Alex Hales eyeing tilt at Foxhunter with 2016 Albert Bartlett runner-up Fagan

Fagan: will contest hunter chases this season under Ben Brackenbury, who led up the eight-year-old at trainer Alex Hales's owners' day on SundayCredit: Jack Haynes

The 2016 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle runner-up Fagan is set for a hunter chase campaign, with new trainer Alex Hales gearing the grey's season towards a tilt at the Foxhunter in March.

The eight-year-old was pulled up when favourite for the Scottish Grand National on his final start for Gordon Elliott in April and joined the Edgcote trainer for £26,000 at the Goffs UK Spring sale the following month.

Fagan will be ridden by amateur jockey Ben Brackenbury, as will fellow new recruit Smooth Stepper, a £27,000 purchase from the same sale out of Sue Smith’s yard.

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Jack HaynesReporter

Published on 10 September 2018inNews

Last updated 12:03, 10 September 2018

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