Trainer Kim Bailey says Vinndication could run again this season despite faring poorly at Cheltenham last week. The six-year-old was only entered late in the JLT Novices’ Chase on Thursday after losing his unbeaten record in the Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase.
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Bailey announced he would not be running at Cheltenham but had a late change of heart before the meeting. However, Vinndication could only manage fifth place behind Defi Du Seuil on Thursday to continue his poor recent record – though Bailey refused to be too downhearted, and says there is a chance for a run out at the Punchestown Festival.
“He ran a nice race, but just made a couple of mistakes, I was just disappointed he got beaten for fourth as I would have been able to walk back into the paddock instead of the unsaddling enclosure!” said Bailey. “Cheltenham is a big day, with big fences.
He’s won little novice chases comfortably and been in two Grade Ones now, which shook his confidence a little bit, but he’ll be fine. “I’ll see how he comes out of the race, there’s a possibility he could go to Punchestown, but we’ll wait and see.”
