Fountains Windfall to run at Warwick instead of Newbury
Anthony Honeyball has decided his RSA Chase hope Fountains Windfall should stick to novice company on Saturday at Warwick instead of taking up his alternative options.
FOUNTAINS WINDFALL will swerve the opportunity to run in open company in the Denman Chase at Newbury to run at Warwick on Saturday instead.
Anthony Honeyball's eight-year-old is 8-1 for the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and was handing several entries this weekend.
Fountains Windfall won his chasing debut at Southwell, but fell when in contention for a Grade 2 at Newbury before suffering a similar fate when appearing to be in control of the Grade 1 Kauto Star Novices' Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day.
He bounced back with an easy victory in handicap company at Kempton last month.
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Despite the trainer's temptation, Fountains Windfall will run in a novice chase at Warwick on Saturday instead of taking on last season's Cheltenham Gold Cup third Native River, among others, in Berkshire.
Honeyball said: "I know it's a boring decision, but I it just didn't feel right to run at Newbury.
"First of all he'll be staying against novices and you would hope he won't have quite as hard a race at Warwick as he might have done at Newbury.
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"The other thing was jockey bookings. Aidan Coleman is going to Warwick to ride in the Kingmaker (Novices' Chase) and I don't really want to split them up at this stage. I think they need a bit more mileage together.
"It's a bit of a shame in some ways, but we think it's the right decision.
"Hopefully he'll go to Warwick and put in a clear round again and we'll head on to the RSA."