2018/19 Jumps Profile - Top Notch

TOP NOTCH 7 Y BG Poliglote – Topira   (Steve)

LIFETIME RECORD	RUNS	Wins	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	OR	BEST TS	BEST RPR
Chase	11	7	1	2	£159,807	£213,640	162	143	171
Hurdle	12	6	3	1	£66,588	£151,483	157	150	160
Rules Races	23	13	4	3	£226,395	£365,122

A really grand sort , who is small for a chaser, but is well capable at the top level, he seems to have been around longer than his 7 years suggest.  With a Career strike rate of 50 %, he should again pay his this season, and connections hope  he could be a King George horse this season. Speaking to the punter Anthony Bromley said, The Nicky Henderson-trained gelding could tackle three miles for the first time in his career in the Boxing Day feature, should all go to schedule in the first half of the campaign.

Plans are in place to revert the seven-year-old back to hurdles on his seasonal return, ahead of attempting to register back-to-back wins in the Christy 1965 Chase at Ascot on November 24.

He is a 20/1 chance for the Boxing Day showpiece with Sky Bet.

Anthony Bromley, racing manager to owners Isaac Souede and Simon Munir, said: "It would be nice to build him up to winning another Grade One chase, as he won three Grade Two races last season.

"I think he will have a similar path to last season. He might get a prep run at Aintree in the hurdle he ran in last season.

"That's what we were thinking of doing if the ground is safe, which would be a nice pipe-opener over two and a half and then go for the 1965 Chase at Ascot which he won last year. That would be his first target.

"Then it is a choice of whether he goes for the Peterborough Chase or King George after that, but we have to see how the Ascot race goes.

Trainer N. Henderson