The
final day of CHELTENHAM was unfortunately not has good as the first
three and all our runners were disappointing except DE BOITRON who
ran a blinder in the Grand Annual Chase Grade 3. He finished 4th
staying on bravely and looking booked for 6th place jumping the last
his stamina allowed him to get 4th place on the line. Beeing by SASSANIAN out
of a staying family, no doubt that he will be much better once step up
in trip.
LA BOMBONERA never
travelled and there is definitely something wrong with her. HOUBLON DES OBEAUX
as expected found
the ground much to firm for his aptitude but there is still plenty more
to come from him also when he will be sent chasing. CICERON looked
outpaced and was still in contention when stumbling at the last. He
also might be better over a longer trip now that he settle much better
in a race.
The
final results of
all our runners for our succesful
Cheltenham are as follow:
1st AL
FEROF , Supreme Novice Grade
1
1st
CHELTENIAN,
Champion Bumper Grade 1
2nd
KALAHARI KING,
Ryanair Chase
Grade
1
3rd DEAL DONE, Kim Muir
Listed
race
4th
THOUSAND STARS,
Champion
Hurdle Grade 1
4th DE BOITRON, Grand Annual
Chase Grade 3
6th POKER DE SIVOLA,
Cross
Country, Classe 2
7th
TENOR NIVERNAIS,
Fred Winter
Grade3
7th
QUARTZ DE THAIX,
Byrne Groupe
Plate Grade3
Unplaced LA BOMBONERA
Unplaced
HOUBLON DES OBEAUX
Unplaced
GALANT NUIT
Pulled
up PLEIN POUVOIR
Fell
CICERON
ALLREADY
LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!
Day
3 : Thursday, March 18th
TENOR NIVERNAIS also caught the eyes when finishing a very good 7th staying on bravely. He was completely outpace for the first 2 third of the race and start making ground in the last 4 furlongs. TENOR will be at his best on 2 1/2 miles and could be aslo a serious Chaser.
Tomorrow KALAHARI KING, QUARTZ DE THAIX and GALANT NUIT should all have very good chances . DEAL DONE and PLEIN POUVOIR will find things more difficult. Anyway today CHELTENIAN was the only foreign horse to win at Cheltenham as the Irish horses won the first 6 races and would have made an incredible 7/7 if CHELTENIAN was not there...
Day 1: Tuesday, March 16th
An
exciting day with KALAHARI KING
No
winner today but still an exciting day with KALAHARI KING finishing
2nd in the
Ryanair Chase Grade1. The step up in trip did the trick
for the fantastic son of KAHYASI ,
who, even at the age of 10, could be a serious
contender for the next top staying races to come. DEAL DONE led
for a long way in the KIM MUIR (Listed)
and stay bravely to keep 3rd. In the same race GALANT NUIT was
very disapointing and was never a factor.
QUARTZ DE THAIX like
his stablemate TENOR
NIVERNAIS yesterday, was outpaced for most
of the race and was staying on strongly to finish a good 7th. They will
be plenty more races for these 2 horses to be won. PLEIN POUVOIR was
pulled up and is definitely not of this calibra.
Last
day tomorrow and my big hope of the festival will take part in the
Triumph Hurdle. As the forecast is for rain tomorrow morning HOUBLON DES OBEAUX chances
shoud get even bigger with every drop... CICERON on
the opposite will not like the going changing to soft and may struggle.
LA BOMBONERA was
very disapointing for her first race in GB and it's difficult to say
how she will be running tomorrow while DE BOITRON should
play a major part in the GRAND
ANNUAL CHASE.
Also
my heart will be with KAUTO
STAR. I did not purchase him but he is one of these
horses that makes racing history and I would really enjoy to see him
win another GOLD CUP. Good luck to all his team.
Day 2: Wenesday, March 17th
Day 2: Wenesday, March 17th
Another
fantastic day for us at Cheltenham
With only 2 runners
today we
won the Champion bumper Group1 with CHELTENIAN that
we purchased as a yearling at Arqana for 27
000€. Resold at Brightwells
for 210 000£ he is now a grade 1 winner and
should be a serious contender for the Supreme Novice next year.TENOR NIVERNAIS also caught the eyes when finishing a very good 7th staying on bravely. He was completely outpace for the first 2 third of the race and start making ground in the last 4 furlongs. TENOR will be at his best on 2 1/2 miles and could be aslo a serious Chaser.
We
have so far been buying the only 2 French Grade1 winner of the festival
and we still have some interesting runners tomorrow and friday.
Tomorrow KALAHARI KING, QUARTZ DE THAIX and GALANT NUIT should all have very good chances . DEAL DONE and PLEIN POUVOIR will find things more difficult. Anyway today CHELTENIAN was the only foreign horse to win at Cheltenham as the Irish horses won the first 6 races and would have made an incredible 7/7 if CHELTENIAN was not there...
Day 1: Tuesday, March 16th
A
good start for us at the Cheltenham festival 2011
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with AL FEROF taking
the opener
THE SUPREME NOVICE HURDLE, Grade1,
in great style with a very fine ride by Ruby WALSH. He came
off the pace to hit the front in the last 50 yards winning
confortably at the end by 2 lengths. We purchased AL FEROF as a foal
in Deauville at the December sales for 13 000€.
He is now 10/1 for the Champion Hurdle 2012.
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to read more >He is now 10/1 for the Champion Hurdle 2012.
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THOUSAND STARS our next runner finished a very good 4th in the Champion Hurdle. He could be a Grade1 winner when step up in trip. He stayed on strongly toward the end to grab 4th place from favourite MENORAH . We purchased THOUSAND STARS in a claimer on the flat at Saint Cloud where he finished 4th and we had to bid 29 157€ to get him. He has since won 5 times including the County hurdle last year at cheltenham and finished twice 3rd to Grade 1 races in Irlande.
Our final runner of the
day POKER
DE SIVOLA finished an impressive 6th in the Cross
country looking beaten before beginning to
pass horses on the final lap. That was his first race over these
obstacles and in the future with more experience he will be a top
performer in these kind of races. He definitely has a bright future in
that sphere.
That was our only
runners of the 1st day and tomorrow we will
also have two good chances with TENOR
NIVERNAIS in the Fred Winter and CHELTENIAN in
the Champion Bumper. They should both be playing a major
part in their respective races.