Regular jockey JJ Slevin aiming to return from foot injury before Christmas action begins
JJ Levin on Fastorslow at Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Kildare last November. Amateur rider Derek O’Connor will ride Fastorslow in Sunday’s John Durkan Chase at Punchestown. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
“He hasn’t ridden him on the track before, but he would actually have schooled him when he came to me originally,” Brassil said of the veteran amateur champion who he described as “a master” over fences. Slevin has been in the hotseat for all eight of Fastorslow’s previous runs over fences to date in Ireland and Britain, including when landing last year’s Durkan. The horse had previously won his sole start over the bigger obstacles in France.
Fastorslow has been beaten just once in four starts over fences at Punchestown where his rivalry with the reigning dual-Cheltenham Gold Cup champion Galopin Des Champs has become something of a standing dish.
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