BEST of the BETS

poor run and looked knackered halfway. im very worried that Nickys horses have gone over the top. This was a lightly raced horse yet disappeared to nothing in strides. Very worried about Altior now. luckily it looks like the fat oaf, sorry, champion trainer is going to bottle wit with Cyrname so maybe all not lost but i am worried about Hendersons stable

oh no not again hippo . i told you about your paranoia. lol. yes paul nicholls wont run cyrname unless the going has soft in it. and rightly so. but id be more worried about the distance. 2 miles isnt cyrnames trip. probably they wont meet till next year. something to look forward to. and yes i agree nicky hendersons arent performing like we know they can.

Pere, yoiu know i love to get the fat oaf ref in!!!

Interestingly Cyrname, out of its 5 wins in Britain its won 3 times on Good to soft and 2 times on good...hardly shouting that it suddenly needs soft ground!

Altior, out of its 19 wins in Britain (yes 19 v 5) has won 5 on good, 8 on good to soft and 6 on soft...suggesting it needs soft in the title as well. The difference is 1 trainer thinks old school ie if its good enough it will win on any ground bar the extremes. he other knows his horse is false rated top chaser and will find any excuse not to run. Funny how he never mentioned the ground until this week and dec stages?

Also for the record Cyrname has won 6 races from 16 and yielded £226k and Altior has won 19 races from 21 yielding £1,150,000 - yet the handicapper thinks Cyrname should give Altior 3 lbs!!!!!...just saying!