he has indeed,maybe thats the plan,let him think he has to go 3m,and then surprise him,and hes so happy to be going his right distance that he puts in a display that he did in March!!

Roll on NRNB

Imagine 5 nrnb,what a stonking bet that would be.

Sizing Europe has been the yard’s flagship horse and he ran another tremendous race at Down Royal last weekend.
Headed close home by Quito De La Roque, [u][b]he is expected to drop back in trip for the remainder of the season.

Sandown in the Tingle Creek Chase next !


End of Thread.

yep

Champion Chase hero Sizing Europe remains on course for next month's Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown ahead of the defence of his Cheltenham crown.

Henry de Bromhead's pride and joy produced a brilliant performance to win the Tingle Creek at Sandown at the start of December and has since been given a mid-winter break.
But the 10-year-old's Festival preparations will soon be stepped up a notch, taking in a trip to Punchestown on February 5 along the way.

"He's in good form and we backed off him after Sandown to give him a nice break over Christmas," said the Knockeen handler.
"We're starting to build him back up again now and we're aiming towards the Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown.
"All going well there, he'll be going back to Cheltenham for the Champion Chase."
De Bromhead has admitted in the past that he would love to have another crack at three miles with his charge on a decent surface, with the gelding having only wilted close home over that distance in the JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal earlier this season.

But for the moment at least, the trainer is not looking beyond the Champion Chase.
"We'll just have to see what happens. At the moment I'm focussing on Cheltenham and nothing else," De Bromhead added.