Wincanton preview: Elite Hurdle (15.15)

David Metcalf | November 6, 2015

Trainer Paul Nicholls has a tremedous record in the Elite Hurdle, and All Yours can further enhance it with victory in this year’s renewal of the Grade 2 contest at Wincanton (15.15).

The Ditcheat handler has won the race a record six times, and in All Yours has a gelding who showed progressive form throughout last season to end up one of the top juveniles.

After opening his account with a facile 10 length success at Taunton, the four-year-old posted a cracking effort when chasing home Beltor in the Grade 2 Adonis Hurdle at Kempton.

All Yours is all that in Elite Hurdle

All Yours backed that up with a solid fifth of 22 to stable companion Qualando in the Fred Winter at the Cheltenham Festival, before rounding off the campaign with a career-best performance to land the Grade 1 Anniversary Juvenile Hurdle at Aintree.

The son of Halling came from well off the pace in the latter under a confident ride from Sam Twiston-Davies, and after taking up the running after the last kept on strongly to beat Devilment by 3/4 of a length.

It was an effort which suggested there was even better to come, and the runner-up is a very useful sort who has since come out and made a winning seasonal reappearance at Cheltenham to give the form a boost.