Nico de Boinville: “He has won twice and hopefully he can kick on again in this campaign”

Unibet Racing|23 October 2020

Cheltenham

4.25pm

The Macon Lugnatic

He has a 6lb penalty in here on account of his two wins last season, so that isn’t ideal, but the race has cut up to just six runners, so we can’t really complain. This will be the first time I have ridden him since he disappointed in a Warwick bumper on New Year’s Eve in 2018, but he proved that form all wrong when winning at Newbury next time and he has gone to a brace of hurdle successes at Doncaster. He beat a good horse in the first of those and defied a 7lb penalty next time, so hopefully he can kick on again in this campaign. Obviously, he has his stamina to prove here as he steps up to 3m for the first time.

5.35pm

I Am Maximus

I said in Friday’s column that Authorized is a sire I love, and I Am Maximus is by him out of a decent 1m winner in France, and he is related to a couple of fairly smart winners on the Flat, too. He definitely shows us ability at home, so let’s hope he can go close to following up the stable’s win in this race last season. But you can run well in these Cheltenham bumpers and finish fourth or fifth, and he meets six winners for a start, without even factoring in the others from top yards.

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Nicky Henderson: “This is a very suitable race due to the fact it’s for horses that have won just one race and I expect him to go quite nicely.”

AYR 1:45 Califet En Vol (James Bowen) At the time of writing, he is also running on today but we’ve backed horses up before like this and he is a very uncomplicated person, so I feel he will handle two quick runs, but of course he’ll be fully checked over and if he’s still feeling … Nicky Henderson: “This is a very suitable race due to the fact it’s for horses that have won just one race and I expect him to go quite nicely.”

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Nicky Henderson: “His record at Aintree is good and if he can bounce back, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him go close.”

SATURDAY AINTREE 1:20 H’Cap Hurdle BOLD ENDEAVOUR (JAMES BOWEN) He ran very well in the Pertemps at Cheltenham after coming down to a competitive rating and he appears to have come out of it in good shape. He hasn’t won for a while, but is Mr Consistent and competes off the same mark as last … Nicky Henderson: “His record at Aintree is good and if he can bounce back, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him go close.”

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Nico de Boinville: “He is back over hurdles and off a mark we hope he can be competitive off.”

1.20pm Aintree Jeriko Du Reponet I obviously wasn’t on him in the Kim Muir but it is fair to say he didn’t run up to expectations there. He is back over hurdles here then and off a mark we hope he can be competitive off, for all he is 8lb higher than when winning so … Nico de Boinville: “He is back over hurdles and off a mark we hope he can be competitive off.”

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