Gordon Elliott Stable Tour

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Made an impressive winning debut in the Goffs Land Rover Bumper at the Punchestown Festival.

Trainer says

He was impressive in the Land Rover Bumper and the plan is to go straight over hurdles with him this season. His schooling has been good and we’ll get him going in the coming weeks. I wouldn’t like to start him off on heavy ground if I could avoid it. He’ll probably start at two miles, but I could definitely see him going up in trip.

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A winning point-to-pointer, he has won his first two starts in bumpers prior to finishing in the frame in the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival and the equivalent contest at the Punchestown Festival.

Trainer says

We’ve decided to start him off over hurdles over longer trips and he’s declared to run at Down Royal on Friday over two-mile-six-furlongs. We’ve always loved him and still do, but he was beaten by Facile Vega twice in bumpers last season, so we think longer trips might be what brings out the best in him. He jumps very well.

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A 157-rated chaser, he finished second in the Grand Annual Chase at the Cheltenham Festival last season.

Trainer says

He was second in the Grand Annual at the Cheltenham Festival last season and probably just bumped into one on the day. I think we’ll start him back in the Fortria Chase at Navan and see how we go from there.

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Made a winning debut in a point-to-point at Lisronagh in February prior to changing hands for £350,000.

Trainer says

He’s a nice horse that won his point-to-point in great style. We’ve declared him for a bumper at Down Royal on Friday and we’re looking forward to seeing what he can do. I’d say he’ll go hurdling sooner rather than later after Friday and he’ll stay further than two miles for sure.

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The winner of two of his three starts over fences, he most recently won a novice chase at Cheltenham by 61 lengths in October.

Trainer says

He’s been a super horse for us and won a novice chase at Cheltenham by a long way on his last start. We’re going to give him a break now. I think he likes being fresh and better ground is very important for him. We have the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in mind for him and that could be where you see him next.

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A 168-rated chaser, he progressed up the ranks last season to win the Irish Gold Cup at the Dublin Racing Festival and finish a close second in the Betway Bowl Chase at Aintree.

Trainer says

He came back in from his break looking particularly strong. I know he was a bit of a surprise to people last season, but his form stands out very well and I thought he ran a great race at Aintree. We’re going to run him in the Down Royal Champion Chase on Saturday and see how we go from there, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he does well enough to justify his place in the Gold Cup in March.

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Won a point-to-point at Dromahane in April prior to changing hands for £400,000.

Trainer says

He’s a lovely, big horse. He’s probably more of a jumps horse than a bumper horse. We’ll probably start him in a bumper to get him going and then potentially go hurdling after that, we’ll see. He should be ready to start in the next three or four weeks.

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Made an impressive winning debut in a point-to-point at Lingstown in December prior to changing hands for £385,000. She made a winning hurdling debut at Galway in October.

Trainer says

She won well at Galway the other day and she couldn’t have done much more than she did. Davy felt she’d come on well from the run. There’s a Listed mares’ novice hurdle at Punchestown on December 11th that looks a nice spot for her. I think she’ll stay well, but it wouldn’t a huge shock if she ended up in the Mares’ Novice Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival as she has plenty of class.

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A 157-rated chaser, he is a five-time Grade 1 winner over fences that made a winning start in cross-country chases in the Glenfarclas Chase last season and went on to finish third in the Grand National at Aintree.

Trainer says

He’ll be trained for the Cross-Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and the Grand National at Aintree. Considering he jumped a little bit careful early on in the Grand National, he ran a great race to be third and it would be great to get him back there in top form to have another crack at it with that experience under his belt.

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when falling at the second-last fence in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

He hurt himself when he fell at the Cheltenham Festival last season and he won’t be running this season.

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Rated 147 over hurdles, he won a Grade 2 juvenile hurdle and finished in the frame in three Grade 1 contests last season.

Trainer says

We’re going to start him off in the WKD Hurdle at Down Royal on Friday. I’d say it’s more likely than not that he’ll go novice chasing after that as he’ll get a good weight allowance as a four-year-old. He jumps hurdles like a chaser in the making and it should suit him.

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Finished a close second in a hurdle race at Compiegne in October 2021 prior to changing hands for €315,000.

Trainer says

He’s a nice horse that came to us from France. He’s been schooling well and we’ll most likely start him off in a maiden hurdle at Down Royal on Saturday.

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A 155-rated chaser, he won a Grade 1 novice chase at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting and finished in the frame in similar contests at Aintree and the Punchestown Festival.

Trainer says

We’ll start him off in the Eventsec Chase at Down Royal on Saturday. In fairness to him, the best of his form from last season reads really well. The one thing that makes me nervous with him is really soft ground. He’s definitely better on a sounder surface.

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A 166-rated chaser, he won the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 2021 and the Savills Chase at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting last season.

Trainer says

He’s been a brilliant horse for us. He is going for the Down Royal Champion Chase on Saturday and we’re looking forward to him there. I was delighted with his comeback run at Punchestown. He gave weight away and jumped great. In fairness to him, we’ve probably been guilty of not giving him enough credit. Take A Plus Tard out of the Gold Cup and Galvin is right there in amongst the rest of them in a race that wasn’t really run to suit him. He's a talented horse.

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A winning point-to-pointer, he is unbeaten in two starts in bumpers and two starts over hurdles for Elliott.

Trainer says

He’s going novice chasing and wants soft ground. He schooled very well yesterday and I’m looking forward to getting him started. We didn’t get to see enough of him last season, but I think he’s a good horse.

