0:07

From the horse's mouth, coming at you

0:10

ahead of the final jump -stay of

0:12

the season in the UK, sand

0:14

down staging their finale. I've got

0:16

Ruby Walsh. I've got Roy's Largy. Rory,

0:19

welcome to the weekend. Thank you very much. a

0:21

pleasure being here. Excellent, isn't it?

0:23

As we record Thursday, 12 .36, which is nowhere

0:25

near the weekend. It's not far, it's not far.

0:27

Ruby Walsh, Willie Mullins setting a few horses,

0:29

so it's not near, I think. Send

0:32

in a team, yeah. Send in

0:34

a team, PK, Tartan, all exactly

0:36

when we're recording, how far behind

0:38

he will be by the commencement

0:40

of play on Saturday, but he

0:42

most certainly will be behind. We're

0:44

Dan Skelton to

0:47

maximize every opportunity he has

0:49

Thursday and Friday. That will

0:51

be training 15 winners. He would

0:53

start with £125 ,000 of a

0:55

lead or thereabouts. Were he

0:57

to win? The second race at

0:59

Sandown where Willie doesn't have a runner, he would

1:01

get to 145 and I think he would

1:03

need to get to at least there. So it's

1:05

going to be hard for Dan. Going to be a

1:07

ticker. Are you on ITV? No, I'm in

1:09

Navan. No, you're not. OK, all right.

1:11

So you'll be keeping a close eye

1:13

on the action. Very

1:15

interesting racing. Obviously, it's the final day of

1:17

the jump season, which often dovetails with Punches

1:20

Town. And if you want to catch some

1:22

Punches Town content before it gets underway, I

1:24

would direct your attention to the Paddy Power

1:26

Racing YouTube channel, where a brilliant rewind show

1:28

with Grand National -winning jockey, Patrick Mullins, is

1:30

available to watch. Really good stuff there, chatting

1:33

about the likes of Uncle Junior. Now, producer

1:35

Mark gave me some notes. He just said, Uncle

1:37

Junior. And he also said, on the show,

1:39

my assumption it's the funny story regarding the

1:41

junior and the cross country, but I could

1:43

be wrong on that one. He also talks

1:45

about how he himself had to turn things

1:47

around for his dad in the Irish championship

1:49

as well. The likes of Wicklow Brave and

1:52

others. It's a good story

1:54

that one about Uncle Junior. Right. Also, we'll

1:56

have daily shows for Punches Town next week as

1:58

well, which is going to be great. Let's talk

2:00

Saturday though, folks. ITV have extended their coverage

2:02

where they've moved things around anyway. show

2:04

a lot of sand down. The first race

2:06

they're going to show for us is the 150

2:08

on the card, the Josh Gifford novice handicap

2:10

chase. I'll keep an eye out for prices.

2:12

I haven't got any in front to be recording quite

2:14

early on Thursday, 1238. So Rory, let's

2:16

have a guess on who's going to be favoured

2:18

as I look at it for the first time.

2:20

Have a clue. But what I do know is

2:22

that Mahan's Glory is looking for three wins in

2:24

a row. How about that? Yeah, that's

2:27

not going to happen here. I don't

2:29

think for Mahan's Glory. But

2:34

It's a decent

2:36

contest. I'll

2:38

help you out. The Skelton's got the

2:40

favour. Risk in the ground,

2:42

11 -4, 92 classic anthem. And who's

2:44

next after that? Insurrection of

2:46

5 -1, who's been nibbled up from sixes. And

2:48

then Michael Jackson's favourite horse, Bad. Bad

2:51

could, Bad hated. The

2:54

National Fences last time I did indeed

2:56

interesting see the prices coming up for this

2:58

is some some differences of opinion From from

3:00

firms on different races. So I was on

3:02

the I was on the 120 that which

3:04

which I believe is still being shown on

3:06

the on the telly. Isn't that? No,

3:09

they've taken off my It's showing up

3:11

as being as being on the telly, but

3:13

there you go. What was the pity? It's

3:15

a slightly odd one that in that some four horses

3:17

who run in the same subtle race ten days

3:19

ago are four of the

3:21

first five in the market for that contest,

3:23

but that's buy the buy. In

3:26

this, I quite like,

3:28

I put him up at the entry,

3:30

I quite like NAD Star. He's

3:33

an 11 to one shot, he's as big as 14

3:35

to one elsewhere. He ran very

3:37

well in the red rum to be third. He

3:40

was disappointing at this track on his

3:42

penultimate start, and I thought that might

3:44

see him drift a little bit and be

3:46

quite a big price for this, but

3:48

he bled. on that occasion. His

3:50

two runs prior to that are very good when

3:52

he was last a three at the entry

3:54

but not beaten very far and the formers worked

3:56

out very well and he was a very

3:58

good second at banger prior to that. He's

4:00

yet to try this trip but does look like

4:02

he'll actually improve for it. He

4:04

jumped well at the entry under Tom

4:06

Broughton was always in a good position

4:08

and kept on well to the line. I

4:11

think he was a 50 to one shot that day. He's

4:14

not going to be that big here but he will He

4:17

will give you a decent run for your money and I'd

4:19

give him a chance. Plenty of

4:21

horses should you be slightly wary of

4:23

at this stage. I thought

4:25

risk on the ground was short enough at 11 -4.

