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USD Weekly Review (Feb. 8 – 12)
- Rearranged Game Spirit ‘too close to Festival’ for Altior
- Champ will take his place in two-mile contest next Sunday
Altior will go straight to Cheltenham and Champ is to drop down to just two miles for his reappearance run next weekend, following a surprise decision by Nicky Henderson on Sunday to shuffle the running plans for his star chasers. It follows the reorganisation of Newbury’s valuable Betfair Hurdle card, which was abandoned because of frost on Saturday and postponed by eight days to a new slot next Sunday.
Related: Starting price returns may stay with off-course sources when crowds are back
