SUNDAY WINNER HAS CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL AS AN AIM

Mon, Sep 21, 2009

THE Cheltenham Festival next March is the target for impressive Uttoxeter Racecourse winner Kangaroo Court.

The Bet365 Novices' Chase was the five-year-old's debut over fences, and the 4-7 odds-on favourite won it well.

There was an upset in the opening Musicmagpie.com Novices' Hurdle when champion jockey Tony McCoy chose to ride the odds-on favourite Quivvy Bridge in preference to Risk (7-1), but it was the latter horse that won.

Ishismart (9-1) gave jockey Harry Skelton a nice 20th birthday present by winning the first division of the Roger Perry 70th Birthday Novices' Handicap Hurdle - the mare's first ever victory. The second division of the race also saw a first victory for Blossom King at 7-1.

Telegonus took the Musicmagpie.com Selling Hurdle for the Cheshire training yard of Donald McCain jnr at 6-1.

The 12-1 chance Woody Valentine won the Musicmagpie.com Handicap Hurdle, and the 11-year-old Gaelic Flight (8-1) the Musicmagpie.com Handicap Chase.

The next fixture at Uttoxeter Racecourse is on Sunday 4 October. More details are available on the racecourse's website www.uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk.

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For further information, please contact:
Emma Woodings, Marketing Manager, at Uttoxeter Racecourse, on 01889 562561

20 September 2009

Author:  uttoxeter

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