After two 3m handicap wins, Heaney offering more in Cheltenham’s Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Series Qualifier)
Friday’s Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Series Qualifier) at Cheltenham is packed with horses with extraordinary talent. So, it is going to be a very tricky decision for the punters.
Heaney’s latest two wonderful wins in Ireland are solid enough to believe that he can come up with a fascinating performance in this bid to complete a hat-trick over three miles.
The T. J. Taaffe-trained suffered an embarrassing loss at Galway in early August. It was a confidence-staking defeat, but just after a few days, he returned strongly to register a comprehensive victory at Bellewstown.
In the Indaver Handicap Hurdle, he travelled nicely to go close in the final stages. An excellent finish helped him attain lead, and he stayed on well afterwards to ensure a classy 6½-length victory over Slew Charm.
The 5-year-old continued the best work to grab another excellent win at the start of this month. The audience at Gowran Park saw him justifying his highest odds of 9 to 2. He again made a very good finish to seal the first place by three quarters of a length
in the Follow Gowran Park On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (Grade C).
Owned by Miss Olivia O'Reilly, the son of Flemensfirth has no stamina questions to answer. His last two acts over this distance suggest that he can easily steal the show today.
In pursuit of a handsome prize worth £10,010, twenty horses have entered the class 2 meeting. The going is good to soft for the crucial event, which will be started at 15:20 GMT.
American Spin and Sivola De Sivola are making a lot of appeal on their return from summer break. Both dashing runners went on vacation after doing a great job. So, it is hard to ignore these two. Fox Appeal is also aiming to improve after on his comeback.
The 5-year-old was awful on his previous visit here.
According to our calculations, Wiffy Chatsby is the biggest threat to Heaney. The handicap debutant is extremely unexposed. Trained by Paul Nicholls, the 5-year-old is coming into this company with a wonderful 15-length win under his belt.
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