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Well that was a busy morning, thanks to Storm Bella which has meant we have lost the Welsh National card at Chepstow and racing at Limerick. It does mean we can concentrate on a very classy card at Leopardstown and the return of Altior at Kempton, where our correspondent Greg Wood is heading now. Greg has previewed the revised races on ITV on our Talking Horses article which you can find here.
Revised @itvracing line-up today:-
12.45 on air
1.10 Leopardstown
1.20 Kempton
1.45 Leopardstown
2.10 Wetherby
2.30 Kempton
2.55 Leopardstown
3.05 Kempton
Thanks to all those who have helped + moved times
Having won all but one of his 16 races over fences, it might seem a little harsh to suggest that Altior has something to prove when he finally returns to action at Kempton Park this afternoon, 10 months on from a win in the Game Spirit Chase at Newbury which appeared, at the time, to set up a memorable clash with Chacun Pour Soi in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham.
Neither horse made it to the starting line in the end, of course, while Altior’s sudden departure from the field three days before the race was the fifth time in the 2019-20 season alone that he had missed a contest that had previously been inked – or at least, heavily pencilled – into his schedule.
Written by Tony Paley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/dec/27/horse-racing-christmas-holiday-kempton-leopardstown-live under the title “Christmas holiday racing: Altior in action at Kempton and more – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
