Trainers, Colin Tizzard and Paul Nicholls brush shoulders in the Exeter meeting
The five-year-old bay gelding, Theatre Guide, posted the second success of the current season by winning the Gain Horse Feeds Novices’ Chase. He won over the two mile and 1 ½ furlong distance at Exeter by a staggering margin of eleven lengths. He set the most favoured entry of the event, Hinterland, in the second position.
The race turned out to be the second success on the card for the Tizzard family. They had previously won the Haldon Gold Cup with, Cue Card.
The Colin Tizzard trained was a hard one to contain as he destroyed the field of twelve fences as soon as he ranked second, and took charge of the track as the final two furlongs went in his favour.
Colin Tizzard said: "He's always been a nice young horse and still is. Joe said he's so accurate and has scope. He's a big boy. I thought Joe was doing a good schooling job down the back, but then the two in front stopped. I would think he'll be going to Cheltenham next (for the Paddy Power meeting)."
Cue Card’s brother, Theatre Guide, kicked started the season with a success in the second division of Bathwick Tyres Salisbury Novices’ Hurdle on 18th February, 2012 at Wincanton race course over two miles.
The connections have not commented on his future plans, unlike Cue Card, who is headed for the King George VI Chase next month at Kempton.
The race repeated the ranking pattern in a manner that the runner-up, Hinterland, once again was from the stable of trainer, Paul Nicholls, and was accompanied by jockey, Ruby Walsh.
The superiority of the Tizzards on the card was crystal clear, however, the genius of his profession trainer, Paul Nicholls, produced winners for two other races.
His day took off with Atlantic Roller winning the thebishopjohn.co.uk Novices’ Hurdle. Not taking much time in order to add more glamour, the team landed another hurdle on the card through, Landscape.
"I fancied him at Cheltenham, but he jumped too big and was losing time in the air. We've done plenty of schooling with him since then," Nicholls added.
The tussle between the two will keep adding excitement to the jump season.
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