12/21/2023 0 Comments 13 minute and 30 second timerHe has been so good to me, and I’ve missed him a lot this year. Nicholls said: “It is great that all of Paul’s family are here today. The victory enhanced the trainer’s exceptional record in the race, with Betfair cutting Knappers Hill to 20-1 from 33-1 for the Turners Novices’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. The seven-year-old is now owned by Barber’s sons, Chris and Giles, in partnership with Paul Vogt and last year’s Elite Hurdle winner produced an exceptional display to open his account over fences and score on the card for the second year running. Knappers Hill proved a fitting winner for the champion trainer as he carried the famous colours of Nicholls’ late landlord and great friend Paul Barber to victory in the Boodles “Rising Stars” Novices’ Chase. We will just pick our races this season with him.” “He will be a lovely two-mile chaser next season. We will go there and if we finished second we will be delighted. “Someone has got to take Constitution Hill on. When they start improving, you don’t know where they will end up and the Christmas Hurdle will give us a marker where we are. “The plan is to go to the Christmas Hurdle on Boxing Day then come back here for the Kingwell after Christmas. I could see Harry was sat in front just waiting. I loved the way he quickened over the back of the second last after he winged that. “It was a nice race at Kempton Park and he has improved since then. He sprinted away from the back of the last there and you wouldn’t know what is in the back of the tank. “He goes a gallop, he jumps and he quickens. “He is just improving rapidly,” said Nicholls. It was Rubaud’s fourth successive victory having thrived at Kempton on his reappearance and he now looks set for a potential clash with Constitution Hill at the Sunbury track in the Christmas Hurdle. Sent off the 1-2 favourite in the hands of Harry Cobden, the five-year-old was always to the fore and dealt with the brief challenge of Gary Moore’s Hansard with the minimum of fuss to run out a four-and-a-quarter-length winner. Rubaud brought up a fabulous Wincanton four-timer for Paul Nicholls with a dominant display in the JenningsBet Elite Hurdle.
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