{"id":297357,"date":"2023-10-28T04:14:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297357"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:14:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:14:38","slug":"paul-nicholls-talks-on-his-horses-at-cheltenham-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/horse-racing\/paul-nicholls-talks-on-his-horses-at-cheltenham-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Nicholls talks on his horses at Cheltenham this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Paul Nicholls on Blueking d&#8217;Oroux &#8211; who has turned a corner since an operation &#8211; and his two other horses on the cards at Cheltenham this weekend<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blueking d&#8217;Oroux runs in the 13.50 at Cheltenham race course this Saturday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hugos New Horse and Soir de Gala are also set to run for the trainer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blueking d&#8217;Oroux is the top-rated horse in his race after turning his form around\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trainer Paul Nicholls has three horses in action at Cheltenham on Saturday, including Blueking d&#8217;Oroux in the 13.50.<\/p>\n<p>Hugos New Horse and Soir de Gala are also set to run, with the former highly progressive last season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here, Betfair ambassador Nicholls goes through his three horses set to ride on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/76541225-0-Paul_Nicholls_goes_through_nine_of_his_horses_in_action_on_Satur-a-1_1698448667526.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Paul Nicholls sees Blueking d&#8217;Oroux, Hugos New Horse and Soir de Gala go on Saturday<\/p>\n<h2>13:50 &#8211; Blueking d\u2019Oroux<\/h2>\n<p>His first two starts for us had me tearing my hair out but he turned inside out after a wind op mid season and surprised us by winning a competitive handicap at Ascot at 50-1, beating his more fancied stable mate Afadil. Twelve days later he ran his best race to date under a 7lbs penalty against older horses in another hot race at Aintree where he was arguably in front too soon. I hope there is more to come from Blueking d\u2019Oroux who is the top rated horse in this race.<\/p>\n<h2>15:00 &#8211; Hugos New Horse<\/h2>\n<p>He was highly progressive last season, winning five times and now starts the new campaign off a mark of 132. He is likely to go chasing sooner rather than later but first I want to give him the chance to see if has the scope to develop into a smart staying hurdler as I think the step up to almost three miles should not be a problem for him. The trip could even bring out plenty more improvement from him and he is fit and well.<\/p>\n<h2>16:45 &#8211; Soir de Gala<\/h2>\n<p>He\u2019s a nice type who ran with plenty of promise on his debut in a bumper at Wincanton in April and will be going over hurdles before long. He is a big, chasing type for the future and looks as though he has improved physically over the the summer. I\u2019d like to think he can run tidily.<\/p>\n<p><span>Best chance<\/span> &#8211; Blueking d\u2019Oroux. 13.50. I\u2019m expecting another decent run from a horse with potential.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/00\/77101099-0-image-a-9_1698448866618.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicholls has three charges going at Cheltenham in this weekend&#8217;s fixture at the famous course<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12682023\/Paul-Nicholls-Blueking-dOroux-turned-corner-operation-two-horses-cards-Cheltenham-weekend.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Nicholls on Blueking d&#8217;Oroux &#8211; who has turned a corner since an operation &#8211; and his two other horses <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paul Nicholls talks on his horses at Cheltenham this weekend - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/horse-racing\/paul-nicholls-talks-on-his-horses-at-cheltenham-this-weekend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paul Nicholls talks on his horses at Cheltenham this weekend - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paul Nicholls on Blueking d&#8217;Oroux &#8211; 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