article_snippet: The first novice to win the feature race of the Festival since Captain Christy in 1974 was on Saturday feted as friends and well-wishers gathered at the Oxfordshire stable of trainer
article_snippet: Friday’s victory for a small stable of 10 horses was a heart-warming end to a the Festival dominated by the big guns from Britain and Ireland.
article_snippet: Sara said: ‘We might consider the Betfair Chase and the King George, for sure.
article_snippet: We oyster now but, depending on what the handicapper does, We might try to win the 2011 Hennessy off top weight.
article_snippet: On the latter occasion, Coneygree defied a BHA handicap mark of 174 when carrying 11st 12lb.
article_snippet: Chief handicapper Phil Smith intends rating Coneygree 171, the highest for a novice this century and 1lb higher than given to Willie Mullins’ Vautour after Willie Mullins’
article_snippet: Vautour spectacular JLT Novices’ Chase win.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, hopes of a family double within 24 hours were dashed when heavy ground at Uttoxeter prompted Carruthers to be withdrawn from the Midlands National, which was won by Irish raider Goonyella.
article_snippet: The AP McCoy- ridden 5-2 favourite, Catching On, fell at the seventh fence.