Cheltenham Festival dream alive for vendors of Asterion Forlonge

Ollie O'Donoghue catches up with Harry and Lorna Fowler

Lorna and Harry Fowler follow the sales action closely at FairyhouseCredit: Tattersalls Ireland

Rahinston Farm and Stud has plenty of irons in the fire ahead of the Cheltenham Festival next month, led by Asterion Forlonge, who maintained his unbeaten record when routing the opposition by almost ten lengths in the Grade 1 Chanelle Pharma Novice Hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival.

The six-year-old son of Coastal Path was sent through the ring as a store by the County Meath farm, having been prepared by Fowler's close friend George Haine.

"He's our big hope for the Cheltenham Festival from the point of view that we produced him and sold him at the Derby Sale," says Harry Fowler, a director of Tattersalls Ireland who manages Rahinston together with wife Lorna.

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Published on 23 February 2020inFeatures

Last updated 10:43, 24 February 2020

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