Allmankind gets a Triumph message delivered in emphatic style

All smiles: Dan Skelton returns to the winner's enclosure with his brother Harry on the victorious Allmankind

The impressive Allmankind returns after an all-the-way victoryCredit: Edward Whitaker

Trailblazing Allmankind turned the Grade 1 Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow into a one-horse show and is now a best priced 8-1 (from 20-1) with the sponsors for the JCB Triumph Hurdle in March.

The three-year-old was 6-5 favourite and never saw another rival before slamming nearest market rival Cerberus by nine lengths with trainer Dan Skelton afterwards describing him as “ a bit freaky”.

He said: “He’s a bit one dimensional as you cannot ride him any other way. Harry has come back and said that he was bit sloppy at a couple of hurdles down the back straight but as soon as he hit the home bend he was away again.

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Andrew King

James BurnLambourn correspondent

Published on 27 December 2019inReports

Last updated 18:32, 27 December 2019

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