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Made a winning debut by a distance in a point-to-point at Borris House in December prior to changing hands for 260,000gns.

Trainer says

She’s a nice mare that worked well last week. She’ll start off in a bumper in the coming weeks and could well go hurdling after that. She’s smart.

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Won a bumper at Punchestown last season.

Trainer says

She ran a bit free when winning her bumper, but has been schooling well over hurdles and I’d say hurdling will help settle her down. She’ll start off in the coming weeks and we like her.

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A 142-rated hurdler, he won a Grade 3 novice hurdle and finished in the frame in two Grade 1 novice hurdles and the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival last season.

Trainer says

We are looking at starting him off in a maiden chase at Navan next week. He schooled well yesterday and we’re happy with him. He maybe came up a bit short of Grade 1 level in novice hurdles, but I could see him being a better chaser.

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Made a winning debut in a point-to-point at Portrush in March prior to changing hands and joining Elliott.

Trainer says

He’s a very nice horse. He runs in a bumper at Down Royal on Saturday. We like him a lot. He’s one that will stay in bumpers this season.

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The winner of two of her three starts in bumpers and was unlucky in a Grade 2 bumper on the other occasion.

Trainer says

We’re going to start her off in a Grade 3 mares’ novice hurdle at Down Royal on Friday. It’s a tough ask to start her off over hurdles in that company, but she’s been schooling well and we’ll be delighted if she does things right and finishes third or fourth. She doesn’t show much at home, she saves it for the track, but she’s a talented mare.

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A 150-rated hurdler, he has won three of his five starts over hurdles last season including the Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting and the Bective Stud Champion Novice Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival.

Trainer says

He had a great campaign last season, winning two Grade 1s. He seemed to go under the radar a bit, but it isn’t easy win two Grade 1 novice hurdles in Ireland. He has always looked like a chaser and his schooling has been very good. He starts off at Down Royal on Friday and I can’t wait to see what he does. He’s a horse I’ve always loved.

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A 142-rated hurdler, he won one of his four starts over hurdles and finished second in the Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival last season.

Trainer says

He’s a lovely horse. He maybe just went a bit light on us at the backend of last season and we’ll learn from that. We’ll get him started in a maiden chase in the coming weeks. He stays well and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he ends up being a National Hunt Chase horse.

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Finished second to Absolute Notions in the Goffs Land Rover Bumper on her debut for Mags Mullins and subsequently changed hands for €235,000.

Trainer says

She’s a nice mare. I’d say we’ll start her in a bumper in two or three weeks and she’ll probably stay in bumpers this season. She might not be one for heavy ground.

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Made it second-time lucky over hurdles when winning at Cholet in September when trained in France.

Trainer says

She came to us from France with winning form over hurdles and we’ll start her at Down Royal on Saturday. She doesn’t seem to show much at home, but she jumps very well.

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A 142-rated hurdler, she has won four of her six starts over hurdles including the Paddy Mullins Mares’ Handicap Hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival.

Trainer says

She gave herself a knock that will keep her out of the first half of the season, but we’ll hopefully have her back for the spring. She could be one for a valuable handicap, she’s a smart mare.

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A 145-rated hurdler, he finished third in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and was demoted to second having won the equivalent Grade 1 at Aintree after causing interference.

Trainer says

He’s a fair horse. It’s hard for four-year-olds in open company, but he doesn’t have a Grade 1 penalty at least, so we can work him up through the grades if we want. He’ll run in the WKD Hurdle at Down Royal on Friday and we’ll see how we go from there. We wouldn’t be against running him in another big handicap on the Flat at some stage.

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Made a winning debut in a point-to-point at Tattersalls Farm in November prior to changing hands for £300,000.

Trainer says

He won his point-to-point well and has been doing everything at home nicely. He’s probably more so one to start off in a two-and-a-half mile maiden hurdle rather than a bumper. He should be ready to start off in a couple of weeks.

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A 147-rated hurdler, he was sent off favourite for the Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival only to disappoint on the day.

Trainer says

We’re going to go novice chasing with him. His run in the Coral Cup can be forgiven. He’s a nice horse that goes well and I don’t think we’ve seen the best of him on the track yet.

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Finished second in a point-to-point at Comea prior to changing hands for £300,000.

Trainer says

He’s a lovely big chaser in the making. We’ll give him a couple of runs in bumpers this season, but it’s all about the longer term with him. He’s a lovely horse.

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A 155-rated hurdler, he has won two renewals of the Pertemps Network Final at the Cheltenham Festival and won the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree last season.

Trainer says

He’s a brilliant horse. We got a big thrill out of him winning at Aintree last season. He’ll probably start off in the Lismullen Hurdle at Navan, but he seems a better horse in the spring.

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Won a point-to-point at Castlelands in March prior to changing hands for £310,000.

Trainer says

He’s a lovely horse. He’s a big, staying type, but I’d say we’ll just give him a few runs in bumpers this season with a view to the future.

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A 148-rated hurdler, he won the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree last season.

Trainer says

He’s going novice chasing and schooled very well over fences yesterday. He looks like a chaser and was bought to be a chaser, so we’re looking forward to getting him going. He’ll start off in the next week or 10 days I’d say. Cork in an option on Sunday, but they are underwater there at the minute and it doesn’t sound great. Two miles or two-and-a-half miles should be grand for him, we’ll play it by ear once he gets started.

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A 159-rated hurdler, he finished in the frame in four Grade 1 novice hurdles last season.

Trainer says

We’re going to step him up in trip this season and will try to make him into a staying hurdler. He’ll start off in the Lismullen Hurdle at Navan.