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@Moray_Smith Any chance F2F goes GC, Jonbon doesn’t run at all and Jagwar goes in RA instead as it’s a weak renewal/small field and better than a handicap?

A look at the Gold Cup market. It's no secret that we are very likely to see only one of Gaelic Warrior and Fact To File line up as there are much easier pickings available in the Ryanair. Betfair has FTF at 8.0 and GW at 11.0 at the moment, so 21.6% of the market in total. That suggests the one that runs will be around 4.6 favourite if the market reformed, knowing which one was in and which was out. While that matches the 7/2 NRNB on FTF, it's a different story for GW, who is still available at 7/1 NRNB with 888sport. I'd suggest taking that price. If he runs in place of FTF, he'll be vying for favouritism. Many pundits picked him out of the King George as the most likely to win the Gold Cup, yet he's available at a bigger price than both Jukebox and Jango, and I don't think he did his chances any harm in the Irish Gold Cup. If Patrick can settle him like he did at Aintree then he would be my fancy for the race. Who knows, you may even get Paul Townend on board....never say never. It's worth looking to the Dosage Index figures for clues on some of those with stamina to prove. Anything around 1.00 or higher is a red flag - although it's only a guide. Fact To File 1.12 Gaelic Warrior 0.58 Jukebox 0.83 Jango B 0.71 Spillanes Tower 0.55 Grey Dawning 1.22 Envoi Allen 1.00 Fastorslow 1.00 Firefox 0.73 Affordale Fury 0.33 Lecky Watson 0.67 The figures suggest FTF and Grey Dawning are the two most likely horses to struggle in the closing stages according to pedigree, with doubts over Envoi Allen and Fastorslow too. Horses aged 9+ have a bad record (staying chasers have a tough career) I'm sticking with the 3 young King George horses unless Inothewayurthinkin can put Lazarus to shame!

@TheRacingJosh If F2F goes the GC route, does he think Jagwar will now go the RA route instead of handicaps? Especially as Jonbon will then be JPs main hope in the RA and he’s far from a good thing, so he may want reinforcements..

Gary O’Brien is in for Lydia on tonight’s Road To Cheltenham and we’re putting plenty of your questions to him. If you’d like to ask Gary a Cheltenham Festival related question, please get it down below 👇 #RoadToCheltenham

@AntepostValue I can’t see why at his best distance and in a race where if F2F doesn’t fire up he doesn’t take his chance. It’s not like course form is poor. Live EW chance. I have Jagwar at 50 too, but he’s more unlikely to run you’d have to say

@LockieTravels If he goes at all? Skipped it last season but perhaps that was due to his 153 mark and wanting to stay over 2m4f

🐎 PANIC ATTACK Potential Ryanair Opposition: 🟥 - 80% Chance NR 🟧 - Not Good Enough (IMO) 🟦 - Both Of The Above 🐎 Fact To File ⬇️ Question marks after KG 🐎 Heart Wood ⬇️ Stands A Chance ✅ She HAS to have a crack at it! 🙏 Don’t make me organise a march to Alcester with my homemade placards @DSkeltonRacing 🪧🪧🪧

@TheRacingJosh @LydiaHislop Hi Josh, I’d love to know what the panel think of a dark horse like Shuttle Diplomacy in an open Turners upped in distance? Also, where is Teeshan?! Seemingly in training after given extra time last season. Looked a weapon early and promised to improve over hurdles.

👀 We’re discussing novice hurdlers/chasers/juveniles on the Road To Cheltenham this week. Please get and questions for @LydiaHislop and Ruby Walsh below 👇 #RoadToCheltenham

@nickgoff79 His Aus trip posts have been superb. I find him entertaining but the reason many in UK don’t like him is because the content he’s putting out in Aus is different to the majority of what he posts in UK. If he posted the same quality of content here he’d be mainstream by now.

Last time I tweeted positively about Stephen I got more abuse than I get for posting something negative about Liverpool/Arsenal, so almost left it alone this time. But this Australia trip, quite simply, has been the best media work in betting. Whatever they paid him isn't enough.

@AKBets @itvracing I’m not a fan of moving it, but could they be thinking of giving people what they want and having a Saturday too? Wednesday - Friday (all top quality races into 3 days) and then Saturday as the Family day with the other races?

@itvracing 3 days. Midweek. His coat is massive.