4:28

He's obviously, he'd be having his third run

4:30

in the space of a fortnight. I think

4:32

that might just be a little bit much

4:34

for him for all. He bowed side of

4:36

air very well to win a Cheltenham the

4:38

other day and keep the battle up. For

4:41

the trainer's championship, he won two valuable prizes,

4:43

the silver trophy at Cheltenham, and the race

4:45

he won at AR was worth 25 grand

4:47

to the winner as well. So he's been

4:49

doing his bit for Dan Skelton, but I

4:51

think this might be just a step too

4:53

far for him. The one that I

4:55

think is the danger is Id, Johnny

4:59

Burke riding, who's been a revelation this

5:01

season. Thoroughly

5:03

genuine, jumps well.

5:06

and stays this trip, well, handles quickish ground

5:08

and a right hand to track, so I'll

5:10

see him running a big race. But I

5:13

think NAD Star might just be the value

5:15

here. All right, NAD Star in what I

5:17

call the milky mood colors. They remind me

5:19

of those sweets, the milky moves. Ruby.

5:21

Yeah, and I was siding

5:23

with NAD Star until I saw

5:25

that burst of blood vessel

5:27

run behind Vincenzo at Sandown or

5:29

in the comments. But

5:33

putting me off and with the 23 day

5:35

turnaround from A &T to here, I

5:37

think at 43 days, I'd probably

5:39

give them a better chance personally. And

5:42

the one I came down with

5:44

was Classic Anthem, who I thought went

5:46

up five for winning at Sandown

5:48

in March, could have been up a

5:50

lot more. Absolutely bolted him in

5:52

a beat. It's our diary. Sean

5:54

Bowen for Jim Boyle. Down the bottom

5:57

of the way, it's I like

5:59

Classic Anthem. Classic Anthem for Ruby.

6:01

Right on to the 225. This

6:03

is the Oxychase, over two

6:05

miles and well, nearly three miles. Gaelic Warrior,

6:07

pole ten and rides six to four.

6:09

Favourite. You've got five to two pick Dory

6:11

for Cobden and Nichols. Gentleman to me,

6:13

six to one. Mark Walsh, obviously rides and

6:15

12 to one. Then La Patron, 14s

6:17

bar. Straight to you, Ruby. Willie's got also

6:19

classic getaway in the race. But

6:22

Gaelic Warrior, I mean, he surprised

6:24

quite a few at entry. He did

6:26

and there's no reason to believe

6:28

PK that he shouldn't be better tomorrow

6:30

or Saturday afternoon than he was

6:32

at entry. Going right handed won't be

6:34

a hindrance of anything. It might even be a little

6:36

bit of a help, but he did jump pretty straight

6:38

at Liverpool. Pickdory should suit

6:40

him. Pickdory likes to get on with

6:42

things and he can go along in front and

6:44

that will suit Gaelic Warrior and I just think

6:46

that there is every chance Gaelic Warrior could be

6:48

a little bit better than he was at entry.

6:50

I think the same will do, and if he

6:52

happens to be a bit better, he'd be very

6:54

hard to beat. Yeah, he's now a

6:56

three -miler as Gail Aquari. Well, he's a bit of

6:58

everything, isn't he, at this stage? Rory,

7:00

your take on this one? I didn't like it

7:03

an awful lot, to be honest. Gilly

7:06

was just a horse that get my head

7:08

around. He's clearly got the talent to win this

7:10

and did it nicely at the entry last

7:12

time. And this chip should really be his ideal.

7:15

shouldn't he's a winner at that around this sort of trip in

7:17

the past. I'd

7:19

say he got away with three mile one at

7:21

the entry. He did them for speed, didn't he? Really.

7:25

You wouldn't necessarily want to see him in a gold cup.

