Grandouet won the Grade 2 International Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday, and confirmed himself as one of the main contenders for the Champion Hurdle at the Festival next March.
Grandouet was 2nd top rated by Horse Racing Trends for the race on Saturday, with Overturn being the runner most closely matching the profile of previous winners of this champion hurdle trial. In fact it was a very successful afternoon for followers of trends analysis.
This was the first time that Grandouet was racing outside his own age group and he became the first four-year-old to win this since stablemate Binocular back in 2008.
The other races covered by the Horse Racing Trends service on Saturday were the Bristol Novice Hurdle (Grade 2), the December Gold Cup H'cap Chase (Grade 3), and the Relkeel Hurdle (Grade 2). This is how the top rated horses fared.
- Deidreadh Re (1) won 2/1
- Quantitativeeasing (1) won 6/1
- Grandouet (2) won 5/2
- Oscar Whisky (1) won 4/9
Read the full race report for the International Hurdle at the Racing Post.
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