IT REMAINS full steam ahead to the Arkle for Amy Murphy’s pride and joy Kalashnikov.
The JLT had tempted Murphy, but following a good head scratch the trainer decided to stick to her guns and the two mile trip around Cheltenham.
After the dust settled on his second to Dynamite Dollars in the Wayward Lad at Kempton, Murphy remained buoyed by the run.
The Newmarket handler has lined up the Grade 2 Kingmaker Novices’ Chase at Warwick in a months time as ideal preparation for the Festival.
Murphy told Sun Racing: “Overall I was very happy, as happy as you can be coming second.
“Last year he was beat in the Tolworth Hurdle and went on to win a Betfair Hurdle and run well at Cheltenham.
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“He got beat at the first three fences where he made two huge mistakes. He will learn a lot from that race and is definitely better going left handed.
“Because of those mistakes he was just on his head the rest of the way trying to catch up.
“The horse back in third was rated 140 and we beat him god knows how many lengths.”
Murphy admitted she was tempted by the JLT and a step up to two-and-a-half-miles but thinks the six-year-old still has plenty to offer over two.
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She continued: “I’ve come back again and again and looked at all the Arkle winners. They all tend to be three milers in the end and I think staying at that trip is the right thing to do for now.
“He’s got all the time in the world to move up – this season, next year and all the other years.
“While we’re holding our own at two miles, we’ll keep him at two miles.
“Even at the end of this season, if we see at Cheltenham that he needs two-and-a-half then we know what to do.”
Murphy was agonisingly close to landing Festival success last season, when Summerville Boy headed Kalashnikov on the line in the opening Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.
Hoping to go one better this March, Murphy will run Kalashnikov in the Kingmaker Chase next month.
Murphy added: “He’ll definitely have another run. The problem with him is, although he’s a bit quiet at the moment as he’s entitled to be, he gets very fresh very quickly.
“So to keep a lid on him he will run again. The Kingmaker Chase at Warwick will be the aim if all is well.”
Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase Betting
Lalor 6-1
Dynamite Dollars 7-1
Kalashnikov 7-1
Le Richebourg 8-1
Mengli Khan 12-1
Defi Du Seuil 14-1
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News Pictures Cheltenham Festival 2019: The Arkle still the aim for Amy Murphy’s Kalashnikov with Warwick’s Kingmaker Novices’ Chase seen as the ideal preparation
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