Eldorado Allen

(114225-1321)

Ryanair Chase

We are going to run him in the Ryanair Chase. I think we can go Ryanair then maybe the Betfair Bowl at Aintree and having him wound up for a Charlie Hall next season.

We started off winning the Haldon Gold Cup over two and a quarter (miles). The handicapper put him up 11lb for winning the Denman which I thought was ridiculous but they obviously rate the form.

He has always been a nice horse. I think he goes into the Ryanair with a nice chance. He doesn’t mind a bit of decent ground. Allaho will take a hell of a lot of beating but you shouldn’t be afraid of one horse.

JPR One

(1210)

Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle

He was a bit disappointing in the Betfair Hurdle but it blew his mind a little bit. He was cantering around at the start and ran the whole race on one breath.

He is a gorgeous looking horse and he has some cracking form from his first three runs. We can draw a line through his Betfair run. I’m not expecting him to win the Supreme but I think that he is above average and I think he can finish in the first half a dozen.

In a Supreme he will be able to settle in and get covered up. It will give him a really nice education.

War Lord

(213047-1121)

Sporting Life Arkle Novices’ Chase

He has had a hell of a season and has done absolutely nothing wrong. He won nicely at Newton Abbot at the start of the season then he went up to Carlisle and won well there.

He was second in a Henry VIII behind Edwardstone and then was probably at his most impressive at Lingfield.

He certainly wouldn’t mind a bit of cut in the ground as he proved that over hurdles last season. He has just improved no end for going chasing.

Take Edwardstone out and it is a wide open Arkle. There is not going to be stacks of runners. I see no reason why he couldn’t sneak a place in it. He has earnt his place there. He has definitely improved all season. His jumping is his main thing. He is a quick, accurate jumper.

Lostinstranslation

(11P3/3P5P-15P)

Ultima Handicap Chase

Robbie Power has always said he wants good ground as he is a Flemensfirth. You could see at Ascot after the third fence he was hating the ground. He didn’t have a hard race.

He has dropped to 155 so we are going to run him in the Ultima. He has never run in a handicap in his whole life.

He wouldn’t want it worse than good to soft simple as that. If you go back to his form on decent ground at Ascot in the autumn there is no reason he couldn’t run well in an Ultima.

You go back to his third in the Gold Cup off of 155 he should be very competitive. Graded horses in handicaps normally find it that bit slower and are able to travel and that is what we are hoping will happen with him.

Amarillo Sky

(710-16412F1)

Elixir De Nutz

(1/77/2-4211)

Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase

Amarillo Sky is off 143 now and he went up 8lb for winning at Newbury the other day. He looked like he was going to win the time before at Newbury but he had a horrible fall two out. That didn’t bother him at all.

He was quite impressive beating Shakem Up’Arry last time at Newbury. He is a progressive horse and is a great jumper. I think he has got a good chance in the Grand Annual.

He will certainly travel well and he goes there with a chance but it is as competitive as hell.

Elixir De Nutz is coming back and he is a Grade 1 winner. He won a Tolworth and he was then a short price for the Supreme and he went wrong.

He is off 143, which is the same mark as Amarillo Sky, and he bolted up at Kempton the last day. With the class he has got, he is a novice again in a Grand Annual.