Grand Nationwide winner Corach Rambler will head straight for the Gold Cup at Cheltenham earlier than aiming to repeat his Aintree heroics in April.
Corach Rambler was final seen working an encouraging race to be third within the Betfair Chase however coach Lucinda Russell feels he would have an excessive amount of weight to hold within the Ultima at Cheltenham, the race he gained previous to success within the Nationwide, so the Gold Cup represents a greater route.
Russell informed WiIliam Hill: “Corach Rambler is in flying type and appears very nicely in himself. He’ll go straight to the Gold Cup and we’ll look to get a racecourse gallop into him earlier than that like we did final 12 months.
“Everybody is aware of how a lot I really like him and it could be very particular if he might be aggressive in one other Grand Nationwide.
“Over Christmas we watched again the race final 12 months and it was superb how a lot he liked it and the way nicely he jumped. That’s the predominant goal and, whereas I do not prefer to name the Gold Cup a prep, that is form of what we’re treating it as.
“He’ll have to hold a lot weight within the Ultima and we simply really feel the Gold Cup will likely be a greater race for him. It will be superb if he might run nicely in that which might set him up completely for Aintree.”
She might have two runners within the blue riband with Ahoy Senor presumably lining up. He’s more likely to have one other run first, nevertheless.
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Derek Fox and Corach Rambler win the Grand Nationwide
“Ahoy Senor is in nice type and has absolutely recovered from his sore heel after Newbury. We have sorted that out and he is been doing very well at dwelling since,” mentioned Russell.
“The goal appears to be like the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham and, if we do not go there, we’ll take a look at the Denman Chase at Newbury – a observe we all know he goes nicely at.
“The race at Lingfield (Fleur De Lys Chase) might have been an possibility, however I am not eager on working him on very heavy floor.
“Offering a kind of races goes nicely, it’ll most definitely be the Gold Cup subsequent. He has received an entry within the Ryanair and we might take a look at that, however I might be leaning in direction of the Gold Cup at this stage.”
Russell, who feels she presumably ran Giovinco again too rapidly within the Kauto Star Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day and should go to Sandown or Cheltenham subsequent, additionally handed on a very good phrase for the mare, Apple Away.
“She’s a little bit of a darkish horse and I am quietly assured she would possibly run fairly nicely within the Brown Advisory. She’ll head to Warwick subsequent weekend and I have been actually joyful together with her at dwelling since her final run,” she mentioned.