NOT WHAT LOOKS HOT TO TROT!
NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3 1 NOT WHAT I AM 2 NOT MANY LEFT 3 THER MISTOCLES
NOT WHAT I AM caught the eye on his latest outing – and should prove suited by this test.
Twice a winner over three miles at Uttoxeter either side of coming down at Cheltenham in October, Dan Skelton’s (below) nineyear-old stepped back to two and a half miles to finish third in a handicap hurdle at Aintree in December.
Upped to three miles and a furlong on Warwick’s Classic Chase undercard in January, Not what i am, ridden as today by the trainer’s brother Harry, came home fourth behind Keeper Hill.
But granted a sterner test, my selection can turn the tables on podium finishers Oh Land Abloom First Assignment.
and Aaron Lad, Not Many Left, Sire Du Berlais Ther mistocles
and are among several other runners capable of making their presence felt.