Sceau Royal fighting fit for Christmas Hurdle challenge
Kempton feature ‘looks ideal’ race for King stalwart.
Sceau Royal will take his chance in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park on Boxing Day after coming out of the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle in “good order”, according to trainer Alan King. The nine-year-old defeated last season’s Christmas Hurdle winner Silver Streak on his seasonal bow at Kempton and followed up with a decisive success in the Grade Two Elite Hurdle at Wincanton. However, the versatile Simon Munir and Isaac Souede-owned gelding, winner of 10 of his 23 races over hurdles, was tapped for toe in the closing stages of last weekend’s two-mile Grade One, where Not So Sleepy and Epatante dead-heated, with Daryl Jacob’s mount a length and a half back in third.King said: “Sceau Royal is fine. We will have a quietish week with him. We will continue his build up and the plan is to go to the Christmas Hurdle with him. He is in good order and has taken his race well. The race looks ideal for him.”
📷 Dead heat! 📷
Epatante finishes level with Not So Sleepy in the Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle 🥇 Watch LIVE📺 @ITV📱 https://t.co/fkQLQLtgFY pic.twitter.com/Ol3xp48tAT — ITV Racing (@itvracing) November 27, 2021
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