'He's been working beautifully and excels at Cheltenham' – Paul Nicholls loves the look of his best Trials Day bet | YGP990U | 2024-01-30 09:08:01
Bryony Frost and Il Ridoto rode out one of many finishes of the season when taking place to Gavin Sheehan and Fugitif in the Virgin Guess Gold Cup
PAUL NICHOLLS is determined to see vengeance for Il Ridoto at Cheltenham – after his prime chaser was denied in a thriller last time.
Bryony Frost and Il Ridoto rode out one of many finishes of the season when taking place to Gavin Sheehan and Fugitif in the Virgin Guess Gold Cup final month.
But the Ditcheat maestro is confident his seven-year-old can go one higher in the Paddy Energy Cheltenham Countdown Podcast Handicap Chase.
Victory is value more than £56,000 and Harry Cobden jumps in Frost's place within the saddle on Saturday.
Betfair ambassador Nicholls says Il Ridoto has been displaying all the fitting signs at residence – he simply needs to take it to the racecourse.
Nicholls stated: "He appears to order his greatest for Cheltenham and gained this race a yr in the past off a mark of 138.
"He is now 10lbs larger after a career greatest when he was simply in the final stride by Fugitif within the December Gold Cup after wanting like the winner touchdown during the last fence with a transparent lead.
"Il Ridoto has been working superbly at residence, seems to be nice and should have a robust probability.
"It's a troublesome call but I just favour Il Ridoto as my greatest probability of the weekend, he excels at Cheltenham."
It's a huge weekend of motion with Doncaster's card an incredible help act to Cheltenham's Trials Day blockbuster.
Nicholls also runs the likes of Hitman, large Brown Advisory probability Stay Away Fay and Sir Alex Ferguson's thrilling Isaac Des Obeaux at the residence of jumps.
But one entry that catches the eye at Donny is Welcome To Cartries.
Lorcan Williams gets the leg up on the Johnny de la Hey-owned six-year-old who's stacked filled with promise.
And Nicholls stated of his possibilities: "He gained his only point-to-point in Eire and has shown loads of promise in his first two begins for us over hurdles at Ascot.
"The experience he gained when narrowly crushed on his hurdles debut was put to good use as he gained handsomely subsequent time simply earlier than Christmas.
"He worked stylishly on Thursday morning, will relish the step up to three miles and has a chance in a troublesome race."
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