Welcome return to Cheltenham winner’s enclosure for David Pipe
American Sniper makes it a one-three for Pond House in opener at the November Meeting.
There was a fitting start to Cheltenham’s November Meeting when David Pipe’s American Sniper landed the opening Lycetts Insurance Brokers Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle. The Pipes have been synonymous with success at this meeting down the years and although Pond House may be lacking the stars of old, they showed they can still land a punch on the big occasion as American Sniper (16-1) led home a one-three for the Somerset team, with stablemate Paricolor picking up the bronze medal. It was Pipe’s fourth win in the race since 2014 and first at the track since the spring of 2022 with a first-time tongue-tie working the oracle on his winning five-year-old, who was never involved over three miles at the track last month.It’s Cheltenham in November and a Pipe is in the winner’s enclosure…. American Sniper leads home a 1-3 for the Pond House team in the opener pic.twitter.com/BWJbw48noE
— Adam Morgan (@Adam_Morgs) November 17, 2023
“We probably haven’t got as many as we used to, but we fancied both of them and they finished first and third,” said Pipe. “On their best bits of form they had chances. We’ll enjoy today. “We put a tongue-tie on him for the first time which probably helped and he likes a bit better ground, so obviously first race of the meeting it obviously helped.” Brendan Powell delivered Triple Trade (100-30 favourite) with perfection as Joe Tizzard’s seven-year-old hunted down Dan Skelton’s Calico late in the day to go one better than his running on second here in October.
What a way to start the afternoon! 💥
Triple trade runs down Calico to take the Mucking Brilliant Paddy Power Handicap Chase 🥇#ITVRacing | @bpowell13 | @JoeTizzard pic.twitter.com/h6YtZ1tyZV — ITV Racing (@itvracing) November 17, 2023
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