Proud to say that I was there with my wife,children& grandchildren and not ashamed to say that tears of joy were streaming down my face as I watched Thistlecrack win the race and,who I can only describe as poetry in motion. Mark my words,this horse will become a legend and I intend to take my family to watch him wherever he runs. Hard to see any horse beat this beauty called Thistlecrack.
Charlie Brockett someone forgot to tell might bite no other horse could beat thistlecrack. Having said that, a few others forgot to read that script too!
And now here we have it !!!! Thistlecrack has been given the highest handicap rating for a novice after his King George VI Chase win on Boxing Day. The 10-year-old is rated at 171, five more than Coneygree was before his Gold Cup success in 2015. Thistlecrack was competing in just his fourth race over fences when he swept aside Cue Card in the King George. "He really is showing all the signs of being exceptional," said Phil Smith, the British Horseracing Authority's senior handicapper. Thistlecrack made his chasing debut in October, and trainer Colin Tizzard is planning one more race for his stable star, probably at Cheltenham on 28 January, before heading to the Gold Cup at the same course on 17 March. Kauto Star, winner of two Cheltenham Gold Cups and a record five King Georges, was rated 193 at his peak.
The way he jumped and travelled...I've seen film of Arkle. Tom Scudamore didn't have to get really serious on him. He looks the genuine article. He's got to get round Cheltenham. Could be really, really special.
Nothing will get close to this monster until douvan steps up to the gold cup in 2 or 3 years, never seen anything like this. Travels so powerfully, flies over the fences like they aren't there and quickens away whenever he wants from top class horses. Has goosebumps watching this, could be one of the best we have ever seen
Wayne Howes kauto got beat, denamn got beat they all have off days. just didnt jump today was amazed he was still on the bridle going to the 2nd last that was awesome
Thistlecrack has the engine or that as of Denman & the elegance to jump as of Kauto Star & has gone one better than Big Bucks in his tradition from novice to Champion Chase grade 1 winner . What will timeform rate him ! Remember Arkle was over the 200 s . This performance was awesome as he will improve further & for me the rest are chasing shadows .
stephen fry Thistlecrack is a great horse but is still a novice and got exposed at Cheltenham and the tougher fences by a true legend, Many Clouds. I have no doubt that Thistlecrack will go onto great things but he still has a lot to learn. I was at Kempton on Boxing Day, it's was a fantastic, faultless performance. Sadly he's out of the cup now. And no Annie Power or Faugheen either! Disappointing
Tom scu got his tactics wrong at Cheltenham and the effort still killed many clouds. he would've won the gold cup in a hat canter, he's still the one to beat but he's not young so this coming season will probably be his best.
Simon Holt commentated the Sandown races just this past Saturday, 4th February. Available through the Sandown Park website and then go to 'Racing Replays'.
made the hairs on my neck stand up and together with native river in Welsh national made for a bloody marvellous Christmas 🎄 thank you very much the Tizard team,
having watched TC is his races he is a naturally balanced horse and that is hard to find. Usually they favour the left leg, so going left is always easier for them, my old boy favoured his right leg so he loved right hand courses. I wish the horse well and lets hope he stays safe, not like some good horses from the past.
Wins the king george on the bridle and people still doubt him. Have a day off. The horse knows how good he is hence why he saved his best jumps for the crowd just as arkle did.
I tipped might bite to win the kg some time ago but I won't be coming on here to make ridiculous comments about how good he is. Time will tell us that but it does worry me just how many one hit wonders are set to conquer the world each time there is a false dawn while the horses that come back again and again are ridden over roughshod by the equine equivalents of one direction.
remember Annie Power ...certainty... saved 80m for bookies.Any Horse can fall at any fence...and at Cheltenham, stiff fences ,not easy to recover with that hill...I'm backing an EW... at 12/1...can't tell you...
Angliruu he was a brilliant horse I worry for this years king George thistlecrack didn't look fit enough it might be but I dunno if 25 days is enough to cope with might bites natural pace, should be fully fit for Cheltenham though :D thistlecrack my fave ever
what a equine superstar - this must silence the cue card trolls - this could be the best horse ever - no horse can ever get it off the bridle ! poetry in motion - move over the new king has arrived dressed in irange and bkack
A lot of comments here on Thistlecrack & being outstayed in a battle with Manyclouds . If you look at the race you will see Tom Scudamore on the outside on the bend & he probably covered more ground than Manyclouds & only got beaten a short distance. Add to that a few sticky jumps....0n hindsight Tom Scudamore should have made more use of Thistlecrack ....... & probably Ruby Walsh would have got him home. The Bookmakers know ...... best price Gold Cup under 2/1 ????
