Gerri Colombe and Brighterdaysahead have Wetherby’s backup plan in case conditions are too fast at Down Royal

Gordon Elliott presented the stable stars Gerry Colombe and Brighter days are ahead records in Wetherby on Saturday as it considers a back-up plan for Down Royal, where it has raised concerns about the land.

Elliott warned on Sunday that he may not take part in the Ladbrokes Champion Chase, the runner-up in last season’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, in which he is 4-9, as conditions are currently good, good to give way in places and dry this week’s forecast. The track is watered selectively.

This leaves Elliott to consider a move to Wetherby, where the soil is good to soft, good in places, for bet365 Charlie Hall Chase (2.58) Jerry Colomb entered with a stablemate mixed. The opposition could include Bravemansgame2023 Gold Cup runner-up and Grade 1 Novice Gray dawns and Iroko.

Hero of last season “King George”. Hewick also got a recording from Hanlon the Shark and Morris the mouse was training French dynamite is also introduced.

Brighterdaysahead could be third in the Championship Hurdles Lucia in bet365 Mares Hurdles (1.50) as she begins the season targeting the Cheltenham Festival. It would be the five-year-old’s first start since her stunning performance in the Mersey Novice Hurdle at Aintree.

The £100,000 Sodexo Live! Gold Cup Handicap Chase (3.45) is the main event at Ascot, where the winner of the Cheltenham Festival Chianti Classico could return Great national fifth Kitty’s Light and the 2022 winner Our Strength is also among the records.

Aintree bumper 2 grade two Tripoli Flyer another famous name in the Ascot records with the Fergal O’Brien-trained five-year-old entered in 1m7½f Novice Hurdles (2.35). Grade 2 winner Valgrand by a wide margin at Cheltenham was behind Tripoli Flyer at Aintree on Friday.

Gray Dawning and Iroko are also among the entries for Carlisle’s Colin Parker Memorial Intermediate Chase (1.48) on Sunday.

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