Multiple Grade One profitable coach Venetia Williams is having fun with her finest season for a few years and heads to the Cheltenham Festival with a great staff of horses as she bids to finish a nine-year await a winner on the well-known assembly.
Williams has already surpassed the £1m mark in prize cash, the primary time she has achieved that feat since 2014, helped by big-race wins already from L’Homme Presse, Royale Pagaille and Funambule Sivola.
All three head to the Festival this month, with L’Homme Presse a number one contender for both the Turners or Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase, with Williams but to make a ultimate determination between the 2.
Fanion D’estruval
Ryanair Chase
“He was within the Ryanair final 12 months and I believe it was a bridge too far for him at that time however he is a greater horse and higher geared up to be aggressive this 12 months.
“It’s going to be fiercely competitive but he deserves to take his chance.”
L’Homme Presse
Brown Advisory/Turners Novices’ Chase
“It will be a late decision based on the weather and what ground we get.
“The Turners is definitely a bit bit shorter than the Dipper that he received and he actually wasn’t getting drained on the finish of that.
“Having a step back in trip, however small, when going up in class might not be the thing to do.
“If we received loads of rain and it is correctly gentle then that’s most likely the reply but when it is not gentle then we’re higher stepping up in journey.”
L’Homme Presse runs out a simple winner of a Graduation Chase at Ascot
Frero Banbou
Grand Annual Handicap Chase
“He won one of those lovely races that ARC put on at Lingfield [Winter Million weekend] and this is the obvious next step for him.”
Funambule Sivola
Champion Chase
“It’s a big ask but at the end of the day he is not a big horse and carrying top weight in the Grand Annual is probably not a sensible move.
“I believe he deserves to take his likelihood and, who is aware of, it relies upon which aspect of the mattress all of them get out on. We’ll be within the shake-up and see what occurs.
“He’s run at Cheltenham before but over two-and-a-half [miles] and he made it quite clear that that was too far for him.”
Funambule Sivola (left) and Charlie Deutsch see off the specter of Before Midnight at Doncaster
Brave Seasca
Grand Annual Handicap Chase/Arkle Novices’ Chase
“He could go in the Arkle but we haven’t made a final decision yet.
“He’s executed rather well this season. He got here up quick behind Edwardstone however Cheltenham is a singular course and it’d play extra to his strengths.”
Brave Seasca wins nicely at Warwick in January, beating final 12 months’s Grand Annual winner Sky Pirate
Royale Pagaille
Gold Cup
“He won the Peter Marsh for the second year running and had more weight to give away this time and more of a battle.
“I used to be more than happy along with his second at Newbury within the Denman Chase when the bottom most likely wasn’t finest suited to him. It ended up being an actual velocity take a look at and I used to be happy with what he did.
“It’s a fierce contest but it’s nice to have something to have a shot at it.”
