Gordon Elliott Stable Tour

Form profile

A 147-rated chaser, he has won two of his four starts in novice chases this season including the Ten Up Novice Chase at Navan in February.

Trainer says

He’ll run in the Mildmay Novices’ Chase on Friday. He is a horse that has frustrated us this season and he disappointed us at the Cheltenham Festival. The ground looks likely to be on the softer side and he won’t have any issues with that, but he needs to come back to himself to be competitive at this level.

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A 145-rated hurdler, he has won two of his five starts over hurdles including the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

We have him entered in the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle on Friday, but he’s not sure to run there and might well wait for the Punchestown Festival.

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A two-time bumper winner, she has won three of her four starts over hurdles including a Grade 3 mares’ novice hurdle at Down Royal in November and Listed mares’ novice hurdle at Punchestown in February.

Trainer says

We’re going to run her in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle over two-and-a-half miles on Saturday. We were disappointed to see her beaten in the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. It was a mess of a race, Jack and Paul were riding to beat each other and let the winner get away on them. It was a mess. The longer trip is going to suit her well and hopefully she can get back on track. We’ve made no secret of the regard we hold her in.

Form profile

A 147-rated chaser, he finished second in the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 2023.

Trainer says

The Grand National has been the plan all season with him. I couldn’t be happier with him, he’s in fantastic order, but I really want to see the ground dry out for him to give him his best chance. He ran very well on soft ground in the National Hunt Chase last year, but he definitely prefers better ground.

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A 161-rated chaser, he won the Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan in November and a banks race at Punchestown in February.

Trainer says

He’s all set for the Grand National. He loves soft ground, and his work has been very good. I just question whether he’s well handicapped enough to win a Grand National.

Form profile

A 162-rated chaser, he has won the Irish Gold Cup at the Dublin Racing Festival in 2022 and the Savills Chase at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting later that year. He finished a close third in the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on his latest start.

Trainer says

We had the option of the Aintree Bowl and the Grand National, but with the ground going the way it is we are going to run in the Melling Chase on Friday instead. I thought he ran great in the Ryanair Chase, he hit the line well and I was very happy with his run.

Form profile

A winning point-to-pointer that changed hands for £400,000 in April 2022, he has won two of his three starts over hurdles including the Monksfield Novice Hurdle at Navan in November.

Trainer says

Croke Park is an intended runner in the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle on Friday. He was lame after Naas, but was back on track and was an intended runner in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, but he got a stone bruise just before he was due to leave, so we couldn’t send him. He’s better than we’ve seen from him so far and this race will suit him well.

Form profile

A 153-rated chaser, he is a five-time Grade 1 winner over fences that has won the last two renewals of the Glenfarclas Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

He’ll run in the Grand National. He’s in great form. To be honest. I think he’s in the best form that I’ve had him in for the last couple of years. He’s moving great, he’s going there fresh and I’m really happy with him. He’ll love the soft ground. I’m also going to put blinkers on him for the first time.

Form profile

A 153-rated chaser, he won a Grade 2 novice chase in February 2022 and finished a close second in a valuable handicap hurdle at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting.

Trainer says

He’ll run in the Grand National. His novice chase form tells you that he’s a smart horse, he’s just had a few problems since then. We’ll let him take his chance and hope that the race brings him back to his best.

Form profile

A three-time bumper winner, he has won one of his four starts over hurdles and most recently finished third in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

He’ll run in the Top Novices’ Hurdle on Friday. I thought he ran great to finish third in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. To be honest, I probably gave Jack instructions that were too negative. It was the first race of the week and maybe we didn’t have enough confidence to be bold with our tactics. He finished off really well up the run-in and if I’d given Jack more encouragement to be more positive on him, I’d say he would have gone a fair bit closer. We won’t mess about this time, and I can see him running very well.

Form profile

A 155-rated chaser, he has won two of his five starts over fences including the Racing Post Novice Chase at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting and most recently finished second in the Arkle Challenge Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

He’ll run in the Maghull Novices’ Chase at Aintree on Saturday. I thought he ran very well at Cheltenham, he just bumped into a very good horse. He’ll love the ground, the softer the better for him. He has been in the mix in Grade 1s all season and it would be great to win another one with him.

