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Powys County Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Cavern Club makes all the noise in Summer Hurdle
Cavern Club rolled in with a late run to land the Unibet Same Race Multi Summer Handicap Hurdle for James Owen and Gavin Sheehan. The chestnut was last seen winning at Chester on the Flat in June, but has plenty of hurdling experience on his CV and was a good runner-up in a Cheltenham novice in November. He started at 8-1 for his switch of codes at Market Rasen, and after a good round of jumping he reeled in Kihavah to prevail by a length and a quarter, as his stablemate Nibras Gold finished third. 'He won his last start on the Flat and that is something I quite like to do,' said Owen. 'I always thought he was well handicapped, he's just getting it all together. 'He's been second at Cheltenham and he's been running in some decent handicaps. 'On the Flat he wants a fast pace to run at, so we knew the make-up of the race would suit him. He travelled well and Gavin gave him a lovely ride. That was his best jumping performance, he ran very well at Cheltenham, but probably just hit the front a bit too soon. 'He's got a lot of wins in him, this horse, we'll have a little break now and then he'll go back to Chester. 'He likes Chester and he's got owners up there, then we'll probably have a go at one of the early Cheltenham meetings.'
North Wales Chronicle
5 days ago
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
In-demand Philippart de Foy looking for notable jumps success
The Belgian has an intercontinental background given his mum was a trainer in France and he worked for John Oxx in Ireland, Criquette Head-Maarek in France, Christophe Clement in America and James Fanshawe in Newmarket. While his future is going to be largely Flat-based as the principal trainer for Amo Racing at Sir Michael Stoute's former yard, he has shown his versatility by winning three in a row with D Day Arvalenreeva, who heads for the Unibet Same Race Multi Summer Handicap Hurdle. 'She's in very good shape, delighted with the filly. She's done very little wrong since switching to handicaps,' said De Foy. 'This race has been a target for a long time and the faster (the ground) the better for her. 'Obviously she's a course and distance winner, it's a big step up in grade, but I couldn't be happier with the way she's going into the race.' Olly Murphy's Sir Galahad has an even better record, winning four out of four since joining from James Ferguson. 'He's been trained for the race, he needed the extra run to qualify, but he's in good form, looks progressive and he's got an unusual profile,' said Murphy. 'He's on an upward curve and is full of confidence. He's taken to hurdles really well, he's got confidence since taking a hurdle and with a bit of luck, he'll run very well.' Fergal O'Brien's Castel Gandolfo won the race last year and got back to winning ways over course and distance last month. 'We went more or less the same route. I think he's run in it the last four years so it was always a plan to run it,' said O'Brien. 'We ran him at Bangor and Johnny (Burke, jockey) said 'he's just a totally different horse going right-handed', especially right-handed with a rail, so he said he feels much better at Market Rasen than he does anywhere else. Right-handed around Rasen does suit him.' O'Brien also runs Oslo off bottom weight, the mount of Liam Harrison. 'Oslo is fine. I'd like him to take a step forward, he's been running very well for us on the Flat, he got brought down at Bangor last year and I'm not sure if he's got over that yet when it comes to jumping hurdles,' he said. 'We'd like to see him to finish off his races a bit better, and if he does, he could be a player as well. 'They are both good, they will try their best and fingers crossed.'
Leader Live
5 days ago
- Sport
- Leader Live
In-demand Philippart de Foy looking for notable jumps success
The Belgian has an intercontinental background given his mum was a trainer in France and he worked for John Oxx in Ireland, Criquette Head-Maarek in France, Christophe Clement in America and James Fanshawe in Newmarket. While his future is going to be largely Flat-based as the principal trainer for Amo Racing at Sir Michael Stoute's former yard, he has shown his versatility by winning three in a row with D Day Arvalenreeva, who heads for the Unibet Same Race Multi Summer Handicap Hurdle. 'She's in very good shape, delighted with the filly. She's done very little wrong since switching to handicaps,' said De Foy. 'This race has been a target for a long time and the faster (the ground) the better for her. 'Obviously she's a course and distance winner, it's a big step up in grade, but I couldn't be happier with the way she's going into the race.' Olly Murphy's Sir Galahad has an even better record, winning four out of four since joining from James Ferguson. 'He's been trained for the race, he needed the extra run to qualify, but he's in good form, looks progressive and he's got an unusual profile,' said Murphy. 'He's on an upward curve and is full of confidence. He's taken to hurdles really well, he's got confidence since taking a hurdle and with a bit of luck, he'll run very well.' Fergal O'Brien's Castel Gandolfo won the race last year and got back to winning ways over course and distance last month. 'We went more or less the same route. I think he's run in it the last four years so it was always a plan to run it,' said O'Brien. 'We ran him at Bangor and Johnny (Burke, jockey) said 'he's just a totally different horse going right-handed', especially right-handed with a rail, so he said he feels much better at Market Rasen than he does anywhere else. Right-handed around Rasen does suit him.' O'Brien also runs Oslo off bottom weight, the mount of Liam Harrison. 'Oslo is fine. I'd like him to take a step forward, he's been running very well for us on the Flat, he got brought down at Bangor last year and I'm not sure if he's got over that yet when it comes to jumping hurdles,' he said. 'We'd like to see him to finish off his races a bit better, and if he does, he could be a player as well. 'They are both good, they will try their best and fingers crossed.'