7:29

But he's certainly got the talent to win this if he's

7:31

in the same sort of form. There

7:34

are a couple of outsiders I can

7:36

see running well. I can see appreciate it

7:38

running well if getting brought down at

7:40

entry in the Grand National hasn't sorry to

7:42

him. This would be his sort

7:44

of trip as well. He was never going

7:46

to stay on the national, but two mile

7:48

six round sand and could suit him. And

7:50

I could see him running a half decent

7:52

race at a big price and at a

7:54

really big price. I could see,

7:56

I mean, he's either going to pull up

7:59

or run up, run a blinder and pulling up

8:01

a slightly more likely as he has on

8:03

his last two stars. But I think gal law

8:05

has been screaming out for, for headgear. for

8:07

a while. He's another one. He's had a funny

8:09

old campaign. They ran him

8:11

in the stairs hurdle for reasons

8:14

unknown. He

8:16

doesn't want soft grind. He ran

8:18

a soft grind at Newbury in the

8:20

Denman Chase, which he hated. And

8:23

then he hated the entry last time out as

8:25

well. And it's possible that he's just lost his

8:27

enthusiasm for the game, but he's been such a

8:29

nice horse. And again, he's one of

8:31

those who doesn't quite stay three miles. and this two

8:33

mile six will suit him the faster the ground

8:35

the better for him as well and it may well

8:37

it may well end up being quick enough on

8:39

the day and if the head if the if a

8:41

pair of blinkers first time just

8:44

lights them up a little bit. I can see Gallo

8:46

running a huge race at a big, big price. I'm

8:48

given how little I like the race. I'll

8:50

probably have a very small bet on Gallo.

8:53

You probably want to see him jump a fence

8:55

before getting involved, to be honest. But in about

8:57

40 or 50 to one, I think I can

8:59

probably throw a fiver. Lovely. Okay. Keep an eye

9:01

on Gallo at a price scale, Aquaria, for Ruby.

9:03

I've only noticed Ruby. You've got one of those

9:05

fancy cameras that follows you around the room, have

9:07

you? You go right, yeah. Did

9:10

you just borrow that one? Eventing

9:13

riders use for their dressage and so you just

9:15

put that in your in your office. It's

9:17

just my iPad. Whatever setting is

9:19

on a PKI couldn't tell you. The

9:22

AI is buying on anyway. We're getting close ups

9:24

of Ruby whether he likes it or not. Right.

9:26

Let's go to the bed 365 select

9:29

hurdle three o 'clock. It's two mile

9:31

five and a half furlongs. And

9:33

Kitspuhu is the one to beat

9:35

at 6 -4, your favourite for William

9:37

Mullins and Paul Tenend. A lucky place

9:39

is 2 -1, and then you've got

9:41

7 -1 Salver. Take no chances, all

9:43

7 -1, 10 -1 for Blue King

9:45

Daru. Right, Kitspuhu, I think I'm

9:47

trying to remember what you both said about

9:49

the Aintree. I'll go to you, Ruri. I'm

9:51

pretty sure we all think this fella's going

9:54

to be good, but maybe that Aintree grade

9:56

one was just a bit early in his

9:58

career. Yeah, that's what Riva

10:00

suggests. Obviously, he was stepping onto quicker

10:02

grounds for the first time, having been

10:04

impressive at Goran on heavy on his

10:06

previous start, so I was asking quite

10:08

a lot of him at the time.

10:10

He'd have learned plenty from it, and

10:12

you do have to respect his chances

10:14

here. But I wanted to

10:16

be with Lucky Place, who I

10:18

think will find these conditions ideal for

10:20

him. Nicky Henderson was

10:22

talking about the stairs hurdle with him all

10:25

season, but very much now he's not really

10:27

we might turn him into a three -miner if

10:29

we try, and he was very

10:31

impressive over two and a half or around two and a

10:33

half in his first couple of starts. Ironically,

10:35

it wasn't the trip that beat him

10:37

at Cheltenham, it was his jumping which

10:39

let him down, but that hadn't been

10:41

an issue before. He's

10:43

suited by this sort of, you know,

10:45

it's liable to become a tactical race and

10:47

he was very comfortable in that sort

10:49

of setting at both Ascot and Cheltenham early

10:51

in the season. There's

10:53

no reason to think he can't do a little bit better. And

10:56

although he's got form and deep grind,

10:58

I think he's going to be as

11:00

effective on good. So with conditions ideal

11:02

for him, and maybe a little bit

11:05

under the radar because the disappointing run

11:07

at Charlton, I can see him bouncing

11:09

back to winning ways. All

11:11

right, Nicky Henderson with a winner,

11:13

which probably helps Willie Mullins to be

11:15

fair. Right, Ruby Kittspool. Do

11:17

we know if he's come back from entry

11:19

a bigger, better, more... suppose robust horse or

11:21

maybe robust, the wrong word, smarter. The whole

11:23

thing got to him, PK. He was too

11:25

way too keen as well on a three

11:27

mile hurdle, but that's what can happen, especially

11:29

on Grand National Day. Huge crowd out of

11:31

the braiding under the tunnel there at Liverpool. And

11:34

he was just far too free. Paul didn't knock him

11:36

about when his chance was gone. He wears a hood

11:38

for the first time, which I think will help. But

11:40

I would agree with Rory. I do think Lucky Place

11:42

is the big danger. But I'm hoping

11:44

Kits Bull can get the job done. I think

11:46

the huddle help. To me,

11:48

he just ran his race back to

11:50

front, so I'd be willing to forgive

11:52

him that. All right. Still a very

11:55

interesting horse, potentially for the now rather

11:57

than the future. Right on to the

11:59

celebration chase. Come on. Willie Mullins. What's

12:01

he got? He's got loads. He's got Enne Grameen, who

12:03

Paul will ride, Illetay Tamp. We haven't seen him

12:05

since punch then last year, the

12:07

big two for Willie in this race.