I've been reading you're comments here and therefore ask; Why do you continually look to crab this Brilliant Novice chaser at every opportunity? He's arrived through the front door into chasing's G1 elite without disgracing himself at all.Whats you're point? Has he beaten something you backed? You're abnormal.
Isn't it privilege to witness all these wonderful hurdlers and jumpers and YET their prize money is still a pittance compared to their flat friends, wish they would increase the money. These horses give so much more and many have paid the penalty for it.
Thistlecrack, unfortunately, didn't manage to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2019 in which he was pulled up while weakening at the tail of the field on the second circuit before Al Boum Photo, the guy which caused some trouble at Punchestown months before (regarded by some as race-fixing), won the race. He will also miss this year's Cheltenham Festival because of his recurring injury.
This monster gives Mullins nightmares and he won't dream of taking it on with Douvan. As long as Thistlecrack stays sound Douvan will stay 2m. This horse has something different the likes of which we have never seen before
radley2612 agree. As I believe the government is going to make overseas registered bookmakers pay 10% on their earnings why not put that towards improving race tracks and facilities, instead of kempton.
radley2612 bookies oversea although registered in uk, don't pay tax to the government or anyone so the profit is theirs. As said would go towards whatever the JC want instead of selling kempton. I suppose its called progress!!!
As much as Thistlecrack is an excellent horse and will probably win the Gold Cup, the owners of Cue Card should not fear taking that horse on again at Cheltenham. Cue Card's form in this race is not that brilliant really if you check, even if he did manage to muster a win the race in 2015. Cue Card is surely at his best going left handed, not right, the ground is not as big an issue as most would have us believe and would surely have won the Gold Cup in 2016 if he'd stood up and more patient tactics would benefit when he can run his own race and not be concerned by a certain horse... Some horses have a definite preference for left hand tracks or right and don't show their best at the opposite, even if they do manage to win. It always surprises and annoys me that neither the jockeys, the trainers, nor the owners are able to see the bloody obvious right in front of them. Take Desert Orchid for instance, the master of right hand tracks, but a relatively average horse going left, even if it did manage to eventually win the Gold Cup, or maybe Best Mate, who managed to win a King George going right handed, but was far superior going left, especially at Cheltenham.
Castle Horde I agree with you I would take him on at cheltenham with Cue card especially if the ground is soft. Cue card doesnt act going right handed and has much better form going left handed. im disapointed for cue card as its got a touch of the wayward lads about it; a horse that should have won at least one gold cup in my view, but never did. Also this race doesn't add up from a timeform perspective as the race is only marginally faster than the novice event won by the 130 rated royal vacation and if might bite had stood up he would have been far quicker. the proximity of the beaten horses to cue card suggest he has run way below his best as I do not believe tea for two, Josses Hill or silviniaco conti are capable of running above a 170 rating or even a high 160s rating at present. Cue Card ran to 180+ in beating coneygree at haydock on a left handed track in heavy going and the time was outstanding on the day. Perhaps that race left a mark on him as Silviniaco Conti has turned round a 40 length plus beating in a matter of weeks, tea for two won the novice chase over course and distance a year before and ran to a time 30 lengths slower than when Cue Card won the King George on the same day in 2015 and there is no sign he could have made such dramatic improvement as he was beaten by the 150 rated Josses Hill on his last outing. visually thistlecrack is impressive but the race time and the proximity of lower rated beaten horses give me reason to suspect the overall value of the form of the race. it could still be that thistlecrack is the best thing since sliced bread but I need to see him beat a high rated chaser emphatically in a well run race and sadly I expect he will scare everything away in the cotswold chase. I was hoping the Bradstocks would take him on with coneygree, with the odds likely to favour a punt on him just in case a bubble was burst!
How do you know he doesn't like the hill at Cheltenham, what proof of this have you... Only the great Sprinter Sacre (at his best) has got in this horses way twice at Cheltenham and that surely was NO DISGRACE. Every other time Cue Card's been to Cheltenham he's won or been ready to win if NOT for falling... The horse LOVES Cheltenham and going LEFT HANDED.
