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'They might never get another chance' - Famous Clermont owners keen on Cheltenham tilt

Carl EvansPoint-to-point expert
Famous Clermont: an exciting British hunter chaser
Famous Clermont: an exciting British hunter chaser

A meeting on Monday could clarify plans for eight-year-old Famous Clermont, Britain’s most exciting new hunter chaser.

He ran out an easy winner of Saturday’s Walrus Hunters’ Chase at Haydock, but only after some lessons over coloured poles because an earlier victory at Wincanton had been pockmarked with minor errors.

The jumping brush-up took place at the home of international showjumper Harriet Biddick, whose husband Will has been nothing if not brilliant when riding the horse in races.

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