Conditions should play to Thunder And Roses’ strengths
He wasn’t the most reliable of sorts as a hurdler, but this was always going to be his game and Thunder And Roses does have two solid efforts over fences under his belt.
The selection made his debut at Down Royal when second behind a more than useful horse in Noel Meade’s Apache Stronghold, over two and a half miles.
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