Racing: Sheltering boosts Foxhunter prospects

Sheltering and Heezapistol booked their passages to the Cheltenham Festival when winning at Punchestown on testing ground.

Sheltering and Heezapistol booked their passages to the Cheltenham Festival when winning at Punchestown on testing ground.

Successful in a recent point-to-point, Sheltering had no difficulty in justifying odds on favouritism in the Doherty Hunters Chase in the hands of the champion amateur Philip Fenton.

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