Jumps Edition 15 - 1.3.13

Headlines

Bob On Song as Melody Wins Again

Report

A quiet week as we enter the pre Cheltenham lull but Glens Melody ( Bob), kept the score board ticking over as she won the fillies 2m 4f  novice hurdle at Fairyhouse on Saturday, Soon tracked leaders, closed up going well straight, challenged 2 out, soon led, stayed on well run-in, winning by 2 ¾ l. She gets 33 points.

Points

                       February   Total

Neil                  141.7        629.8

Bob                179.2         518.5

Steve                93.9        488.7

John            146.9          481.6

Tony               107.1        457.3

Martin           82.1           413.4

Cod              93.8              363.7

Cliff            118.5           343.9 

Peej             53.3            326.3

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So Bob is trainer of Month, well done,

News

Don Cossack will not line up at the Cheltenham Festival after finishing only third at Naas last Sunday.

The six-year-old was a top bumper horse last term but has won just one of his four starts over hurdles this term, finishing well adrift of Annie Power and Defy Logic in a Grade Two heat most recently.

Trainer Gordon Elliott had entered him for both the William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle and the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle at the Festival, but he will miss those engagements and wait for targets later in the spring