Cause Of Causes moves up on odds card for Racing Post Hurdle
By winning the high-stakes contest of Follow Fairyhouse On Twitter Hurdle on November 7, the Gordon Elliott trained bay gelding, Cause Of Causes, marvellously moved up on the ladder of odds for Sunday’s Racing Post Hurdle that will make the scene at Cheltenham
racecourse.
The Class 1 race, that is set to go over the distance of 2 miles and 110 yards, has received 43 entries so far.
Despite the fact that young American horse has to run with 5lb penalty, Elliott strongly believes that he will be able to produce fast pace and make up to the podium.
In his words with the media, the trainer told, “He'll go for the Racing Post Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham Open meeting now. He'll get a 5lb penalty for this but I think the fast pace that we'll get over there will suit him and I'm looking forward to sending
him over there."
Cause Of Causes proved to be pretty effective at Fairyhouse. While being the 11-8 favourite, he beautifully beat Si C'Etait Vrai to seal top spot. The 2-mile track was soft with 10 hurdles.
The gelding always loves to jump over hurdles; this is the reason the punters consider him a reliable commercial entity.
As a whole, the Timeform Betfair Racing Club Ltd owned horse has 4 victories off 11 starts. He debuted on October 9, 2011 with the title of Prix du haras de la Reboursiere et de Montaigu.
The brilliant sprinter’s second victory came in May 2012 when he nicely beat White Feathers by a head’s margin to win Kilbeggan 4yo Maiden Hurdle.
Cause Of Causes marvellously achieved the ace title of the Winner Alright Hurdle at Downpatrick on July 13. Then, he made the big mark at Fairyhouse.
In Sunday’s contest, the gelding will have to face some big adversaries, and it is going to be pretty hard for him to finish first.
However, his trainer and rider hope that the horse will take every chance to come up to the expectations of the bettors who have given him reasonable odds of 16-1. A huge crowd of the sport lovers will move to the venue to enjoy the heated action.
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