On The Fringe looks a cut above Foxhunter rivals

David Metcalf | March 16, 2016

On The Fringe holds all the aces in St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase

On The Fringe looks a worthy favourite to land back-to-back successes in the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival (16.10).

The Enda Bolger trained 11-year-old has won nine of his 18 starts over fences, and could not have been more impressive when landing this race 12 months ago.

After being held-up in mid-division by Nina Carberry, On The Fringe cruised into contention before taking up the running two from home and sauntering clear to score by 17 lengths.

The gelding went on to score in terrific style at Aintree, and then rounded off the campaign with a battling length success at the Punchestown Festival.

Class act primed to defend crown

To win those three races in such a short period of time was an outstanding achievement, and On The Fringe is undoubtedly a class act in this sphere.

Although well beaten when just seventh on return to action at Leopardstown, the JP McManus owned son of Exit To Nowhere usually needs a run to put him straight and is sure to be spot on to defend his crown.

With Carberry once again in the saddle, On The Fringe is going to be very hard to beat.