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Kitty’s Light secured the big-race victory he has long promised with a determined display in the Vertem Eider Handicap Chase at Newcastle. 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. Kitty’s Light has already enjoyed a season to remember this term, also winning the valuable Eider Chase at Newcastle in February amongst his seven starts. I think we’ve got two options now, the Scottish National and the bet365 Gold Cup. We’ll have a sit down and speak to the owners and see which race will suit him,” Williams added.
It’s been tough but Kitty has been a flagship horse here for the last two years and winning the Scottish National was a massive boost for everyone, so it was a very emotional day.” Leicester 3.05 A decent run on his return to action at Redcar should put Wobwobwob spot on for this, and heavy ground holds no fears for Adrian Keatley’s gelding. The Group 3 race, registered as the Fred Darling, has attracted 22 entries which include Lowther Stakes 1-2 Swingalong and Queen Me .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. Last Saturday's three-length victory came 12 months after his second place in the race at Ayr and Williams is hoping for the same outcome at Sandown. 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! Also featuring on Ayr's undercard is the Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle ( 2.25 ), which attracted 19 runners at the confirmation stage including last year's winner Anna Bunina . 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.
We aimed Kitty’s Light for the Scottish National so we don’t worry about things like last year too much. If we had a chip on our shoulder and had a big issue about it, we would have laid him out for this race. 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 confirmationsKitty's Light finished second in 2021 and third in 2022 in the most recent two renewals of the big race at Sandown's Finale fixture which marks the end of the British jump racing season. Indestructible , who finished runner-up twice behind Chaldean last season, could line up for Karl Burke alongside Godolphin's Noble Style , who is 10-1 for the Guineas following his unbeaten two-year-old campaign. Cooper's Cross was second with Flash De Touzaine third, Threeunderthrufive fourth and Magna Sam, whose effort proved short-lived, coming home in fifth.
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.Tudor told ITV Racing: “He’s a legend. He’s small and he’s not a brilliant jumper and he’s been trained to the absolute minute. This is brilliant for Christian, his little daughter is really unwell so it’s a massive lift for him more than anyone, the whole family, Charlotte [Williams’ wife], it means a lot this one so well done to everyone at the yard. People won’t know what this will mean to Christian.” 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.
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