Talking Horses: Samcro news is bad but it's not over until it's over

A Champion Hurdle bid may be ever so doubtful but let’s remember that it remains a possibility for the time being

From a punter’s perspective, the key detail to bear in mind from yesterday’s news about Samcro is that he has not actually been ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival yet. I find this slightly surprising, given that a lung infection has just been discovered and treatment begun with the Champion Hurdle just two months away, but there you are; in amongst all the detail, connections have explicitly saved for themselves the option of running the horse, as they are fully entitled to do.

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Huntingdon: 1.00 Twenty Twenty 1.30 Precious Bounty 2.00 Wood Pigeon (nb) 2.30 Fret D’Estruval (nap) 3.00 Well Smitten 3.30 Etamine Du Cochet