All eyes on would-be superstar Envoi Allen
‘He’s done everything we’ve asked of him’.
Envoi Allen puts his unbeaten record and huge reputation on the line in the Marsh Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham on Thursday. The Cheveley Park Stud-owned seven-year-old is already a dual Festival winner, having previously landed the Champion Bumper and the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle. Given he has barely put a foot wrong in three starts over fences to date, the budding superstar of the National Hunt scene is unsurprisingly all the rage to make it a hat-trick on his return to the Cotswolds, despite a late move from Gordon Elliott’s yard to Henry de Bromhead. “He’s travelled over well and Henry is very happy with him,” said Cheveley Park’s managing director Chris Richardson.“There’s little to say that hasn’t already been said really. He’s done everything we’ve asked of him and I just love the way he pricks his ears and jumps beautifully. “Even last time at Punchestown, when it looked like he was going to get challenged, he just showed his class and went again.” Richardson admits not being on track is disappointing for both himself and Cheveley Park’s owners, the Thompson family. He added: “We’re missing it all. We’ve had such a special time at Cheltenham the last couple of years and it would have been very special to be there again. “I suppose it does take a bit of the pressure off, (but) to have 16 National Hunt horses and have six of them running this week is beyond one’s wildest dreams.”
Lovely horse – Supreme third Chantry House makes it two from three over fences for @NdeBoinville and @sevenbarrows at @WetherbyRaces pic.twitter.com/9Nvs2vW729
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