Katchit set for Wincanton
Champion Hurdle hero Katchit is set for a surprise outing at Wincanton this weekend after being given an entry in the totescoop6 Elite Hurdle on Saturday.
Alan King's diminutive five-year-old was beaten into second by Snap Tie on his return to action at Kempton and the immediate thoughts of connections were to head straight back to Cheltenham for the Boylesports.com International Hurdle.
However, King is thrilled with the current condition of the five-year-old and believes he could run at the weekend before returning to Prestbury Park in December.
"He is entered at Wincanton. It wasn't really the plan but he has come out of Kempton so well and it is a long wait until the Boylesports, so I thought we might as well have a crack and the plan is to run," said King.
"If he hadn't been ready for Kempton we would have gone to Wincanton anyway.
"I was very pleased with him at Kempton. Philip's (Hobbs) horse is obviously very good and the track and ground would have been quick enough.
"If you look back to his juvenile days he seems to improve for racing so he might as well run than me chase him around the hill at Barbury Castle."
