Coral Champions Club horse Battle Of Ideas in line for bumper bow at Warwick

“Our horses always improve for their first runs”

Some handlers give newcomers plenty of preparatory work at home, while others let them come on for racecourse experience.

Team Tizzard aim to improve their horses for that initial outing, and if talented enough to win first time out then they ensure their charges are fit enough to capitalise.

“Our horses always improve for their first runs,” Joe Tizzard continued. “We don’t tend to take them off for racecourse gallops or anything like that, we let them learn on the racecourse.

“Whatever happens they’ll be masses of improvement for his first run, but there’s no reason he still can’t go and run well.”

“We’re looking forward to running him”

It’s been a hugely successful season so far for the Tizzard stable, courtesy of Cue Card (Betfair Chase), Thistlecrack (King George VI Chase), Native River (Coral Welsh Grand National), Finian’s Oscar (Tolworth Novices’ Hurdle) and others.

In light of this, the enthusiasm and passion with which Joe speaks about Battle Of Ideas is notable.

“He’s a really nice little horse and we’re looking forward to running him,” Tizzard junior added. “This season’s going brilliantly and we couldn’t be happier.

“We’ve got a lot of beautiful horses and it’s the best group of horses we’ve ever had at the moment. It’s just really exciting and they’re running really well.”

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