PNicholls

I was astounded by Silviniaco Conti's win at Ascot on Saturday - in fact, I got up at 5am on Monday morning to watch the race again to make sure I wasn't seeing things! I don't think that I have ever had a horse that has surprised me so much in such a short space of time. I tweeted on the way back from Aintree that I was considering going for the Bula at Cheltenham next month - and I can reveal, that all being well, that is where he will go next. I have to give him a chance to stake a Champion Hurdle claim after Saturday's win. What impressed me most was the supreme ease with which he travelled at Ascot, and Noel said to me that he hasn't even had a slap yet. So I said: "Keep that until March!!!" I saw that one bookmaker quoted him at 7-2 for the World Hurdle, but that...