Thank you, AT LAST some common sense. We are NOT saying he will beat Thistlecrack.. I love Thistlecrack having backed him when he won at 25/1, just before finishing an unlucky second in Ireland and has been a revelation since being stepped up to 3 miles... BUT Cue Card has every right and every chance of bettering that lacklustre performance it showed in the King George and connections should NOT be afraid to take Thistlecrack on again... The 2 and half miles plus of the Ryanair are not what CC wants at at his age anymore... and with so many question marks against the participation and form of other Gold Cup horses, that race could turn into a near walkover for Thistlecrack if they're not careful.
Watch my bets? I need to watch my head with all these initials your firing at me.... Is there any chance you could find the time and energy to show the horses and races some respect and type out their ENTIRE names to save time? This is what text messaging and the likes does to you.... makes you lazy.
Agreed. Cue Card clearly didn't run his race here and should he be allowed to take his chance. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get the better of Thistlecrack in the Gold Cup, for which he's currently best priced at 20/1, making him great each way value. Connections though may well opt for the ryanair and for that reason it can only be a..."none runner no bet" for me.
I know thistlecrack eased up after jumping the last but bad horses like tea for 2 and josses hill were to close, kauto star wud have destroyed him in his prime, douvan will do the same whenever they do meet
a comparison with how he would have fared against Kauto Star in his prime, is pointless; in his prime, Kauto Star was not a fourth chase novice, as Thistlecrack was on this occasion, and it remains to be seen how good a horse he develops into when he is in his prime ........ as for an unlikely clash with Douvan, again, it remains in the realms of speculation ............. I'm not sure why you cannot just enjoy, on face value, an extraordinary exhibition of steeplechase jumping from a novice chaser without wanting to rain on his parade .......... is it because you are not really a fan of National Hunt racing ?? yup, I guess so ......... nuf said
Billy Byrne I have to dissagree, Tea For Two is a damb good horse and i tell you Nicky Henderson would not have have put Josses Hill in the race if he didnt think he was good enough. Time will tell how good these horse are and i tell you dont under rate Tea For Two, there s a damb good race in this horse, you wait and see.
Haha!! What's going to beat it? I'll tell you this, it'll win easier than what it won the king george. I said it would win the KG on the bride. He'll have them all off the bridle coming down the hill at Chelts. Providing he gets there fit & well he'll piss all over everything.He's going 2 strides quicker than everything and has yet to come out of 2nd gear and you want to lay him? I guess there's always the minority that see it from a different angle........ :-/
GC very different test to KG. Not a GC horse. Too keen and exuberant. Competition not looking great but I will happily lay at that price as its too short.
James Maner Laying a horse because it's too short is nonsense. You haven't given me a horse that will beat it so why lay it? a 5/4 winner is better than a 20/1 nowhere. He's all class and destroyed a 180 rated horse on the bridle. He's a Gc horse don't you worry about that.
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One of the best performances I've seen from a horse the pace and jumping is insane gutted his injury ended his career still cheris this race
Proud to say that I was there with my wife,children& grandchildren and not ashamed to say that tears of joy were streaming down my face as I watched Thistlecrack win the race and,who I can only describe as poetry in motion.
Mark my words,this horse will become a legend and I intend to take my family to watch him wherever he runs.
Hard to see any horse beat this beauty called Thistlecrack.
Charlie Brockett exactly what I've done, wherever thistlecrack goes I go!
I agree in years to come we will talk about Thistle crack in the same breath as Arkle, Golden Miller and The Orchid!
In a few years time we will still be returning to remind ourselves what a BUFOON you are Wayne
Wayne Howes decent? your havin a laugh aren't you
Charlie Brockett someone forgot to tell might bite no other horse could beat thistlecrack. Having said that, a few others forgot to read that script too!
love Tom scu's lovely reaction. Great to see real emotions in sport.
Thistlecrack is an absolute MONSTER of a horse.
And now here we have it !!!!
Thistlecrack has been given the highest handicap rating for a novice after his King George VI Chase win on Boxing Day.
The 10-year-old is rated at 171, five more than Coneygree was before his Gold Cup success in 2015.
Thistlecrack was competing in just his fourth race over fences when he swept aside Cue Card in the King George.
"He really is showing all the signs of being exceptional," said Phil Smith, the British Horseracing Authority's senior handicapper.
Thistlecrack made his chasing debut in October, and trainer Colin Tizzard is planning one more race for his stable star, probably at Cheltenham on 28 January, before heading to the Gold Cup at the same course on 17 March.
Kauto Star, winner of two Cheltenham Gold Cups and a record five King Georges, was rated 193 at his peak.
