5-50 stratford - tuesday -13/8/2013 - new years eve
NEW YEAR’S EVE (J. Ferguson)
John Ferguson was a trainer to follow last season and he went very close to winning the Weatherbys Champion bumper with New Year’s Eve. On his racecourse debut, he went into many notebooks with an eye-catching win at Ludlow and then he followed it up with another impressive win, this time at Market Rasen. It is a big jump to then take on the best bumper horses around, but there was plenty of market confidence for him at Cheltenham as he was backed down to 9/2 favourite. He travelled well throughout the race and always looked a threat, but when he came to challenge he was unfortunate to come up against a very game competitor in Champagne Fever and he just could not get past him. It was no disgrace to lose to him though and he remains a very exciting prospect for novice hurdles this season. He clearly has a good cruising speed and a touch of class and if he takes to hurdles, he should be able to win his fair share of races and be competitive again at Cheltenham in March.
this horse is going to be long odds on but it should win
5-50 stratford - tuesday -13/8/2013 - new years eve
NEW YEAR’S EVE (J. Ferguson)
John Ferguson was a trainer to follow last season and he went very close to winning the Weatherbys Champion bumper with New Year’s Eve. On his racecourse debut, he went into many notebooks with an eye-catching win at Ludlow and then he followed it up with another impressive win, this time at Market Rasen. It is a big jump to then take on the best bumper horses around, but there was plenty of market confidence for him at Cheltenham as he was backed down to 9/2 favourite. He travelled well throughout the race and always looked a threat, but when he came to challenge he was unfortunate to come up against a very game competitor in Champagne Fever and he just could not get past him. It was no disgrace to lose to him though and he remains a very exciting prospect for novice hurdles this season. He clearly has a good cruising speed and a touch of class and if he takes to hurdles, he should be able to win his fair share of races and be competitive again at Cheltenham in March.
this horse is going to be long odds on but it should win
will put result after the race :
very dissapointing run beaten 10 lenghts into second
one from the list runs 2moro in the 5-15 @ listlow which was pulled from a race the other day
HIDDEN CYCLONE (IRE) (J. J. Hanlon)
Included in the list last year, I see no reason to leave him out this time. A very useful hurdler, winning five of his six starts, Hidden Cyclone made his chase debut at Leopardstown over the Christmas period and there was plenty of market confidence in him. He travelled and jumped well throughout and always looked the winner, eventually easing to a two lengths success over Nearest The Pin. For his next start he stepped up to Grade Two company, but his yard was out of form at the time and although he was unable to win, he ran a fair race to finish third, just over a length behind the winner Sir Des Champs, who franked the form by winning at the Cheltenham Festival and is now favourite for the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup. The ground may have been a bit quicker than ideal for him also, so all in all it was a good run and he remains a horse of massive potential over fences. Due to that defeat though, the handicapper has allotted him what looks a very attractive mark of just 142 and as I consider him a potential 160+ horse, he is one I am looking out for on his handicap debut as I think he will be very hard to beat. He handles testing conditions very well and is proven over two and a half miles, but he may be even better over three miles this season, so it would not surprise me if he was to prove good enough to win the Irish Hennessy in February.
one from the list runs 2moro in the 5-15 @ listlow which was pulled from a race the other day
HIDDEN CYCLONE (IRE) (J. J. Hanlon)
Included in the list last year, I see no reason to leave him out this time. A very useful hurdler, winning five of his six starts, Hidden Cyclone made his chase debut at Leopardstown over the Christmas period and there was plenty of market confidence in him. He travelled and jumped well throughout and always looked the winner, eventually easing to a two lengths success over Nearest The Pin. For his next start he stepped up to Grade Two company, but his yard was out of form at the time and although he was unable to win, he ran a fair race to finish third, just over a length behind the winner Sir Des Champs, who franked the form by winning at the Cheltenham Festival and is now favourite for the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup. The ground may have been a bit quicker than ideal for him also, so all in all it was a good run and he remains a horse of massive potential over fences. Due to that defeat though, the handicapper has allotted him what looks a very attractive mark of just 142 and as I consider him a potential 160+ horse, he is one I am looking out for on his handicap debut as I think he will be very hard to beat. He handles testing conditions very well and is proven over two and a half miles, but he may be even better over three miles this season, so it would not surprise me if he was to prove good enough to win the Irish Hennessy in February.
