Brighterdaysahead was monitored for training after the Navan Race on Sunday – Irvine Times

Gordon’s mare Elliot has enjoyed a huge season so far, winning her return to the royal royal return before inflicting consistent damage to the ruling champion Hurdle Hero Man, including 30-length destruction in Leopardstown during the Christmas period.

After being pursued by the Irish champion of the last weekend, which the state man won for the third time, Brighterdaysahead will focus straight on Cotswolds in March – but whether she complains of glory in the obstacle of the champion or accepts the perceived easier option of the obstacle of the kobils , it remains to be seen.

Elliott said, “She is in good shape, Shane McCan, who pulls her out every day, is very pleased with her and will actually do a little work after she competes on Sunday, just to take her on the day on the grass.

“We will leave a solution for Chelton as later as possible, but we will not leave it until Sunday morning. We will be fair to everyone and we will decide a week ago and will notify everyone.

“We will put it in any proper race for the mare, whether it is the obstacle of the champion or the obstacle of the mares. I would be glad to win an obstacle to a champion and I could wait a long time to take a mare like her again, but there would still be no decision.

“The mare competition probably looks easier, but it can happen a lot in four or five weeks with horses, so you have to see what happens to the opposition and then we will weigh it.”

Brighterdaysahead has only been beaten once in 10 a career so far, at last year’s Festival in Chelton, when it was denied by Golden Ace as a favorite for the Mares’s Novics obstacle.

However, Elliott has no concerns about his return to Presbury Park for Kobila, which he kept in the highest terms of the day he first directed her eyes to her.

Reflecting on last year’s twist, he added: “In the day I couldn’t believe it was won. Entering, I thought she was my banker for the week – and with what she had done since then, it probably seemed to be, but I blame myself for having mistaken the tactics.

“It was a long week until the obstacle of the rest afterwards. I think we had six seconds before we win the Stayers obstacle with Teahupoo, but this is the game we are in, right?

“It is difficult to say that it is the best I have ever had because you have many horses that don’t even make the track for some reason, but maybe I didn’t have too much better than it.

“Apple Jade was not a fantasy, but it was very, very difficult and had a big heart. This mare has a big heart, but she probably has a little more class if I’m honest.

“Michael (O’Liri, owner) always buys them to pursue, but if she goes and win an obstacle for a 10 -length champion, then you will have a decision to make, right?”

Whatever the best call for her goal, the Cullentra leader is no doubt which horse poses the biggest threat to his stable star if she makes the champion, saying, “You can’t be anything but impressed with the Constitution Hill and You need to have the most respect for him. He is probably the one we all have to win. “