New One puts huge reputation on the line

Nigel Twiston-Davies believes The New One is not yet at his physical peak as he puts his huge reputation on the line in the StanJames.com International Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

The five-year-old was a brilliant winner of the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in the spring and signed off his campaign when narrowly beaten by Zarkandar in the Aintree Hurdle.

He is long odds-on to turn the tables on the same rival this weekend, having annihilated 2012 Champion Hurdle hero Rock On Ruby on his seasonal return at Kempton in October.