Chopneyev, trained by Richard Phillips is a horse whose fortunes I have followed on and off over the years. He once ran a close 2nd in the William Hill Handicap Hurdle at Sandown when he was beaten by a decent animal of Martin Pipe’s called Korelo.
Chopneyev runs over fences these days and is in the 3.55 up at Carlisle. One of the interesting things about this horse is that his 7 career wins have all come with plenty of give on the ground, 4 on heavy and 3 on soft so clearly the more rain the better for this one. If you like to know how horses got their names this one is by the sire Goldneyev and was bred by Alain Chopard.
I marked Mole’s Chamber down as a horse to follow after some encouraging performances last spring but he has disappointed since and was pulled iup on hsi last start in mid December. He reappears in the 2.20 at Fontwell. It may be significant that he has a tongue tie tomorrow.
Staying with Fontwell I see that Alan King saddles 2 runners in the 2.55, a novice hurdle. Theatre Girl looks the number one choice on both jockey bookings and form. She was 5th to Whiteoak in the mare’s only hurdle at the Festival and that form stands out here as Whiteoak went on the finish runner up at Aintree in front of Franchoek. Alan King has his string in fine form at the moment as evidenced by Atomic Winner’s success at Ludlow this afternoon.
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