Sir Alex Ferguson’s record-breaking ‘horse that costs more than a house’ to hit the track for the first time in a year

PAUL NICHOLLS is readying to merchandise Sir Alex Ferguson's record-breaking £634,000 acquisition astatine Newbury adjacent week.

The six-year-old gelding was a precocious illustration enlistee from Gordon Elliot's gait erstwhile Sir Alex purchased him with chap owners Ged Mason, John Hales, and Peter Done.

But the caller enlistee took a spot of clip to get into the plaything of things astatine Ditcheat, and has not been seen connected the way since winning the Champions Novice Hurdle astatine Leopardstown past December.

Caldwell Potter satisfied the Ditcheat trainer during a gallop astatine Newbury connected Tuesday.

It was the aforesaid racecourse gallop that led to Constitution Hill to drift massively for some the Champion Hurdle and the Fighting Fifth.

Sir Alex's immense acquisition sent ripples astir the racing world, but was soon topped by £660,000 Regents Stroll successful July.

Then shockingly Palladium went for a whopping £1.4million successful October.

Sir Alex's equine missed a fig of races towards the extremity of past play owed to wounded niggles, but the instrumentality excitement astir him remains immense.

It's nary astonishment fixed his terms tag and the content held by the erstwhile Manchester United manager that helium mightiness spell connected to Gold Cup glory.

One instrumentality said connected X: "I stake Caldwell Potter who outgo much than a location successful Eaton Square wholly flops this season. Overpriced ludicrously costly horses often neglect miserably and ne'er warrant their terms tag."

Another added: "The existent deal."

Following the gallop astatine Newbury, Nicholls said: "He's astatine the aforesaid signifier arsenic Captain Teague. They're some acceptable to run.

"They some person an introduction successful the John Francome adjacent Friday. We mightiness conscionable permission Captain Teague to spell for the 3 mile astatine Sandown the week after.

"We are thrilled with what they did today. Caldwell Potter went beautifully. Two and a fractional is simply a bully starting constituent for him.

"I'm gladsome we ne'er ran him successful the outpouring due to the fact that we didn't person him right. He's a antithetic carnal now.

"It volition beryllium the cleanable starting constituent - we're itching to get him going."

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