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A 155-rated chaser, he won the Savills Chase at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting in 2021 and finished second in the Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival last season.

Trainer says

Galvin is in brilliant shape, and I’m delighted with him. We’ve been training him all season for the Grand National, but the ground is a problem for him. He wants nicer ground, so this season has been tough for him. I think we’ll have to declare him as a couple of drying days could make all the difference, but it’ll need to dry out for him.

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A 170-rated chaser, he has won five of his eight starts over fences including the Champion Chase at Down Royal in November. He most recently finished second to Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

I’m really happy with Gerri Colombe. He worked great on Monday morning and is on target for the Aintree Bowl on Thursday. We were a bit disappointed with him after the Savills Chase, so we were delighted to see him come back to himself when running so well in the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival. He seems to be improving all the time and can hopefully step up again. He handles soft ground very well, but he travelled great on nicer ground at Aintree last year, so I don’t think he’s one dimensional that way.

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A 159-rated hurdler, he has won five of his nine starts over hurdles including the Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown and most recently finished second in the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

We have him entered in the Aintree Hurdle on Thursday and the Liverpool Hurdle on Saturday, but we haven’t made a decision yet. He could just as easily wait for the Punchestown Festival too. He ran really well in the Champion Hurdle and going back up in trip can only help him.

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A 143-rated chaser, he won a Listed chase at Wexford in November.

Trainer says

He’ll run in the Grand National. He has been a bit disappointing this season, but he’ll love soft ground and the fences might just spark a revival in him.

Form profile

A 143-rated chaser, he won the Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan in November.

Trainer says

He’s another one that will run in the Grand National. He’s not getting any younger and the handicapper hasn’t given him loads of help, but it’s the Grand National, you never know.

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A 152-rated hurdler, he proved to be better than ever last season, winning the Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree.

Trainer says

He’ll run in the Liverpool Hurdle again. He wasn’t that far away in the Stayers’ Hurdle last time and I think he’s improved since then. He came forward from Cheltenham to Aintree last year and I think he can do the same again. He’s an old legend at this stage, but I wouldn’t underestimate him.

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Made a winning debut in a bumper at Punchestown in February 2023.

Trainer says

We’re going to run her in the Grade 2 mares’ bumper on Thursday. She’s been off a long time as she had a heart issue after she made a winning debut. We’ve got that sorted now and there’s no point winning over hurdles at this stage of the season, so this looks to be a nice spot for her.

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A bumper winner, he has won one of his three starts over hurdles this season and most recently finished second in a Grade 3 novice hurdle at Thurles in February.

Trainer says

We are planning on running him in the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle on Friday. He didn’t jump well enough and found the track a bit sharp for him at Thurles last time. He’s a lot better than that. This course and distance should suit him well and he worked great on Monday, so I’m hopeful of a good run.

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A 149-rated hurdler, he has won two of his five starts over hurdles including the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trainer says

We haven’t quite made up our mind on what to do with him yet. He’s in the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle on Friday and could well run there, though we have the option of waiting for Punchestown. We’ll make a decision close to declaration time. He was one of the more fortunate winners we’ve had at Cheltenham when he won the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, as he wasn’t going to travel until Croke Park had a last-minute setback. It’s funny how things work out, we were very happy that he did travel!

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A 162-rated hurdler, he has won three Grade 1s over hurdles including the Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on his latest start.

Trainer says

He’s entered in the Liverpool Hurdle on Saturday, but we haven’t made up our mind yet. We’ll make a call close to declaration time. We were thrilled with him at Cheltenham. We thought sending him there fresh was the right thing to do and it was great that it worked out so well.

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A 144-rated chaser, he won the Leopardstown Handicap Chase at the Dublin Racing Festival last season.

Trainer says

He’s in the Grand National, but I’d like to see the ground dry out for him. We’ll see how the weather plays in the next couple of days, but he would be a possibility for the Topham Handicap Chase.

Form profile

The winner of his first two starts in bumpers including a Listed contest at Limerick in March 2023.

Trainer says

He runs in the Grade 2 bumper on Saturday. I thought he ran really well in the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival. We might just have ridden him a bit overly positively. I think he can run even better than that.