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THE LESSONS TO LEARN

THE great thing about the Cheltenham Festival is that it’s the first of three spring meetings – succeeded by Aintree and Punchestown – and it throws up winners for them. The following races were good guides to those fixtures last season and are worth keeping an eye on again.

The first and second in the Brown Advisory, L’Homme Presse and Ahoy Senor, finished first and third in the opposite order in a Grade 1 at Aintree next time, while fourth-placed Capodanno was successful in Grade 1 class at Punchestown. The fifth also won next time.

The Coral Cup, also run on Wednesday, was a particularly strong edition. The runner-up Fastorslow and fourth-placed Camprond went on to finish first and second in a handicap hurdle at Punchestown and third Ashdale Bob was second in the Grade 1 Champion Stayers’ Hurdle at that meeting on his next outing. There were six other subsequent winners behind.

The Dawn Run Mares’

Novices’ Hurdle on Thursday was only inaugurated in 2016, but it has quickly become a race to follow. It was a hot race in 2021 and worked out again this year.

Love Envoi ran Brandy

Love close in a Grade 1 at Fairyhouse next time, while runner-up Ahorsewithnoname has since won two on the Flat. Seventh Party Central won a Listed novice hurdle at

Punchestown next time and there were a further three subsequent jumps winners in behind.

The County Hurdle on Friday was run in a good time and winner State Man went on to land the Grade 1 Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown. The fourth, West Cork, finished second in the Scottish Champion

Hurdle and tenth Felix Dejsy was a winner at

Punchestown. There were three other jumps subsequent winners behind and another has scored on the Flat.

It’s worth looking out for runners from those four races at Aintree and Punchestown come 2023.

THE BIG JUMP OFF

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