De Bromhead may have another Albert Bartlett ace up his sleeve

Thursday: Clonmel

The Grade 3 novice hurdle has been a productive trial for the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham for Henry de Bromhead down the years.

Monalee won it on very soft ground in 2017 before finishing second to Penhill at the festival, while Minella Indo was runner-up to Allaho here in 2019 before scoring at Cheltenham, and perhaps De Bromhead has another in the shape of Shantreusse.

The unexposed son of Shantou, having his first run outside maiden company, needed most of this 3m trip to overhaul the front-running Eyevan from the final flight and score by five lengths under Rachael Blackmore, and was cut to 14-1 (from 16) by Paddy Power for the Albert Bartlett.

De Bromhead said: "He's a real stayer and loved that ground, he jumped great too and is a real chaser in the making.

"It turned into a bit of a sprint. I thought we were going to struggle and then he had loads left jumping the last. If the owners have anything to do with it we're going to the Albert Bartlett.

"We said if we ran well here we were going to go. We have a good record with horses we run in this race, we find it a good prep race and are keen to go. That was tough work for him, but he was good and he's exciting."

Jeremy continues Cooper revival

If there were an award for comeback trainer of the year, Tom Cooper would be among the leaders. Some water has passed under bridges since the days of Total Enjoyment and Forpadydeplasterer, but Naas bumper winner Icare D'Aubrelle is certainly worth getting up in the morning for and he is also getting the best out of Dancing Jeremy.

The grey gelding scored for the second time this year in the qualified riders handicap hurdle under Derek O'Connor, whom Cooper had previously credited for getting the horse to jump so well over fences. He looks set to return to the larger obstacles after he took full advantage of a more generous mark to score by a length from the staying-on The Higher Road, and he was value for a bit more.

Cooper said: "He was thrown in really. He's not a natural hurdler and doesn't pay much respect to his hurdles, which was probably what got him beaten at Fairyhouse. He came out of that race very well and we said we'd run him again off this mark.

"His future really lies over fences and we'll look for a novice handicap chase now. He loves that ground and we'll keep him going while the ground remains as it is."

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