Air Force One targets Cheltenham

AIR FORCE ONE will bypass the rescheduled Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Sunday and go straight to Cheltenham.

Air Force One targets Cheltenham
Fri, 13 Feb, 2009 - 00:00

The seven-year-old would have taken his chance at the Dublin track had the race been run as planned last weekend, but his trainer Charlie Mann has now scrapped the idea.

With the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup less than four weeks after the Hennessy and the horse having missed work because of the bad weather, Mann has decided to save his stable star for next month’s blue riband.

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CourtsRacingPlace: LeopardstownPlace: CheltenhamPlace: DublinPlace: HaydockPlace: Blue Square HurdlePlace: RendleshamPerson: Charlie MannPerson: MannPerson: Alan KingPerson: Paul NichollsPerson: GwanakoPerson: David PipePerson: TamarinbleuPerson: Victor Chandler ChasePerson: Nigel Twiston-Davies’Person: Bob BucklerPerson: Francois DoumenPerson: Victor ChandlerPerson: DoumenPerson: Kasbah BlissPerson: Barry KeniryPerson: Kirkland TellwrightPerson: Keith ReveleyPerson: AccordelloPerson: ReveleyPerson: TazbarEvent: Hennessy Cognac Gold CupEvent: Cheltenham Gold CupEvent: Gold CupEvent: Betfair Ascot ChaseEvent: 2007 Queen Mother Mother Champion ChaseEvent: World HurdleOrganisation: Air ForceOrganisation: Kauto StarOrganisation: LadbrokesOrganisation: Rendlesham
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