Cheltenham Festival 2018 Talking Horses Talking Horses: Coneygree out of Cheltenham Festival trials day The 2015 Gold Cup winner has been switched from Saturday’s Cotswold Chase to run at Newbury next month Sara Bradstock with Coneygree at her husband’s Wantage yard. Coneygree was reported to be on course for Saturday’s race earlier in the week, and had been quoted at around 8-1 to record his first win since November 2015. The testing ground at Cheltenham, though, means that he will now be an absentee. We just don’t want to rush him back and run on horrible ground.”Doncaster’s two-day Sky Bet meeting gets under way today with a competitive and interesting card, including a second run over fences for Malcolm Jefferson’s Mount Mews (1.55). He has been found another good opening for his second start this afternoon and it will be disappointing if he fails to progress as expected.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2018 09:45 UTC