No
winners this week but 9 days left of the jumps competition, and with Ayr,
Punchestown and Sandown to come, it’s not quite all over, though I think change
at the bottom is more likely than at the top.
Just 16 days to the
start of the flat 11 till entries
close
Gigginstown
House Stud supremo Michael O'Leary left the door slightly ajar for Samcro to take on
the big boys in the BETDAQ Punchestown Champion Hurdle on Friday week.
The six-year-old kept his unbeaten
record and huge reputation intact with victory in the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle
at the Cheltenham Festival and has four entries at Punchestown.
However, O'Leary revealed he will run
in either the Champion Hurdle or the two-and-a-half-mile Profile Systems
Champion Novice Hurdle on the same day.
A final decision on which race he
will contest could come down to how trainer Gordon Elliott is faring in his
battle with Willie Mullins to be crowned champion trainer.
"Generally speaking, we would
want to keep the novices in the novice races," O'Leary told The Punter.
Cue Card's owner Jean
Bishop has paid tribute to the popular chaser after his retirement was
announced on Tuesday.
Bishop and trainer Colin Tizzard had
planned to give the 12-year-old a final outing in the bet365 Oaksey Chase at
Sandown on April 28, but after failing to show his usual exuberance on the
gallops, the decision was taken to retire him before then.
The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
April Total
Steve 80 983.14
Martin 79.8
870.8
Cliff 26.6 833.6
Peej
131.6
831.6
Tony 26.6 759.4
Cod
00 536.6
Neil
00 494.5
Bob
105.4 484.8
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