Rhyl Journal
5 days ago
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
In-demand Philippart de Foy looking for notable jumps success
The Belgian has an intercontinental background given his mum was a trainer in France and he worked for John Oxx in Ireland, Criquette Head-Maarek in France, Christophe Clement in America and James Fanshawe in Newmarket. While his future is going to be largely Flat-based as the principal trainer for Amo Racing at Sir Michael Stoute's former yard, he has shown his versatility by winning three in a row with D Day Arvalenreeva, who heads for the Unibet Same Race Multi Summer Handicap Hurdle. 'She's in very good shape, delighted with the filly. She's done very little wrong since switching to handicaps,' said De Foy. 'This race has been a target for a long time and the faster (the ground) the better for her. 'Obviously she's a course and distance winner, it's a big step up in grade, but I couldn't be happier with the way she's going into the race.' Olly Murphy's Sir Galahad has an even better record, winning four out of four since joining from James Ferguson. 'He's been trained for the race, he needed the extra run to qualify, but he's in good form, looks progressive and he's got an unusual profile,' said Murphy. 'He's on an upward curve and is full of confidence. He's taken to hurdles really well, he's got confidence since taking a hurdle and with a bit of luck, he'll run very well.' Fergal O'Brien's Castel Gandolfo won the race last year and got back to winning ways over course and distance last month. 'We went more or less the same route. I think he's run in it the last four years so it was always a plan to run it,' said O'Brien. 'We ran him at Bangor and Johnny (Burke, jockey) said 'he's just a totally different horse going right-handed', especially right-handed with a rail, so he said he feels much better at Market Rasen than he does anywhere else. Right-handed around Rasen does suit him.' O'Brien also runs Oslo off bottom weight, the mount of Liam Harrison. 'Oslo is fine. I'd like him to take a step forward, he's been running very well for us on the Flat, he got brought down at Bangor last year and I'm not sure if he's got over that yet when it comes to jumping hurdles,' he said. 'We'd like to see him to finish off his races a bit better, and if he does, he could be a player as well. 'They are both good, they will try their best and fingers crossed.'
Glasgow Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
In-demand Philippart de Foy looking for notable jumps success
The Belgian has an intercontinental background given his mum was a trainer in France and he worked for John Oxx in Ireland, Criquette Head-Maarek in France, Christophe Clement in America and James Fanshawe in Newmarket. While his future is going to be largely Flat-based as the principal trainer for Amo Racing at Sir Michael Stoute's former yard, he has shown his versatility by winning three in a row with D Day Arvalenreeva, who heads for the Unibet Same Race Multi Summer Handicap Hurdle. 'She's in very good shape, delighted with the filly. She's done very little wrong since switching to handicaps,' said De Foy. 'This race has been a target for a long time and the faster (the ground) the better for her. 'Obviously she's a course and distance winner, it's a big step up in grade, but I couldn't be happier with the way she's going into the race.' Olly Murphy's Sir Galahad has an even better record, winning four out of four since joining from James Ferguson. 'He's been trained for the race, he needed the extra run to qualify, but he's in good form, looks progressive and he's got an unusual profile,' said Murphy. 'He's on an upward curve and is full of confidence. He's taken to hurdles really well, he's got confidence since taking a hurdle and with a bit of luck, he'll run very well.' Fergal O'Brien's Castel Gandolfo won the race last year and got back to winning ways over course and distance last month. 'We went more or less the same route. I think he's run in it the last four years so it was always a plan to run it,' said O'Brien. 'We ran him at Bangor and Johnny (Burke, jockey) said 'he's just a totally different horse going right-handed', especially right-handed with a rail, so he said he feels much better at Market Rasen than he does anywhere else. Right-handed around Rasen does suit him.' O'Brien also runs Oslo off bottom weight, the mount of Liam Harrison. 'Oslo is fine. I'd like him to take a step forward, he's been running very well for us on the Flat, he got brought down at Bangor last year and I'm not sure if he's got over that yet when it comes to jumping hurdles,' he said. 'We'd like to see him to finish off his races a bit better, and if he does, he could be a player as well. 'They are both good, they will try their best and fingers crossed.'
