personally i think Cyrname has achieved nothing that altior has done and the rating is a joke but with racing anything can happen.
lets hope they both dont get hurt
Funny how the horse racing pundits make it look as if it’s even a close match between ALTIOR and CYRNAME. This is more like Altior vs Altior, wether he runs his race or not. 19/19 is a hard proof the he’s never failed to do so. Don’t really care how Cyrname runs tom. as he’s nowhere near Altior’s class. Henderson is a proven master at his craft and he’s not a fool to run his superstar and risk it’s wellbeing at this new trip if the horse isn’t capable of seeing it out. Most likely fact is that Altior has shown all the right signs at home and that Nicky and co. firmly believe that their superstar will see out this trip even better than 2 miles at this stage of it’s career. My money is already down on Altior and I’m just waiting to collect my free money tom. After enjoying to watch Altior romp to victory.
Thinking I’ve completely missed that boat X. Altior was a shade of odds against when the market opened at the beginning of the week but is now firmly odds on and continuing to shorten. A probable non bet for me now unless as Hippo states, Nicholls lays it on thick pre race or when Cyrname goes stoutly from the front in running. Can’t see Altior coming back out.
Its all god fun, these duels are great for the sport, people still argue about Kauto v Denman now but they never race enough against each other to have a definitive answer.
I’m relishing it! Both from my sore head and pocket!
But that’s the name of the game! Nicholls eats it most of the time mind you so he’s cert. due a bit of luck this time