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Native River 8th February 2020 – Newbury – His time comparisons against Mont Des Avaloirs are very interesting. He was about seven seconds slower than the Nicholls 142 rated handicapper from the first fence to the water jump with a circuit to go. This...
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Delta Work 2nd February 2020 – Leopardstown – This was a better jumping display from him as he saved his biggest mistake for the last and that was no more than a slight error. He has a really good battling attitude and one can...
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Santini 25th January 2020 – Cheltenham – He has battled very hard off a brutal gallop highlighted by his final circuit time comparisons with Simply The Betts and Cepage who were both competing over a much shorter trip. He was around three seconds quicker...
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AL Boum Photo 1st January 2020 - Tramore - It was interesting to hear Ruby Walsh suggest that he has won this race more impressively than he did in 2019 when he was on board. He jumped these smaller fences well and never looked...
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Delta Work 28th December 2019 – Leopardstown – Only four lengths separated the first five to finish and I suspect we would get a different result if the race were run again. He was no better than fifth at the final fence and came...
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Presenting Percy 8th December 2019 – Punchestown – He jumped well throughout and stayed on strongly from the last after being outpaced before two out. He has very few convictions and is as worthy a Gold Cup contender as most at this stage. He...
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Lostintranslation       23rd November 2019 – Haydock – He never looked in too much trouble from a long way out. The only mild surprise was that he had to really knuckle down and battle to get the better of the runner up. This was...
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Santini 10th November 2019 – Sandown – I would guess he has made much more hard work of this than his connections expected. He continues to look lazy and also far from straightforward. He was outpaced in his two previous races before staying on...
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Clan Des Obeaux 16th February 2019 – Ascot – This was a really slow pace with a relative sprint from after the fourth last fence until the winning line. He looked super impressive in beating very little. When comparing times he was next to...
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Bellshill 3rd February 2019 – Leopardstown – Along with the runner up he was ridden more prominently than usual due to there being only four runners lining up. He led and jumped well in the early stages before a mistake at the seventh preceded...
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