Up The Creek, With Rocky As My Paddle......

Well...

Short but sweet it must be, as early nights are the order of the day due to the minor detail of the odd 42.195km to jog around Paris on Sunday...

Quick note on today, I TRULY believe we saw the 2014 Champion Hurdler today in "The New One"....this remarkable 5 y/o, (yup, only a baby) was only outbattled close home by the tough as teak Zarkandar, and even TOUGHER R Walsh...BUT,  The New One was the quickest home over the last two flights at the festival of ANY of the hurdlers, quicker than Hurricane Fly, quicker than Quevega, quicker than Champagne Fever....so he has to be ridden for a turn of foot, and bearing in mind Zarkandar will be stepped up to 3m next season and our lad is an out and out 2 miler, I would LOVE to see Sammy T-D hold on to him for a bit longer, I WAS SCREEEEAMING at my screen..."not yet Sammy, NOT YET SAMMY!!!" ...hoping, praying, BEGGING he would attack at the last and do Zarkandar for toe, but he appeared to get stagefright and kicked on 2 out, giving 'kandar PER-LENTY of time to eyeball the youngster, and ultimately grind out the win.

The New One is 6/1 2nd fav with Paddy Power, and if you don't mind waiting 11 months for a return on your investment, there are FAR worse ante post wagers..oh, and have your LIFE SAVINGS on Sacre at a quite BARMY 4/7 to repeat his Champion Chase romp, with Simonsig and Flemenstar his closest market rivals, both not likely to take him on...


So, back to tomorrows card, I needed a wheelbarrow after my Festival nap At Fishers Cross did the biz, but 5/4 tomorrow, albeit the right price form wise, does come with a scathing AP assesment, "he needs the mud"...tomorrow is looking good/soft at best, you place your bet, you takes your chances, I personally think class will out, and he can defeat a gallant Road To Riches by a few lengths.

The NAP on the card is in the 230pm, Rocky Creek, he was pulled out of the festival and with be cherry ripe for this, Paul Nicholls has always thought a lot of him, and today is his gold cup, his day of reckoning, to silence the doubters, in my opinion he only really has the latest in a seemingly LONG LINE of Pipe "hype horses" to beat, the now perpetually layable Dynaste, who is rated 157, and yet the Pipe stable STILL continue to yo-yo him up and down in trip, Rocky Creek all the way.

I won't waste my breath elaborating, but those who read my blog regularly know my opinion of the Long Black Aeroplane, let me just say:


*****SPRINTER SACRE WILL DESTROY CUE CARD AND FLEMENSTAR, END OF*****


I quick mention in the 450pm to the unbeaten Broadway Buffalo who has looked AWESOME in his 5 wins, and can notch up number 6 at the expense of Cotton Mill and Minella Fortress.  In the 340pm Walkon is a horse I have been following for a few years now, he looked above average in a couple of runs at Prestbury Park in November/December finishing runner up to decent tools, Unioniste and Al Ferof, he fluffed his lines back there the last twice, but has always been held in high regard by Alan King, and a return to previous form would make a MOCKERY of his 28/1 quote.

Lastly, it takes a very special horse to win FOUR bumpers, but I believe Molly's A Diva is just that, easily winning  it's opening two races, it then proceeded to scoot home in a listed event (beating the re-opposing Carole's Spirit) in taking fashion, priced up at 6/1, that could look mighty TASTY indeed at the 2 pole when Nick Schofield is hard on the steel preparing to produce his race winning, sweeping run down the outside.

Donald McCain appears to have a treble on his hands away from the madness at Sedgefield with:

210pm COUNSEL
430pm MASTER RED
535pm COOL MISSION

Bung 'em in a fiver trixie, one goes down ya cover your bet, if they all go in, as well they should, payout around £130.

Only nag to note at Leicester is Roger Varians impeccably bread newcomer, AZENZAR in the 440pm, I FULLY expect him to turn over the more fancied Azelle from the Hannon yard, but as always in these trappy early season guessing games, the market will be the best guide.


Well, time to attempt to get my Aintree placepot perm down to something smaller than infinity, then it REALLY must be time to hit the hay.....


So i'm up the Creek with Rocky as my paddle, and have NO intentions of At Fishers making me Cross, looking forward to tomorrow already......




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