Trainer: ALAN KING
2012 Gelding by JEREMY – SAVIGNANO (Polish Precedent)
A very smart horse, both over hurdles and the Flat. He showed very useful form winning the Summit Hurdle Grade 2 at Doncaster by 20 lengths and disappointed when out of sorts in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. He returned to the Flat in July 2016 with a devastating victory under top weight at Chester.
He was an impressive 9 lengths winner of the Gerry Fielden Hurdle at Newbury on Hennessy Gold Cup Day (2016) and put in a great performance to finish third in the highly competitive Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival and again to be third in the Ascot Stakes at Royal Ascot.
We decided not to hurdle him this last winter, but he came back in great form to finish third at Newbury after 11 months absence in April as a precursor for the Chester Cup in May 10th, finishing a fantastic second. This is a race in which he has also performed well in the two previous years, finishing fourth and third. He is very much a horse to keep on side and the possibility of him returning to the National Hunt field as a novice chaser later in the year is also very exciting. Timeform says: “this horse is a smashing dual-purpose performer”.
His exciting victory in the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle in 2019 was well deserved and to win the last race at Royal Ascot in 2020, the Queen Alexandra Stakes was a fairytale.
