Great win for Dodging Bullets! Just proves how much of a hype horse Grandouet really is. When push comes to shove he doesnt find much!
Maakirr has yet to win a race but I have a feeling today is enclosure day 5/2has been available and the drop back in trip may well help
Looked like he hated the ground to me - didn't quicken when asked, just stayed on at the one pace. I wonder if Mullins has a bug in the yard - he is in shocking form at the moment, lots of his big names turned over last 2 days.
Dissapointed in Willie Mullins he should have left his best novice hurdler Sizing Tennessee in the future champs race he would have smashed that field..he does like to keep us guessing though we might not see him until Cheltenham again knowing Willie!
Very sad to see Sprinter Sacre pulled up - he looks OK though, trotting with Geraghty still on board. Can only imagine Geraghty felt something wasn't quite right with him?
Pulled up after the 2nd fence down the back straight. Nothing obvious, I assume Geraghty just wasn't getting a good feel off him and wanted to spare him a hard race on soft ground
He only had a treble yesterday I wouldn't be pressing the panic button just yet. His bumper horse today will win also.
First impression before interview is that the horse did not pop over as he usually does and I suspect BG sensed that this was not the race to be in for his first comeback in such bad ground and that his season could be compromised by giving him a hard race to win. Good decision but should have been made before starting out. I suspect something else may be offered but that's how it looked to the eye.
