Harry Cobden shines aboard Burdett Road in Greatwood Hurdle for red-hot trainer James Owen

BURDETT ROAD ne'er saw different rival arsenic helium galloped relentlessly to Greatwood Hurdle glory.

It was a existent champion’s thrust from Harry Cobden arsenic helium judged the gait to perfection, putting the cherry connected apical of a memorable play for trainer James Owen.

Barely 24 hours earlier, Owen, who is becoming a superior unit connected the Flat and implicit jumps, watched breathtaking imaginable East India Dock bolt up successful the Triumph Hurdle Trial.

And past this horse, who was a starring campaigner for the Triumph himself this clip past year, scooped the thick-end of £60,000 successful 1 of the biggest handicap hurdles of the season.

He beamed: “He settled beauteous and Harry gave him a fantastic ride. He jumped impeccably for a four-year-old and for maine was conscionable idling up the hill.

“It looked concisely similar helium was going to get caught but erstwhile the different equine came to him helium has conscionable gone again.

“It was a large show from specified a young equine successful a beardown race, I americium truly looking guardant to the remainder of the play with him. It’s been an astonishing fewer days.”  

The Greatwood has been deed and miss successful presumption of spot successful extent successful caller years, but this year’s renewal looked a beardown 1 with respective young improving horses with bundles of untapped imaginable successful the line-up.

Burdett Road, whose sole decision implicit hurdles to this constituent had been astatine the hands of the top-class Sir Gino, was 1 of them, and Cobden acceptable his stall retired close from the disconnected erstwhile sending the equine into the lead.

Unbeaten mare Dysart Enos was nipping astatine his heels astir of the mode but started to tally retired of steam aft the last, truthful the last situation came from Be Aware who was smuggled craftily into the contention by Harry Skelton.

But nary sooner had that rival closed to wrong fractional a magnitude than the 7-2 2nd favourite recovered other to win a shadiness cosily, overmuch to the delight of his jockey.

Cobden said: “Fair play to James, helium said if determination is nary gait successful the contention contiguous let’s stone and roll. He settled, jumped large and gave himself a accidental today.

“He recovered plentifulness erstwhile helium needed to erstwhile helium was challenged connected the run-in. He has improved a hellhole of a batch and is lone going 1 way.

“He’ll request to amended plentifulness again to participate the Champion Hurdle representation but helium is inactive young and determination is much to come.”

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