12:09

So Paul's gone with Enne Grameen, Ruby, who,

12:12

well, John Bond's one to two, obviously. Sorry, I

12:14

should have started with John Bond. He's one to

12:16

two and the one to beat Mark Walsh. But

12:18

Enne Grameen. 11 to 2, LHM 13 to 2.

12:20

Ilite Thomp is a horse who just not surprises,

12:22

but keeps on winning when he's not supposed to. Does

12:25

he? No, I mean, he's always a

12:27

price, isn't he? When he wins, he's like. Yeah,

12:30

it's two, three to one, six to one.

12:32

The one time he won, when he was

12:35

expected to was a Turla's. But he has

12:37

him in favour of his last three wins

12:39

and he's beaten shorter price. William Wolensworth,

12:41

have you got me? Yeah, and they've been in good

12:43

races. The layoff will be a bit concerned off PK.

12:46

359 days. Look,

12:48

he's back and he's well, but

12:50

I don't know, will he be fit

12:52

enough to beat these caliber horses? I

12:55

suppose you could wonder, will John Bond be over

12:58

the race he had at entry? They set their stall

13:00

out and I've turned into a real slog. But

13:03

look, the war went through it, up and down

13:05

and back the front. I do

13:07

think the ground will be too quick for Enne Garmine.

13:09

I would have fitness concerns really at the top. I

13:12

just think Edward Stone is on the way

13:14

down. I just couldn't find

13:16

an angle to take on Jon Bonne.

13:18

The mistakes, the jumps, the fact

13:20

that now is that that's just Chelten. It

13:23

doesn't make mistakes as a rule, it does

13:25

the other thing. No, I mean, the champion

13:27

chase, yeah, maybe last year in the Clarence

13:29

House, but... I think you're clutching the straws

13:31

for him, so no, I just couldn't find

13:33

the angle. I couldn't find the one I

13:35

wanted to be with to beat John Bond,

13:38

so I'm with John Bond again. Okay. Rory,

13:40

is there any angle for you? Unfortunately,

13:42

we've got seven in the race, so each

13:44

way thievery, we really look at that.

13:46

No, it's no good for that. I suppose

13:48

if you wanted to get involved. before

13:51

declarations and hope you're getting by three

13:53

places. You could have. Interestingly,

13:56

I'm not looking at my time form race cards.

13:59

Time form make Mark Walsh coming in

14:01

for Nico de Boingville, a jockey uplift,

14:03

which will be slightly controversial in places. I

14:06

don't want to make any kind of comment about Mark.

14:08

I just think John Bond takes a little bit of

14:10

knowing. And Nico

14:12

really got a good tune out of him.

14:14

He's not a straightforward ride. When James

14:16

Bone came in for the ride on him

14:18

last year, I'm at Shelton the middle

14:20

went wrong and I do think he's not

14:22

he is for a horse who's been

14:24

incredibly consistent through his career. He's

14:27

not entirely straightforward and he's not the easiest

14:29

horse to get on for the first time I

14:31

wouldn't say so I think that's your potential

14:33

angle against John Bond and again it's no it's

14:35

no slight on Mark Wall she might just

14:37

come in here and look like he's been riding

14:39

the horse all his life he's the likeliest

14:41

winner you can ride him any way you like.

14:43

which means that he's less likely to get

14:45

caught out in a tactical affair. And

14:47

you know, Ruby sums it up, Ilete

14:50

Tom has got the form to potentially to

14:52

beat him. And in argument, he's got the

14:54

form to potentially beat him, but those are

14:56

fast form from last season and the season

14:59

before, and the grind would be a big

15:01

question for in argument now. you

15:04

know, fitness would have to be concerned for

15:06

Edith Haytham, and this might work as a

15:08

nice little stepping stone to punch this time

15:10

for him. But you're with John

15:12

Bombe by default. You might not want to

15:14

have a bet on the wrist, but he

15:16

needs to do something wrong to get beaten

15:18

to the lips. All right, two

15:21

votes for John Bombe. I don't think they're going to part

15:23

with their cash at one to two. Plenty

15:25

of fancy prices are available in

15:27

the Bet365 Gold Cup, aka the old

15:29

whipbread. Tip to produce

15:31

marks video that is the the with bread

15:33

video that still does the rounds a high

15:35

-class hero the choice of Paul and as

15:37

a result cut into 7 to 2 favoured

15:39

dancing city 5 to 1 and Grange Claire

15:42

West 6 to 1 these are all william

15:44

mullen sources manila cocoon or 6 to 1

15:46

a resplendent gray best of the British at

15:48

8 to 1 at the moment ollie murphy

15:50

and shone bone 12 300 through 5 for

15:52

harry cobs and paul nickles 12 to 1

15:54

ho jolly smoke transmission 14 to 1 and

15:56

more for willy right so willies got 10

15:58

ruby 10 Yeah. OK,

16:01

off you go. Who writes?

