Toner D'Oudairies ran a "big race" when second at Cheltenham in March
PICTURE: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)Elliott excited by Toner's chasing campaign
TRAINER Gordon Elliott is looking forward to sending Toner D'Oudairies over fences this season and thinks the five-year-old could progress into a "nice novice".
The French-bred gelding just missed out on glory at the Cheltenham Festival in March when he went down by a neck to Attaglance in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle.
His season ended with a seventh-place finish in a Grade 2 at Fairyhouse in April.
Elliott, who trains the son of Polish Summer for Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud, said: "He ran a big race when second in the Martin Pipe at Cheltenham last season and he'll make a nice novice chaser this year."
Read more from Gordon Elliott's stable tour in this week's Racing & Football Outlook - out on Tuesday. You can also download a digital edition of the RFO.
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