Flooring Porter on course for Christmas Hurdle repeat at Leopardstown

Gavin Cromwell: 'Don’t get me wrong, maybe we’d never have beaten Klassical Dream, but I thought it was a fair performance from both horses and I’ll be taking the positives out of the race with my lad.'Credit: Patrick McCann

It doesn't look like it will be a white Christmas, but it could well end up being a profitable one for Gavin Cromwell and the trainer has lifted the lid on his running plans for the festive period, headed by Stayers’ Hurdle hero Flooring Porter.

As far as reappearance runs go, Flooring Porter's seasonal debut effort at Navan was an unsatisfactory one, with Cromwell’s stable star crashing to the turf two out when travelling best.

That fall has not dented confidence in Flooring Porter, however, with Cromwell revealing his dual Grade 1 winner seems to have been sparked into life ahead of his bid for back-to-back Christmas Hurdle wins at Leopardstown on December 28.

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Brian SheerinReporter

Published on 13 December 2021inNews

Last updated 18:11, 12 December 2021

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