16:03

I haven't got the jockeys haven't come up, Brian.

16:05

Go on. Who do you want? So, Greenwich Clare West,

16:07

I would imagine that the way it's Patrick. Brian.

16:09

Brian Hayes ran a blinder in the

16:11

national, but I think you'll do well

16:13

to get over the national. Manitaka Cooner

16:15

is. Danny. Saddle slipped on him at

16:17

entry. Johnny Buck did well, but again,

16:19

I will be slightly concerned about the

16:21

efforts at entry for him. I

16:24

like Dancing City. Who's aboard him? John

16:26

Joe. John Joe, I think he's a great

16:28

chance. Fell, I

16:30

taught traveling really well at

16:33

Liverpool. I'm going to

16:35

forgive him, he's run a channel. I think

16:37

he's a massive chance. Paul has gone

16:39

for high -class hero. I can see why,

16:41

but I do think Dancing City is a

16:43

better horse and right three pounds between

16:45

them. I will be with Dancing City over

16:47

high -class hero. Lambron is the mount of...

16:49

Rachel. One well at Clonmel, the second

16:51

to Harry, there's Ongre, who disappointed in the

16:53

Irish national. I think he has a

16:55

bit to improve. Olympic man. Johnny

16:57

Burke. Needs to settle and

16:59

jump. Jump well for a

17:02

while at air, but then disappointed. So

17:04

no, not for me. One more park, I

17:06

imagine, is Sean, is it? Sean O 'Keefe,

17:08

yeah. Yeah. They kept going well at

17:10

Cheltenham, behind Risk in the Ground. Stepping up

17:12

in Triple Suit, one more park. Could

17:14

have been each way. Squeak, Spanish Harlem is.

17:16

Sam Twist and Davies. Yeah, he got

17:18

carried out when he was travelling well in

17:21

the Scottish National, but would need to

17:23

be his best foot forward chosen witness. Kevin

17:25

Sexton jumped into the back of one

17:27

of the fourth last in air and that

17:29

was the end of his chance, Hard

17:32

to Fancy and Clark Kent.

17:34

Kieran Callaghan has a squeak, ran

17:36

a blinder in the Scottish

17:38

National. Hard horse to get fit, to

17:40

get ready, wouldn't be surprised if he's improved at

17:42

a big price he could have in each show.

17:45

I felt like I was doing a kind

17:47

of like announcing a game show contestants there. Right.

17:50

Very good. Lovely. Got through. And since he

17:52

will be the one for me. Yes. Got through

17:54

all of them. And Danzig City definitely gets

17:56

the vote. Another potentially British based.

17:58

Well, he's British. I know John John

18:00

Niels. seniors, Irish, but based in Britain. So

18:02

potentially another British jockey to win a

18:04

big handicap chase for the Mullins this time

18:06

with John John Neil Jr. after Harry

18:08

Cobb didn't did the same in the Scottish

18:10

National. OK, so Danza City for for

18:12

Ruby, Rory or take on the Bethex is

18:14

five. I've

18:17

only got eyes for one horse.

18:19

I'd absolutely take on Ruby's comment that

18:21

you have slight concerns about how

18:23

well he be recovered. But Manila Cooner

18:25

was a massive eye catcher in

18:27

the Grand National. He was my my

18:30

second pick in the race along with along with Nick

18:32

Rocket. I thought he I thought he was a bit

18:34

too close to the pace. And

18:37

some he shaped an awful lot better

18:39

than finishing seventh. I thought he traveled

18:41

as well as anything there. And obviously

18:43

we know that the the saddle slipped

18:45

on him. So lots of positives, lots

18:47

of reasons to mark him up for

18:49

that. And he'd be it looked like

18:51

he'd been just laid out for this

18:53

spring campaign run really well in this

18:55

race last year as we know. will

18:58

be very, very well suited by conditions again.

19:00

It's just a case of how well he's

19:02

recovered after three weeks off, but he's had

19:04

a pretty light season and I give him

19:06

more chance of bouncing back the most. We've

19:09

seen a few horses run very well

19:11

in the national and come out and

19:13

win the Whitbread in the past. There'll

19:16

be a few who've flopped as well, but yeah,

19:18

I like Minala Kutuna a lot. I'd have him

19:20

as clear a favourite in this race, so at

19:22

the price, I think he's 50 to two in

19:24

a place. which

19:26

massively underestimates his chance. Yes,

19:30

you've got to take your medicine if

19:32

he runs flat on the back of a

19:34

run on the Grand National, but otherwise,

19:36

he stands out to me and he will

19:38

do the job. Lovely. Manelka Kooner,

19:40

back to back wins. You couldn't call

19:42

it his current race title, Geroar. You

19:44

just couldn't. You couldn't do it. I

19:47

was talking about historical. Oh

19:49

yeah, okay. We went back in the good

19:51

old days. Gave us a book, was it?

