THE dust has settled after an epic week at Cheltenham for Team Ditcheat.
Paul had the squad in absolutely tip-top condition heading into the Festival and we had some great results.
Our heroes Stage Star and Stay Away Fay are two very exciting horses for the future and Bravemansgame ran a great race in defeat.
I’ve ridden Stay Away Fay at home quite a bit and he is a superb jumper.
We all fancied him each-way in the Albert Bartlett and he was so brave up the hill, I was over the moon to see him win like that.
We have such a lovely team of young horses in the yard at the moment, including one I rode last Saturday in the shape of Farnoge.
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He is a lovely big horse and I was chuffed to bits that he was able to win the bumper at Uttoxeter on his Rules debut.
He travelled beautifully for me and quickened up well to win like a nice horse and the experience will have done him the world of good.
We think plenty of him and he might be one to stick in your tracker.
Cheltenham might be over for another year but there is still plenty to play for in the last five weeks of the jumps season.
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The Grand National meeting is just around the corner and then we have Scottish National and Sandown’s big season finale.
Frodon is firmly on course for the bet365 Gold Cup at the latter and I'm pleased to report he is in flying form on the gallops at home.
There is also lots of prize-money on offer at Newbury today, which is where I’m heading to ride Presenting A Queen (2.40) in the big mares’ novice hurdle for Chris Gordon.
The mares’ programme we have in this country is brilliant and it’s a great incentive for owners to keep them in training for longer.
I had a sit on her yesterday morning and she is a lovely mare and she has some solid form to her name.
She won her bumper at Newbury on soft ground so I was pleased to see it absolutely bucketing down when I left the track yesterday after finishing second on Arqoob.
Chris has had a great season – he won the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury last month – and he fancies her to run well.
My dad and I also fancy Firefly Lane (3.17 Exeter, Sunday) to run well tomorrow. She has been running nicely in point-to-points and she is off a very tempting mark of 64.
Best of luck to you and, as always, keep kicking!
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