Lisnagar Oscar will head directly to the Cheltenham Pageant for the Stayers’ Hurdle after completing 1/3 within the Cleeve Hurdle on the weekend.
The nine-year-old used to be a surprise 50-1 victor within the staying department on the Pageant in 2020 however has didn’t win a race since, taking part in no good fortune in his first 3 begins this time period, together with when pulled up within the Lengthy Stroll at Ascot.
A go back to Prestbury Park perceived to reignite his outdated zest, then again, because the gelding travelled and jumped neatly below Adam Wedge and sooner or later got here house 1/3 at the back of Paisley Park and Champ.
The massive assembly in March is now at the horizon as soon as once more for the bay, who will head at once to the Stayers’ Hurdle after enjoyable Curtis with a run that reflected his third-placed efficiency within the Cleeve in 2020.
“He is pop out of the race really well, we had been in reality happy along with his run,” she mentioned.
“It used to be an enormous step forwards, he all the time turns out to return handy right now of yr and he loves Cheltenham.
“He ran a an identical kind of race to his run within the Cleeve in 2020 and he installed a just right effort in that, so optimistically that can have put him spot on for the Stayers’ and we will have any other shot at that.
“It shouldn’t have been splendid that he needed to do all of the donkey paintings, however he’s going to have a lead in March. Adam did additionally say that the bottom used to be slightly bit sticky for him and he’d have preferred just a little of rain, however we had been in reality proud of him.
“You had Paisley Park, who has clearly gained the Stayers’ after which Champ, who used to be the favorite going into it, most probably two of the most efficient stayers in Britain had been in it, so it used to be a just right race.”
Curtis has any other Pageant hope within the form of Pats Fancy, who has an access for the Nationwide Hunt Chase after profitable two of his 3 begins over fences.
His most up-to-date victory used to be an 11-length luck over Imperial Alcazar in a newbie match at Chepstow, shape that now appears to be like specifically sensible because the latter horse used to be a 10-length winner of a newbie handicap at Cheltenham on Saturday.
Pats Fancy used to be because of have his ultimate pre-Cheltenham day out at Exeter on Wednesday afternoon however would possibly now reroute to Newbury on Friday week after shedding a shoe at the morning of the Exeter race.
“He is pulled a shoe off, now we have had the farrier right here and he is had it again on however he is slightly bit sore.
“I’m going to optimistically run him subsequent week someplace, he’s going to perhaps cross to Newbury.”
