ALMOST a year ago, on the first day of Wetherby’s Charlie Hall meeting, I remember a young horse really catching the eye. He was making his debut and travelled with precarious ease under Nick Scholfield before being edged out by a more experienced Nicky Henderson horse. VIVALDI COLLONGES went straight into the notebook although his …[Read More]
I’VE been following STRAIDNAHANNA since he made his debut at Wetherby in November and went toe-to-toe with the very useful Oscar Rock, left. His future lies over fences but he should be up to winning over the smaller obstacles, and he hit the crossbar when beaten a short head at Haydock in January. Today it …[Read More]
THE Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock is not always the most informative when it comes to the Cheltenham Festival. Rooster Booster was the last Champion Hurdler to win it and that was in 2004, a year after he slalomed up the hill to victory in the big one. But I’ve not totally given up on …[Read More]
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