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Festival dreams for Nigel Twiston-Davies team as Potters Charm dazzles at Cheltenham
Potters Charm produced an electric performance winning the Grade 2 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle for Nigel Twiston-Davies.
Assistant trainer William Twiston-Davies described him as a horse full of class and will plan carefully where he heads next.
Willy said: “I felt a wally saying I expected him to win like that the last day, but he is just very naturally talented, and I think he’ll improve again.
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"I thought he jumped really well. Sam said what you have to remember is Dan Skelton’s horse Valgrand jumped beautifully but our horse’s jumping has sharpened up so much and I’m sure it will get better again.”
Despite the 11 length success and the dispatching of his rivals, the team still firmly believe there will be more improvement on softer ground.
The assistant trainer said: “For him to do that on that ground, I can’t wait to see him with a bit of dig in it, he’s quickened up really well but imagine what he could do on soft ground.
“We’ll let the dust settle on where we go next, but it will either be the Challow or drop back to two for the Tolworth if the ground is heavy.
“We’ll work back from the festival and try get him there in the best shape possible.
“We’ve just put away a 140 rated horse in that manner so you can’t help but be impressed.
“He showed speed there, he’s won very well on good ground there so I’d imagine the Turners Novice Hurdle, formerly the Ballymore, will be the race for him. The Albert Bartlett can be a bit of a gravestone, so I don’t think we need to be slogging him around there, he’s too classy for that.”
Jonbon dazzled the Cheltenham crowd with trainer Nicky Henderson describing him as “foot perfect“ in the feature, Grade 2 Shloer Chase.
A delighted Henderson said: “That’s what we needed, thankfully everything has gone to plan, he jumped beautifully, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him jump so well!
“He was just foot perfect and if I’m honest they haven’t really gone fast enough, but it was perfect for what he was trying to do. When he wants to push it on, he can let it rip and he set a lovely fraction the whole way, he enjoyed himself.”
When asked what he was thinking when Edwardstone challenged, Henderson replied: “Don’t go and blow up on me! A few of ours have been needing it, a little bit more than one would hope, but as time goes on, a week on they’ll be a week more forward.
“We know where we are because the tingle creek is only three weeks to go. I can’t imagine it will change from Tingle Creek to Clarence House if everything goes right, we learnt last year sometimes things don’t go to plan!
"He has settled down a lot from last year. His work at home he is much more relaxed and there was a lot less sweating.”
He remains the 3/1 favourite for the Champion Chase in March.
Earlier in the day Double Powerful landed a six-timer for Neil Mulholland winning the Conditional Jockey’s Handicap Hurdle.
Pilot Dylan Johnston praised the training performance from the Wiltshire trainer saying: “He’s a nice horse, Neil has done a good job with him to keep him improving, it’s not easy making these horses get better and better, but all credit to the trainer.
“It’s probably the first time he’s had to get into a dog-fight and come off the bridle and he was tough and if something came with us up the hill he would have kept coming.
This was Johnston’s first winner around Prestbury Park and said it made up for the disappointment of missing the ride on Al Dancer last week.
Johnston said: “Winning around Cheltenham is like scoring a penalty at Old Trafford. It’s the pinnacle of racing and I’m very lucky to have trainers giving me rides.
“I’m having a good year, I had a bit of a blip last week missing a big winner in Al Dancer but delighted to come back and get things rolling again.
“I have great support from Neil Mulholland and Sam Thomas and hopefully together we can have plenty of winners.
A new challenger emerged for the Cross-country chase in March as Sweet David sauntered clear for French trainer Gabriel Leenders.
The trainer boasts an impressive two from three winners at the track and will be hoping for further success in four months time.
Leenders said: “He is a young horse but has experience on the cross-country discipline.
“It’s fantastic for us that the race in March is now a handicap, as Gordon (Elliott) normally comes with a good horse, but now we have a chance. In March it is not the same sport.
“He was ready for today, for others in the field they might have been ready for a future race, but for us it was all about today and it was an easy winner.
“He’ll probably have one run on the flat before coming back here, for now we live the dream and after we think!”
