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HEADLINE ROUND UP

EQUINOX 

It was announced this morning that the best horse in the world has been retired. More chat about him tomorrow, he deserves a lot of time.

DOUBLE GREEN UPDATE 

Yesterday saw a few updates fly in about the Simon Munir & Isaac Souede-owned horses thanks to this week’s Get Stuck In via the Sporting Life (podcast link at bottom).

With racing manager Anthony Bromley on the show, the important update circulated was for current Queen Mother Champion Chase favourite EL FABIOLO to head to the Grade 2 Hilly Way Chase, won last year by ENERGUMENE, rather than the Grade 1 Paddy’s Reward Club Chase at Christmas.    

This is a regular route for Willie Mullins-trained two-mile chasers, as shown by ENERGUMENE, CHACUN POUR SOI, UN DE SCEAUX, and DOUVAN in previous years, though with EL FABIOLO set to head to Cork in early December, it’s highly unlikely that he will take in the Grade 1 Paddy’s Reward Club Chase 18 days later. 

The two-mile Grade 1 contest at Leopardstown was won by owner and stablemate BLUE LORD in 2022, but he won’t look to retain his title as Bromley confirmed he has unfortunately suffered a setback after his run in the Grade 1 John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase.  

SHE LIKES TO MOVE IT 

Despite the majority of the low grade stuff on display yesterday, there were a couple of efforts to make note of, not least the bumper winners - but you know all about those. 

THE VILLAGE WAY made his debut for Dan Skelton at Wetherby. Only put away in the end by a more ‘nippy’ horse for Stuart Edmunds, THE VILLAGE AWAY (the half to stayers contender CRAMBO) took the eye physically and looks like one the yard can get excited over for the future while they go through a little bad patch. 

Fergal O’Brien’s YOUNG BUSTER, a stat horse for us yesterday, looked pretty useful too and worth following through his rise in the handicaps.

Nigel Twiston-Davies ran the exciting CASA NO MENTO who bolted up at at Hereford in the two-mile novice hurdle proving her recent efforts, a bumper and maiden win, were NO fluke.   

She dotted up easily under Finn Lambert and despite it not being the deepest of races, assistant trainer Willy Twiston-Davies shed some positive light on her:

"We think quite a lot of her – she was the only horse we were able to work with I Like To Move It. She's a very, very quick filly and we haven't got a workhorse like her.  "On good ground over two miles there wouldn't be too many horses I'd be scared of with her.” 

The Listed two-mile mares’ novice hurdle at Taunton at the end of December is her big aim, but she will take a trip to Lingfield on December 11th as a prep run. Her pedigree and action suggest she is a fast ground horse - so keep an eye on her whenever she gets those conditions and leave if she doesn’t! 

More: https://www.racingpost.com/news/reports/she-was-the-only-horse-we-could-work-with-i-like-to-move-it-novice-excites-twiston-davies-team-aZjkG6T1WVgb/ 

HONG KONG 

The three-time Group 1-winning RUSSIAN EMPEROR will miss this year’s Group 1 Hong Kong Vase on December 12th due to an injury. 

Formerly trained by Aidan O’Brien, who won the Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2020, the six-year-old by GALILEO has won the last two renewals of the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup for trainer Douglas Whyte.

However, the reigning champion Hong Kong stayer will miss his intended target due to an unspecified veterinary issue. 

YOUNG BLOOD

A double bumper preview nailed yesterday, there are no bumpers today. The next one is tomorrow at Musselburgh.

TODAYS BEST STATS

A full house for stats yesterday, today’s best stats are:

COFFICIONADO goes for McCain 12.25 who is 6 from 10 in juvenile hurdles at Musselburgh. 

Greatrex has one runner today in HERAKLES WESTWOOD. Unbelievably, if you put £1 on all of Warren’s horses at Lingfield, you’d have £119 back, profit. That’s mad.

Nicholls’ results in the last three running’s of the 14.00 read 121. He sends the useful AFADIL to go make it 1211. 

Honeyball has a 44% strike rate when running horses again within 7 days of their last win. He turns out DEAR RALPHY today for the 12.05 who beat previous stat horse BOBO MAC only Friday.

RISK ON

15.30 SUPERSTYLIN

We gambled this horse hard in March, 4’s into 5/4, he won easily. He comes from a small yard who have been good to us before - COUNTERACT on chase debut another good gamble. Suzy knows how to get them ready for ‘their’ day. Like COUNTERACT, SUPERSTYLIN makes his chase debut today in a winnable race after a quiet run. He is a point winner, fit and the yard are hopeful. That said, the race he won was a bag of beans so hasn’t got the form in the book to be a reliable bet.

Pauling’s new recruit is the obvious danger and he’s getting backed like the new yard have found improvement in him making this a tentative selection. Small bet at 9.0 on exchange, so 8/1 for a self made ew or 7’s on books for those with BOG.

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