Bravemansgame could potentially start off at Wetherby
Big aim is the King George at Kempton on Boxing Day.
Paul Nicholls has identified the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby as a potential starting point to the season for stable star Bravemansgame. The Grade One-winning hurdler was foot-perfect in winning his first four fencing starts last season, including a brilliant victory over Ahoy Senor in the Kauto Star Novices’ Chase on Boxing Day. The seven-year-old disappointed behind the same rival on his final start of the campaign at Aintree, but Nicholls is delighted with his condition ahead of his comeback – with a return to Kempton for the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase top of the agenda. He said: “The King George is very much the plan for him, but there are lots of races he could run in beforehand. He could go to the Charlie Hall if he is ready or he could go to Sandown the week after for that intermediate chase if there was rain about.Bravemansgame travels powerfully and quickens right away to take the Grade 1 @Ladbrokes Kauto Star Novices’ Chase in fine style, maintaining his unbeaten record over fences in the hands of @CobdenHarry for trainer @PFNicholls 🏆 pic.twitter.com/pfRIbBGmnH
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“My idea is to give him one run before the King George. We are very happy with him – we just want to keep him big and well like he is at the moment and try and keep the form going forward in the spring. “It might sound stupid, but he was prepared to run at Cheltenham and he had done enough by the time Aintree came round. “He still doesn’t convince me he is a dour three-and-a-quarter-mile stayer until he proves otherwise and Cheltenham and the Gold Cup is a different test to three miles around Kempton. “He looks great and I’m happy with the way he is.” Bravemansgame could be joined in the King George by two previous winners of the race in Clan Des Obeaux and Frodon.
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