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We are committed in our support of safer gambling. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose. The Christian Williams-trained Kitty's Light was unfortunate not to land the 2021 bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown after controversial finish and he has since been placed in the Charlie Hall at Wetherby, the Coral Trophy at Kempton, the Scottish Grand National at Ayr and the bet365 Gold Cup for a second time.
He’s a brilliant little horse. All the stats said he couldn’t win with his age and this and that, but he’s a freak so I didn’t take much notice.Kitty’s Light secured the big-race victory he has long promised with a determined display in the Vertem Eider Handicap Chase at Newcastle.
Coral: 4 Kitty’s Light, 13-2 Monbeg Genius, 10 Gevrey, Malina Girl, Your Own Story, 12 Empire Steel, Flower Of Scotland, 14 Dusart, Elvis Mail, Flash Collonges, Undersupervision, 16 Magna Sam, Notachance, Manofthepeople, Oscar Elite, Threeunderthrufive, 20 Coolvalla, Cooper’s Cross, Cap Du Nord, Famous Bridge, Revels Hill, 25 bar He said: “It was a wonderful, wonderful day. It’s been a tough few weeks here for everyone - for my wife Charlotte, all my family and friends and my owners. It looked like he was better than ever at the weekend. He jumped and travelled well. I always think he runs okay at Sandown as well - Paul Nicholls thought he should have won the race (with Enrilo in 2021) when they reversed the result and we thought we should have won it too!I think everybody would think that he’d very much deserve a success, not just us at Christian Williams racing. There would be plenty of cheers at Sandown if he was to win, he’s just so consistent. He’s a mile horse really being by Nathaniel, it’s not his fault he was bought by a staying chase trainer!” A few people have said the race has cut up a little bit, but you try and win these races! It will be a strong race and Paul Nicholls is throwing plenty at it. He’s a tough man to beat but we enjoy trying to test ourselves against them and it will be a great challenge for us on Saturday.
It would be brilliant if we could do it. The Scottish National was obviously his main target this year after the Eider Chase and we’ve been thinking about the horse all this week. It wasn’t about the prize money or the race or anything else, just whether he thought Kitty’s Light was in good shape.” Sandown 1.05 Arqoob has progressed steadily since switching from the Flat to hurdles this season and his jumping went up another notch on his handicap debut at Newbury last month. The winner there followed up next time and Lucy Wadham’s gelding is an interesting 12-1 shot off the same mark. He said: “Win My Wings’ owners have been great, it’s taken them four years for her to do what she did. We could have run her in a staying chase last year but she probably wasn’t ready for them. The first time we stepped her up was at Cheltenham last year and then she proved that day what we thought she could do. All runners were in contention at the end of the first two of three circuits with Manothepeople and Lord Accord sharing pacemaking duties with Undersupervision, Ruthless Article and Threeunderthrufive in the next rank with Flash Collonges getting a clear sight of his fences on the outside.
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All of the leading market principles for the Grade 2 contest remained in contention including Tolworth third Nemean Lion , who scored at this level in Kelso's Premier Novices' Hurdle last month, and Morebattle runner-up Colonel Mustard . Scottish Grand National confirmations Frodon made much of the early running but faded under top weight, and Kitty's Light jumped the last upsides Moroder before powering up the hill. Should he pull it off, Kitty's Light would become only the second horse after the Ferdy Murphy-trained Hot Weld (2007) to follow up a Scottish National victory with a win in this weekend's feature. Williams' daughter Betsy followed the Scottish Grand National on television
Sandown 3.25 It was a tough ask for Harper’s Brook to make the running in the Ultima at the Cheltenham Festival time and he was lit up by first-time cheekpieces too before being pulled up two out. The headgear is off this time and his earlier form this season gives Ben Pauling’s novice a big chance. He ran in both races last year, but this year they’re only a week apart so I think we will target one or the other. There were some notable absentees from the four mile contest with the drying ground ruling out Monbeg Genius and Elvis Mail among others but a field of 18 still faced the starter after a short delay to clear protestors from the course.
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Should he pull it off, Kitty’s Light would become only the second horse after the Ferdy Murphy-trained Hot Weld (2007) to follow up a Scottish National victory with victory in this weekend’s feature. If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline / GamCare on 0808 8020 133. Corach Rambler's trainer Lucinda Russell may instead rely on Your Own Story and Mighty Thunder , who claimed the Scottish National in 2021 under Tom Scudamore. That didn't prevent the latter coming down at the nineteenth (of 27), bringing down Dusart, with Mighty Thunder departing at the same obstacle as the field began to string out.
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