The six-year-old is two from two since leaving Skelton’s former boss Paul Nicholls, with a wide-margin handicap success at Haydock on his stable debut followed by an impressive victory in the Grade Two Relkeel Hurdle at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day. “He is going to run in the Stayers’ Hurdle as long as the ground is not brutal, which looking at the long-range forecast I would hope that it’s not,” the trainer said at a press morning at his yard organised by The Jockey Club. He added: “If he stays three miles, it’s going to be hard to resist him. “Put it this way, the Relkeel was two-mile-five and if you moved that winning post three furlongs further towards Cheltenham town centre, would he have won? “He has phenomenal class and I hope it’s enough – if he stays, look out.”

Source: Express February 25, 2026 16:27 UTC