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  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    edited March 2015
    Just to emphasise the quality of Coneygree's win, compare the time difference between the GC and Foxhunter in the last 8 Festivals:

    2015: 17.30 secs
    2014: 6.62 secs
    2013: 10.44 secs
    2012: 8.21 secs
    2011: 7.50 secs
    2010: 12.1 secs
    2009: 9.35 secs
    2008: 13.36 secs

    That makes the difference between Coneygree and On The Fringe approx 68 lengths and puts him almost 1.5 furlongs clear of Paint The Clouds. Of course the placed horses in the GC deserve huge credit too.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Blimey, didn't realise just how impress that run was
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    I walked past Dame Judy Dench at Cheltenham yesterday.
  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    And
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    Covered End said:

    I walked past Dame Judy Dench at Cheltenham yesterday.

    Did she recognise you?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    And nothing.
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    PeanutsMolloy said:

    Just to emphasise the quality of Coneygree's win, compare the time difference between the GC and Foxhunter in the last 8 Festivals:

    2015: 17.30 secs
    2014: 6.62 secs
    2013: 10.44 secs
    2012: 8.21 secs
    2011: 7.50 secs
    2010: 12.1 secs
    2009: 9.35 secs
    2008: 13.36 secs

    That makes the difference between Coneygree and On The Fringe approx 68 lengths and puts him almost 1.5 furlongs clear of Paint The Clouds. Of course the placed horses in the GC deserve huge credit too.

    Totally agree. A vintage Gold Cup for sure and no obvious had luck stories. If you add the likes of Don Poli and Vautour into the mix, next year's Gold Cup could be amongst the most competitive in living memory.

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