DAN SKELTON has the QTS Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr on April 21 as the next target for his Cheltenham Festival winner Mohaayed.
The six-year-old caused a bit of a shock when running out the 33-1 winner of the County Hurdle in what was an emotional success for the Skelton team.
It was a first win at the meeting for jockey Bridget Andrews, Skelton’s brother Harry’s long-term partner.
Mohaayed was raised 7lb by the handicapped for his win, taking him to a mark of 146.
Skelton won the valuable Scottish Champion Hurdle for the first time in 2016 with Ch’tibello.
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Skelton said: “Mohaayed will go for the Scottish Champion Hurdle. I wouldn’t be forgetting this year that the Swinton at Haydock is worth £100,000 as well – he is also likely to get his ground there.
“He knew for a day or two that he had a race at Cheltenham, but then they do.
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“I don’t think the majority of the Cheltenham horses have come out as rattled as they normally do because the ground was that much softer, but he knows he has had a run.”
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