Punchestowns can knock out the opposition in RSA Chase

PUNCHESTOWNS has won his fitness battle now it is time for him to step up to the plate in the RSA Chase on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.

Punchestowns can knock out the opposition in RSA Chase
Tue, 16 Mar, 2010 - 00:00

Trainer Nicky Henderson revealed Punchestowns had been suffering a problem with intermittent lameness at the start of the month but the vibes from Seven Barrows have been highly positive since.

The seven-year-old made a speedy recovery and his routine suffered the minimum of interference so he forms part of an enviable two-pronged assault on the race for Henderson.

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CourtsRacingPlace: SandownPlace: Prestbury ParkPlace: CheltenhamPlace: NewburyPlace: IrelandPlace: BritainPlace: TauntonPlace: Co. ClarePerson: PunchestownsPerson: Nicky HendersonPerson: HendersonPerson: Barry GeraghtyPerson: Master MindedPerson: Paul Nicholls’Person: Well ChiefPerson: NichollsPerson: Reve De SivolaPerson: Nick WilliamsPerson: Willie Mullins’Person: AbbeybraneyPerson: John SmithPerson: Howard JohnsonPerson: David PipePerson: MamlookPerson: BothyPerson: Brian EllisonEvent: RSA ChaseEvent: Cheltenham FestivalEvent: Long RunEvent: World HurdleEvent: Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion ChaseEvent: National Hunt Chase Challenge CupEvent: Coral CupEvent: Fred Winter Juvenile Novices’ Handicap HurdleOrganisation: Neptune Investment Management Novices’Organisation: AintreeOrganisation: Barbers ShopOrganisation: Weapon’s AmnestyOrganisation: Cheltenham
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