SATURDAY IS ON THE HORIZON. FORTY STOUTELY BRED HORSES WILL RUN AND JUMP FOR OVER 4.6 MILES TO WIN THE BIGGEST TROPHY OF HORSE JUMPING IN BRITAIN AND POSSIBLY THE WORLD. IT IS FOR THE FIT, IT IS FOR THE STRONG, IT IS FOR THE STAMINA LADEN HORSES WHICH HAVE BEEN PREPARED METICULOUSLY FOR THE RACE.
DO NOT DISMISS THE IRISH
TIME AND AGAIN THE IRISH COME BACK WITH SOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHING UN-EXPECTED OR SOMETHING THEY BACK TO FAVOURITISM. THE TRAINERS WHO DO THAT CONSISTENTLY IT SEEMS ARE MULLINS AND ELLIOT AND THE PAIR OF THEM SHARE THE FAVOURITE SPOTS BUT…
WILL THE FAVOURITES WIN OR WILL A LURKING SECRET WEAPON STEAL THE DAY AND RUIN OUR POCKETS. DONT EXPECT THEM TO TELL US, WE MUST READ THROUGH THE LINES OF FORM, THROUGH THE TRAINERS HISTORY OF DELIVERING FAVOURITES AND OUTSIDERS TO GET TO THE WINNER. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE DISMISS TOTALLY THE BRITISH HORSES BUT…. THE IRISH KNOW THEIR ONIONS IN THIS RACE BETTER, PLAN IT BETTER AND PREPARE THEM BETTER.
WHICH ONES WILLY, GORDON???
RATHVINDEN, PLEASANT COMPANY BOTH OF MULLINS
TIGER ROLL, FOLSOM BLUE, MONBEG NOTORIOUS, ALPHA DES OBEAUX, STORY TELLER, OULDANDER, MALA BEACH, DOUNIKOC AND SHATTERED LOVE.
WELL, THAT TELLS YOU ALL WHAT ELLIOT PLANS TO DO. STITCH US ALL UP BECAUSE HE HAS ONE QUARTER OF THE FIELD AND WE ARE SCRATCHING OUR HEADS WONDERING; WHICH ONE, GORDON?
NATURALLY MOST OF THEM RUN TO KEEP OTHERS OUT BUT WE LIVE IN HOPE THAT ONE WILL DENY HIM THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH HIS TEAM IS FORMIDABLE.
WILL HE BE LUCKY ONCE AGAIN? LUCK OF THE IRISH IS A REAL STORY!!
FINALLY, GORDON IS DANGEROUS WITH HALF A DOZEN HORSES AND WE ARE MONITORING THE MOVES. STAY WITH US UNTIL THE START OF THE RACE. WE MIGHT SMELL SOMETHING, THEY COOK!!
THE TEAM
