Harry Skelton continues to gather title momentum
Double for championship leader at Cheltenham.
Harry Skelton drew stumps with a three-winner advantage over Brian Hughes in their electric title-race battle after both enjoyed victories at Cheltenham on Wednesday. Skelton teamed up with brother Dan for the victories of Faivoir and Proschema, while reigning champion Hughes posted a single success on Domaine De L’Isle. While Skelton can rely on the full support of his sibling to provide his mounts in the remaining nine days, Hughes will cast his net far and wide, as he did for his latest scorer, who is trained near Swindon by Sean Curran. Skelton said: “Harry is three clear, but the worst hope is false hope, and there’s no point thinking you have won.“Yesterday was a big day for Harry (rode three winners at Southwell), especially after we drew a blank on Monday, when I thought we had some serious chances. “But Harry will have a ride in every race from now until the end of the season. While it’s no big deal for Harry to have a double at Stratford or Warwick, Brian is used to riding six or seven every day, and he and his team will get winners.” The Skelton team first struck gold with Faivoir (4-6 favourite), who registered his fifth victory of the campaign in the Join Racing TV Now Novices’ Hurdle. “This horse has been on the go since the first Cheltenham meeting in October and was left in front a long way out, which made it more difficult,” said his trainer.
Lovely performance!
Proschema is an impressive winner of the Kingston Stud Handicap Hurdle, landing a double for @harryskelton89 and @DSkeltonRacing 🥇🥇 pic.twitter.com/v06QyUCjmZ — CheltenhamRacecourse (@CheltenhamRaces) April 14, 2021
Drama at the second last! 👀
Domaine De L’Isle comes out on top in the Weatherite Handicap Chase, winning for Brian Hughes and Sean Curran 👍 pic.twitter.com/YySXnH7H39 — CheltenhamRacecourse (@CheltenhamRaces) April 14, 2021
It’s the end of the first day of The April Meeting, here are some of our winners from today 👏
Tomorrow first race is at 1:30 🏇 See tomorrow racecard here 👉 https://t.co/Ar4S8ygbBY pic.twitter.com/hfYtDEcW9b — CheltenhamRacecourse (@CheltenhamRaces) April 14, 2021
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