Paisley Park team set to aim for Long Walk Hurdle
Third win in Ascot feature on the agenda.
Paisley Park may be kept over hurdles for the foreseeable future, according to owner Andrew Gemmell. The then-seven-year-old gave trainer Emma Lavelle the biggest win of her career to date when landing the 2019 Stayers’ Hurdle. And while Lavelle was considering the possibility of going chasing with the nine-year-old following Saturday’s Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury, where he finished 11 lengths third to Thomas Darby, connections are hopeful he may still have the ability to run over the smaller obstacles at the Cheltenham Festival.He said: “Ascot is definitely in my thoughts, as he has won two of the last three Long Walk Hurdles and the only one he didn’t win was the one in 2019, where we pulled him out on the day because the ground was unsuitable. “I think we have to go to Ascot and, in retrospect, we are not too disappointed with the run at Newbury. “I know we made the pace, but the race didn’t fall the way we wanted it to.
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For those who need their fix of him today, let’s spin back to his tremendous Stayers’ Hurdle triumph in 2019. #CheltenhamFestival #45DaysToGo #GreatFestivalMoments @ELavelleracing @AidanColeman pic.twitter.com/zdIptm8Hsx — Racing TV (@RacingTV) January 30, 2021
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