4 winners on Saturday, together with a stroll over, took the prize cash gained by our horses this season crusing previous the £1 million mark.
They’ve been in glowing type over the previous 5 – 6 weeks, look nice of their coats and proceed to run very well with Sabrina offering our 63rd winner of the marketing campaign at Exeter on Sunday.
Star billing on Saturday went to Hitman who gained the Betfair Commencement Chase at Haydock with any quantity in hand. He’s nonetheless solely six, has wanted time and benefitted from a wind op over the summer season. He’s solely simply turning into the completed article now, is enhancing massively and the step as much as three miles will convey out extra enchancment. I’ve felt for a while that he’s a Grade 1 winner ready to occur and he’ll get his likelihood within the King George V1 Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day which can also be the goal for Bravemansgame.
So Harry Cobden must make up his thoughts between the duo who each look fabulous in the intervening time, in addition to I’ve ever had them.
We loved a superb begin to the day at Haydock with the clear lower success of Tahmuras in a fiercely aggressive Listed novice hurdle over two miles. All 5 runners had gained final time and it was thrilling to see Tahmuras draw back from them within the closing levels as he beat Sizing Pottsie by 5 and a half lengths.
It was a little bit of a shock he gained so simply on his debut over hurdles at Chepstow, however he’s clearly sensible and heads subsequent to the Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown the place softer going and the stiffer nature of the observe will play to his strengths. He’s an excellent prospect.
A stroll over for Milan Bridge at Ascot added to our rating earlier than Thames Water accomplished one other rewarding day for the workforce with a six size victory within the bumper.
Early within the week it was good to see McFabulous put in a fantastic spherical of leaping on his option to a decisive triumph in his novice Chase at Exeter the place the proficient Timeforatune, regardless of racing a bit keenly, was profitable by 13 lengths.
Monmiral couldn’t fairly go along with Jonbon within the closing levels of an attention-grabbing twin between the pair at Warwick on Wednesday on their debuts over fences. However there have been loads of positives to be taken from the efficiency of Monmiral who got here in a month later than most of our horses and jumped very well. He’ll come on lots for the race and whereas Jonbon was undeniably spectacular I’m considering of taking him on once more with Monmiral at Sandown the place extra testing floor circumstances and the difficult uphill end must be extra in our favour.
We shall be busy once more within the coming days with loads of runners earlier than heading to Newbury’s two day assembly the place Threeundertheufive runs within the Coral Gold Cup. Different runners of observe embrace Stage Star within the Grade 2 Novice Chase over two and a half miles on Friday and Gelino Bello within the three mile John Francome Novice Chase on Saturday.
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