Gordon Elliott has revealed that he and the horse’s owners want to try to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March
Samcro has become favourite with some bookmakers for the Champion Hurdle after news broke this morning that the hugely promising chestnut will be kept to the smaller obstacles this season. The news, which runs counter to the general expectation that he would begin a steeplechasing career this week, was broken by the trainer Gordon Elliott through his Betfair blog.
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