19:53

was fourth in the Void Nation, they came

19:55

back to win here. That's right, Lanna Rye

19:57

won this after finishing third in the Grand

19:59

National. I think he was the first horse

20:01

to win that after running the Grand National.

20:03

So, you know, in the last few years,

20:05

you had a fair few horses who came

20:07

out after Aintree and Ramwell here. And of

20:09

course, you know, Pride Tarquin

20:11

got disqualified in this after getting

20:13

beaten by Red Rom in the Scottish

20:15

National the week before. and stuff

20:17

like that. Particularly when the ground is

20:20

good, I think horses get more

20:22

chance of bouncing back than they would

20:24

if they were racing in the

20:26

mud. Hopefully, Manila Cocuna can do it

20:28

in three weeks. It's not like a week.

20:30

I'm sure the lads and the trading team will

20:32

put in a price of willy to train

20:34

the first five home or something like that. Three

20:37

in the national, you'd expect, and

20:39

a lot of good chance at the

20:41

top of the market. Keep an

20:43

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20:46

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20:48

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21:07

18plusbegamblerware .org Ruby's pass on

21:09

the 445, which will be live on ITV

21:11

because there's a possibility that it could

21:13

decide the trainer's title or at least be

21:15

the last leg of the trainer's title.

21:17

And Willie's got John Ballin in the race

21:19

at 7 -2. Mostly sunny for the skeletons,

21:21

also 7 -2. Push the button 7 -1

21:23

as is Dr. Eggman for Willie and 8

21:25

-1 Ike Sport and Gott Gray. Rory?

21:30

I like Ike Sport. He won the race

21:32

last year and I was with him at

21:34

the entry last time. I

21:37

showed he was coming right back

21:39

to form when finishing a close fifth

21:41

in a handicap hurdle over the

21:43

same trip. So he's a pound lower

21:46

than for that. He's handicapped to

21:48

win. He's got conditions in his

21:50

favour and I think he goes very well.

21:52

The other one he caught

21:55

the eye was Electric Mason

21:57

who had no chance in

21:59

the Martin pipe, but would be quite interesting before

22:01

he was due to run a Plumpton last

22:03

week and was taken out because of the grind.

22:05

So I'd be slightly concerned about quick conditions

22:07

for electric Mason, but he's, he's quite interesting off

22:09

his mark as well. But I export, I

22:11

can't, I can't desert him having been with him

22:13

last time out and he sneaked into a,

22:15

a place for me if you like in fifth,

22:18

fifth is a place these days, isn't it? Pretty

22:21

much everywhere. So, and

22:23

I was on about fifties and sixties

22:25

sixes. So he'll, I'll have to play

22:27

up. for some of those winnings. Like

22:29

sport in the closing race of the

22:31

jump season in this finale, the 445

22:33

Santa. There's probably an evening jumps card

22:36

or something like that. Rice, where it

22:38

starts again on the same day. There

22:40

is a race at Leicester, that's live

22:42

on ITV. It's the carling. King Richard

22:44

III had a cup handicap. bit of

22:46

carling. Not to find a carling than

22:49

Richard III. They do love it.

22:51

Richard was mad into his carling. Loved him

22:53

before heading out to the match. You know, he'd

22:55

get a slab of carling. Right,

22:57

it's a six per long sprint. And

22:59

to be fair to the lads, I usually kind of check in

23:01

before and say, we got one on all the race side TV.

23:03

I was fully expecting it. I will

23:05

leave that, but worry. We were

23:07

like, oh, I've got one in this. Oh, you've got

23:09

one in this. It's fours the field. Completely random is

23:11

the one to beat. But oh, what is that one

23:13

you wanted to talk about? I am

23:15

chasing losses here, but a horse that

23:17

I liked a lot last season and didn't

23:19

deliver is a horse that I think

23:21

will deliver this season. He was very raw

23:23

and he's changed tables and gone to

23:25

a trainer who I think will do a

23:27

really good job with him. That's Germanic, who

23:30

was with William Hagus last season. I

23:32

saw him finish third on his handicap debut

23:34

at Doncaster. We did far too much

23:36

in front and I thought this was way

23:38

ahead of his mark. He's

23:41

then been They've been beaten,

23:43

drifted like a barge before getting beaten

23:45

in a heritage handicap at Ascot. And

23:48

then finished midfield, dropped back to six for alongside

23:50

his final start of the season on soft ground

23:52

to York. But I'm still,

23:55

I was still very taken

23:57

by his qualifying runs for

23:59

handicaps. And by the fact that he looked easily

24:01

the best horse in the race at Doncaster, but did too much

24:03

in the front end. Julie Camacho

24:05

knows how to deal with a keen

24:07

sprinter. as she has shown before

24:09

and dropping back to six for us.

