A wet afternoon in Warwick is not where you would anticipate a former Spice Girl and a formula one principle, but that was the case last week when a Cheltenham dream took the flight.
Christian Horner and his wife, Geri, visited the slowdown curiously to see what he lifts me, the horse they own, gallop in resolved to win the persecution of the hunters. The winning check was £ 2053.20, but the joy they felt when they saw the nine -year cavation after the final feet was impossible to put a price.
Trained by Maxine Filby, which was once an elite level mountain bike correier and competed against Laura Kenny, Lift Me Up is one of the three horses that bakes have in their patio in Banbury and, whenever everything is planned , the intention is executed at the place of St James Foxhunters in March.
The commitments in Melbourne before the first Grand Prix of the season will prevent the chief of Red Bull Horner from attending Cheltenham, but has promised in the middle of the night, attached to his laptop, to see how he will go in a race in a race in a race . That is always a remarkable show.
The Foxhunters, of course, was the contest in which the former Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton finished fifth in 2016: the Olympic, famous, had not sat on a horse until the previous year, but guided Pacha de Polder around the turns and undulations with great care.
Lift Me Up will have the help of Jack Andrews, a rider that challenges physics in the sense that it can ride even though it has 6 feet 4 inches, and there is no doubt that history will provide a fascinating festival to the festival.
Geri Horner was no stranger when he reached number one in his previous career, but this devout horsepower enthusiast will be desperate for another fast blow on March 15. Levant Me Up currently has a price 25/1 but, in a race in which anything can happen, those probabilities will not be a barrier to success.
Christian and Geri Horner celebrated their Lift Me Ganning the Hunters Chase at Warwick Leather last week
Left Me Up, one of the three horses that the Horner have in their patio, is now expected to compete in the place of St James's Foxhunters at the Cheltenham Festival in March
Christian Horner has promised to get up during the night to see from the Formula one Grand Prix of Melbourne in March when Jack Andrews, he left, seeks to guide myself to Levant me to a greater success
What happened behind the jockey boycott scene
What days turned out to follow the threat of the Association of Racing Professional of Boicotear television interviews unless they received a payment of £ 500,000.
Something was not fine in Cheltenham on Saturday when there was a reluctance of the coaches to attach their names to the scheme and a penny for Dan Skelton's thoughts now after he broke the coverage on Sunday and said it was a good idea. Who reported it committed his irremediably wrong message.
Aware of the Hoopla that had been caused, Peter Savill, who is behind the PRA, spoke with the confidentiality of the races on Sunday and explained that the £ 500,000 were going to the bottom of injured jockeys and other benevolent causes. He emphasized repeatedly, coaches would not be paid directly.
It was an important point of clarification, but clearly caused some surprise and many wonder if the first in these groups heard about the intentions was when Savill's words were published in Mail Online and in a separate interview in the racing post.
Anyway, the plan was sentenced to failure. Television companies would have found a way of transmitting without talking to coaches and may be sure that much in training ranges would have realized that they were starving the necessary exhibition to promote their businesses.
The boycott was canceled on Tuesday and the episode was humiliating for Pra. Who invented the idea of pursuing an unnecessary £ 500,000 (it was not Savill) should be ashamed of themselves. They have made themselves and others look exceptionally silly.
The Racing Professional Association suspended a threat to boycott television interviews with ITV as ITV unless they received a payment of £ 500,000
Dan Skelton said that the demand for coaches to be paid for interviews had significant support
Nicholls convinces Sir Alex supported can achieve success
Paul Nicholls is known for using his heart in the manga and will vehemently defend the reputation of his horses for his owners.
The 14 -time champion coach never stops thinking where you can find the right opportunities for one of his patio to win and his mind has been working overtime with Caldwell Potter, the horse that costs a union that includes Sir Alex Ferguson £ 634,000 Almost a year ago.
Caldwell Potter was bought with the hope of winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but three races on fences have shown that he will not be a champion. However, it does not mean that there is no great prize within him and Nicholls knows it better than anyone.
Cheltenham is on the Gray and Nicholls agenda, who saw their gallop in Ditcheat submerged this week after the last storm, it is inflexible that Caldwell Potter will be extremely competitive in Handicap's persecution of two and a half miles for rookie.
That must be taken on board. Nicholls has a phenomenal attack rate when he specifically points to a race: look what Kando Kid did when he won the Gold Copa Cup in Newbury last November after a seven -month break, and if he believes that everything is not lost, it is advisable Keep that in mind.
Paul Nicholls has been working overtime with Caldwell Potter to offer a grand prize for owners
Sir Alex Ferguson, Center, was part of a union that spent £ 634,000 in Caldwell Potter
Coach Paul Nicholls believes that Caldwell Potter can achieve success at the Cheltenham Festival
The owl of Athens improvement attracts attention
There are outdated bets and then there are the type of clearing that took place in Uttoxeter last weekend that stop you on their tracks. The owl of Athens, which previously seemed to have all the speed of a tractor that climbed an steep and muddy hill, suddenly found a colossal improvement.
In four previous races for Evan Williams, his coach with headquarters in Glamorgan, Owl of Athens, had achieved the following results: sixth of seven, he beat 43 lengths; six out of seven, defeated 33 lengths; Tenth of 14, expired 48 lengths and the last 10, expired 64 lengths.
But someone, somewhere, apparently knew that Owl of Athens was going to take a great step forward in Staffordshire, since he was backed by an 80/1 opening in 85/40 favorites and duly galloped to his rivals, winning for eight lengths for The owners the Balkardy Breezers.
“One of the owners had £ 20 in the sense, so that if that is considered a bet, the game is crumbled,” Williams argued.
Well, if one of the unions obtained 80/1, they were put into account of £ 2000, which is a good return when you consider that the prize for winning was an insignificant £ 3247.81; However, the point is that the improvement came from nothing and has caught the attention of the British racing horsepower authority.
It is understood that the representatives of the regulatory, administrative, integrity and disability teams will analyze the previous actions of the Athens owl to see if the rules were violated.
Finding horses of the stable that conquest Willie Mullins with unleashed potential is a challenge is
Blizzard of Oz, on the right, could be worth putting in its trackers in the midst of impressive progress
Blizzard of Oz is one to see
Finding horses of the conqueror stable of Willie Mullins with without exploiting potential is a challenge, but the word reaches the confidential careers that it would be worth putting the name of Blizzard of Oz in its trackers.
Property of the Association of Simon Munir and Issac Soude, Blizzard of Oz only won a bumper in five openings for Mullins and finished third in Gowran Park last Thursday in Chase Beginners. It was hit seven long by a stable partner well considered, Quai de Bourbon, after an error at the end.
However, the connections are delighted with their progress and believe that it has the reach to continue physically developing.
He will win a career in the not too distant future and, one day in the future, the great objectives will be on the seven -year -old boy's horizon.