Paul,Nicholls,Chasing,The,Big, sports Is Paul Nicholls Chasing The Big Bucks?
For one it is very convenient. Football jerseys come in different colors and designs. There are so many things that separate one shirt from another. Searching for the right shirt requires a little help. With a search engine, that is easy. Wh Adidas launched the world's first pair of seamless running shoes. Once you arrived the top of mountain, you would see the mountains are little. The phrase of classic statement from the poem Du Fu has become the motto of many Donkey Friends.
A failed steeplechaser, Nicholls had the good sense to switch his attentions back to small obstacles, which has clearly suited Big Buck's who has dominated the staying hurdle in the past 15 months. Things looked even more promising for a second World Hurdle victory when he beat Karabak in the Long Walk Hurdle at Newbury in December. With an overall record of twelve wins out of twenty-seven starts, as well as two seconds and three third place finishes, Big Buck's looks more and more promising as a racehorse the more experience he gets - in each of his last seven races he has come no less than first. He was therefore the clear favourite for the World Hurdle, priced at 5-6, the shortest of the Cheltenham Festival week.Jockey Ruby Walsh had figured that Big Buck's greatest competition would come from Karabak (15-2), but he only managed to come in fourth place, and while Powerstation (33-1) came in third; the same position he had filled in the race twelve months ago; it was Time for Rupert (16-1), ridden by Will Kennedy that came in second. Big Buck's was hard on the bridle throughout the race and was never under any pressure from any of the other competitors, coming in three and a quarter lengths before Time for Rupert.The seven year old horse, who is owned by the Stewart Family, is seen as having an element of luck about him for if jockey Sam Thomas had kept their partnership intact in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup instead of unseating then his hurdling potential may well have gone undetected. In switching the horse to hurdles Nicholls took a mighty big gamble, but one that has now very obviously paid off, as the horse has been unbeaten since the swith-over and now after winning the World Hurdle for the second time, can definitely be considered to be banker material. Following the World Hurdle victory Walsh said: 'He's a special horse. He's absolutely bolted in. He's got a terrific engine and that was a good round of jumping, he jumped better today than he ever has done.' Trainer Nicholls was just as gushing following his win: 'He's a hugely talented horse. I worked the horses on Saturday morning - Poquelin, Master Minded, Kauto Star, the lot. They all worked well but he worked like a hairy goat. He never hit a flat spot today. We were keen to get him fresh and you have to get into his head a bit more than anything. He's very good. The win clearly meant a lot to both Nicholls and Walsh - it made up for the Nicholl's disappointment at much favoured Master Minded failing to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase and gave Walsh his twenty-seventh Cheltenham victory, beating Pat Taaffe's record of twenty-five. Following the race Big Bucks was installed as an even-money favourite for next year's World Hurdle. Article Tags: World Hurdle
Paul,Nicholls,Chasing,The,Big,