Carruthers: A game Hennessy winner
The Coral Welsh National at Chepstow on December 27 is among the races being considered as a possible next target for Carruthers following his gutsy success in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday.
The eight-year-old, fourth in the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup, showed he was back to his best after being under-par last season by making most of the running to take one of the biggest races in the jumps calendar.
"It was great, magic. You need patience in this game. Yesterday happened and it was very exciting," said trainer Mark Bradstock, whose father-in-law Lord Oaksey bred and part-owns Carruthers.
Bright And Perky
Oaksey remains the only amateur rider to win the Hennessy after his success on Taxidermist in 1958.
Bradstock said: "We'll see what happens in the next couple of days, but the horse is very bright and perky and he ate up last night.
"He came back in the field after the summer just looking a lot better, a lot stronger than he did the year before.
"We'll certainly think about the Welsh National. I obviously made the entry for him and we'll have to see how he is.
"There's the Aon Chase back at Newbury in February. We'll wait and see what the handicapper does too."
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