Yorkhill was yesterday cut for thr Supreme amid rumours Walsh will ride

PICTURE: Caroline Norris (racingpost.com/photos)

Cheltenham betting: Yorkhill popular for Supreme as Min drifts

PUNTERS yesterday backed Yorkhill at the expense of long-time Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle favourite Min as rumours swirled about which of the two Willie Mullins-trained hopes Ruby Walsh will ride at Cheltenham in six days.

Min was pushed out to as big as 5-2 (from 11-8) for the first race of the festival while Yorkhill, who is also entered in the Neptune Novices’ Hurdle 24 hours later, was cut into  4-1 (from 6).

Mullins’ assistant David Casey told the Racing Post last night that both contenders, who Walsh has ridden in all their starts this season, worked well yesterday but that a decision on who he would ride had not yet been made.

Casey said: “There wasn’t a thing wrong with Min this morning. He worked great and everyone seemed very happy with him. Helooked in great shape.”

Yorkhill in ‘super form’

The recently retired jockey is Yorkhill’s regular work-rider and he was on board the unbeaten Tolworth Hurdle winner yesterday. 

He said: “I ride Yorkhill out every day and I was on him again today [Tuesday]. He was in super form and I was delighted with him but, as far as I know, no decision has been made on what race he will go for or who will ride him yet.” 

BoyleSports’ spokesman Liam Glynn reported a four-figure wager yesterday forced the firm to cut Yorkhill by two points.

Glynn said: “The support started to come in for Yorkhill around lunchtime on Tuesday and, having laid a four figure bet at 7-1 we clipped the son of Presenting into 6-1.

“There was no sign of the demand drying up and within the space of an hour, having filled the book up at 6-1 which included another large four-figure bet, our traders had no choice but to cut him further into 5-1.”

‘The vibes are strong’

William Hill mirrored BoyleSports price cut on Yorkhill but allowed Min’s price to drift to 5-2 (from 11-8), their biggest price since early January.

Spokesman Jon Ivan-Duke said: “The vibes are really strong for Yorkhill, less so for Min, who is very uneasy in the market.”

fonte : RacingPost

MARTEDÌ 8 MARZO 2016 Giappone: #Makahiki valutato 123 da Sam Walker del Racing Post. È lui la speranza Arc de Triomphe per il Sol Levante?

 

   

 

La prestazione di Makahiki (Deep Impact) nel Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho G2 (VIDEO CORSA QUI) di Nakayama di domenica dove ha battuto Mirco Demuro in sella a Leontes, non è passata inosservata agli analisti europei del Racing Post. Il figlio di Deep Impact (Sunday Silence), nella foto sotto, che veste proprio la giubba della Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co Ltd del campionissimo in corsa e champion sire in razza, ha maturato un 123 di Rating secondo Sam Walker, un valore altissimo per un cavallo solo alla terza uscita in carriera. Ad incidere su questa valutazione, condizionata dal cammino simile di “Impacto” con debutto e vittoria successiva nelle Wakagoma Stakes di Kyoto, c’è stata sicuramente la chiusa in 33.6s per i 600 finali ed il tempo finale di 1m 59,9s sui 2000 metri, in linea con le 2000 Ghinee Giapponesi dello scorso anno, con relativo record della corsa, e parziali di circa mezzo secondo più bassi del campione Duramente (King Kamehameha) rientrato la settimana precedente sullo stesso tracciato in medesime condizioni, ma su distanza un filo più corta. 

A proposito di Duramente, fino a questa settimana si pensava a lui come cavallo giapponese per l’Arc, ma la prestazione di Makahiki ha rimesso in discussione tutto per 2 motivi. Il non scintillante rientro di Duramente in ottica Sheema Classic, sebbene sia maturata una vittoria, ed il fatto che un cavallo così giovane possa aver fatto questi numeri a questo punto della stagione. Una cosa è certa, i cavalli giapponesi vanno come treni aiutati da andature folli. Basti pensare che le femmine sul miglio fanno tempi intorno all’1m 32s! Da noi siamo di media 4 secondi più alti con i tre anni, ma le andature sono più lente. Comunque. gli analisti si chiedono se Makahiki può essere per davvero il cavallo capace di spezzare l’anatema da Arc de Triomphe G1 per il galoppo giapponese. Possibile! Intanto però Lemaire, che ha montato anche Satono Diamond nel Kisaragi Sho di Kyoto, ed è ancora imbattuto, è ancora indeciso. Tutto ci verrà molto più chiaro nel Satsuki Sho G1, le 2000 Ghinee giapponesi che si corrono a 2000 metri di Nakayama, di domenica 17 Aprile.

Ricordiamo come l’Arc sia una sorta di maledizione per i cavalli giapponesi, forse i più forti del mondo sulle distanze del miglio e mezzo, ma mai riusciti a sfatare il mito della corsa più importante del mondo. Cominciò El Condor Pasa che perse da Montjeu nel 1999, poi Nakayama Festa ancora secondo con Workforce nel 2010, poi la incredibile sconfitta di Orfevre nel 2012 a favore della outsider Solemia dopo brusco scarto quando sembrava avere la corsa in mano, la positività di Deep Impact nel 2006 dopo un piazzamento, e la monta indecente su Harp Star nel 2014 dietro a Treve.

Che sia il 2016, a Chantilly, l’anno giusto?

 

PUBBLICATO DA GABRIELE CANDI A MARTEDÌ, MARZO 08, 2016

 

 

Alpha Des Obeaux: won Grade 2 at Gowran Park last time out

PICTURE: Caroline Norris (racingpost.com/photos)

Cheltenham Festival: Morris keen to take on Thistlecrack again

 BY DAVID JENNINGS3:54PM 8 MAR 2016 

MOUSE MORRIS is relishing the opportunity to pit Alpha Des Obeaux against Thistlecrack in the Ryanair World Hurdle and see if the six-year-old can avenge his Aintree defeat last season.

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Morris is not convincedThistlecrack would have beaten Alpha Des Obeaux in the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle last April, when a last-flight fall ended the argument early.

Alpha Des Obeaux was less than a length down when clipping the top of the final hurdle and getting rid of Richard Johnson and Morris thinks Colin Tizzard’s staying hurdle star would have had a real fight on his hands had his charge not crumbled.

“It was 50-50, it would have been a toss of a coin,” Morris said on Tuesday.

“My fella seemed to be coming back at him at the time. But look, he fell and the other one stayed on his feet so we will never know. Thistlecrack is a proper horse and has done very little wrong all year so we will have our work cut out.”

Date with destiny

Since that Sefton showdown, Thistlecrack has become the highest-rated stayer over hurdles with a mark of 168. Alpha Des Obeaux’s Irish mark of 155 might be 13lb lower but Morris reports the son of Saddler Maker to be in tip-top shape in the build up to his big date next Thursday. 

He added: “He has done his last few pieces of work and I have been very happy with him. We brought him away a couple of times and he didn’t disappoint. Hopefully he will get a nice bit of ground and we will see what he is made of. 

“I’m not really worried about the trip for him. I think he will stay. The only concern is whether he is good enough or not. We will find that out on the day.”

fonte : RacingPost

 

 

LUNEDÌ 7 MARZO 2016. Aste: GOFFS UK lancia il catalogo delle Breeze Up Sales di Doncaster del 19 e 20 Aprile, una selezione di grande qualità aperta al mercato italiano con grandi incentivi e tanti motivi per esserci