What more can be said about Him? Anyone still think Zarkander, Granduoet or anything else will even give him a race come March?! WELCOME BACK CHAMP, GOD WE'VE MISSED YOU.
I dare say hes as good as anything I've ever seen including the mighty Istabraq. He goes past good horses like there standing still. I think the ground may have gone against a few today but good horses win on all types of ground and Hurricane Fly as just proved yet again that he is one of the very best We've seen... It'll be intresting to see how Zarkandar as fared over the summer. Cheltenham is a different ball game..
To be honest Istabraq, I think he's got more potential than even the very great Istabraq but time will decide whether I'm right or wrong, though it'd be a brave man to suggest he can't match JP's wonderhorse. Sorry if this sounds dismissive of Zarkander (or any other horse tasked with taking on the Champ come March!) but you're playing for 2 places in the race so betting each-way against him doesn't seem than sensible given there's a decent chance of a complete 'rag' filling a spot behind Him... Given a proper end to end gallop anything silly enough to try and match strides with Him will be burnt off very easily... Anyone else get the 5/1 with Will Hills I did last year on the day of his Champion win last year? I lifted a small fortune on him that day so re-invested immediately at 5s for the 2012 renewal, then went in the next day to 'top-up' at 4s. Not to considerable amusement from the cashier might I add Needless to say when I'm collecting March 13th this year I'll be immediately re-investing a speculative amount for the 2013 event too. Can I add my HF ante-post bets are the only AP bets I've done
