SGT RECKLESS
FRI 31 OCT 2014
2:25 Uttoxeter
Good to Soft
Prize Money £6,000 - (2m) Class 4
Odds 1.80 general
Breeders' Cup Live On ATR Tonight Beginners' Chase
Despite being placed in the best 2 mile novice hurdles at Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown last spring, it’s fair to say Mick Channon’s 7 year old revealed himself to be 10 lbs short of top class over the smaller obstacles but that only really tells half the story.
At Cheltenham he was given an exaggerated waiting ride by Dominic Elsworth and made up a vast amount of ground in the strait to come home fourth before finishing further behind Josses Hill when second at Aintree when ridden closer to the pace but these were only his fourth and fifth races over hurdles and he appeared a bit backward and big for the smaller obstacles compared to the more flashy flat breds he was competing with.
The owner had both Calypso Bay and Somersby acquit themselves well in Arkle Chases but I think this horse may be better over further and the JLT Chase over 2 miles 5 furlongs would be an ideal target in the spring. Before that, expect to see him bid to win the King Henry V111 Novice Chase at Sandown’s Tingle Creek Meeting, a race his former trainer always liked to aim her better novice chasers at.
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