24:11

I think that'll be his trip this

24:13

season, Germanic. She needs to get him to

24:15

settle. He didn't settle on his final

24:17

two starts last season, but he's dropped

24:19

back to that mark of 95 that

24:21

he was placed in. a Doncaster on handicap

24:24

debut. I think there's an awful lot

24:26

of potential upside to Germanic. Obviously, he

24:28

could end up going off the rails

24:30

and just being hard to train. He was

24:32

a bit wooden -headed last season, but

24:34

Julie's got a real knack with highly strong

24:36

horses. And I think I

24:38

hope he'd be fit first time. He's not guaranteed

24:40

to be able to. The fact that she's bringing

24:42

him here for a race of this nature suggests

24:44

that he's straight enough. And she's

24:46

been in really, really good form this spring.

24:48

Plenty of horses have been winning fresh for

24:50

Julie. Stoll 6 is good.

24:53

You want to be in the middle of the track

24:55

here at Leicester. The stalls are on the stand side. When

24:57

the stalls are on the stand side and the fiddle of the sides, the

25:00

low numbers tend to be favoured. He's drawn on Stoll

25:02

6, which is kind of mid to low, but he's got

25:04

the early speed to be where he wants to be

25:06

on the track under Ryan Sexton. And

25:08

I think I hope that he will take the world

25:10

of beating. Good case made for

25:12

Germanic in the King Richard III

25:14

Ruby. Rory's last line

25:17

there has covered the one I was

25:19

going for. Lack of

25:21

understanding of the Leicester track was

25:23

that Stan Seidstahl's high number will be

25:25

suited and I was going for

25:27

Sergeant Milko in 11 who likes to

25:29

jump and Ron ran the same

25:31

race at York as Germanic did back

25:33

in October. He finished fifth a

25:35

couple of lengths in front of Germanic

25:37

and I just thought as a

25:39

four -year -old he could be improving but

25:41

Rory has tempered my enthusiasm with

25:43

the knowledge of the draw and stalls.

25:46

Yeah, the one thing you have in your favor though

25:48

is because he's got blinding early speed. I

25:50

don't think he'll stay on the rails. I

25:52

think he'll get out, get in front of

25:54

horses and then move middle himself. So that

25:56

gives him a chance. Give me a bit

25:58

more hope. All right, Sergeant Wilco

26:01

for Ruby, Germanic, Ferrari and the

26:03

King Richard III. They'll run that

26:05

in the car park one of these days at

26:07

that shopping centre where his remains were found. The

26:09

legend remains, maybe the words remains. 240 Hadock is

26:11

also on ITV. And again, I thought the lads

26:13

would be like, ah, PK, give us a rest.

26:16

But both said they've got one for it. English oak,

26:18

7 to 2. My Al for Steph Holland said

26:20

9 to 2. 5 to 1. Skakuza,

26:22

Fred Dunlop, and Ross Orion, 13 to 2.

26:24

Thunder Roar, and Ramazon, 8. As is Cerulean

26:26

Bay. Ruby off to Hadock we go. Yeah,

26:28

Mayal obviously likes to race on the pace

26:30

and he was quite handy in the spring

26:32

mile at Doncaster. He was in front two

26:34

down, but I did think he committed plenty

26:36

early and he got tired inside the Ferdinand

26:39

Paul, went under Roar and Perlai came from

26:41

behind him to beat him quite well in

26:43

the end. But I just thought with the

26:45

benefit of that run under his belt, Mayal

26:47

might be able to last

26:49

home at Haydock over 7

26:51

Ferdinand. Excellent, Mayal for Ruby

26:54

Roary. through a completely in

26:56

agreement and for the same

26:58

reasons as well. Miles

27:01

Dam was a multiple winner.

27:03

He improved a lot for

27:05

going handicapping. His full

27:07

brother or full sister rather, Alcimo,

27:10

improved stones for going handicapping. I

27:12

think he started off on a mark

27:14

of 57 which is very similar

27:16

to Miles himself and I thought he

27:18

shaped like by far the best

27:20

horse in the spring mile. All

27:22

his form thus far has been at

27:25

seven furlongs. Al Simo, who's also by Al

27:27

Kazim, is best at six,

27:30

and might end up actually being as good

27:32

at six furlongs in time. He's

27:34

a good forward goer. I love the way

27:36

he's shaped there. Sam James comes in

27:38

for the ride. He's a course in distance

27:40

winner on quick ground here last season.

27:42

He's also, sorry, he's one on heavy ground,

27:44

but he's also one on quick ground. In

27:47

fact, sorry, he's one on both. Here,

27:50

two 7 -4 -line wins ahead of one on quick

27:52

grind and one on heavy grind. No

27:54

questions with them at all. Comes here

27:56

fit. He's had four weeks since

27:58

that spring mile run and ticks all

28:00

the boxes. 9 -2 is very fair

28:02

indeed. Excellent. Double vote for Maya.

