Super Simenon set for first run over fences after ninth success

Versatility is already the key attribute on Simenon's CV but the nifty nine-year-old will try to add a win over fences to a remarkable resume in the coming weeks according to Willie Mullins.

Simenon, who got within a neck of the Queen's Estimate in the 2013 Ascot Gold Cup, registered a ninth career success yesterday when running away with the Joe Walsh Memorial Novice Hurdle by ten lengths, and Mullins revealed he's likely to be seen next in a beginners' chase.

“We had him entered in a novice chase in Galway and we could go down that direction. I’ll have a look at the programme book,” Mullins said afterwards. “We might come back in trip for the first few races over fences. He’s probably not good enough to win those long-distance races on the Flat but we’ll have a look at it all first. He has schooled well over fences. He can win over two miles, two and a half and three miles and is settling as he gets older and jumping.”