Tom Scudamore: “I’m sweet on Gericault Roque’s chances”

I believe that we are the best of the English horses in the race, however Honeysuckle of course does set a very high standard.

She will be very, very hard to beat but we will give it our best shot.

My thoughts on the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle

I think the nature of the Supreme will suit Kilcruit and I can see him running a huge race in the first race of the Festival.

Constitution Hill has been very impressive so far but what he has beaten in his runs is open to question. I think he is priced off reputation more than what he has done so far, which I know is funny to say about a horse than has run twice and won twice, but I am not sure about how strong the form is.

The team have made no secrets about how highly they regard him and Seven Barrows have had some fantastic horses over the years, but if there was one horse in the field that can spring something of a surprise then I would say Kilcruit.

And the Arkle…

I think Edwardstone is rock solid in the Arkle. He was a bit too keen when he ran over hurdles, but fences have settled him down and he is going to be very hard to beat.

The only question marks are against his course form, but his previous runs were over hurdles and they were not bad efforts either.

He ran pretty well in the Supreme and he just used to pull too hard over hurdles. That trait has disappeared over fences and I can’t see anything troubling him.

Tom

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