Plate stamina test should be within Afsoun’s compass

AFSOUN can floor the Jonjo O’Neill duo of Black Jack Ketchum and Wichita Lineman in the Steel Plate And Sections Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

Plate stamina test should be within Afsoun’s compass
Tue, 01 Jan, 2008 - 00:00
“Faugh-A-Ballagh”

The O’Neill yard has been out of form for some time and after Black Jack’s capitulation last time it would take a brave man to back him again so quickly.

Wichita Lineman is an altogether different character and was far from disgraced behind Hardy Eustace in the Ascot Hurdle.

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CourtsRacingPlace: CheltenhamPlace: Tidal BayPlace: CatterickPlace: Market RasenPlace: ExeterPlace: Lodge LanePlace: SouthwellPerson: Jonjo O’NeillPerson: O’NeillPerson: Hardy EustacePerson: Nicky HendersonPerson: Alison ThorpePerson: Cyborg De SouPerson: Geoff HarkerPerson: Victor DartnallPerson: WinthorpePerson: John QuinnEvent: Utopia Group “Dipper” Novices’ ChaseEvent: Turf Tv New Year Chase HandicapEvent: Welsh NationalEvent: New Year Special Handicap ChaseEvent: National Hunt”Organisation: AfsounOrganisation: Black Jack KetchumOrganisation: Wichita LinemanOrganisation: Sections HurdleOrganisation: Black Jack
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