Gordon Elliott: 50-50 call on Jack Kennedy for Cheltenham as trainer laments 'scary' UK whip rules

“I can’t understand it all. It does worry me. It’s a massive concern," the Irish trainer said of the new regulations. 

ALL BUSINESS:  Trainer Gordon Elliott pictured in his officeon Monday morning with secretaries Alex Hutten and Pip Proctor ahead of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. Picture: Healy Racing

Gordon Elliott isn’t sure about which of Jack Kennedy or Davy Russell he might have at his disposal at the Cheltenham Festival, or indeed, if it’s neither or both.

But it is not the availability of his jockeys, but how well they adapt to the “scary” new whip rules that is his greatest concern with a fortnight to go to the blue riband affair.