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Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all have a great time on Sunday but I must admit I'm really looking forward to two exciting days straight afterwards.
Tuesday could be one of the biggest afternoons of the season for us, with set to turn out again in the Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton, which is an obvious target for him.
He's come out of his Tingle Creek win in good form and this race fits in perfectly time-wise. He went from Sandown on to Kempton last season and if we can get this second run into him it means we can leave him alone through January, with a view to bringing him back in the Game Spirit before Cheltenham.
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