Champion amateur chasing a tenth Cheltenham Festival success but from an unlikely source
Patrick Mullins can bag an opening afternoon Cheltenham Festival success on Tuesday - but from an unlikely source.
He likes to be dropped out and played late and Mulholland protected his handicap mark by running him in the Cleeve Hurdle here in January as a preparation for this. Get that winner on the board and it makes the rest of the week a lot easier. It can be a nervous time if no winner has come by the time they switch to the new course on Thursday.
Kopek Des Bordes looked something special at the Dublin Racing Festival, but he’s a highly strung individual that just might cause Paul Townend problems in the preliminaries and his jumping hasn’t always been brilliant in the two races we’ve seen him in. This race was to be a mouthwatering match with Sir Gino but Nicky Henderson’s exciting novice has been ruled out and the path looks clear for Majborough to give JP McManus a first Arkle Chase and become the first horse to win the Arkle the season after winning the Triumph Hurdle.
HENRY’S FRIEND was pulled up in the National Hunt Chase here last year having won the Reynoldstown at Ascot but has done well since in handicaps, finishing fifth in the valuable Coral Gold Cup at Newbury, before winning over 3m2f at the same venue in December. He had a breathing operation in the summer and has looked somewhere near back to his best this season with wins in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton and International here.
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