Thank you so much for putting this up. I had been watching Irish racing at that time . Unbelievable stuff
Who rides number 1 ???? Awe ride
I miss this horse so much 😪
The way he jumped and travelled...I've seen film of Arkle. Tom Scudamore didn't have to get really serious on him. He looks the genuine article. He's got to get round Cheltenham. Could be really, really special.
Nothing will get close to this monster until douvan steps up to the gold cup in 2 or 3 years, never seen anything like this. Travels so powerfully, flies over the fences like they aren't there and quickens away whenever he wants from top class horses. Has goosebumps watching this, could be one of the best we have ever seen
Daniel Elder douvan is the only horse i. training capable this is a mosnter though. Best I have seen EVER including sprinter sacre.
Wayne Howes kauto got beat, denamn got beat they all have off days. just didnt jump today was amazed he was still on the bridle going to the 2nd last that was awesome
Wayne Ker / And you're point is? Please explain this Unknown FACT to the congregation. Are you a time lord?
Where did i COMMENT that????........ARE YOU A TROLL?
Thistlecrack has the engine or that as of Denman & the elegance to jump as of Kauto Star & has gone one better than Big Bucks in his tradition from novice to Champion Chase grade 1 winner . What will timeform rate him ! Remember Arkle was over the 200 s . This performance was awesome as he will improve further & for me the rest are chasing shadows .
stephen fry And how do you explain the defeat by Many Clouds?
stephen fry Thistlecrack is a great horse but is still a novice and got exposed at Cheltenham and the tougher fences by a true legend, Many Clouds. I have no doubt that Thistlecrack will go onto great things but he still has a lot to learn. I was at Kempton on Boxing Day, it's was a fantastic, faultless performance. Sadly he's out of the cup now. And no Annie Power or Faugheen either! Disappointing
Tom scu got his tactics wrong at Cheltenham and the effort still killed many clouds. he would've won the gold cup in a hat canter, he's still the one to beat but he's not young so this coming season will probably be his best.
well done for uploading this . racing uk showed the last 10 seconds - shame on them
999LDS Cheers Bud .I thought they might ...Jokers 😤
999LDS racing UK has the worst commentary
Simon Holt commentated the Sandown races just this past Saturday, 4th February. Available through the Sandown Park website and then go to 'Racing Replays'.
made the hairs on my neck stand up and together with native river in Welsh national made for a bloody marvellous Christmas 🎄 thank you very much the Tizard team,
very impressive
having watched TC is his races he is a naturally balanced horse and that is hard to find. Usually they favour the left leg, so going left is always easier for them, my old boy favoured his right leg so he loved right hand courses. I wish the horse well and lets hope he stays safe, not like some good horses from the past.
Wins the king george on the bridle and people still doubt him. Have a day off. The horse knows how good he is hence why he saved his best jumps for the crowd just as arkle did.
Well said 👏 👏 👏
Trigger 23 he was injured v many clouds. He is the best i have seen in the last 10 years. Maybe onky Douvan and Vautour better but this guy is speciak
C S loved vautour, no horse jumped like him but no horse is as quick away from their fences as thistlecrack, such a beast.
I tipped might bite to win the kg some time ago but I won't be coming on here to make ridiculous comments about how good he is. Time will tell us that but it does worry me just how many one hit wonders are set to conquer the world each time there is a false dawn while the horses that come back again and again are ridden over roughshod by the equine equivalents of one direction.
remember Annie Power ...certainty... saved 80m for bookies.Any Horse can fall at any fence...and at Cheltenham, stiff fences ,not easy to recover with that hill...I'm backing an EW... at 12/1...can't tell you...
Here is your gold cup winner in march
what a Horse BRILLIANT the gold cups his😃
very nice
I won 14k off that race. Ledgend!!!
4:14 I can't name another horse that has ever done that :') I keep coming back to watch it
Angliruu he was a brilliant horse I worry for this years king George thistlecrack didn't look fit enough it might be but I dunno if 25 days is enough to cope with might bites natural pace, should be fully fit for Cheltenham though :D thistlecrack my fave ever
He looks like the Jumps Man's equivalent of Frankel
what a equine superstar - this must silence the cue card trolls - this could be the best horse ever - no horse can ever get it off the bridle ! poetry in motion - move over the new king has arrived dressed in irange and bkack
A lot of comments here on Thistlecrack & being outstayed in a battle with Manyclouds . If you look at the race you will see Tom Scudamore on the outside on the bend & he probably covered more ground than Manyclouds & only got beaten a short distance. Add to that a few sticky jumps....0n hindsight Tom Scudamore should have made more use of Thistlecrack ....... & probably Ruby Walsh would have got him home. The Bookmakers know ...... best price Gold Cup under 2/1 ????
