PNicholls

[b]Sam Winner[/b] could make a quick reappearance at Chepstow on December 27. He has come out of the Cheltenham race so well that I haven't ruled out going there with him, but it's only a possibility at this stage. As everyone knows, I like to be as honest and open with the public as possible, and that is why I immediately mentioned after he won at the weekend that he is not a certainty to go for the Triumph (for which he is the 7.2 favourite on Betfair). I simply won't risk him on fast ground, and he is a tremendous chasing prospect. As for some of my other juveniles at this stage, [b]Empire Levant[/b] ran a pleasing enough hurdling debut at Newbury, where a mistake at the third last cost him any winning chance he may have had. He is a big, strong backward sort, and he will...