Betfair Ambassador Paul Nicholls on his Cheltenham Festival 2022 day two runners includung Bravemansgame in the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase.
He continues to please at home and did a sparkling piece of work at Wincanton last week. He's won the Tingle Creek twice, was successful in this race two years ago and was in the form of his life 12 months ago until a nosebleed forced us to withdraw him at the last moment. I run two in this with Harry Cobden on Il Ridoto and Bryony Frost on Thyme White. Il Ridoto has found life tougher after winning impressively at Newbury in November. Last time at Lingfield there was no pace and it didn't suit him making the running. The Coral looked the obvious target after he didn't stay three miles in the Cleeve Hurdle at this track at the end of January. This shorter trip is perfect for McFabulous who worked beautifully on an away day at Wincanton recently. He has won all his three races this season and has looked better each time. We've set him some stiff tasks against experienced horses but he has answered every question, has loads of class, jumps for fun and looks tailor made for the King George VI Chase at Kempton next Christmas.
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He continues to please at home and did a sparkling piece of work at Wincanton last week. The Coral looked the obvious target after he didn’t stay three miles in the Cleeve Hurdle at this track at the end of January. This shorter trip is perfect for McFabulous who worked beautifully on an away day at Wincanton recently. Long term he looks an ideal candidate for the Coral Welsh National. He was going over fences this season but an accident in the autumn meant that he couldn’t run until Christmas so he is staying over hurdles for the time being. I’m hopeful that he can be competitive off a handicap mark of 150.This is the last season for Politologue who is a legend and has been a pleasure to train over the years. He has won all his three races this season and has looked better each time. He has been superb this season, winning four out of four over fences and his jumping has been electric from day one.