Best you tell us all on here who will beat Thistlecrack in the Gold Cup ? We are all ears !
stephen fry no one
Thistlecrack will retire to stud . Unbeaten
Any idea where his knackers are?
"Retire to stud" HAHA...another brilliantly ignorant comment!
MySuperkings Killiltagh vic beat Thistlecrack and the horse is gelded ya bafoon!!!
Well, the King George winner was just denied by the late Many Clouds at Cheltenham on 28th January.
I've been reading you're comments here and therefore ask; Why do you continually look to crab this Brilliant Novice chaser at every opportunity? He's arrived through the front door into chasing's G1 elite without disgracing himself at all.Whats you're point? Has he beaten something you backed? You're abnormal.
Isn't it privilege to witness all these wonderful hurdlers and jumpers and YET their prize money is still a pittance compared to their flat friends, wish they would increase the money. These horses give so much more and many have paid the penalty for it.
Cue card was a great horse,,great form,,,he just lost his way,,,probably with age,,,,couldn’t see thistlecrack beating him,,,if anywhere near his best
Thistlecrack, unfortunately, didn't manage to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2019 in which he was pulled up while weakening at the tail of the field on the second circuit before Al Boum Photo, the guy which caused some trouble at Punchestown months before (regarded by some as race-fixing), won the race. He will also miss this year's Cheltenham Festival because of his recurring injury.
what a horse and a novice he jumped better than cue card.
Backed him for GC immediately after world hurdle last year at 16/1. Knew he was something special.......maybe not quite as special as this tho
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gold cup winner.. fact
Jumps like a stag. Will take a mighty horse to beat him for the gold cup.
Shame he is not the same horse this year
This monster gives Mullins nightmares and he won't dream of taking it on with Douvan. As long as Thistlecrack stays sound Douvan will stay 2m. This horse has something different the likes of which we have never seen before
Ian Jeremy Racing uk will take it down apparently they own 35 race courses in the uk and it's an infringement of their copy rights. But thanks anyway
radley2612 agree. As I believe the government is going to make overseas registered bookmakers pay 10% on their earnings why not put that towards improving race tracks and facilities, instead of kempton.
radley2612 bookies oversea although registered in uk, don't pay tax to the government or anyone so the profit is theirs. As said would go towards whatever the JC want instead of selling kempton. I suppose its called progress!!!
radley2612
Is it not the same with everything. Not being sarcastic but u have a talent for words have u thought of writing a book
Welcome to the "Globalbet" King George donkey derby from Cayman Park
radley2612 catchy title.
As much as Thistlecrack is an excellent horse and will probably win the Gold Cup, the owners of Cue Card should not fear taking that horse on again at Cheltenham. Cue Card's form in this race is not that brilliant really if you check, even if he did manage to muster a win the race in 2015. Cue Card is surely at his best going left handed, not right, the ground is not as big an issue as most would have us believe and would surely have won the Gold Cup in 2016 if he'd stood up and more patient tactics would benefit when he can run his own race and not be concerned by a certain horse... Some horses have a definite preference for left hand tracks or right and don't show their best at the opposite, even if they do manage to win. It always surprises and annoys me that neither the jockeys, the trainers, nor the owners are able to see the bloody obvious right in front of them. Take Desert Orchid for instance, the master of right hand tracks, but a relatively average horse going left, even if it did manage to eventually win the Gold Cup, or maybe Best Mate, who managed to win a King George going right handed, but was far superior going left, especially at Cheltenham.
