Cheltenham Festival target for Fergal O’Brien’s talented mare Cap Soleil

FERGAL O’BRIEN is looking ahead to the Cheltenham Festival for talented mare Cap Soleil.

She bounced back to form in a Listed contest at Haydock on her last start and will be given two entries at Cheltenham; The Trull House Stud Mares’ Novice’ Hurdle and the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle.

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O’Brien said: “She will be given an entry in the David Nicholson (Mares’ Hurdle) on the first day, but the mares’ novice is the race we are aiming for.

“She has only just turned five and she has had three hard runs. She won at Newbury, then got beat at Newbury and she had to dig deep the last day at Haydock.

“It is lovely to see a mare with ability and a good attitude as well. She has got it all and we will look after her.

“I think she will want two and a half to three miles in time.”