Gordon favouring Betfair Hurdle for Aucunrisque
Trainer set to bypass Doncaster chase date.
Chris Gordon is poised to aim versatile Aucunrisque at Newbury’s Betfair Hurdle in a fortnight’s time and has all but ruled him out of a tilt over fences on Saturday. The seven-year-old has won four of six races over hurdles, but has been campaigned in chases so far this term. Having won on his fencing bow at Uttoxeter, he was runner-up to Frere D’Armes in the Fulke Walwyn Trophy at Newbury and was then beaten a length by Boothill in the Grade Two Wayward Lad Novices’ Chase at Kempton over Christmas.🥊 Boothill vs Aucunrisque – fantastic tussle
The former gets on top close home in a cracking renewal of the G2 Ladbrokes Wayward Lad Novices’ Chase @kemptonparkrace | @HarryFryRacing1 | @JohnnyBurke2 pic.twitter.com/4H5VbFRNqA — Racing TV (@RacingTV) December 27, 2022
Though he holds an entry in the MND Association Race For Research Lightning Novices’ Chase at Doncaster on Saturday, the Hampshire-based handler would sooner run him over hurdles before reverting to fences at the Cheltenham Festival. “I’m very keen to run him in the Betfair,” said Gordon. “He’s also in the Grade Two on Saturday and if it breaks up, we might go for that, but I just think that he’s on a mark of 145, which is high enough for him over fences anyway. “If he went and ran a blinder on Saturday, he could potentially go up 1lb or more. “We’d like to go for the Grand Annual with him, but there we are on a mark of 138 for the Betfair, which makes a bit more sense, to go and have a run there.
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