"If we want to see growth in attendance, it's worthwhile considering" 👀 Racecourse, CEO Guy Lavender comments on moving Cheltenham Festival to have a Saturday finale 🗣️

@Sm0ggs what do you think the lead in price will be for Wembley - I'm guessing £80 for the worst seats but could be more?

Registered for every EU show and 2 US shows for pre sale and I’m ready to fight anyone for Luke Combs tickets tomorrow 😂

@DanRogersss @TicketmasterUK @lukecombs did you work out what's going on? I'm confused by the ticketmaster message as it still says pre sale 14th on the website as Artists pre sale?

Luke Combs at Wembley on Ticketmaster isn't showing a Bootlegger Presale, only a Spotify one. Now I'm panicking. @TicketmasterUK @lukecombs

@AdamSwannRacing @joebeevers @LydiaHislop @MCYeeehaaa @nickluck “One toilet on the other side of the track, and it tips over if you go into it (on a ledge). People are very angry and are complaining to books and the betting ring manager” This was what I was referring to. Where was this? Very poor regarding Lonsdale side, can’t disagree!

@LockieTravels @joebeevers @LydiaHislop @MCYeeehaaa @nickluck Wasn't talking about the grandstand side.....

So @EpsomRacecourse are charging people to access the Lonsdale and Walton enclosures, but are not providing any toilet facilities. Another failure by @TheJockeyClub . BH, great weather forecast and a good crowd expected. Complaints by many customers already about it.

@AdamSwannRacing @joebeevers @LydiaHislop @MCYeeehaaa @nickluck Important to put across another persons perspective who was there. Not all experiences were the same it seems!

@AdamSwannRacing @joebeevers @LydiaHislop @MCYeeehaaa @nickluck In saying that, we did comment when we arrived to say how good the set up it looked in Lonsdale section but couldn’t see toilets which was strange and couldn’t understand why or how that could work.

@geoffbanksbet Hill is free, Lonsdale and Tatts is great and was less than £50 up until a month or so ago (plus you can BYO food and drink). Yes, there’s expensive areas but it’s down to choice, and there’s more than enough at Epsom to cater for different budgets.

Epsom prices £165 Queen Elizabeth Stand • £70 for Children 5-17 years?? Should be zero • £85 Grandstand Tickets?? £85??? • £50 for Children 5-17year?? Should be zero

@NUCLRGOLF @TWlegion Scottie!

🚨👀🏌🏽‍♂️ #NEW: Tiger Woods’ clothing brand Sun Day Red is teasing an announcement set for February 18th captioned ‘Next on the tee’ with the following photo. @TWlegion Do you think this is an endorsement deal with a golfer other than Tiger or something else?

@thespieler Anzadam county? Any chance you think or will rating be too high?

Anzadam entered in Limestone Lad on Sunday Wonder if Willie may bypass Cheltenham this season with the future in mind (Un De Sceaux style) If he's going to the Champion Hurdle I thought ideal to get experience in Irish Champion (albeit Espoir D'Allen won via the Limestone Lad)

@whiskeyjack86 Spot on. And to start the process a week before the B&F shows a lack of the respect to all of the players who the evening is about. Pert and his crew have turned it into a media circus and this should be yet another reason he loses his job.

Common sense prevails. Common sense would also be to ask Pert to resign after this. It's not good enough.

@FootyIsMyJam And not spoken much about, the disrespect to Gawn for doing this all a week before the B&F so tonight is less about the club champion and now more a media circus around Oliver. I hope the members there let Pert and co know heads need to roll at the top for this and the last year.

The amount of disrespect that some of the MFC Execs have shown to their captain Max Gawn is astounding. He was the one who faced the media all year. He defended the club. Clarry. Took Clarry into his home. And then the club shop Clarry around behind Max’s back? Seriously…

@whiskeyjack86 I’m going to struggle to feel the same as I did before, regardless of his output. I thought he was 100% all in, like a Viney or Gawn. My worst fear is we see no changes due to er up the chain. Can’t be BAU after this debacle

@LockieTravels The only positive is that he can turn it around. Players can be annoyed at him, but if he puts his head down, works hard and has a big off season then all is forgotten. I'd still like to know what his major issue was!

While I believe he does, deep down, love the club and that he will come out with a big point to prove next year, you can't help but feel that the market wasn't there for a trade and he had no choice but to back track on it. That also might just be the Demon cynic in me.