Leading fancies feature among Triumph entry
The first three home in the Wragge & Co Finesse Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham last Saturday – Moneytrain, Don Fernando and Saintsaire – are among 111 entered in the JCB Triumph Hurdle on March 13.
Moneytrain sprang a 25-1 shock for German trainer Christian Von Der Recke but Martin Pipe’s Don Fernando, beaten one and a half lengths in second place, was trying to give the winner 8lb. They would meet on level terms in the £100,000 (€150,000) event for four-year-olds at the Festival.