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Nicholls to give serious consideration to Tutti Quanti’s Champion Hurdle bid
Paul Nicholls has revealed that he is keen to run his progressive French-bred hurdler Tutti Quanti in the Unibet Champion Hurdle next month should ground conditions prove suitable.
Formerly trained by François Nicolle to finish runner-up on his debut at Sennones, Tutti Quanti has progressed nicely through the hurdling ranks, winning the often-informative Gerry Feilden at Newbury in November before destroying his rivals in testing conditions at the same track last weekend.
Paul Nicholls mooted the possibility of a crack at the Champion Hurdle in the aftermath, and he remains keen on the idea.
He told Betfair: "Regarding Tutti Quanti we're going to really consider the Champion Hurdle if it keeps on raining and the ground is on the slow side,"
"He's now rated 151 so he's in range of some of the horses in the race and obviously handicaps aren't going to be easy for him having gone up 13lb.
"The way he won last Saturday suggests he's rapidly improving and when they're improving you never know where their ceiling might be. We don't have to supplement him until five or six days before the race, so if the ground's right and he's right then we'll be having a go."
Tutti Quanti needs to be supplemented for the opening day feature.
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