Un De Sceaux Scores At
Fairy House
Conti Retains Kings
Crown
Faugheen wins Christmas
Hurdle
Nothing Close about
Touch’s win
Valtat Vibrant at
Kempton
Riches on Road to
Cheltenham
Report
We start back at Fairyhouse on 20th December where
in the 2m beginners chase Un De Sceaux (Cod, Peej), went to post, made all , raced keenly,
left well clear from 5th, reduced advantage 3 out, in command and
still travelling well 2 out, stayed on , wining easily by 12l. He gets 11.1
points.
At Kempton on Boxing Day, in the 2m grade 1 Christmas hurdle, Faugheen ( Bob, Cliff, Cod, Lee, Martin, Peej, Tony), went to post, Tracked leader, led on bit approaching 2out, not fluent last
,winning easily by 8l. He gets
26.2 points.
In the 3m grade 1 King George V1 Chase, Silviniaco Conti ( Cliff,
Martin, Neil, Tony), Dynaste (Neil, Peej)went to post, Silviniaco Conti Made virtually all, stayed on strongly from 2out, winning
comfortably by 4 ½ l. He gets 52.8 points.
Dynaste ( Neil, Peej), In touch,
headway 9th to track leaders, effort 3out, went 2nd approaching last, kept on,
2nd beaten 4 ½ l.
At Wincanton on Boxing Day in the 2 m 4f novice chase Close Touch (Steve) took
his chance, Tracked leading pair, went
2nd at 11th, led after 5 out, drew clear from 2 out, stayed on well,
comfortably by 11l. He gets 25 points.
At Limerick in the 2m 3f novice Chase Gilgamboa (Lee), went to post, Chased leaders and raced mainly in 3rd, improved to challenge
approaching 2 out and soon led and drew clear, winning easily by 24l. He gets 43.6 points.
At Kempton in the 2m novice Chase Vibro
Valtat ( Neil), Tracked clear leader, closed after 3 out, ridden to lead
between last two, joined last, pressed run-in, stayed on to assert final 100
yards winning by ½ l. He gets 35.6 points.
At Leopardstown on Sunday in the 3m Grade 1 Lexus Chase Road to Riches (Cliff,
Tony), went to post, Led, headed
after 4th, 2nd halfway, 3rd 3 out, ridden approaching last, led run-in and kept
on under pressure to assert close home, winning by 1 ½ l. He gets 54.2 points.
On Monday in the 3m grade 1 novice chase, Don Poli (Lee), took
his chance, Chased leader, 3rd halfway,
progress to lead entering straight, ridden and joined last, kept on well under
pressure to assert closing stages, winning by 3l. He
gets 55 points.
The John
Torpey Memorial Trophy
December Total
Tony
134
305.1
Lee
164.9
303.4
Cliff 173.3 291.5
Neil 179.1 273.5
Martin 131.9 244.4
Steve 112.5 178.5
Cod 37.3 168.6
Peej 75.6
141.1
Bob 75.9
126.5
News
Connections of Bobs Worth are putting his disappointing defence of his crown in the Lexus
Chase purely down to the testing conditions at Leopardstown Nicky Henderson's
nine-year-old plugged on in the straight to finish eighth of nine runners and
part-owner Malcolm Kimmins is keen to put a line through the race and move on.
Kimmins said: "The ground was horrendous and he just
couldn't deal with it. There was no point destroying him on that sort of
ground.
"He looked very well before the race and Barry (Geraghty)
was very pleased with the way he felt. He just didn't like the ground.
Alan King has identified the Argento Chase at Cheltenham next
month for Smad Place Last season's narrow RSA Chase
runner-up was aimed at the Hennessy first time out this season, but the grey
faded into fifth, beaten 20 lengths by Many Clouds, on what was his seasonal reappearance.
A rematch with Oliver Sherwood's Hennessy winner looks to be on the
cards, with the Cheltenham event on January 24 also mooted for Many Clouds,
where Prestbury Park specialist The Giant Bolster is likely to be lying in
wait.
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