THE I NTERNAT I ONAL 13-14 December 2019
highlight on Day Two of the meeting, and it was the David Pipe-trained, Warthog that got his head in front for jockey David Noonan. In a thrilling nish, the pair got up by a head to pip Spiritofthegames. Pipe said: “In the past he has been a bit of a weak nisher and I wasn’t really condent. We half thought about going for the two-mile race, but had no weight in this, so we decided to give it a go. David Noonan gets on well with him and it was important to get a good start and get the rst few (fences) right – it was poetry in motion after that.” Kick start your festive celebrations with quality sporting action, and as previous years have shown, you’re bound to be shown a few clues ahead of the big one in March. Catch all the action on ITV Racing, Racing TV or via our raceday hub at thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham
Cross Country Chase, and laid down the gauntlet to dual Randox Health Grand National winner, Tiger Roll ahead of their much-anticipated clash in March. Trainer, David Cottin was delighted with his winner and Easysland’s part-owner at the time David Futter said: “He is not overly big and that is why we got him cheaply at the sales, but I’ve been at it long enough to know it’s what’s in their heart and head that matters. Did we think he would take us to Cheltenham? No. I’m a kid from a housing estate watching this on the television and I never ever in my life thought I’d have a winner here, so we are going to enjoy the moment. We work hard and play hard and we will play tonight!” Easysland went on to win at The Festival in March, beating hot favourite and racing superstar Tiger Roll in the process. The Caspian Caviar Gold Cup is the
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