There’s some excellent racing to look forward to on both sides of the Irish Sea over the Christmas period. Kempton, Chepstow, Leopardstown and Limerick are well worth getting excited about and we should get some Cheltenham Festival form pointers. Liam Bramall has picked out one potential Christmas runner that should prove very hard to beat. You can check out our tips page for free daily content and we also provide greyhound selections.
Fact To File won the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March and looked like he joined the race at the third last. His potential is limitless and greatness could await this extremely talented horse. JP McManus owns the seven-year-old and could prove to be one of his best ever horses.
Trained by the unstoppable Willie Mullins, he got the better of Galopin Des Champs in the John Durkan and he can confirm the form here. The Savills Chase is the next logical stop for this son of Poliglote and victory could be on the cards, before a future tilt at the Gold Cup in March.
It’s certainly interesting that Mullins didn’t enter one of the two in the King George and is instead letting them take each other on once again. Fact To File has a very high cruising speed, which means he travels eye-catchingly throughout his races, and is also a natural jumper.
Second in the 2023 Champion Bumper, connections decided to skip hurdles and go straight over fences with him, which swiftly proved to be a wise decision. He has all the tools required to go to the very top and stay there for a long time.
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