{"id":37603,"date":"2024-10-22T10:54:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/gordon-elliott-stable-tour-brighterdaysahead-to-stay-over-hurdles-as-trainer-takes-aim-at-cheltenham-festival-racing-news\/22\/10\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T10:54:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:54:43","slug":"gordon-elliott-stable-tour-brighterdaysahead-to-stay-over-hurdles-as-trainer-takes-aim-at-cheltenham-festival-racing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/gordon-elliott-stable-tour-brighterdaysahead-to-stay-over-hurdles-as-trainer-takes-aim-at-cheltenham-festival-racing-news\/22\/10\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Elliott stable tour: Brighterdaysahead to stay over hurdles as trainer takes aim at Cheltenham Festival | Racing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gordon Elliott has confirmed his star mare Brighterdaysahead will remain over hurdles for the 2024\/25 jumps season, with the Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in her sights.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive stable tour for attheraces.com<\/a>, Elliott revealed his team had considered going over fences with their Grade One Mersey Novices’ Hurdle winner, but will instead stick to the smaller obstacles, with a return date set for the beginning of November.<\/p>\n

Brighterdaysahead won four of her five starts last season, beaten only by Golden Ace in the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival.<\/p>\n

“We strongly considered sending her novice chasing, but the decision is made, and she’ll stay hurdling,” Elliott said. “She’ll start back in the Jezki Hurdle at Down Royal on November 1.<\/p>\n

“She looks to be an obvious candidate for the Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in the longer term.<\/p>\n

“We’ve never hidden how highly we regard her, and we can’t wait to get her back on the track. We think the world of her.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it is business as usual for Elliott’s Stayers’ Hurdle hero Teahupoo <\/strong>as the seven-year-old follows a familiar path to the Cheltenham Festival in March.<\/p>\n

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“We took a view on what sort of campaign would suit him best last season and it worked out well, so we’ll do the same again this season,” Elliott said.<\/p>\n

“He’ll start in the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle and then be kept fresh for the Stayers’ Hurdle. He’s still only a seven-year-old and if we can keep him right he could be on top of this division for a few years yet.”<\/p>\n

Gold Cup runner-up Gerri Colombe <\/strong>will also head down the same route as the previous campaign, starting with Down Royal’s Champion Chase next month.<\/p>\n

“All being well he’ll go the same route as he did last season,” Elliott said. “He showed himself to be a top-class chaser when finishing a very good second in the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival and it makes sense to try and get him back there again.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gordon Elliott has confirmed his star mare Brighterdaysahead will remain over hurdles for the 2024\/25 jumps season, with the Mares’ Hurdle at