Thistle Ask: could £11,000 buy prove Champion Chase class? | Racing TV

Описание: Thistle Ask has earned himself a crack at the BetMGM Clarence House Chase after continuing his phenomenal rise through the ranks with an emphatic victory in the Ladbrokes Desert Orchid Handicap Chase.

An enterprising all-the-way winner of the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter earlier in the season, it was a case of rinse and repeat at Kempton as Harry Skelton bounced out the 15-8 chance before asserting his dominance for a cosy 10-length success.

It was a fifth-straight victory for the rapidly-improving eight-year-old and fourth since joining Dan Skelton, who is now keen to head into deep waters at Ascot on January 17.

“It’s remarkable and I just don’t know where the improvement is coming from really,” said Skelton.

“He’s just loving life and seems to be getting better. Obviously today was all the things he loves, good ground, right-handed – there were a lot of ticks in his boxes, but it still takes a fine performance to defy a mark that is 31lb higher than he started the season with.

“You just have to say well done to the horse and he’ll go to the Clarence House now and we’ll get a good idea of where he stands in the division.”

The chaser is an excellent jumper and started out for Skelton on just October 25, winning a race at Kelso from a mark of 115. He's now bolted up in Grade 2 company rated 146 and is now set to be revised to a mark in the high 150s at least.

Picked up from the James Ewart stable for just £11,000, Thistle Ask has now won £94,000 in four starts for Skelton.

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