And so I’m back, a repaired workplace. ARC just woke up with memories of what you looked like in obstacle races.
So they tried it out with some players, modifications made by Charlie Reese. So we can go this Sunday, Windsor returns with friendliness.
The frivolity is over, let’s get down to the more serious business of finding the five high-interest horses on the card, and the reasons why.
Helnwein
12.45 Fitzdares Royal Windsor Novices Limited Handicap Chase
Alan King, who sent three winners on the Old Jumps Course at Windsor in his early days as trainer, is fueling the National Hunt fire this season based on an uptick in all the metrics that matter, with his strike rate improving to 18% (highest since 2018/19) and run percentage To figure 63% (fifth best British yardage so far this campaign).
One of the brightest sparks at Barbary Castle, Helnwyn finished last season with a win over Be Aware in the valuable Novices’ Final at Sandown, and made a particularly positive start over fences at Warwick when he got clear (in quick time) with a fit and flying Telepathique, who then took the position The second is on the listed level. It’s hard to fathom that the handicapper only lifted one pound for it, which is an understatement, and Helnwein has made a lot of improvement in him, from the family of 1996 Chaser champion Cleron Davis.
Tanganyika
1.55 Fitzdarris Thames Handicap Chase
The last time there was a jumps race at Windsor – 16 December 2005 – Tony Blair was Prime Minister, outgoing BHB chairman Peter Savile announced that an increased fixture list (to 1,500 meetings) was the way forward, and Jordan and Peter Andre had just married, Venetia Williams has a winner on the card with Gully Boy, who was 18 five-day champion under Sam Thomas. At least Venice is still strong!
Tanganyika hardly looked normal on his first over the fences, but the lights were on both ends of the race, early as a rookie and from third when he was tired, and in between he looked suitably athletic and confident, all while the riding was less aggressive than usual to compensate. Charlie Deutsch came back aboard Windsor for what looked to be an easier 0-130 than it was Bangor, landing by Jaguar with winners next up at 2nd and 4th, Tanganyika now back to his best flight of 3m, in a race that looked to be in control.
A small bracelet
2.30 The handicap hurdle at Fitzdares Windsor Castle
Which Grade 1 winner was the only horse to ever run in the Windsor jumps for Willie Mullins? The answer to this impossibly difficult question is Roll Supreme, who was a close third behind Barracuda and Crystal Denay in the 2004 Long Walk. Little Soare was a favorite to win when she finished second in both of her starts with Willie Mullins, still at age two She has two trainers and seven starts, but there are reasons to classify her as a lively candidate for the Mares’ Hurdle.
Firstly, this will be her first handicap appearance, which is a much better way of expression for her, especially compared to her reappearance at Newbury in Listed company, where she traveled and jumped smoothly until she inevitably overtook third place and escaped a tough race thereafter. . Then there’s her British debut in March, in the Novice at Kempton, where she was booked for third (to 129th-ranked Wyenot) before eventually crashing out, a flash of form making her mark of 105 look attractive. Finally, Chris Gordon’s growth rate was 27% (11/3) in December, compared to 10% in the previous two months combined, which represents good stability and has truly turned a corner.
Dohalo Tommy
3.05 Fitzdares Telephone Betting Chase
The hidden Hasthing, the returning Reilly, and the stripped Zertakt make this a headache or a hindrance, but all the more reason to seek solace in the powerful Duhallow Tommy, who is still looking upward himself. Trivially, he has gone off favorite in all six starts over fences, winning the first three of them and running better when finishing second to Rath Gull Hill at Newbury in March.
Although he was the third best team in his comeback, the duo he faced at Fonteuil – Lord of Cheshire and Jupiter du Gate – were ranked in the mid-120s and were therefore more qualified for this, having reached the 95% level of their score. race. Yes, one of the dark horses may be too hot to handle, and the market will make sense in that regard, but Duhalo Tommy is a strong traveler and a fluent jumper, useful assets if Windsor is a track that rewards tempo. We believe it will be so.
Loverdose dosage
3.40 Fitzdares Windsor Disabled Christmas Hurdle
Bearing in mind that the last big race on the last big day of jump racing at Windsor in 2005 was won by the Listener, in the Grade 2 Novices’ Chase for Robert Allner, there would be a certain connection and parallel if his brother-in-law Robert Walford managed to get on the scoreboard in the replay Brilliant opening – and he did it with Loverdose.
Loverdous, who has risen quickly, has won his maiden handicap and would have won three at Chepstow last month had it not been for a mistake that halted the momentum at the last second, still beating 15 of his 16 rivals after taking a late lead. He’s put on another 7lbs to reach the 98th mark, but that shouldn’t stop Loverdose given the way he shaped at Chepstow, a constant recommendation that his half-brother was runner-up in the Galway Hurdle and the Melbourne Cup (clue: of course, was Trained by Willie Mullins).
Watch Windsor on Sunday 15 December live on Sky Sports Racing
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