Comply ready to fly.Byline: DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. YATES DAVID PIPE This article is about the Welsh football player. For David Pipes, see David Pipes. David Pipe (born November 5 1983 in Caerphilly, Wales) is a professional football player. He currently plays for Bristol Rovers. last night declared "it's all systems go" with reigning Grand National hero Comply Or Die - despite a market drift on Betfair. The 10-year-old, fourlength winner of the John Smith's-sponsored marathon 12 months ago, went out to 24-1 on the betting exchange A betting exchange is a peer-to-peer gambling website acting as a broker between parties for the placement of bets. The concept is similar to that of a stock exchange or a futures exchange, where in this case the commodity being traded is a bet, rather than a stock or futures , with Betfair's Tony Calvin describing the Nicholashayne gelding as "friendless". However, Pipe quickly moved to allay fears all is not well with Comply Or Die as the bay son of Old Vic bids to become the first horse since Red Rum 35 years ago to secure back-to-back National wins. "It's all systems go!" the Pond House trainer said yesterday. "He's in good form at home, and we're going to need luck in running for a second year. There are pluses and minuses compared to last year. He is a lot higher in the weights now, but we know he goes round there." Comply Or Die finished well beaten on his first two starts this winter, but, re-equipped with the blinkers blinkers 1. rigid pieces of leather fitted to a head harness at a point where they will obstruct the horse's lateral vision. 2. a more sophisticated piece of harness worn by expensive horses consisting of a canvas head-covering with holes for the ears to protrude and two he wore to victory at Aintree, showed signs of a revival when seventh at Cheltenham last month. "Those two runs were disappointing, but he ran better last time," added Pipe. Both Parson's Legacy and Irish challenger Hear The Echo were warm orders in the National betting yesterday. Ladbrokes cut the Philip Hobbs-trained Parson's Legacy, pulled up at Cheltenham in December, to 20-1 from 33-1, while Mouse Morris's Hear The Echo is now 14-1 from 25-1. CAPTION(S): NATIONAL HERO Timmy Murphy won on Comply or Die last year |
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