Hunt Ball, a success story originated from sacrifices, is a highlight for the Gold Cup Chase (Handicap)
The Cheltenham Meeting makes and breaks the careers for many each year, connections and their source of pride, the star of the race entries. Adding twist to what contributes to the fame and success of many across the horse racing industry, the sides this
time around has turned to a horse who will make the history of the season much more enriched than it already is.
The classic story is of an Irish bay gelding none other than the seven-year-old, Hunt Ball. The gelding has followed right in the footsteps of the owner, Anthony Knott, who is from a very modest background. He is a country dairy farmer and has put in all
that he has got for the success of the star of his ‘stable’. His facility is such that it does not even have its own gallops.
The extent to which the proud and highly anticipative owner has put in thought for the future of his already remarkable gelding is reflected through the song that the band dedicated to Hunt Ball. The band itself is in the struggling phase right now.
The bay gelding is pointed for the Grade 3 Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase (Handicap) at Cheltenham, and is no less than a favourite for the event. He has already laid foundations for his favoritism in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Winged Love’s gelding has been oozing
with success since the past two seasons as if responding proportionally to the desires of his connections.
The farmer and the singer wants the classy entry to go on for the tallest pillars there are in the National Hunt season, the King George VI Chase and then the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Honoured to be a part of ‘the legend in the making’, the jockey, Nick Scholfield, commented:
"To be part of the story has been remarkable, "It's helped put me on the map.
"When Keiran was still riding, we were friends and went racing together a lot, and he said he'd train me a winner one day, but neither of us imagined it would have been at Cheltenham.
"How Hunt Ball's gone up in the weights is amazing. He's like some horses, I suppose, that take a lot of time to mature which is obviously to the annoyance of those that had him before but great for us."
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