Gordon Elliott confirms his star mare Brighterdaysahead will proceed racing within the 2024/25 leaping season as she targets the Mares’ Hurdle on the Cheltenham Pageant .
On an unique steady tour attheraces.comElliott revealed his group had thought-about taking their Grade 1 Mersey Novice Hurdle Champion over hurdles however will keep on with smaller hurdles with a return date set for early November.
Brighterdaysahead received 4 of 5 begins final season and was overwhelmed solely by Golden Ace within the Mares Novice Hurdle on the 2024 Cheltenham Pageant.
“We strongly thought-about giving her a novice chase, however the determination has been made and she’s going to proceed over hurdles,” Elliott mentioned. “She is going to begin once more within the Jezki Hurdle at Down Royal on November 1st.
“She appears to be an apparent candidate for the Mares Hurdle on the Cheltenham Pageant in the long run.
“We have by no means made any secret of how excessive we consider her and we will not wait to get her again on the monitor. We worth her very a lot.”
In the meantime, it is enterprise as typical for Elliott’s Starrs Hurdle Hero teacup The seven-year-old adopted acquainted paths to attend the Cheltenham Pageant in March.
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“Final season we checked out what sort of sports activities could be finest for him and it labored nicely, so we’ll try this once more this season,” Elliott mentioned.
“He’ll begin within the Grays Hurdle at Hatton after which keep contemporary within the Starrs Hurdle. He is nonetheless only a seven-year-old child and if we are able to get him in the appropriate type he’ll most likely sustain at this stage. Just a few years forward.”
Gold Cup runner-up Gerry Colomb It’s going to additionally comply with the identical route because the earlier occasion, beginning with the Down Royal Championship Chase subsequent month.
“If all goes nicely he’ll be on monitor for the season,” Elliott mentioned. “He proved he is a high class participant when he completed second within the Cheltenham Pageant Gold Cup Chaser, it is smart to attempt to get him again there once more.”
