This recent winner is hugely exciting and it would be no surprise if he proved good enough for the Cheltenham Festival
It’s been mixed signals for Britain’s two big young hopes over fences this season.
A day after Gold Cup possible Haiti Couleurs showed his wellbeing with a reappearance win over hurdles at Newbury, Kalif Du Berlais disappointed in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter and was shoved out to 33-1 for the Champion Chase.
His below-par effort naturally attracted plenty of mirth on social media, but it’s worth remembering that so did Caldwell Potter's odds-on Windsor defeat last season, and Paul Nicholls soon turned him around. Furthermore, Kalif Du Berlais is still only five.
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