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Dan Skelton's The New Lion won the Unibet Hurdle - https://www.garagesale.es/author/fidelp75356/ at Cheltenham but the race was spoiled by an injury to Sir Gino - http://mediawiki.copyrightflexibilities.eu/index.php?title=User:JaydenGa... .<br>
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Billed as a match between possibly the two finest two-mile hurdlers in Britain, both were biding their time in the four-runner race when Sir Gino appeared to land awkwardly - http://musiceagles.com/2017/06/04/finals-week/ at the flight at the top of the hill and Nico de Boinville pulled him up.<br>
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Harry Skelton - https://azena.co.nz/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=4773073 was content to take a lead for as long as possible on The New Lion, a winner over two miles and 5 furlongs at the Festival - http://local315npmhu.com/wiki/index.php/User:AnjaR05044 in March, before he asked him to accelerate approaching - http://topsite.otaku-attitude.net/index.php?a=stats&u=taylaajk09322520 the last.<br>
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Nemean Lion and Brentford Hope showed hard enemies, before The New Lion (9-4) ultimately - https://classifieds.ocala-news.com/author/teresafries got on top to win by a length and a half.<br>
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Skelton stated: "I'm a huge fan of this sport and Sir Gino could be the finest horse in training and we simply didn't need that. We're all believing it and we simply hope he is OK, it is essential.<br>
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"The team at Seven Barrows - https://pokeavalar.pl/wiki/index.php?title=User:CheryleCollits have been through hell and back to get him back on track and hopefully he is OK."<br>
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The New Lion ridden by Harry Skelton (right) passes Brentford Hope ridden by Paul O ´ Brien on the way to winning the Unibet Hurdle during Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham Racecourse. Picture date: Saturday January 24, 2026.<br>
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Of his winner he included: "We needed to get a clear round after and Harry did precisely what I wanted him to do and held him into the bottom of all the dives. He was a lot more respectful - https://funsilo.date/wiki/The_Bet9ja_Promotion_Code_For_2026_Is_YOHAIG today and even down to the last Harry is wrestling - https://www.guerzhoy.a2hosted.com/index.php/User:AnaElem6549214 him getting him into the bottom of them as he'll need those dives in a Champ Hurdle - https://wiki.fuzokudb.com/fdb/%E5%88%A9%E7%94%A8%E8%80%85:Kris1195963 .<br>
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"The unanswered concern with this horse is the speed angle and I thought he showed a great deal of speed at Newcastle in spite of us ending up on the floor. He showed a lot of speed there as well from turning in to the last and then from the last to the line.<br>
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"It will be a totally different race in the Champion Hurdle - https://wiki.creo.com.bd/index.php?title=User:KristeenF73 and they've gone round there at a crawl and I'm not saying I could have layed up alongside them but there is some who could."<br>
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Harry Skelton said: "I didn't even know what happened to Sir Gino - https://raovatonline.org/author/rueben79401/ and the three people said at the top of the hill 'where is Nico?' and you don't want that to occur. Hopefully they are both OK.<br>
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"We just wanted to get a lead and Nico wanted a lead also and it just reveals you, that leading up to the Festival you want these horses coming through these trials well and I'm just happy he's got a clear round.<br>
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"We hacked round and ran and he's not brief of an equipment and it just put a couple of manners - https://canadasimple.com/index.php/User:Hugo005869810 on him a bit today. He's just young, doesn't have much experience - http://knowledge.thinkingstorm.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/3111267/D... and did what I wanted him to do and it will do his confidence great. Hopefully he will return now in March.<br>
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"I have actually ridden in a Champion Hurdle and haven't won one, however I would like to."<br>