At the start of the season the expectations for Lie Forrit may have been to win a couple of handicaps but the sights of his trainer, Willie Amos, are rising as fast as the horse’s handicap rating. Lie Forrit has won four of his last five starts over hurdles and was arguably unlucky not to make that five when unseating his rider two out at Aintree in October.
None of which has gone unnoticed by the handicapper, who has had his finger pressed heavily on the ratings button, for which Lie Forrit has gone up from 115 to 155. None of which matters in the Grade Two Betfair Cleeve Hurdle, which is a conditions race, but it does show just how much he has improved. With Karabak not declared this should be another win for Lie Forrit before he takes on the likes of Big Buck’s in the World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
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