Re:Jump season and CHELTENHAM

Race 2 Kempton Roll Again looks hard to beat

Looking forward to the next at leopardstown... Let's see if Fakir is that good... I certainly hope so... But no walk in the park...

What a performance

Faugheen who is almost 12 years also proved too good for the opposition yesterday winning a Grade 1 novice chase. Well done.

Some at Kempton for me

Fanion D'Estruval 15/10
Sceau Royal 18/10

@Chepstow

Harry Senior 13/10
Allmankind 12/10
Elegant Escape 7/2

@Leopardstown

Melon 11/10

Cracking performances from Harry, Allmankind and Melon so far!

Grade 1 number 11 for Apple Jade

Altor scratched for Sat but runs next week.......

Nicky Henderson was on Thursday devising a new plan of attack for Altior after removing him from Saturday's Unibet Silviniaco Conti Chase, but admitted he would have liked to have run him in the Kempton contest after all.

Indeed, Henderson struck a confident chord in reference to his stable ace's bid for a third straight Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase, which he described as "the only race that matters".

The four-time Cheltenham Festival hero, who could now make a surprise appearance in the Matchbook Clarence House Chase at Ascot next week, had been inked in to run at Kempton this weekend, but an abscess on his withers put that in doubt, so much so that on Tuesday Henderson ruled him out of the race.

There was also some controversy with it drifting in the betting before it was officially scratched.......more to follow.

Here was more to follow......

www.racingpost.com/news/latest/nicky-hen...f-altior-saga/417558

Clarence House chase on Saturday has been a good guide for the Cheltenham Festival

With four recent winners winning the Champion Chase

Altior (2019)
Dodging Bullets (2015)
Sire De Grugy (2014)
Sprinter Sacre (2013)

Saturday`s race looks a match between Defi Du Seuil and Un De Sceaux

It is pretty well acknowledged that the Irish do well at Cheltenham and increasingly over recent years.
On the 1st and 2nd of February they have a 2 day meet at Leopardstown,called the Dublin Festival.
Looking at the Fields for this year there are some good looking horses running and most of them will be Cheltenham bound,including Kemboy ,my favourite.
The timing of this meeting is perfect in that whatever the outcome of these races,trainers still have 5 weeks to get the horses ready for Cheltenham.
Unfortunately I doubt we will see the racing from Leopardstown on TV.