Castle Horde I agree with you I would take him on at cheltenham with Cue card especially if the ground is soft. Cue card doesnt act going right handed and has much better form going left handed. im disapointed for cue card as its got a touch of the wayward lads about it; a horse that should have won at least one gold cup in my view, but never did. Also this race doesn't add up from a timeform perspective as the race is only marginally faster than the novice event won by the 130 rated royal vacation and if might bite had stood up he would have been far quicker. the proximity of the beaten horses to cue card suggest he has run way below his best as I do not believe tea for two, Josses Hill or silviniaco conti are capable of running above a 170 rating or even a high 160s rating at present. Cue Card ran to 180+ in beating coneygree at haydock on a left handed track in heavy going and the time was outstanding on the day. Perhaps that race left a mark on him as Silviniaco Conti has turned round a 40 length plus beating in a matter of weeks, tea for two won the novice chase over course and distance a year before and ran to a time 30 lengths slower than when Cue Card won the King George on the same day in 2015 and there is no sign he could have made such dramatic improvement as he was beaten by the 150 rated Josses Hill on his last outing. visually thistlecrack is impressive but the race time and the proximity of lower rated beaten horses give me reason to suspect the overall value of the form of the race. it could still be that thistlecrack is the best thing since sliced bread but I need to see him beat a high rated chaser emphatically in a well run race and sadly I expect he will scare everything away in the cotswold chase. I was hoping the Bradstocks would take him on with coneygree, with the odds likely to favour a punt on him just in case a bubble was burst!
How do you know he doesn't like the hill at Cheltenham, what proof of this have you... Only the great Sprinter Sacre (at his best) has got in this horses way twice at Cheltenham and that surely was NO DISGRACE. Every other time Cue Card's been to Cheltenham he's won or been ready to win if NOT for falling... The horse LOVES Cheltenham and going LEFT HANDED.
Thank you, AT LAST some common sense. We are NOT saying he will beat Thistlecrack.. I love Thistlecrack having backed him when he won at 25/1, just before finishing an unlucky second in Ireland and has been a revelation since being stepped up to 3 miles... BUT Cue Card has every right and every chance of bettering that lacklustre performance it showed in the King George and connections should NOT be afraid to take Thistlecrack on again... The 2 and half miles plus of the Ryanair are not what CC wants at at his age anymore... and with so many question marks against the participation and form of other Gold Cup horses, that race could turn into a near walkover for Thistlecrack if they're not careful.
Watch my bets? I need to watch my head with all these initials your firing at me.... Is there any chance you could find the time and energy to show the horses and races some respect and type out their ENTIRE names to save time? This is what text messaging and the likes does to you.... makes you lazy.
Agreed. Cue Card clearly didn't run his race here and should he be allowed to take his chance. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get the better of Thistlecrack in the Gold Cup, for which he's currently best priced at 20/1, making him great each way value. Connections though may well opt for the ryanair and for that reason it can only be a..."none runner no bet" for me.
I know thistlecrack eased up after jumping the last but bad horses like tea for 2 and josses hill were to close, kauto star wud have destroyed him in his prime, douvan will do the same whenever they do meet
a comparison with how he would have fared against Kauto Star in his prime, is pointless; in his prime, Kauto Star was not a fourth chase novice, as Thistlecrack was on this occasion, and it remains to be seen how good a horse he develops into when he is in his prime ........ as for an unlikely clash with Douvan, again, it remains in the realms of speculation ............. I'm not sure why you cannot just enjoy, on face value, an extraordinary exhibition of steeplechase jumping from a novice chaser without wanting to rain on his parade .......... is it because you are not really a fan of National Hunt racing ??
yup, I guess so ......... nuf said
Beating old horses who used to be gud ones👍
Billy Byrne douvan runs over 2 miles, thistlecrack 3, the chances of them meeting this year is zero, do you not understand that?
Next year
Billy Byrne
I have to dissagree, Tea For Two is a damb good horse and i tell you Nicky Henderson would not have have put Josses Hill in the race if he didnt think he was good enough. Time will tell how good these horse are and i tell you dont under rate Tea For Two, there s a damb good race in this horse, you wait and see.
Big lay for the Gold Cup. Wont win.
Lay means bet against. All my money obviously.
£500 at 2.2 and I'll lay more if it shortens further.
Haha!! What's going to beat it? I'll tell you this, it'll win easier than what it won the king george. I said it would win the KG on the bride. He'll have them all off the bridle coming down the hill at Chelts. Providing he gets there fit & well he'll piss all over everything.He's going 2 strides quicker than everything and has yet to come out of 2nd gear and you want to lay him? I guess there's always the minority that see it from a different angle........ :-/
GC very different test to KG. Not a GC horse. Too keen and exuberant. Competition not looking great but I will happily lay at that price as its too short.
James Maner Laying a horse because it's too short is nonsense. You haven't given me a horse that will beat it so why lay it? a 5/4 winner is better than a 20/1 nowhere. He's all class and destroyed a 180 rated horse on the bridle. He's a Gc horse don't you worry about that.