Jumps Season 2014\15

BumperD

Is not that far away. Oct 1 is the general kick off in my head anyway, with the Chelt Oct meeting, Charlie Hall Chase etc to look forward to next month. Vautour and Faugheen will be great fun following this season. Interested in seeing does O Faoileans Boy become a gold cup contender next March. Jeski surprised me last year but he was a worthy 2m champion. I normally get to the Nov open meeting but will miss it this year.

So who are you looking forward to the most?

Slattsy

Ooooooh i am aroused !!!!!
Cant wait to see Faugheen, could take on my beloved Jezki in the Champion

droidman123

Slattsy wrote: »

Ooooooh i am aroused !!!!!
Cant wait to see Faugheen, could take on my beloved Jezki in the Champion

jezki was a one hit wonder!!:p

Slattsy

Dont really care, i got my few thousand off him :P

droidman123

I cant wait for the "proper" racing to start myself. is sprinter sacre finished? will bobs worth come back to his best? was lord windermere a fluke? is faugheen as good as we all think? roll on the n.h.

Slattsy

Yeah cant wait man, Irish racing in a bad state though.

BumperD

Number of horses in training down on both islands but quality is there still. It will be a cracking season. We will continue to see small fields in graded races in IRL and Uk but other than that, its all good. Roll on the tweed coat, Wolly hat and scarf season

Backstreet Moyes

The thing i am really looking forward to is Apache Stronghold jumping a fence and finding out how good is Un De Sceaux.

droidman123

Nuts102 wrote: »

The thing i am really looking forward to is Apache Stronghold jumping a fence and finding out how good is Un De Sceaux.

Yeah looking forward to seeing un de sceaux as well.will be interesting to see what route Willie takes with him.

droidman123

For anyone needing a fix.
http://www.oddschecker.com/cheltenham-festival

hawaii501

And Venetia Saturdays

Slattsy

I always thought her surname was Williams.
What do I know.

hawaii501

Williams didn't have the same ring to it

Johner

Is More Of That going novice chasing?

Slattsy

i'd be surprised tbh. Didnt hear.

Backstreet Moyes

Slattsy wrote: »

i'd be surprised tbh. Didnt hear.

Why it would be foolish not to go chasing it could be a gold cup winner.

Slattsy

Only 6, I think they'll have another crack at the WH myself.

jimjamcos

Can't wait for NH to start back but we're in for Mullins musical chairs like never before! Can't see them risking Annie Power over a fence and think they'll take the easy, and boring, route with the Mares Hurdle now a Gr1. Faugheen, Vautour and UDS will clearly be kept apart too and all are very short given their targets won't be known until God knows when. The two Mullins horses who most interest me from a punting point of view at this moment are Un Atout (Russell was on record as saying he had potential of Sir Des Champs before injury) and Pont Alexandre who they were comparing to Denman before his disappointing defeat as fav in Neptune, which in hindsight wasn't bad given what TNO has done since. Both those have a lot to prove after injury but interest me for RSA, particularly PA.

Slattsy

Any news on Sir Des Champs?

Slattsy

Lynch lost the Potts' ride. Thought he was useless myself.

Though i know very little about young JJ Burke. Big shout!

jimjamcos

Slattsy wrote: »

Any news on Sir Des Champs?

He'll be back. Think I read somewhere that they could have pushed to get him back for Punchestown but just let him off for year.

Slattsy

jimjamcos wrote: »

He'll be back. Think I read somewhere that they could have pushed to get him back for Punchestown but just let him off for year.

He'll be my GC horse this year, in a very open year.

jimjamcos

Slattsy wrote: »

He'll be my GC horse this year, in a very open year.

Yea, hopefully comes back to his best. Impossible to know what will happen though with Mullins maybe having Champagne Fever and Boston Bob for GC. Boston Bob is the one I like.

BumperD

Gold Cup = O'Faoilean's Boy.

Backstreet Moyes

Interesting what Mullins is going to do with Un de Sceaux, AP, Faugheen, Vatour and Ponte Alexandre. I wonder which of them will go chasing. Mullins is a genius with hurdlers but who is the last great chaser he had. Think i heard when Cheltenham was on it's been a good few years since he had a chaser win at Cheltenham.

BumperD

Captain Cee Bee still going strong and runs Sunday week in the Tipperary hurdle.

Slattsy

Love that horse, had him in the Supreme in what seems like a lifetime ago.

droidman123

Slattsy wrote: »

Love that horse, had him in the Supreme in what seems like a lifetime ago.

Same here, 11/1 i think i got him at,twas a great start to the day!

jimjamcos

Rebel Fitz was very impressive down in Listowel. They're not letting Winters bring him across the pond so could be a horse to tackle Mullins favs with.

BumperD

47 runners total for a seven race card at Sligo tomorrow. Small fields are dominating the industry both sides of the pond. A trend that will continue for a few yrs yet me thinks.

Johner

Countrywide Flame put down, sad news.