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No point in having the peerless Frankel in this field. It would have ruined the ending - Great read and some mighty champions amongst it. The same if the Brigadier had been thrown in the mix. Now Frankel in a straight 8f race with the Brigadier could have been interesting...

No particular order... Rich Ricci - Tediously annoying. Wears sunglasses in the winter and as made his fortune from the banking sector which automatically annoys Me. Derrick Smith - Out of the three lads he appears the most arrogant and smug. Whereas John Magnier and Michael Tabor are more...

Vautour jumped brilliantly but lets be fair he was never hassled, Had everything his own way throughout. Was steady from the onset and quickened up as he liked in otherwords the jockeys in behind were clearly braindead on the day to allow Ruby to set his own fractions and basically steal the...

Ruby is the best horseman since Dunwoody... Noel Fehily as been one of the most underrated jockeys to ever sit on an horse, Given the ammo he rarely doesn't hit the target! Both top jockeys and in an ideal world I think Nicholls would love to jock his old stable jock back up, But I think he'd...

Not sure I'd fancy Annie Power in a strongly run Champion Hurdle, She can be abit complacent at her hurdles and one mistake in that race and its pretty much game over unless your pegasus. After Boston Bob got left in Cheltenham town centre whilst everything else crossed the finish line in the...

Oddy she as two races a year, Hardly any miles on the clock I doubt the long lay off she as been between the National Hunt season and Flat season as Mullins pulling too much of his hair out not that theres much left. Most horses could be considered fragile lets be honest. Shes either fragile or...

I believe this is a filly and a second foal on the ground for Frankel besides the Chrysanthemum foal. Not sure who the mare is with this foal though?

If Big Bucks retains his ability and gets there healthy and fit then he wins the World Hurdle barring an accident. Looking at the opposition I genuinely cannot see a danger apart from Annie Power and another Nicholls stablemate in the shape of Celestial Halo... Boston Bob - looks sloooooow and...

He's had a wind op and they've recauterised his pallet (Whatever that is) according to Paul Nicholls who claims hes a different horse since. The same happened with Sprinter Sacre the year Al Ferof won the Supreme, They tinkered with his wind and look what he went on to do, Obviously Im not...

Just one less horse for Silvianco Conti to run past on the run in...

Champagne Fever looks a stayer allover, To me against Defy Logic who hassled him all the way down the back it was as though everything was happening too quickly for him. The Jewson should be his aim with the Gold Cup the target the year after - Nicholls holds the key to this race with Dodging...

I think Wonderful Charm could be a great bet for this race. He was just touched off by Oscar Whisky at Cheltenham over the extended course and distance last month trying to concede 8lb which I thought was a great performance - Watching the race back people may argue that Wonderful Charm if good...

Mars as been awfully campaigned to date. Thrown in at the deep end time after time and now he's probably had enough... I'm sure the horse as ability aswell. Not sure where they go now though

There was a couple of decent performances through the week, Some of them named above but War Command impressed Me the most in the Coventry. How he came from last to first and spreadeagled the field with that turn of foot was impressive it looked an absolute beast of a performance... Worst part...

I wonder how much Camelot's stud value as took an hiding after his recent outings...?