28:04

That is the first time you've agreed

28:07

this weekend, which... Oh, John Bonn,

28:09

I suppose, but I'm not really. Counting

28:11

that. Right, Maya

28:13

goes in the 240. Before we

28:15

say our goodbyes, Ruby, despite

28:17

the fact that, potentially, Willie Mullins could be celebrating

28:19

the team over at Sandown, you've got a

28:21

job to do and you're going to Navin on

28:23

racing TV, which means you've done your homework

28:25

for the three pattern races, the Committed Stakes, the

28:27

250, the Vintage Crop Stakes, 325

28:29

and the Excelsible Stakes at 355. What caught

28:31

the eye? I think in the Committed Stakes,

28:33

obviously Ryan has gone for a wishful jacket.

28:35

You've got Cower to the county and Ide's

28:37

a march as well. Aids

28:39

of March wasn't, I don't know if it

28:42

ever a massive fan of Whistlejackets last year,

28:44

but Aids of March was a horse that

28:46

started to come onto my radar. I think

28:48

he's a real six -furling horse and I think

28:50

he could improve again. He went from his

28:52

win the round tower to Delmar last year

28:54

and found five furlongs too quick there, but

28:56

can't blame him for that. Look, he will

28:58

be the second string. It's not probably a

29:00

great way to be going with Pallidile, but

29:02

I just have a soft spot for Aids

29:04

of March and I think he can really

29:06

improve. All right, okay, keep an eye out

29:08

for Eyes of March, Wayne Lord and Rise

29:10

that one. Kipri also be no prize.

29:13

It'd be great to see him again in the vintage crop.

29:15

I assume he'd be no prize. I could be wrong and

29:17

I wouldn't have looked at him. any price peak and

29:19

they're talking about the arc from at the end of the

29:21

year but he's a wonderful horse and great to see him

29:23

at Navin. So yeah, Kiprius,

29:25

Kiprius, Kiprius. exactly. Sal's supposed to exit

29:27

in the culture eye or is

29:29

that? Yes, I do think the step

29:31

up and trip will really suit

29:33

ecstatic who found a mile too sharp

29:35

behind one look on our last

29:37

start but I did think Tim Tarima,

29:40

who holds an Irish Oaks entry

29:42

for Dermot Weld, was very impressive on

29:44

debut at Lebberstown at the end

29:46

of March. Wasn't a strong race

29:48

when she beat Noly Tamira of Gerrline's,

29:50

but I thought she was really

29:52

impressive. And I'm fairly sure Dermot produced

29:54

one in this race last year, didn't he? Was

29:56

it the one that went on to win the Oaks

29:59

that we never saw again? Yeah. Yeah.

30:02

Something like that. Yeah.

30:04

One of those, that family.

30:07

Exactly. So I think Tarima, maybe,

30:09

could be the dark one. Excellent. We'll keep

30:11

an eye out for Tarima in the late

30:13

Aga Khan colours. All right, lads, thank you

30:15

very much. We've skipped through Saturday racing. It's

30:17

time for Best Bets on a really nice

30:19

Saturday of action, being over jumps around the

30:21

flat. And it's Roy DeLargi first. I'm

30:24

going to go with Big Rest and Manila

30:26

Kakunar in the hope that he's over his

30:28

spin in the Grand National. It was a

30:30

massive eye catcher there. Excellent.

30:32

Manelefi Thunar in the

30:35

410 at Sandown, Ruby.

30:37

Gaelic Warrior. Gaelic Warrior

30:39

in the Oxychase, which is

30:41

Joffa 225 at Sandown. Thank

30:43

you very much for your time over the

30:46

weekend. Ruby, enjoy Navin, as all the fun

30:48

goes on a little bit elsewhere, but I'm

30:50

sure the party will come back. If, if,

30:52

if. I'll have a good view,

30:54

P .K. I'll be sitting watching it all on

30:56

television. Like myself, like myself. Rory,

30:58

you will be watching on TV before

31:00

heading over to us to join

31:02

us at Punchdown. Indeed, yep. Excellent,

31:04

excellent. Well, look, enjoy the weekends. Let's

31:06

hope for the weather. It keeps improving. We'll

31:08

be back next week, except for Davey

31:10

shows for the Punchdown Festival. And to get

31:12

yourself in the mood, remember Paddy Perry

31:15

Racing YouTube channel to listen and watch Patrick

31:17

Mullins as he discusses all the big

31:19

talking points. I wonder if Ruby's wave goodbye

31:21

in Kenboy. That was to me, by

31:23

the way, I was there. Did

31:25

you ever see a shit wave in your life?

31:28

My kids still abusing me about that. Whenever

31:30

they're picking on me, just that wave. It

31:34

was, but you didn't rehearse it, obviously.

31:36

Obviously. You

31:39

probably went to, you probably need to, I

31:41

know album photo was what, within a couple of

31:43

lengths, you probably couldn't relax, but you maybe

31:45

need to start about 10 yards earlier. And then,

31:47

yeah, it was only, wasn't a great way

31:49

for me. It was crap. And on

31:51

that note, we will say goodbye and be back

31:53

for loads of Punch 10 Pods next week. Have

31:55

a great weekend though.