The early decs stage looked mildly promising; however, the preview races I started working on last Wednesday have ended up as three or four runner affairs. This is more a week to look for festival clues. When Native River won the 2017 renewal of this grade two contest he had already been successful in the Hennessy and the Welsh National; furthermore, these two gruelling affairs came after his seasonal debut prep run over hurdles at Wetherby in late October. No wonder then, that he has been given the first half of this season off due to his trainer wanting to give him … Continued
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