heard

They regularly don't know. If it was that straightforward they stable lads would be driving Lambos.

They'll know when we know on the 12th.

Earendil wrote: »

That doesn’t make sense.
In general you can get an idea in a big yard by how a horse runs in its work against graded animals.

Of course, yeah.

They don't how good a horse is going to be on the track though, i.e. that Laurina will be as good as Annie Power.

Plenty of horses touted as machines by various yards have not been machines. It's not that simple.