Bristol De Mai set for break before Cotswold Chase

Gold Cup or Grand National ambitions after January outing.
Bristol De Mai will not run again before the Cotswold Chase at the end of January after sealing his third Betfair Chase success. Having claimed Betfair Chase glory in 2017 and 2018, the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained grey found Colin Tizzard’s Lostintranslation a length and a half too strong when bidding for a hat-trick 12 months ago. But with conditions more demanding on Merseyside this time around, Bristol De Mai emphatically reversed that form to become the second three-time winner after Tizzard’s former star Cue Card, and just one short of Kauto Star’s record-breaking four wins.Bristol De Mai joins the greats Kauto Star and Cue Card as a three time winner of the Grade 1 @Betfair Chase for @Dazjacob10 and @NigelTwistonDav
The silver coated King Of Haydock!
#BetfairChase pic.twitter.com/vj0ZDH22T9 — Haydock Park Races (@haydockraces) November 21, 2020
Twiston-Davies did not make the trip to Haydock, but said on Monday morning: “He’s come out of the race 100 per cent, no bother at all. “I was very pleased and delighted with him.” With connections deciding against entering for the King George VI Chase at Kempton, Anthony Bromley, racing manager to owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, raised Wetherby’s Rowland Meyrick as a possible Boxing Day alternative in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s triumph.
— Haydock Park Races (@haydockraces) November 21, 2020
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